UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 21



Concrete progress Fall 2000 calendar is filling PeopleSoft updates Sharpshooter gets money World of teen girls video African-American Community Choir Faculty art show opens Student Honors Recital Reminder: Comic professor Tibetan culture program Reminders Publications Brief	Vol. 31, No. 21 / Jan. 24, 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. Concrete progress Foundation work is under way as crews have begun to pour footings, column bases and foundation walls for the new academic building. Walls will be poured in stages as excavation continues, with the wing nearest the Cofrin Library the first to get its foundation. If things proceed according to schedule, the slab will be poured the second week of March. *** * * * * Fall 2000 calendar is filling fast Kickoff events for fall semester 2000 have already been scheduled. Individuals and units are asked to make note of these times to avoid scheduling conflicts. Wednesday, August 30 8:30 - 11 a.m., University Convocation 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., New Faculty/Staff Orientation Program Thursday, August 31 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., New Freshmen Campus Move-In 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., Student Welcome Event, Introduction to College Saturday, September 2 8 p.m., Introduction to College Program Ends Monday, September 4 9 a.m., General Campus Move-In * * * * * Here's an update on PeopleSoft project Matt Clark, the project manager for the PeopleSoft Student Administration project, provides this update. Team meetings with Jill Swamp of Cambridge Consulting are scheduled for today and tomorrow (Jan. 24 and 25). Other news? Information Services is seeking to fill key technical positions including a senior programmer/analyst, and an Oracle database administrator. Software installation dates will be announced soon. For more information and regular updates, go to: www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update1.htm * * * * * 13-year-old sharpshooter gets his money Thursday Jason Meyer, the grade-school student from Howard who became a local basketball legend when his halfcourt shot swished cleanly through the net during a promotion at a recent Phoenix game, will make a return appearance before Thursday's men's game vs. Cleveland State at the Arena. This time, he'll collect his $5,000 check from sponsor Papa John's and, probably, another standing ovation. * * * * * World of teen girls is topic of groundbreaking WPT/NEWIST video The one-hour documentary "Beyond the Butterfly: Middle School Girls Speak Out" will be broadcast statewide at 8 p.m. Tuesday on WPNE-TV 38. The production by NEWIST/CESA 7 and Wisconsin Public TV has already drawn attention for its concept: provide the use of Sony Hi-8 video cameras to over twenty groups of girls in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio and turn them loose to record discussions regarding important issues in their lives. Eileen Littig and Larry Long were producers. * * * * * African-American Community Choir performs Sunday The African-American Community Choir, under the direction of UW-Green Bay senior Jerome Morris III, will present its winter concert this Sunday, Jan. 30. The concert is at 4 p.m. at The Divine Temple, 600 S. Adams St. in Green Bay. Donations of non-perishable food are requested to benefit Paul's Pantry. For more information contact Yarvelle Draper-King, choir coordinator, at ext. 2321. * * * * * Faculty art show opening is Thursday Nine members of the art faculty and staff will show their work in the annual faculty art exhibit opening Thursday (January 27) with a reception from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Lawton Gallery. Artists included are David Damkoehler, Kristie Deetz, Jerry Dell, Carol Emmons, Dan Hatton, Curt Heuer, Jennifer Mokren, Christine Style and Karon Winzenz. The exhibit continues through Feb. 17. * * * * * Student Honors Recital is Feb. 5 Five music students will perform in an honors recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. Performers are Shaun Combs, trumpet; Sarah Danek, flute; Tim Patterson and Ellen Simon, both percussion; and Heidi Volkmann, mezzo-soprano. A reception follows the program. * * * * * Reminder: Comic professor tackles masculinity, gender differences Christopher Kilmartin, an associate professor, author and former stand-up comedian, leads workshops this week at UW-Green Bay. Presentations are Wednesday night and Thursday noon on gender in the workplace. Last week's LOG neglected to list all the sponsors: the campuswide COPE committee, Residence Life, Student Life and the Counseling and Health Center. The EAP program is responsible only for the "gender in the workforce" session. More details. * * * * * Hey! Hey! They're the monks, see With a burst of media attention and local interest usually reserved for rock stars, the Atlanta-based Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery are in Green Bay this week for a pair of Weidner Center shows featuring ancient dance and music. Presented by Richard Gere Productions, they will also appear at Port Plaza mall and area schools to teach about Tibetan culture, spiritual beliefs and political history, and they'll offer a free program on campus at the Ecumenical Center. The EC program, on the power of meditation, is from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 26). * * * * * Reminders: Chili cookoff; NASA planning; Alumni Day with ESPN You've seen these elsewhere, but worth a reminder here: The campuswide Chili Cookoff contest is this Friday (Jan. 28) in the Nicolet Room at 11:30 or later if you'd like to sample some chili and vote on your favorite; space-age technology and local planning share the bill today (Monday) in Phoenix C; and Saturday (Jan. 29) is a big day for basketball and the Alumni Association, with "old-timers" game and a varsity doubleheader and a visit from ESPN. More on NASA planning and Alumni Day. * * * * * Publications Harvey Kaye, SCD, has an essay, "Honoring Our Fathers - or Democratic Generations," an essay about his father in the context of recent books and films on the World War II generation, on line at the site TomPaine.Com-mon Sense, a journal of opinion. The essay is at http://www.tompaine.com/history/2000/01/13/ Weiping Liu, BUA, has a research paper, "Sovereign Debt Service Capacity Estimation by Logistic Regression and Neural Networks," accepted for presentation at the Seventh Annual Global Finance Conference April 19-22 in Chicago. Co-authors include Dechang Chen, NAS, and Mark Hwang, Central Michigan State University. Kevin Roeder,** Social Work, is author of an article, "Perceptions of HIV/AIDS Services by Those Living With HIV Disease in Seventeen Northeast Wisconsin Counties," in the Fall 1999 edition of Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Update. This original community research was conducted through his role as chair of the Northeast Wisconsin Ryan White Consortium, working in collaboration with the St. Norbert College Survey Center. *** * * * * Brief Mark Everingham, SCD, will lead a delegation of 10 UW-Green Bay students to the 20th Model General Assembly of the Organization of American States March 27 to 31 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. UW-Green Bay is assigned to represent Chile and Everingham is recruiting 10 student delegates who will study the diplomatic posture and policy positions of Chile in preparation for the event. This will be the University's fourth year of participation in the week-long event. * * * * *** 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.

Concrete progress

Fall 2000 calendar is filling

PeopleSoft updates

Sharpshooter gets money

World of teen girls video

African-American Community Choir

Faculty art show opens

Student Honors Recital

Reminder: Comic professor

Tibetan culture program

Reminders

Publications

Brief

Vol. 31, No. 21 / Jan. 24, 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.

Concrete progress

Foundation work is under way as crews have begun to pour footings, column bases and foundation walls for the new academic building. Walls will be poured in stages as excavation continues, with the wing nearest the Cofrin Library the first to get its foundation. If things proceed according to schedule, the slab will be poured the second week of March.

* * * * *

Fall 2000 calendar is filling fast

Kickoff events for fall semester 2000 have already been scheduled. Individuals and units are asked to make note of these times to avoid scheduling conflicts.

Wednesday, August 30
8:30 - 11 a.m., University Convocation
11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., New Faculty/Staff Orientation Program

Thursday, August 31
9 a.m. - 1 p.m., New Freshmen Campus Move-In
1:30 - 2:30 p.m., Student Welcome Event, Introduction to College

Saturday, September 2
8 p.m., Introduction to College Program Ends

Monday, September 4
9 a.m., General Campus Move-In

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Here's an update on PeopleSoft project

Matt Clark, the project manager for the PeopleSoft Student Administration project, provides this update. Team meetings with Jill Swamp of Cambridge Consulting are scheduled for today and tomorrow (Jan. 24 and 25). Other news? Information Services is seeking to fill key technical positions including a senior programmer/analyst, and an Oracle database administrator. Software installation dates will be announced soon. For more information and regular updates, go to: www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update1.htm

* * * * *

13-year-old sharpshooter gets his money Thursday

Jason Meyer, the grade-school student from Howard who became a local basketball legend when his halfcourt shot swished cleanly through the net during a promotion at a recent Phoenix game, will make a return appearance before Thursday's men's game vs. Cleveland State at the Arena. This time, he'll collect his $5,000 check from sponsor Papa John's and, probably, another standing ovation.

* * * * *

World of teen girls is topic of groundbreaking WPT/NEWIST video

The one-hour documentary "Beyond the Butterfly: Middle School Girls Speak Out" will be broadcast statewide at 8 p.m. Tuesday on WPNE-TV 38. The production by NEWIST/CESA 7 and Wisconsin Public TV has already drawn attention for its concept: provide the use of Sony Hi-8 video cameras to over twenty groups of girls in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio and turn them loose to record discussions regarding important issues in their lives. Eileen Littig and Larry Long were producers.

* * * * *

African-American Community Choir performs Sunday

The African-American Community Choir, under the direction of UW-Green Bay senior Jerome Morris III, will present its winter concert this Sunday, Jan. 30. The concert is at 4 p.m. at The Divine Temple, 600 S. Adams St. in Green Bay. Donations of non-perishable food are requested to benefit Paul's Pantry. For more information contact Yarvelle Draper-King, choir coordinator, at ext. 2321.

* * * * *

Faculty art show opening is Thursday

Nine members of the art faculty and staff will show their work in the annual faculty art exhibit opening Thursday (January 27) with a reception from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Lawton Gallery. Artists included are David Damkoehler, Kristie Deetz, Jerry Dell, Carol Emmons, Dan Hatton, Curt Heuer, Jennifer Mokren, Christine Style and Karon Winzenz. The exhibit continues through Feb. 17.

* * * * *

Student Honors Recital is Feb. 5

Five music students will perform in an honors recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. Performers are Shaun Combs, trumpet; Sarah Danek, flute; Tim Patterson and Ellen Simon, both percussion; and Heidi Volkmann, mezzo-soprano. A reception follows the program.

* * * * *

Reminder: Comic professor tackles masculinity, gender differences

Christopher Kilmartin, an associate professor, author and former stand-up comedian, leads workshops this week at UW-Green Bay. Presentations are Wednesday night and Thursday noon on gender in the workplace. Last week's LOG neglected to list all the sponsors: the campuswide COPE committee, Residence Life, Student Life and the Counseling and Health Center. The EAP program is responsible only for the "gender in the workforce" session. More details.

* * * * *

Hey! Hey! They're the monks, see

With a burst of media attention and local interest usually reserved for rock stars, the Atlanta-based Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery are in Green Bay this week for a pair of Weidner Center shows featuring ancient dance and music. Presented by Richard Gere Productions, they will also appear at Port Plaza mall and area schools to teach about Tibetan culture, spiritual beliefs and political history, and they'll offer a free program on campus at the Ecumenical Center. The EC program, on the power of meditation, is from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 26).

* * * * *

Reminders: Chili cookoff; NASA planning; Alumni Day with ESPN

You've seen these elsewhere, but worth a reminder here: The campuswide Chili Cookoff contest is this Friday (Jan. 28) in the Nicolet Room at 11:30 or later if you'd like to sample some chili and vote on your favorite; space-age technology and local planning share the bill today (Monday) in Phoenix C; and Saturday (Jan. 29) is a big day for basketball and the Alumni Association, with "old-timers" game and a varsity doubleheader and a visit from ESPN. More on NASA planning and Alumni Day.

* * * * *

Publications

Harvey Kaye, SCD, has an essay, "Honoring Our Fathers - or Democratic Generations," an essay about his father in the context of recent books and films on the World War II generation, on line at the site TomPaine.Com-mon Sense, a journal of opinion. The essay is at http://www.tompaine.com/history/2000/01/13/

Weiping Liu, BUA, has a research paper, "Sovereign Debt Service Capacity Estimation by Logistic Regression and Neural Networks," accepted for presentation at the Seventh Annual Global Finance Conference April 19-22 in Chicago. Co-authors include Dechang Chen, NAS, and Mark Hwang, Central Michigan State University.

Kevin Roeder, Social Work, is author of an article, "Perceptions of HIV/AIDS Services by Those Living With HIV Disease in Seventeen Northeast Wisconsin Counties," in the Fall 1999 edition of Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Update. This original community research was conducted through his role as chair of the Northeast Wisconsin Ryan White Consortium, working in collaboration with the St. Norbert College Survey Center.

* * * * *

Brief

Mark Everingham, SCD, will lead a delegation of 10 UW-Green Bay students to the 20th Model General Assembly of the Organization of American States March 27 to 31 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. UW-Green Bay is assigned to represent Chile and Everingham is recruiting 10 student delegates who will study the diplomatic posture and policy positions of Chile in preparation for the event. This will be the University's fourth year of participation in the week-long event.

* * * * *

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.