UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 35



New nursing partnership gets national mention Solar Olympics Up With Good Bodies winners Presentation to Regents continues Academic Staff award winners University jazz concert University choral concert It's recital season Programs reminder Kids and parents talk about parenting Free to a good home More Library databases Publications: Salisbury, Wenger, Girard Briefs: Damkoehler, Mokren	Vol. 31, No. 35 / May 2, 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. New nursing venture, UW-Green Bay get national mention The new partnership involving UW-Green Bay and online, continuing education for nurses is getting media attention. Outlets including the Associated Press, FOX News Midwest affiliates and CNN-Financial either have run interviews with Prof. Jane Muhl and other principals, or will soon. The new degree program, BSN-LINC, offers a path to UW-Green Bay's degree-completion program via NursingCenter.com and the UW System Learning Innovations program. BSN-LINC allows registered nurses outside Wisconsin to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing almost exclusively over the Internet. More. *** * * * * Sunshine! Look for Solar Olympics today This sunny morning bring top high school students from around the area for the Solar Olympics competition organized by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. in cooperation with the Natural and Applied Sciences academic unit. Stroll over to the Union plaza at mid-morning or later for a look at solar-powered cars, cooking devices and other creations made by participants in the annual competition. Students also visit the solar research station outside Lab Sciences. * * * * * Up With Good Bodies winners The Up With Good Bodies (UWGB) Program organized by the Counseling and Health Center has just completed another resounding year of health improvement! Winners for this semester's competition are the Snorlax team (named after an immense and immovable Pokemon character), with a team motto of "We're not fat, just big-boned!" Recognized for making progress in weight goals and fitness efforts are the newly svelte (or semi-svelte, anyway) team members Kelly Franz, captain, and Mike Barry, Marie Helmke-Lyon, Chris Sampson, Grant Staszak and Chuck Wiseman. The winner in the individual competition was Kasey Schultz. And, as the Health Center folks like to say, every participant was a winner when it comes to health improvement! * * * * * UW-Green Bay presentation to Regents continues Thursday A UW-Green Bay presentation on the Learning Experience initiative, carried over when time ran short at last month's meeting of the UW System Board of Regents Business and Finance Committee, is scheduled to be continued Thursday. The Regents are meeting this week at UW-Platteville. * * * * * System honors Academic Staff Award recipients Academic staff members from UW-Madison and UW-Extension have each been named recipients of the 2000 Academic Staff Regents Award for Excellence. The awards will be presented Friday. Recipients are J. Trey Duffy, director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center at UW-Madison, and Dave Iverson, executive editor and national projects director of Wisconsin Public Television at UW-Extension. Selection criteria included excellence of performance, personal interaction, initiative and creativity, and outstanding achievement. For more, see http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r00428.htm * * * * * Concert features music by John, Paul, George, Ringo and Terry (O'Grady) The program is set for the University jazz concert Friday night (May 5) in the University Theatre. Did we mention that Jazz Ensemble I will perform an arrangement of the Beatles' "Things We Said Today," by Terry O'Grady, COA? That and other tunes made famous by the Beatles or other Beatles-era musicians will dominate the program by two instrumental ensembles and the vocal jazz group. Guest vocalists include Todd Buffa, Woody Mankowski, and Chris Salerno. More. * * * * * Faculty soloists, organ accompanist join in choral concert The season's final University of Wisconsin-Green Bay choral concert will feature a performance of twentieth century composer Maurice Durufle's "Requiem," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8 in the Weidner Center. Director of choral activities William Witwer will direct the Concert Choir in the work featuring faculty soloists Sarah Meredith and Jeffrey McGhee. Organist James Martell, Marinette, will accompany the performance on the Weidner Center's Wood Family Casavant organ. More. * * * * * It's recital season. Give a listen Have you ever taken in a student music recital on campus? Proud students, families and friends — and good music. It's that time of the semester, and the coming weekend is a particularly busy one. Check the schedule. * * * * * Reminders: Biodiversity kickoff, jazz combo, Latino luncheon Reminders: the new Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity "goes public" with a program from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday (May 4) in Rose Hall 250; two student jazz combos will present a free spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 3) in the Union's Phoenix Room; get your tickets by Wednesday for the Latino Luncheon this Friday (May 5) in Phoenix B. * * * * * Kids and parents talk about parenting At 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, May 2), Wisconsin Public Television's "Parent Connection" will feature parent/child teams talking about parenting with host Brenda Good. The hour-long, live, call-in program is funded in part by Ronald McDonald House Charities. A Parent Guide for "Kids and Parents Talk About Parenting" is available online at http://www.wpt.org/parentconnection/ * * * * *** Free to a good home: 20th century history A former editor of the LOG wants to share a spring-cleaning find: a seven-volume set of the "Lands and People" series of The Grolier Society Encyclopedia, copyright dates 1930-55. The books feature geopolitical maps, many black-and-white photos and gorgeous color plates (art repro) depicting pre/post-WWII life, work, transportation, traditional dress and more. More than 40 special contributors include international academics and statesmen of the era. Well-kept, in fine condition, and free to a good home. Call Betty at 336-8039. *** * * * *** New Library databases: Part II Marlys Brunsting of the Cofrin Library has more than a dozen new databases she'd like to publicize as available to the campus community. Here are some more: * Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) — This is a larger database than the one the library used to provide, Basic BIOSIS. It provides indexing for over 5 million records in life sciences journals and monitors about 6,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Coverage: 1994 - present * Early English Books Online — From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection contains over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475 - 1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised edition. Libraries possessing this collection find they are able to fulfill the most exhaustive research requirements of graduate scholars in the areas of English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, and the fine arts. Coverage: 1475 - 1700 * MathSciNet — This is the searchable Web database providing access to over 59 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. The full text of all reviews from 1940 to the present is available on MathSciNet. Coverage: 1940 - present To search these and many other databases, go the library's Online Databases page at http://www.uwgb.edu/library/databases/title.html. This page also lets you know if the database is available off-campus or requires a password. *** * * * * Publications Joyce Salisbury** has completed a co-authored Western Civilization textbook called The West in the World. (Salisbury wrote Volume 1 - prehistory to 1648). This book is available and will be used in classrooms around the country starting this fall. You can see a sample chapter at McGraw-Hill's web site: http://www.mhhe.com/sherman The article "A Faculty Merit Pay Allocation Model" by Robert B. Wenger and Dennis M. Girard has appeared in the April issue of Research in Higher Education. Wenger is professor emeritus of Natural and Applied Sciences and Girard is a former professor of Information and Computing Sciences who died in December, 1997. The article was submitted a few months prior to Girard's death. *** * * * * Briefs David Damkoehler, COA, has received word that two of his pieces, "Times Square Ball," a welded, cold-forged stainless steel teapot, and "Counterbalance," a cold-forged, lathe-turned stainless steel bracelet with base, have been accepted into Crafts National 34 Exhibition, scheduled June 2 to July 21 in the Zoller Gallery at Pennsylvania State University. Juror Gerhardt Knodel, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, selected only 97 works by 79 artists from among 921 submissions. Jennifer Mokren, COA, has been notified that three of her pieces, "Anemone Object," "Berry Objects," and "Layers" have been accepted into the prestigious Crafts National 34 Exhibition. Mokren and UW-Green Bay colleague David Damkoehler are among only a handful of artists with multiple pieces selected. The exhibition runs from June 2 to July 21 at Penn State's Zoller Gallery, with the opening set for Friday, June 23. * * * * *** 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.

New nursing partnership gets national mention

Solar Olympics

Up With Good Bodies winners

Presentation to Regents continues

Academic Staff award winners

University jazz concert

University choral concert

It's recital season

Programs reminder

Kids and parents talk about parenting

Free to a good home

More Library databases

Publications: Salisbury, Wenger, Girard

Briefs: Damkoehler, Mokren

Vol. 31, No. 35 / May 2, 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.

New nursing venture, UW-Green Bay get national mention

The new partnership involving UW-Green Bay and online, continuing education for nurses is getting media attention. Outlets including the Associated Press, FOX News Midwest affiliates and CNN-Financial either have run interviews with Prof. Jane Muhl and other principals, or will soon. The new degree program, BSN-LINC, offers a path to UW-Green Bay's degree-completion program via NursingCenter.com and the UW System Learning Innovations program. BSN-LINC allows registered nurses outside Wisconsin to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing almost exclusively over the Internet. More.

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Sunshine! Look for Solar Olympics today

This sunny morning bring top high school students from around the area for the Solar Olympics competition organized by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. in cooperation with the Natural and Applied Sciences academic unit. Stroll over to the Union plaza at mid-morning or later for a look at solar-powered cars, cooking devices and other creations made by participants in the annual competition. Students also visit the solar research station outside Lab Sciences.

* * * * *

Up With Good Bodies winners

The Up With Good Bodies (UWGB) Program organized by the Counseling and Health Center has just completed another resounding year of health improvement! Winners for this semester's competition are the Snorlax team (named after an immense and immovable Pokemon character), with a team motto of "We're not fat, just big-boned!" Recognized for making progress in weight goals and fitness efforts are the newly svelte (or semi-svelte, anyway) team members Kelly Franz, captain, and Mike Barry, Marie Helmke-Lyon, Chris Sampson, Grant Staszak and Chuck Wiseman. The winner in the individual competition was Kasey Schultz. And, as the Health Center folks like to say, every participant was a winner when it comes to health improvement!

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay presentation to Regents continues Thursday

A UW-Green Bay presentation on the Learning Experience initiative, carried over when time ran short at last month's meeting of the UW System Board of Regents Business and Finance Committee, is scheduled to be continued Thursday. The Regents are meeting this week at UW-Platteville.

* * * * *

System honors Academic Staff Award recipients

Academic staff members from UW-Madison and UW-Extension have each been named recipients of the 2000 Academic Staff Regents Award for Excellence. The awards will be presented Friday. Recipients are J. Trey Duffy, director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center at UW-Madison, and Dave Iverson, executive editor and national projects director of Wisconsin Public Television at UW-Extension. Selection criteria included excellence of performance, personal interaction, initiative and creativity, and outstanding achievement. For more, see http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/releases/r00428.htm

* * * * *

Concert features music by John, Paul, George, Ringo and Terry (O'Grady)

The program is set for the University jazz concert Friday night (May 5) in the University Theatre. Did we mention that Jazz Ensemble I will perform an arrangement of the Beatles' "Things We Said Today," by Terry O'Grady, COA? That and other tunes made famous by the Beatles or other Beatles-era musicians will dominate the program by two instrumental ensembles and the vocal jazz group. Guest vocalists include Todd Buffa, Woody Mankowski, and Chris Salerno. More.

* * * * *

Faculty soloists, organ accompanist join in choral concert

The season's final University of Wisconsin-Green Bay choral concert will feature a performance of twentieth century composer Maurice Durufle's "Requiem," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8 in the Weidner Center. Director of choral activities William Witwer will direct the Concert Choir in the work featuring faculty soloists Sarah Meredith and Jeffrey McGhee. Organist James Martell, Marinette, will accompany the performance on the Weidner Center's Wood Family Casavant organ. More.

* * * * *

It's recital season. Give a listen

Have you ever taken in a student music recital on campus? Proud students, families and friends — and good music. It's that time of the semester, and the coming weekend is a particularly busy one. Check the schedule.

* * * * *

Reminders: Biodiversity kickoff, jazz combo, Latino luncheon

Reminders: the new Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity "goes public" with a program from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday (May 4) in Rose Hall 250; two student jazz combos will present a free spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 3) in the Union's Phoenix Room; get your tickets by Wednesday for the Latino Luncheon this Friday (May 5) in Phoenix B.

* * * * *

Kids and parents talk about parenting

At 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, May 2), Wisconsin Public Television's "Parent Connection" will feature parent/child teams talking about parenting with host Brenda Good. The hour-long, live, call-in program is funded in part by Ronald McDonald House Charities. A Parent Guide for "Kids and Parents Talk About Parenting" is available online at http://www.wpt.org/parentconnection/

* * * * *

Free to a good home: 20th century history

A former editor of the LOG wants to share a spring-cleaning find: a seven-volume set of the "Lands and People" series of The Grolier Society Encyclopedia, copyright dates 1930-55. The books feature geopolitical maps, many black-and-white photos and gorgeous color plates (art repro) depicting pre/post-WWII life, work, transportation, traditional dress and more. More than 40 special contributors include international academics and statesmen of the era. Well-kept, in fine condition, and free to a good home. Call Betty at 336-8039.

* * * * *

New Library databases: Part II

Marlys Brunsting of the Cofrin Library has more than a dozen new databases she'd like to publicize as available to the campus community. Here are some more:

* Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) — This is a larger database than the one the library used to provide, Basic BIOSIS. It provides indexing for over 5 million records in life sciences journals and monitors about 6,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Coverage: 1994 - present

* Early English Books Online — From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection contains over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475 - 1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised edition. Libraries possessing this collection find they are able to fulfill the most exhaustive research requirements of graduate scholars in the areas of English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, and the fine arts. Coverage: 1475 - 1700

* MathSciNet — This is the searchable Web database providing access to over 59 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. The full text of all reviews from 1940 to the present is available on MathSciNet. Coverage: 1940 - present

To search these and many other databases, go the library's Online Databases page at http://www.uwgb.edu/library/databases/title.html. This page also lets you know if the database is available off-campus or requires a password.

* * * * *

Publications

Joyce Salisbury has completed a co-authored Western Civilization textbook called The West in the World. (Salisbury wrote Volume 1 - prehistory to 1648). This book is available and will be used in classrooms around the country starting this fall. You can see a sample chapter at McGraw-Hill's web site: http://www.mhhe.com/sherman

The article "A Faculty Merit Pay Allocation Model" by Robert B. Wenger and Dennis M. Girard has appeared in the April issue of Research in Higher Education. Wenger is professor emeritus of Natural and Applied Sciences and Girard is a former professor of Information and Computing Sciences who died in December, 1997. The article was submitted a few months prior to Girard's death.

* * * * *

Briefs

David Damkoehler, COA, has received word that two of his pieces, "Times Square Ball," a welded, cold-forged stainless steel teapot, and "Counterbalance," a cold-forged, lathe-turned stainless steel bracelet with base, have been accepted into Crafts National 34 Exhibition, scheduled June 2 to July 21 in the Zoller Gallery at Pennsylvania State University. Juror Gerhardt Knodel, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, selected only 97 works by 79 artists from among 921 submissions.
Jennifer Mokren, COA, has been notified that three of her pieces, "Anemone Object," "Berry Objects," and "Layers" have been accepted into the prestigious Crafts National 34 Exhibition. Mokren and UW-Green Bay colleague David Damkoehler are among only a handful of artists with multiple pieces selected. The exhibition runs from June 2 to July 21 at Penn State's Zoller Gallery, with the opening set for Friday, June 23.

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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.