UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 32



Campus plans picnic UW System graduation rates It's Kober/Jackson Student Senate passes SUFAC plan Concert features Cohrs UW-Green Bay pow-wow Learning Experience info online Faculty Research presentations Enrollment gains for students of color Extension's top job is filled Barrow remarks online Distinguished Alumni Award Phoenix softball at Phoenix Field Art historian Music reminders Program reminders Art sale Sexual Assault Awareness Week Teens and AIDS Briefs: Fiala, Shariff	Vol. 31, No. 32 / April 10, 2000 This e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website. Planning a picnic: invite the deans, several hundred others Details are being finalized, but mark your calendar today for a universitywide picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, outside the University Union. Guests of honor will include outgoing deans Nancy Kaufman and Carol Pollis as well as retirees for the 1999-2000 academic year. Watch for more information. *** * * * * UW System graduation rates are above national average The overall graduation rate for the University of Wisconsin System is above the national average, David J. Ward, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs, reported to the Board of Regents Friday. Ward noted that full-time students who start at a UW institution graduate at a rate of 51.8 percent over a six-year period. The national average is estimated to be 47.6 percent. (A quick check of the Institutional Research website shows that UW-Green Bay's most recent cohort is in the ballpark, at 47.0 percent.) For more see the UW System release at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0047.htm * * * * * Rock but no shock: Kober/Jackson claim Election 2000 Kurt Kober and Joanell Jackson have won election as president and vice president of the UW-Green Bay Student Government Association. They outpolled Christopher Knuth and Doug Rifleman by 505 votes to 254. The turnout, with about 14 percent of the student body casting votes, was up slightly from last year. The Knuth/Rifleman duo fell short despite a rockin' campaign strategy; a photo is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm * * * * *** Student Senate passes SUFAC plan with facilities component The UW-Green Bay Student Senate voted 16-2 last Monday to endorse a student fees schedule that sets the fall 2000 fee portion of the annual tuition/fee bill at $711 for a full-time Wisconsin resident. The plan includes $100 per student to begin a fund related to the Campus Life for the 21st Century recommendations. Additional details were reported by the Appleton Post-Crescent at http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/040500-1.html *** * * * * Saturday concert features retiring pianist Cohrs, 'Rhapsody in Blue' Pianist Arthur Cohrs will be featured soloist at a concert by the UW-Green Bay Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Band, and a High School Honors Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (April 15) at the Weidner Center. Cohrs, who is well-known through a career of more than 30 years as a performer, teacher, and lecturer, will retire from teaching at UW-Green Bay at the end of the academic year. He will perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Wind Ensemble, directed by Kevin Collins. More. * * * * * UW-Green Bay pow-wow is Saturday night It's a terrific opportunity to appreciate American Indian culture, it's entertaining and it's free! The eighth annual traditional pow-wow organized by the Intertribal Student Council begins with the grand entry at 6 p.m. this Saturday (April 15) at the Phoenix Sports Center. About 1,500 people attended the event last year. Participating drum groups and color guards are from the Menominee, Lac Du Flambeau, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Oneida nations. More. * * * * * Learning Experience project goes digital The Student-Focused Learning Experience Project (formerly known as the "Compelling Idea") is now on the web. Information on any or all of the committees involved in the planning of the project, including committee charges, membership, minutes, and meeting times can be found by following the link on the Faculty and Academic Staff Governance Page, or clicking on http://www.uwgb.edu/leproject/index.htm. * * * * * Faculty Research presentations are Thursday The UW-Green Bay Research Council presents the spring event of its Faculty Research Lecture Series from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. this Thursday (April 13) in the Union's 1965 Room. Featured speakers are Alla Wilson, assistant professor in marketing and BUA, who will discuss her findings on organizational climate and the adoption of technological innovations by hospitals; and Kim Nielson, assistant professor of women's studies and SC&D, who will present her work "Helen Keller and the Politics of Civic Fitness." * * * * * UW System reports enrollment gains for students of color Retention rates and number of degrees conferred for UW System undergraduates of color have steadily increased in recent years, according to a report presented to the System's Board of Regents last week. Over the last decade, the degrees earned by students of color have increased from 910 to 1,731. For more, visit the UW System website at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0046.htm * * * * * Provost and vice chancellor gets Extension top job Kevin P. Reilly, provost and vice chancellor of UW-Extension since 1996, has been named chancellor of the institution by the UW System Board of Regents. Reilly will take office on July 7, succeeding interim chancellor Albert Beaver, who is retiring. Details are online at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0047b.htm * * * * * Remarks by distinguished graduate, Barrow, are now online Now online and worth checking out are excerpts of the acceptance speech made by Urla Barrow as she received the 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award. Barrow, '83, runs a community health organization in Washington, D.C. She paid tribute to UW-Green Bay and past and present faculty and staff members including Juliet Cole, Barbara Fondrliak, Jo Berenson and the late Dawson Deese Her remarks are online at the 'quote, unquote" page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm * * * * * Update on Distinguished Alumni Award 2000 Speaking of the Distinguished Alumni Award, nomination forms will be available soon for the 2000 award to be presented next fall. Have a potential nominee? Grant Staszak, donor and alumni relations coordinator for Advancement, will distribute information in May. * * * * * It's Phoenix vs. Badgers Wednesday at Phoenix Field The Phoenix softball team hopes to continue its red-hot play when it hosts the Wisconsin Badgers in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 12) at Phoenix Field. UW-Green Bay is off to its best start ever. Former basketball standout Becky Knutson is the leading hitter at near .500 and pitcher Debbie Kind has an ERA of well under one run per game. More. * * * * * Art historian Lewis speaks Thursday The student Art Agency organization is sponsoring a presentation by Milwaukee art historian Frank Lewis at 2 p.m. Thursday (April 13) in the Christie Theatre. * * * * * Music reminders: MM good Cheryl Grosso reminds us with the title of her newest composition that this really isn't Y2K, it's the first year of the MM millennium. The student Hand Drumming Ensemble premieres her first composition of the new millennium, "Rhythm Chant MM," during a concert this Thursday evening (April 13) at the Weidner. Also on the schedule this week is a recital by faculty member Thomas Photenhauer on Friday evening in Fort Howard Hall. More. * * * * * Reminders Columnist, dirt, Oneida social dance Columnist and editor David Brooks will discuss his new book on "The New Upper Class" at 10 a.m. Friday (April 14) in the Christie Theatre. Ecology Prof. David C. Coleman of the University of Georgia will lecture on how nature recycles organic debris at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in Rose Hall 250. The Oneida Longhouse Singers will perform and teach traditional social dances from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in the Theatre Hall Dance Studio. * * * * * Gift for Easter/Mother's Day? How about art? It worked when you were in the 2nd grade — why couldn't it work now? The Art Agency is again organizing its Easter/Mother's Day Sale and offering a great opportunity to go home with beautiful gifts for family and friends. Student artists will have available artwork ranging from jewelry, ceramics, screen prints, photography, sculpture and much more. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 18 and 19, in Phoenix C. * * * * * Today opens Sexual Assault Awareness Week on campus Events marking Sexual Assault Awareness Week include a Wednesday performance of "Drawing the Shades," daily information tables and participation in Friday's Take Back the Night Rally in downtown Green Bay. More. * * * * * Teens and AIDS "Teens and AIDS," a live call-in program on Wisconsin Public Television, airs at 7 p.m. Wednesday (April 12). Co-producer Eileen Littig worked with leaders of the AIDS Resource Center in Milwaukee and Camp Heartland on the Teen Connection special. The website is http://www.wpt.org/teenconnection/ * * * * * Briefs Prof. Andrew Fiala, HS, recently presented a paper titled "The Risks of Education: Dewey and the Kansas School Board" at the 27th annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. The conference was held at Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis in early March. Fiala will present his paper "The Dialectic of Tolerance: Tolerant Dissent in the Aftermath of the Southworth Case" at a conference on "The Culture of Tolerance" held by the UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy. This conference will be held at the University of Exeter in Exeter, England on April 6-8, 2000. Papers for this conference, including Fiala's, are available on-line at http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/politics/cpro1.htm The London School of Economics, United Kingdom, has invited Prof. Ismail Shariff, URS, to present a paper entitled "Will Emerging Globalization Stimulate Growth in Developing Countries in the New Millennium?" at its Eleventh Annual Conference of the Congress of Political Economists International. * * * * *** LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. To submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or just plain feedback, UW-Green Bay employees can call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.

Campus plans picnic

UW System graduation rates

It's Kober/Jackson

Student Senate passes SUFAC plan

Concert features Cohrs

UW-Green Bay pow-wow

Learning Experience info online

Faculty Research presentations

Enrollment gains for students of color

Extension's top job is filled

Barrow remarks online

Distinguished Alumni Award

Phoenix softball at Phoenix Field

Art historian

Music reminders

Program reminders

Art sale

Sexual Assault Awareness Week

Teens and AIDS

Briefs: Fiala, Shariff

Vol. 31, No. 32 / April 10, 2000

This e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website.

Planning a picnic: invite the deans, several hundred others

Details are being finalized, but mark your calendar today for a universitywide picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, outside the University Union. Guests of honor will include outgoing deans Nancy Kaufman and Carol Pollis as well as retirees for the 1999-2000 academic year. Watch for more information.

* * * * *

UW System graduation rates are above national average

The overall graduation rate for the University of Wisconsin System is above the national average, David J. Ward, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs, reported to the Board of Regents Friday. Ward noted that full-time students who start at a UW institution graduate at a rate of 51.8 percent over a six-year period. The national average is estimated to be 47.6 percent. (A quick check of the Institutional Research website shows that UW-Green Bay's most recent cohort is in the ballpark, at 47.0 percent.) For more see the UW System release at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0047.htm

* * * * *

Rock but no shock: Kober/Jackson claim Election 2000

Kurt Kober and Joanell Jackson have won election as president and vice president of the UW-Green Bay Student Government Association. They outpolled Christopher Knuth and Doug Rifleman by 505 votes to 254. The turnout, with about 14 percent of the student body casting votes, was up slightly from last year. The Knuth/Rifleman duo fell short despite a rockin' campaign strategy; a photo is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm

* * * * *

Student Senate passes SUFAC plan with facilities component

The UW-Green Bay Student Senate voted 16-2 last Monday to endorse a student fees schedule that sets the fall 2000 fee portion of the annual tuition/fee bill at $711 for a full-time Wisconsin resident. The plan includes $100 per student to begin a fund related to the Campus Life for the 21st Century recommendations. Additional details were reported by the Appleton Post-Crescent at http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/040500-1.html

* * * * *

Saturday concert features retiring pianist Cohrs, 'Rhapsody in Blue'

Pianist Arthur Cohrs will be featured soloist at a concert by the UW-Green Bay Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Band, and a High School Honors Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (April 15) at the Weidner Center. Cohrs, who is well-known through a career of more than 30 years as a performer, teacher, and lecturer, will retire from teaching at UW-Green Bay at the end of the academic year. He will perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Wind Ensemble, directed by Kevin Collins. More.

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay pow-wow is Saturday night

It's a terrific opportunity to appreciate American Indian culture, it's entertaining and it's free! The eighth annual traditional pow-wow organized by the Intertribal Student Council begins with the grand entry at 6 p.m. this Saturday (April 15) at the Phoenix Sports Center. About 1,500 people attended the event last year. Participating drum groups and color guards are from the Menominee, Lac Du Flambeau, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Oneida nations. More.

* * * * *

Learning Experience project goes digital

The Student-Focused Learning Experience Project (formerly known as the "Compelling Idea") is now on the web. Information on any or all of the committees involved in the planning of the project, including committee charges, membership, minutes, and meeting times can be found by following the link on the Faculty and Academic Staff Governance Page, or clicking on http://www.uwgb.edu/leproject/index.htm.

* * * * *

Faculty Research presentations are Thursday

The UW-Green Bay Research Council presents the spring event of its Faculty Research Lecture Series from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. this Thursday (April 13) in the Union's 1965 Room. Featured speakers are Alla Wilson, assistant professor in marketing and BUA, who will discuss her findings on organizational climate and the adoption of technological innovations by hospitals; and Kim Nielson, assistant professor of women's studies and SC&D, who will present her work "Helen Keller and the Politics of Civic Fitness."

* * * * *

UW System reports enrollment gains for students of color

Retention rates and number of degrees conferred for UW System undergraduates of color have steadily increased in recent years, according to a report presented to the System's Board of Regents last week. Over the last decade, the degrees earned by students of color have increased from 910 to 1,731. For more, visit the UW System website at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0046.htm

* * * * *

Provost and vice chancellor gets Extension top job

Kevin P. Reilly, provost and vice chancellor of UW-Extension since 1996, has been named chancellor of the institution by the UW System Board of Regents. Reilly will take office on July 7, succeeding interim chancellor Albert Beaver, who is retiring. Details are online at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0047b.htm

* * * * *

Remarks by distinguished graduate, Barrow, are now online

Now online and worth checking out are excerpts of the acceptance speech made by Urla Barrow as she received the 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award. Barrow, '83, runs a community health organization in Washington, D.C. She paid tribute to UW-Green Bay and past and present faculty and staff members including Juliet Cole, Barbara Fondrliak, Jo Berenson and the late Dawson Deese Her remarks are online at the 'quote, unquote" page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm

* * * * *

Update on Distinguished Alumni Award 2000

Speaking of the Distinguished Alumni Award, nomination forms will be available soon for the 2000 award to be presented next fall. Have a potential nominee? Grant Staszak, donor and alumni relations coordinator for Advancement, will distribute information in May.

* * * * *

It's Phoenix vs. Badgers Wednesday at Phoenix Field

The Phoenix softball team hopes to continue its red-hot play when it hosts the Wisconsin Badgers in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 12) at Phoenix Field. UW-Green Bay is off to its best start ever. Former basketball standout Becky Knutson is the leading hitter at near .500 and pitcher Debbie Kind has an ERA of well under one run per game. More.

* * * * *

Art historian Lewis speaks Thursday

The student Art Agency organization is sponsoring a presentation by Milwaukee art historian Frank Lewis at 2 p.m. Thursday (April 13) in the Christie Theatre.

* * * * *

Music reminders: MM good

Cheryl Grosso reminds us with the title of her newest composition that this really isn't Y2K, it's the first year of the MM millennium. The student Hand Drumming Ensemble premieres her first composition of the new millennium, "Rhythm Chant MM," during a concert this Thursday evening (April 13) at the Weidner. Also on the schedule this week is a recital by faculty member Thomas Photenhauer on Friday evening in Fort Howard Hall. More.

* * * * *

Reminders Columnist, dirt, Oneida social dance

Columnist and editor David Brooks will discuss his new book on "The New Upper Class" at 10 a.m. Friday (April 14) in the Christie Theatre. Ecology Prof. David C. Coleman of the University of Georgia will lecture on how nature recycles organic debris at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in Rose Hall 250. The Oneida Longhouse Singers will perform and teach traditional social dances from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in the Theatre Hall Dance Studio.

* * * * *

Gift for Easter/Mother's Day? How about art?

It worked when you were in the 2nd grade — why couldn't it work now? The Art Agency is again organizing its Easter/Mother's Day Sale and offering a great opportunity to go home with beautiful gifts for family and friends. Student artists will have available artwork ranging from jewelry, ceramics, screen prints, photography, sculpture and much more. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 18 and 19, in Phoenix C.

* * * * *

Today opens Sexual Assault Awareness Week on campus

Events marking Sexual Assault Awareness Week include a Wednesday performance of "Drawing the Shades," daily information tables and participation in Friday's Take Back the Night Rally in downtown Green Bay. More.

* * * * *

Teens and AIDS

"Teens and AIDS," a live call-in program on Wisconsin Public Television, airs at 7 p.m. Wednesday (April 12). Co-producer Eileen Littig worked with leaders of the AIDS Resource Center in Milwaukee and Camp Heartland on the Teen Connection special. The website is http://www.wpt.org/teenconnection/

* * * * *

Briefs

Prof. Andrew Fiala, HS, recently presented a paper titled "The Risks of Education: Dewey and the Kansas School Board" at the 27th annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. The conference was held at Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis in early March. Fiala will present his paper "The Dialectic of Tolerance: Tolerant Dissent in the Aftermath of the Southworth Case" at a conference on "The Culture of Tolerance" held by the UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy. This conference will be held at the University of Exeter in Exeter, England on April 6-8, 2000. Papers for this conference, including Fiala's, are available on-line at http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/politics/cpro1.htm

The London School of Economics, United Kingdom, has invited Prof. Ismail Shariff, URS, to present a paper entitled "Will Emerging Globalization Stimulate Growth in Developing Countries in the New Millennium?" at its Eleventh Annual Conference of the Congress of Political Economists International.

* * * * *

LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. To submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or just plain feedback, UW-Green Bay employees can call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.