UW-Green Bay people attending a national conference last month got a nice surprise when this University's homepage popped up on a list of young people's favorite collegiate Web designs. A survey involving 500 institutions conducted by Steve Davis of Ricks College was presented to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. The research looked at response time to online applications and the appeal of web pages. UW-Green Bay ranked No. 7 on the list of "Best Home Pages," behind only Mills College of California and others including Cal Tech, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Alice Lloyd College. Respondents said they appreciated uncluttered, colorful layouts and appealing visuals. The UW-Green Bay front and "Today" pages were chosen last fall from several concepts developed by Marathon Communication, and were reviewed by a number of campus people with expertise in marketing, design and web technology.

Marlys Brunsting of the Cofrin Library has still more great new databases she'd like to publicize as available to the campus community. This week's entries:

* Social Work Abstracts Contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. Coverage: 1977 - present

* Sociological Abstracts This database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) is also included as part of this database, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, neglect, aging, health, energy, environment, housing, education, women and development, disaster preparedness and risk assessment. Coverage: 1986 - present

Continuing students who have won scholarships in art for the 2000-2001 academic year are:

Jeanelle Vanden Heuval, New Franken - Henry F. Hagemeister Jr. Art Scholarship; Tina Bechtel and Kevin De Wane, both Green Bay - Althea Steele Lederer Scholarships; Jennifer Hunter, Green Bay - William K. Prevetti Scholarship. Paul Dax and Erin Jean Thomas, both Green Bay, and Julia Durst, Superior - David L. Damkoehler Art Scholarships; Heather Powers, Green Bay - Michael Kazar Memorial Art Scholarship.

If you missed it, check the Sunday (May 7) edition of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. A feature story celebrates the University's longest running car pool. For three decades, Profs. Arthur Cohrs, COA; Mike Morgan, NAS; and Chuck Rhyner, NAS, have been sharing a ride from their East Side homes. They estimate 80,000 miles saved by the three-man arrangement. Retirements - Cohrs is the first - will break up the routine starting next September.

Prof. Judith A. Martin, Social Work, is the author of Foster Family Care, Theory and Practice, published earlier this year by Allyn and Bacon. Martin says the field has lacked a text on the topic for practitioners and students. She is co-author of an earlier text, Child Welfare Services, that has gone to four editions.

An article by Prof. Brian Sutton, HUS, titled "Swales's 'Moves' and the Research Paper Assignment," appears in the current (May 2000) issue of Teaching English in the Two-Year College. The goal of helping students produce better research papers is addressed through exposure to Swales's 'moves,' local-interest newspaper articles, and field-research techniques. Swales's Moves refers to four steps in the introductory sections to many journal articles written in experimental-report form.

Barbara McClure-Lukens, who coordinates continuing profession education programs for UW-Green Bay's Office of Outreach and Extension, received the WEAFCS Friend of Extension Award presented at this spring's Wisconsin Association of Extension Professionals annual conference. The award recognizes significant contributions toward quality family-living programs in Wisconsin. McClure-Lukens was honored for her outstanding organizational and conference planning skills, with specific mention of her efforts on behalf of two successful Parent Education Institutes in Green Bay. Recipients of the award are selected by the Wisconsin Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Prof. Kim Nielsen, SC&D and Women's Studies, presented a paper titled "Helen Keller and the Senses of Justice" at UnCommon Senses: An International Conference on the Senses in Art and Culture, on April 29. This research is part of her book in process, The Radical Lives of Helen Keller.

Prof. Sandra Stokes, Education and Women's Studies, received a $50,000 grant from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families fund for a summer and after-school arts program. The program for elementary and middle-school children will be run in partnership with the Fort Howard-Jefferson Neighborhood Family Resource Center, the Howe Family Resource Center, the Northeast Family Resource, and Family Services.

Prof. Sandra Stokes, Education and Women's Studies, was a special invited participant at a meeting this month in Washington, D.C., organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Stokes was the only participant from the state of Wisconsin, which has moved recently to begin to implement elements of the Council's nationally recognized INTASC program. Both the state and the UW-Green Bay education curriculum reflect some of the contact-area ideas recommended by INTASC, which focuses on assessment and support of new teachers.

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