UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 40



Enrollment update New website spotlights UW-Green Bay Transforming 'The Pit' Colossal Corn Maze Kaye's book featured Article on sprawl, land use in Voyageur Tuition/fees are set Regents look at quality in distance ed Regents endorse new enrollment plans Student Information System Project update Catalog reminder Interested in poet laureate's job? Green Bay leads nation in job growth Publication Briefs	Vol. 31, No. 40 / June 26, 2000 The LOG ONline is distributed every other week during the summer. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website. UW-Green Bay enrollment numbers show high demand UW-Green Bay remains a popular choice among new students. A midsummer update shows that the University is nearing its fall 2000 target of 4,357 FTE (full-time equivalent) students, based upon an overall enrollment of about 5,300 full- and part-time individuals. New-freshman registration is up 4 percent from this time last year, with an incoming class of approximately 865 students. The University is also running ahead of schedule in the registration of transfers, re-entries and master's degree students. *** * * * * Public Service website puts spotlight on UW-Green Bay project Another measure of the relative visibility of UW-Green Bay's new academic building in the worlds of architecture and solar technology can be found on the Internet. Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has launched a website touting the project's importance as a model for building-integrated photovoltaics. The site also offers a variety of information about the building. It's at http://www.buildingsolar.com/ * * * * * They're making 'The Pit' (ES 114) more learning-friendly The new academic building isn't the only construction job under way on campus. If you walk to your office via the Lab Sciences/Environmental Sciences route, you know from the construction debris and the shuttling of cement that the ES 114 auditorium is getting a makeover. For a peek inside, check out the Photo Page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm * * * * * A-mazing: It's June, and they're already cutting corn If you see crews at work in the cornfield across Bay Settlement Road, behind BayLake Bank, stop and help! (Or maybe just watch.) They're knocking down selected stalks in preparation for Colossal Corn Maze 2000, to open sometime around Labor Day. Maze director Frank Madzarevic and geographer Prof. Bill Niedzwiedz have enlisted the help of the local chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors to transfer plot points on a map to actual points in the field. They'll be cutting corn the rest of this week. The maze masters are hopeful that this year's design (think two-man Mount Rushmore in corn, with the loser getting mowed down on Election Day) will attract national attention and surpass last year's attendance of about 12,000 for Cornelia the Cow. * * * * *** Kaye's book is focus of 'Press-Gazette' feature Turn to page D-1 of the Green Bay Press-Gazette today (Monday, June 26) and you'll see a nearly full-page feature on Thomas Paine and Prof. Harvey Kaye's new book, Thomas Paine: Firebrand of the Revolution. The newspaper story touches upon Kaye's writing career and his lifelong fascination with the radical author. *** * * * *** Halloran article on sprawl, land use is published in 'Voyageur' Nancy Halloran, a program assistant in the Office of the Registrar and a recent UW-Green Bay graduate, is the author of a feature article in the summer/fall 2000 edition of the regional history review Voyageur. She writes about the current impact of urban sprawl and the history of land use in the Outagamie County township of Ellington, where her great-grandparents were among the early European settlers. Halloran researched the article for an independent study supervised by Prof. William Laatsch. *** * * * * Tuition/fees will total $3,305 for most UW-Green Bay students The Regents have approved tuition levels for the 2000-01 academic year. At UW-Green Bay, the grand total for a full-time student who is a Wisconsin resident will be $3,305.50 for the year. Undergraduate tuition was frozen at last year's levels via Legislative action in the form of additional base-budget support. Total bills are up several percentage points statewide only because student leaders on many campuses have raised segregated fees (not part of the freeze) by significant margins to fund additional activities and facilities. Also freeze-free were tuition levels for graduate students and non-resident undergraduates, who will see 7 percent increases. For more, see http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0067.htm * * * * * UW Regents look at quality issues in distance ed At the Board of Regents meeting earlier this month, the board took up discussion of a policy document which will attempt to assure high quality with regard to academic and student support services in distance education credit courses, degree and certificate programs. For more, go to the UW System news page at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0068b.htm * * * * * Regents endorse new enrollment plans The UW System Regents voted June 8 to endorse a new enrollment planning strategy for the coming decade. The System plan would increase enrollments by about 2,900 FTE students statewide. Institutions earmarked for growth include Milwaukee, 16 percent; River Falls, 11 percent; Platteville, 10 percent; and UW Colleges, 9 percent. Small declines are planned for Green Bay and La Crosse to align resources with enrollments. Stable enrollments or slight growth mark the remaining institutions. For more, click on http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0068.htm * * * * * Student Information System Project update Matt Clark reports that Bradley Torok, a PeopleSoft consultant, was on campus in mid-June to assist with data conversion planning. Torok has been working through the MILER core team to assist campuses with data conversion efforts. He is scheduled to come back the full weeks of July 10 and 17. Data conversion will be a major project activity. It is a complex, time-consuming process that will require a coordinated effort between functional and technical staff. Other news includes updates on backup and maintenance plans, data warehousing, customization management and other topics. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update12.htm * * * * * Reminder: We still have catalogs There are still 2000-02 UW-Green Bay undergraduate catalogs waiting for pickup. Call Nancy Matzke, agency printing manager, at ext. 2214, to specify a quantity and arrange for pickup. * * * * * Interested in poet laureate's job? The nomination deadline is Aug. 4 in the search for an official Wisconsin poet laureate. Gov. Tommy Thompson has announced that it will be an unpaid, ceremonial position, at least for now, but the state Arts Board and Humanities Council will furnish some travel stipends. Applications will be reviewed first by a screening committee, which will forward three names to the governor. The poet will be an advocate for the literary arts and make appearances in schools and at civic functions. Inquiries may be directed to the Wisconsin Arts Board. * * * * * Green Bay leads nation in job growth The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to report that, by at least one measure, Green Bay tops the nation in employment growth. Just released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is a list that puts Green Bay atop a Top 10 that also includes Tucson, Ariz.; Orlando, Fla.; Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Cal.; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.; Dover, Del.; Riverside-San Bernadino, Cal.; Boise, Idaho; Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.; and Austin-San Marcos, Texas. Paul Ehrfurth, vice president of economic development for the Green Bay Chamber, says the numbers illustrate a "solid, stable and developing economy of basic industries backed by a growing healthcare cluster." Another statistic of note is that the Green Bay area ranked No. 2 in population growth out of the 43 Great Lakes cities during the period 1990-98. * * * * * Publication An article based on the Ph.D. dissertation of Prof. David Dolan** NAS and mathematics, is published in the May-June issue of Environmetrics. The title of the research article is "Predicting benthic counts in Lake Huron using spatial statistics and quasi-likelihood." An abstract is on-line at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/72502838/START *** * * * * Briefs Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development and Psychology, is the author of "Taking psychology into the trenches: Active learning and group activities," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, in Miami, Florida. Lorraine Noll, associate professor emerita of nursing, has been recognized by a national organization for her work in offering continuing education to nurses across the region. Noll received the Certified Nurse Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center at the organization's annual meeting in Indianapolis on June 25. The awards committee cited her work in bringing visibility to nursing certification and outreach programs to adult learners. Noll won the Founders Association award for outreach in 1993 for leading workshops, teaching courses, and supervising clinical experiences, particularly at satellite locations including Rhinelander and Woodruff in northern Wisconsin. * * * * *** 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.

Enrollment update

New website spotlights UW-Green Bay

Transforming 'The Pit'

Colossal Corn Maze

Kaye's book featured

Article on sprawl, land use in Voyageur

Tuition/fees are set

Regents look at quality in distance ed

Regents endorse new enrollment plans

Student Information System Project update

Catalog reminder

Interested in poet laureate's job?

Green Bay leads nation in job growth

Publication

Briefs

Vol. 31, No. 40 / June 26, 2000

The LOG ONline is distributed every other week during the summer. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website.

UW-Green Bay enrollment numbers show high demand

UW-Green Bay remains a popular choice among new students. A midsummer update shows that the University is nearing its fall 2000 target of 4,357 FTE (full-time equivalent) students, based upon an overall enrollment of about 5,300 full- and part-time individuals. New-freshman registration is up 4 percent from this time last year, with an incoming class of approximately 865 students. The University is also running ahead of schedule in the registration of transfers, re-entries and master's degree students.

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Public Service website puts spotlight on UW-Green Bay project

Another measure of the relative visibility of UW-Green Bay's new academic building in the worlds of architecture and solar technology can be found on the Internet. Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has launched a website touting the project's importance as a model for building-integrated photovoltaics. The site also offers a variety of information about the building. It's at http://www.buildingsolar.com/

* * * * *

They're making 'The Pit' (ES 114) more learning-friendly

The new academic building isn't the only construction job under way on campus. If you walk to your office via the Lab Sciences/Environmental Sciences route, you know from the construction debris and the shuttling of cement that the ES 114 auditorium is getting a makeover. For a peek inside, check out the Photo Page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm

* * * * *

A-mazing: It's June, and they're already cutting corn

If you see crews at work in the cornfield across Bay Settlement Road, behind BayLake Bank, stop and help! (Or maybe just watch.) They're knocking down selected stalks in preparation for Colossal Corn Maze 2000, to open sometime around Labor Day. Maze director Frank Madzarevic and geographer Prof. Bill Niedzwiedz have enlisted the help of the local chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors to transfer plot points on a map to actual points in the field. They'll be cutting corn the rest of this week. The maze masters are hopeful that this year's design (think two-man Mount Rushmore in corn, with the loser getting mowed down on Election Day) will attract national attention and surpass last year's attendance of about 12,000 for Cornelia the Cow.

* * * * *

Kaye's book is focus of 'Press-Gazette' feature

Turn to page D-1 of the Green Bay Press-Gazette today (Monday, June 26) and you'll see a nearly full-page feature on Thomas Paine and Prof. Harvey Kaye's new book, Thomas Paine: Firebrand of the Revolution. The newspaper story touches upon Kaye's writing career and his lifelong fascination with the radical author.

* * * * *

Halloran article on sprawl, land use is published in 'Voyageur'

Nancy Halloran, a program assistant in the Office of the Registrar and a recent UW-Green Bay graduate, is the author of a feature article in the summer/fall 2000 edition of the regional history review Voyageur. She writes about the current impact of urban sprawl and the history of land use in the Outagamie County township of Ellington, where her great-grandparents were among the early European settlers. Halloran researched the article for an independent study supervised by Prof. William Laatsch.

* * * * *

Tuition/fees will total $3,305 for most UW-Green Bay students

The Regents have approved tuition levels for the 2000-01 academic year. At UW-Green Bay, the grand total for a full-time student who is a Wisconsin resident will be $3,305.50 for the year. Undergraduate tuition was frozen at last year's levels via Legislative action in the form of additional base-budget support. Total bills are up several percentage points statewide only because student leaders on many campuses have raised segregated fees (not part of the freeze) by significant margins to fund additional activities and facilities. Also freeze-free were tuition levels for graduate students and non-resident undergraduates, who will see 7 percent increases. For more, see http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0067.htm

* * * * *

UW Regents look at quality issues in distance ed

At the Board of Regents meeting earlier this month, the board took up discussion of a policy document which will attempt to assure high quality with regard to academic and student support services in distance education credit courses, degree and certificate programs. For more, go to the UW System news page at http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0068b.htm

* * * * *

Regents endorse new enrollment plans

The UW System Regents voted June 8 to endorse a new enrollment planning strategy for the coming decade. The System plan would increase enrollments by about 2,900 FTE students statewide. Institutions earmarked for growth include Milwaukee, 16 percent; River Falls, 11 percent; Platteville, 10 percent; and UW Colleges, 9 percent. Small declines are planned for Green Bay and La Crosse to align resources with enrollments. Stable enrollments or slight growth mark the remaining institutions. For more, click on http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r0068.htm

* * * * *

Student Information System Project update

Matt Clark reports that Bradley Torok, a PeopleSoft consultant, was on campus in mid-June to assist with data conversion planning. Torok has been working through the MILER core team to assist campuses with data conversion efforts. He is scheduled to come back the full weeks of July 10 and 17. Data conversion will be a major project activity. It is a complex, time-consuming process that will require a coordinated effort between functional and technical staff. Other news includes updates on backup and maintenance plans, data warehousing, customization management and other topics. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update12.htm

* * * * *

Reminder: We still have catalogs

There are still 2000-02 UW-Green Bay undergraduate catalogs waiting for pickup. Call Nancy Matzke, agency printing manager, at ext. 2214, to specify a quantity and arrange for pickup.

* * * * *

Interested in poet laureate's job?

The nomination deadline is Aug. 4 in the search for an official Wisconsin poet laureate. Gov. Tommy Thompson has announced that it will be an unpaid, ceremonial position, at least for now, but the state Arts Board and Humanities Council will furnish some travel stipends. Applications will be reviewed first by a screening committee, which will forward three names to the governor. The poet will be an advocate for the literary arts and make appearances in schools and at civic functions. Inquiries may be directed to the Wisconsin Arts Board.

* * * * *

Green Bay leads nation in job growth

The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to report that, by at least one measure, Green Bay tops the nation in employment growth. Just released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is a list that puts Green Bay atop a Top 10 that also includes Tucson, Ariz.; Orlando, Fla.; Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Cal.; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.; Dover, Del.; Riverside-San Bernadino, Cal.; Boise, Idaho; Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.; and Austin-San Marcos, Texas. Paul Ehrfurth, vice president of economic development for the Green Bay Chamber, says the numbers illustrate a "solid, stable and developing economy of basic industries backed by a growing healthcare cluster." Another statistic of note is that the Green Bay area ranked No. 2 in population growth out of the 43 Great Lakes cities during the period 1990-98.

* * * * *

Publication

An article based on the Ph.D. dissertation of Prof. David Dolan NAS and mathematics, is published in the May-June issue of Environmetrics. The title of the research article is "Predicting benthic counts in Lake Huron using spatial statistics and quasi-likelihood." An abstract is on-line at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/72502838/START

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Briefs

Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development and Psychology, is the author of "Taking psychology into the trenches: Active learning and group activities," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, in Miami, Florida.

Lorraine Noll, associate professor emerita of nursing, has been recognized by a national organization for her work in offering continuing education to nurses across the region. Noll received the Certified Nurse Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center at the organization's annual meeting in Indianapolis on June 25. The awards committee cited her work in bringing visibility to nursing certification and outreach programs to adult learners. Noll won the Founders Association award for outreach in 1993 for leading workshops, teaching courses, and supervising clinical experiences, particularly at satellite locations including Rhinelander and Woodruff in northern Wisconsin.

* * * * *

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.