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



Renowned columnists on campus 'Featured Faculty' award winner Chicago actress in 'Pippin,' opens April 28 Big Ten game opens new Phoenix Field Class studies ways of the Amish 'Riverdance' stomps old record Student researchers look at natural areas New music, hand drumming concert Pfotenhauer recital Oneida Longhouse Singers Scientist explains nature's recycling International Dinner Outreach offers 'Pre-Discovery' Student Information System Project update Admissions selects SOAR OAs Reminder: PSC lessons Reminder: Environmental Justice event Brief: Kolb	Vol. 31, No. 31 / April 3, 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. Lecture series brings renowned columnists to campus Notable names and challenging topics have long been part of the History and Social Change Lecture Series, but it's hard to recall a stronger lineup than next week's featuring two nationally renowned columnists. E.J. Dionne Jr., who writes for the Washington Post and is a senior fellow in governmental studies at The Brookings Institution, will speak at 10 a.m. Monday, April 10 in the Christie Theater. His topic is "Do Americans Still Hate Politics?" The speaker at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14, also in the Christie, is David Brooks, a senior editor at the conservative national political weekly, The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor for Newsweek. He'll discuss "The New Upper Class" and his book on the emerging bourgeoisie-bohemian, or "Bobo," culture. *** * * * * Bircher wins UW-Green Bay 'Featured Faculty' award Karen Bircher, a lecturer in the Education Department, is the recipient of the UW-Green Bay Featured Faculty Award for spring semester 1999-2000. The Faculty Development Council recognized Bircher "for her dedication to the craft of teaching." The nomination noted that student evaluations of Bircher's teaching composition often ranked above nine on a one-to-ten scale, even though nearly all the students take the course as a requirement and not as an elective. More. * * * * *** Chicago actress guest stars as theatre program takes 'Pippin' to Weidner The UW-Green Bay theatre program has announced it will feature a guest artist, Rachel Rockwell of Chicago, in the spring musical, Pippin. The show will be staged in four performances April 28, 29 and 30 in the Weidner Center's 2,000-seat Cofrin Family Hall. Directors say student cast and crew members enjoy working with a top-flight professional, and audiences will enjoy a "triple threat" performance by a terrific singer, dancer and actress. For more on Rockwell and the show, follow the link off the UW-Green Bay Today page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/todaypg/today.htm *** * * * * Game with Big Ten Gophers opens new Phoenix Field It's an opportune time to cheer on the red-hot Phoenix softball team — The team opens its home slate at home next week for the first time since 1996. With a superior playing surface, better drainage and brand-new dugouts, the newly refurbished Phoenix Field means the team will no longer travel to play home games at Pulaski High School, a 25-minute commute. The Phoenix hosts Minnesota at 1 p.m. Tuesday (April 4). The team's 14-2 start is best in Phoenix softball history. More. * * * * * UW-Green Bay class studies ways of the Amish An on-going relationship with the Amish Community of Bonduel merited air time on Fox-11 News recently for Human Development Prof. Dick Logan and his Cross Cultural Human Development Class. The local TV station interviewed Logan and his students for a lengthy feature story which was broadcast last month. Class members visit and study the nearby Amish settlement as a window to another culture. For photos, check the page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm * * * * * 'Riverdance' stomps old record In case you didn't catch this in the news, "Riverdance" was a record. The Irish dance/music show played to 15,924 people, a one-week record for the center. That was 99.9 percent of capacity. The show generated $895,000 at the box office in eight performances. Only some weeks of the "Phantom of the Opera" and "Miss Saigon" brought in more revenue. * * * * * Student researchers look at natural areas University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students shared the results of their research on exotic plants, snails, mammals, soils, and pond water quality in a program on campus last Friday afternoon. Topics ranged from nutrient levels in campus ponds to the carnivores of the Cofrin Arboretum, and more. Read more. * * * * * New music, hand drumming share UW-Green Bay concert Expect the eclectic when the New Music and Hand Drumming Ensembles perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in the University Theatre. Cheryl Grosso, COA, directs both group. "Amores" is a four-movement piece by John Cage in which movements one and four are written for solo prepared piano (with screws, nuts and rubber strips on the strings for new sounds), and the inner two movements are scored for percussion trio. Numbers in which performers clap their hands or surround the audience for a surround-sound effect are also featured. Music of North India and Ghana will come from the hand-drumming group, along with the premiere performance of Grosso's first composition of the new millennium, "Rhythm Chant MM." More. * * * * * Pfotenhauer recital will introduce work of woman composer UW-Green Bay faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer will perform trumpet works and discuss the music's composer in a lecture-recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner. Pfotenhauer says he became interested in the music of Mary Jeanne van Appledorn while he was researching music for brass instruments written by female composers."She has written several compositions for the trumpet that present formidable challenges," says Pfotenhauer. More. * * * * * Oneida Longhouse Singers will open Awareness Month 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. The event is the first in a series of Native American Awareness Month activities on campus. More. * * * * * Scientist will explain how nature recycles organic debris A soil ecologist who studies how nature recycles organic debris will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in Rose Hall 250. The speaker is David C. Coleman, research professor of ecology in the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. More. * * * * * Tickets on sale for International Dinner International Dinner tickets are now on sale at the Main Desk in the University Union. The Dinner is on Saturday, April 22 in the Phoenix Room. Ticket prices are $9 for UW-Green Bay students, $14 faculty and staff and $16 community member. For additional information please call the Main Desk at 465-2400. * * * * * Outreach offers 'Pre-Discovery' for 4 and 5 year olds The Office of Outreach and Extension is currently accepting registrations for its "Pre-Discovery" summer program. It's the first summer a Summer Discovery course specially designed for children ages 4 and 5 has been offered. Safe and natural environments of pond, field and forest along with a wide variety of art, music, literature, movement and inquiry projects will be explored by the children at or near the campus Ecumenical Center. More. * * * * * Student Information System Project update Two important technical positions have been filled in connection with the Student Information System initiative. Prototyping has begun, setup decisions and table loading is now in progress. For more project news click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update6.htm * * * * * Admissions selects SOAR OAs Nine students have been chosen to serve as orientation assistants for the SOAR 2000 program. OAs are paraprofessionals who will assist in the Orientation, Advising, and Registration program with campus tours, panels, presentations and workshops and advising. The students include freshmen Todd Koplien and Kendra Petrashek, sophomores Rebecca Buchberger, David Viste and Sarah Lazzari and juniors Natalie Archie, David Lamers, Elisa LaChance and Mike Irwin. * * * * * Reminder: PSC lessons There is still time for UW-Green Bay employees interested in enrolling their children in summer swimming, tennis or karate lessons at the Phoenix Sports Center. Three-week sessions start June 12, July 5 or July 24. Call ext. 2449 for early registration. * * * * * Reminder: Environmental Justice event The all-day workshop "Environmental Justice: A Call to Action" takes place this Saturday, April 8, at the Ecumenical Center. The event is free and open to all. More. * * * * * Brief Eileen Kolb, Academic Advising, presented at the regional conference for NACADA in Columbus, Ohio, on March 13. Her presentation was on "Managing At-Risk and Admissions Probation Students With Technology." Kolb manages the UW-Green Bay Admissions Probation Program. * * * * *** 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.

Renowned columnists on campus

'Featured Faculty' award winner

Chicago actress in 'Pippin,' opens April 28

Big Ten game opens new Phoenix Field

Class studies ways of the Amish

'Riverdance' stomps old record

Student researchers look at natural areas

New music, hand drumming concert

Pfotenhauer recital

Oneida Longhouse Singers

Scientist explains nature's recycling

International Dinner

Outreach offers 'Pre-Discovery'

Student Information System Project update

Admissions selects SOAR OAs

Reminder: PSC lessons

Reminder: Environmental Justice event

Brief: Kolb

Vol. 31, No. 31 / April 3, 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.

Lecture series brings renowned columnists to campus

Notable names and challenging topics have long been part of the History and Social Change Lecture Series, but it's hard to recall a stronger lineup than next week's featuring two nationally renowned columnists. E.J. Dionne Jr., who writes for the Washington Post and is a senior fellow in governmental studies at The Brookings Institution, will speak at 10 a.m. Monday, April 10 in the Christie Theater. His topic is "Do Americans Still Hate Politics?" The speaker at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14, also in the Christie, is David Brooks, a senior editor at the conservative national political weekly, The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor for Newsweek. He'll discuss "The New Upper Class" and his book on the emerging bourgeoisie-bohemian, or "Bobo," culture.

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Bircher wins UW-Green Bay 'Featured Faculty' award

Karen Bircher, a lecturer in the Education Department, is the recipient of the UW-Green Bay Featured Faculty Award for spring semester 1999-2000. The Faculty Development Council recognized Bircher "for her dedication to the craft of teaching." The nomination noted that student evaluations of Bircher's teaching composition often ranked above nine on a one-to-ten scale, even though nearly all the students take the course as a requirement and not as an elective. More.

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Chicago actress guest stars as theatre program takes 'Pippin' to Weidner

The UW-Green Bay theatre program has announced it will feature a guest artist, Rachel Rockwell of Chicago, in the spring musical, Pippin. The show will be staged in four performances April 28, 29 and 30 in the Weidner Center's 2,000-seat Cofrin Family Hall. Directors say student cast and crew members enjoy working with a top-flight professional, and audiences will enjoy a "triple threat" performance by a terrific singer, dancer and actress. For more on Rockwell and the show, follow the link off the UW-Green Bay Today page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/todaypg/today.htm

* * * * *

Game with Big Ten Gophers opens new Phoenix Field

It's an opportune time to cheer on the red-hot Phoenix softball team — The team opens its home slate at home next week for the first time since 1996. With a superior playing surface, better drainage and brand-new dugouts, the newly refurbished Phoenix Field means the team will no longer travel to play home games at Pulaski High School, a 25-minute commute. The Phoenix hosts Minnesota at 1 p.m. Tuesday (April 4). The team's 14-2 start is best in Phoenix softball history. More.

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UW-Green Bay class studies ways of the Amish

An on-going relationship with the Amish Community of Bonduel merited air time on Fox-11 News recently for Human Development Prof. Dick Logan and his Cross Cultural Human Development Class. The local TV station interviewed Logan and his students for a lengthy feature story which was broadcast last month. Class members visit and study the nearby Amish settlement as a window to another culture. For photos, check the page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm

* * * * *

'Riverdance' stomps old record

In case you didn't catch this in the news, "Riverdance" was a record. The Irish dance/music show played to 15,924 people, a one-week record for the center. That was 99.9 percent of capacity. The show generated $895,000 at the box office in eight performances. Only some weeks of the "Phantom of the Opera" and "Miss Saigon" brought in more revenue.

* * * * *

Student researchers look at natural areas

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students shared the results of their research on exotic plants, snails, mammals, soils, and pond water quality in a program on campus last Friday afternoon. Topics ranged from nutrient levels in campus ponds to the carnivores of the Cofrin Arboretum, and more. Read more.

* * * * *

New music, hand drumming share UW-Green Bay concert

Expect the eclectic when the New Music and Hand Drumming Ensembles perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in the University Theatre. Cheryl Grosso, COA, directs both group. "Amores" is a four-movement piece by John Cage in which movements one and four are written for solo prepared piano (with screws, nuts and rubber strips on the strings for new sounds), and the inner two movements are scored for percussion trio. Numbers in which performers clap their hands or surround the audience for a surround-sound effect are also featured. Music of North India and Ghana will come from the hand-drumming group, along with the premiere performance of Grosso's first composition of the new millennium, "Rhythm Chant MM." More.

* * * * *

Pfotenhauer recital will introduce work of woman composer

UW-Green Bay faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer will perform trumpet works and discuss the music's composer in a lecture-recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner. Pfotenhauer says he became interested in the music of Mary Jeanne van Appledorn while he was researching music for brass instruments written by female composers."She has written several compositions for the trumpet that present formidable challenges," says Pfotenhauer. More.

* * * * *

Oneida Longhouse Singers will open Awareness Month

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. The event is the first in a series of Native American Awareness Month activities on campus. More.

* * * * *

Scientist will explain how nature recycles organic debris

A soil ecologist who studies how nature recycles organic debris will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in Rose Hall 250. The speaker is David C. Coleman, research professor of ecology in the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. More.

* * * * *

Tickets on sale for International Dinner

International Dinner tickets are now on sale at the Main Desk in the University Union. The Dinner is on Saturday, April 22 in the Phoenix Room. Ticket prices are $9 for UW-Green Bay students, $14 faculty and staff and $16 community member. For additional information please call the Main Desk at 465-2400.

* * * * *

Outreach offers 'Pre-Discovery' for 4 and 5 year olds

The Office of Outreach and Extension is currently accepting registrations for its "Pre-Discovery" summer program. It's the first summer a Summer Discovery course specially designed for children ages 4 and 5 has been offered. Safe and natural environments of pond, field and forest along with a wide variety of art, music, literature, movement and inquiry projects will be explored by the children at or near the campus Ecumenical Center. More.

* * * * *

Student Information System Project update

Two important technical positions have been filled in connection with the Student Information System initiative. Prototyping has begun, setup decisions and table loading is now in progress. For more project news click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update6.htm

* * * * *

Admissions selects SOAR OAs

Nine students have been chosen to serve as orientation assistants for the SOAR 2000 program. OAs are paraprofessionals who will assist in the Orientation, Advising, and Registration program with campus tours, panels, presentations and workshops and advising. The students include freshmen Todd Koplien and Kendra Petrashek, sophomores Rebecca Buchberger, David Viste and Sarah Lazzari and juniors Natalie Archie, David Lamers, Elisa LaChance and Mike Irwin.

* * * * *

Reminder: PSC lessons

There is still time for UW-Green Bay employees interested in enrolling their children in summer swimming, tennis or karate lessons at the Phoenix Sports Center. Three-week sessions start June 12, July 5 or July 24. Call ext. 2449 for early registration.

* * * * *

Reminder: Environmental Justice event

The all-day workshop "Environmental Justice: A Call to Action" takes place this Saturday, April 8, at the Ecumenical Center. The event is free and open to all. More.

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Brief

Eileen Kolb, Academic Advising, presented at the regional conference for NACADA in Columbus, Ohio, on March 13. Her presentation was on "Managing At-Risk and Admissions Probation Students With Technology." Kolb manages the UW-Green Bay Admissions Probation Program.

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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.