University faculty musicians and outstanding area high school students will be highlighted along with UW-Green Bay student soloists in a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 at the Weidner Center. Groups performing include the University's Jazz Ensemble I, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and a High School Honors Band. Terence O'Grady, Tom Pfotenhauer, Robert Balsley, John Salerno, Chris Salerno and Cheryl Grosso are among the performers. See next week's LOG for more details.

An "ornithology chronology" and settings of Robert Frost poems are among program features when the Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Women's Chorus perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29 in the Weidner Center. William Witwer, COA, directs the Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir, and Jeffery McGhee, COA, directs the Women's Chorus. Look for more ticket and program information in next week's LOG.

Twelve UW-Green Bay student leaders attended the Wisconsin United Residence Halls Association (WURHA) conference in Milwaukee last month. They won awards for best small-school spirit and for best participation rate and maximizing their involvement in the conference's educational programs. They were also honored for presenting the No. 1 program of the conference: a series of skits and role-playing exercises focused on issues including roommate conflicts, depression, alcohol abuse, and sexual assault. Each skit was followed by a discussion incorporating audience feedback and advice on how students can help others resolve problems. Delegates were Heather Heesen, Al Dewitt, Katie Nadeau, Scott Masarik (who coordinated the winning program), Erin Maegdlin, Angela Stangel, Sara Wolfe, Becky Sharpe, Gary Mortier, Kendra Petrashek, Meredith Fronk, and Kristy Watzlawick. David Garsow, Residence Life area coordinator, is adviser.

Apply by April 7 if you're interested in sharing teaching/assessment strategies via the "Teaching At Its Best" program sponsored by the Faculty Development Council. The program promises a $100 cash award and encourages communication among faculty about what works in the classroom. Faculty and academic staff are invited to take a few minutes to write a brief description of a successful teaching strategy or classroom assessment technique. Simply provide, via e-mail or on paper, your one-page description to Timothy Sewall, CL 805. The information should include: your name; budget unit; office location and phone number; date submitted, and a brief description of the teaching strategy or assessment technique that you would like considered. Be sure to clearly state the strategy's purpose and type of class (e.g., large, lecture, seminar) in which the strategy works best. The strategy does not have to be something you personally developed, only something that you use and have found to be effective.

The Office of Student Life announces the University's first "Cultural Fair" on Wednesday, April 5, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union's Phoenix Room. The event will provide an opportunity for the campus community to learn about the cultural diversity on campus. Organizers invite students, faculty and staff to create displays containing information about their country or culture, music and art which celebrates their cultural heritage. The focal point will be Center Stage where participants will share a variety of dance and musical entertainment. University Dining Service will offer Cultural Fare in the Nicolet Room with a sampling of foods from around the world. Contact the Office of Student Life at 2200 ext. 40 to reserve space and request bulletin boards and/or AV equipment. If you or your group is interested in performing, please sign up at the time you reserve you space.

UW-Green Bay employees can get as many tickets as they'd like for Summerfest 2000 at $7 apiece through a corporate discount program. That's two or three bucks cheaper than the normal gate price. (But more expensive than Summerfest's controversial "get married on stage, get in free" deal.) The signup sheet is in the Human Resources Office in CL 830.

Herschel Shosteck, Ph.D., of Washington, D.C., will lecture on "Where is the True Mount Sinai?" at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Cnesses Israel in Green Bay. He has made numerous pack-camel journeys into the Negev Wilderness of Israel on the Egyptian border, and will center his slide-illustrated remarks on the Mt. Karkum area, rich with petroglyphs and early-history sites. Leah Abrahams, 465-0492, has more details.

Assistant Professor in COA/Theatre (costume design and related arts) -- apply by April 7 to Laura Riddle; Lecturer in Psychology -- apply by May 15 to Illene Noppe; Area Coordinator, Office of Residence Life -- apply by March 24 to John Gerow.

Prof. Alla Wilson, BUA, has been selected to represent the UW System at the Center for International Business Education and Research's faculty study-abroad program in Antwerp, Belgium in May. The topic of the two-week program is "Integration and Unification of the European Union." The 10th annual program is organized by the host institution, the University of Antwerp, and international business programs at Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Memphis, Florida and Florida International.

Prof. Karl Zehms, Business Administration and Accounting, is quoted extensively in a feature article written for publication by the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The article touts career opportunities in the field. "CPAs are no longer pigeon-holed into being an auditor or tax expert," Zehms was quoted. "They have an opportunity to engage in positions in management, personal finance, retirement planning and consulting that allow them to grow professionally and move up faster than they did 15 to 20 years ago."

Brian Sutton, HUS, is author of an article dealing with the significance of sun-related imagery and the changing of the seasons in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The article appears in the current (Winter 2000) issue of The Explicator under the title "Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby."

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