UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 9



'Compelling' gets go-ahead Sweet recognition Online shopping helps the Friends It's called Halloween 'Creative Voices' is Nov. 3 NEWIST founder Widoe dies Preview Days 'Rainforest' comes to campus Lawton celebrates spirit of disabled 'Tin Drum' screening Choral concert is Nov. 4 Concert features Buffa, movie music MCC sports online Grants on racial/ethnic topics Reminders Jobs listed Briefs Publications	Vol. 31, No. 9 / Oct. 25, 1999 This e-mail news digest is distributed each Monday 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. Compelling task force report gets go-ahead from governance groups The three governance groups that have advisory authority under state statute have weighed in on the UW-Green Bay learning experience recommendations made by the Task Force on the Compelling Idea. The Student Senate voted last Monday, 19-5-1, to endorse the plan. On Wednesday the Faculty Senate voted 17-6-2 in support, with the understanding that any curricular changes will still be subject to faculty governance review, and that work on the initiative should cease if additional resources are not secured. The Academic Staff Committee agreed to endorse continued governance exploration of the recommendations and, additionally, to encourage research as to how implementation would fulfill the mandate of UW-Green Bay's select mission to offer programs that are responsive to metropolitan and regional needs. The governance recommendations have been forwarded to Chancellor Mark Perkins. * * * * * Sweet is recognized by UW System Wisconsin higher education honored 21 individuals at the annual Women of Color Ceremony and Reception Friday in Platteville. Prof. Denise Sweet, HUS and chair of American Indian Studies, was among those honored. She also presented a poetry reading as part of the program held in conjunction with the 24th annual Women's Studies Conference. Sweet was cited for her ongoing work here and special efforts for this fall's "Those Who Will Listen and Remember: A Symposium of Anishinaabe History, Culture and Contemporary Issues." More. * * * * * Shop online and help the Cofrin Friends We know, you do most of your shopping at the Phoenix Bookstore. When you don't, when you go outside or online, the library suggests you try barnesandnoble.com to help the Friends of the Cofrin Library. For each purchase accessed through the Friends of the Cofrin Library home page, Barnes and Noble will contribute five to seven percent of the value of the purchase. The deal applies not only to books, but also to music and all products sold through the site. A warning: this won't work if you go directly to Barnes and Noble's website. To benefit the Library, it must be accessed through the Friends page, so that's the site to bookmark: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/friends.html Then click on "online book shopping." * * * * * It's Halloween Bizarre costumes, scary music, carving contests, Druid rituals, people seeking free handouts, sounds like your typical day on campus, at least some parts, but this is different. Halloween starts at midday Friday in the Union with a variety of student activities as part of the "Batty Bash." Friday through Sunday nights it's the "Field of Screams" haunted maze fundraiser on Bay Settlement Road. Check the online calendar at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/index.htm for details. * * * * * Friends spotlight 'Creative Voices': Williams, Emmons, theatre students The public program "Creative Voices" will showcase theater, fiction and art at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the Christie Theater. Donations will be accepted on behalf of the Friends of the Cofrin Library. Those featured will include Prof. Thomas Williams, who will read from a fiction work in progress, and Prof. Carol Emmons, who will discuss and display examples from her art work on memory and loneliness. Theatre students Nola Schwingle, Nicole Desjarlais, Jessica Jelinski, and Molly Mix will perform a scene from the recent Jehanne of the Witches, a contemporary telling of the Joan of Arc story. More on "Creative Voices." * * * * * NEWIST founder Widoe dies Russ Widoe, a driving force behind the creation three decades ago of Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Telecommunications and WPNE public TV Channel 38 on the UW-Green Bay campus, died Saturday in California at the age of 84. Widoe also taught music for UW-Extension and hosted children's programming as "Colonel Caboose" for WBAY-TV during the 1960s, before serving as NEWIST's first director until his retirement in 1980. * * * * * Preview Day/Preview Day That's Preview Day, back-to-back. The tour groups criss-crossing campus Thursday and Friday (Oct. 28 and 29) will signify two Campus Preview Days this week. The dates coincide with the annual teachers' convention in Madison and give high school students a chance to sample college life on a day off from school. * * * * * 'Rainforest' speakers bring debate on cultural traditions to campus Spirit of the Rainforest, a book which has spurred debate among anthropologists and missionaries over Western influence on the isolated people of the Venezuelan rainforest, will be the topic from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in the Phoenix Room. Author Mark Andrew Ritchie will be joined by shaman Chief Shoefoot, whose Yanomamo people observe traditions which include deadly village-on-village raids, frequent use of hallucinogenic drugs, and belief in spirits and folk healing. Missionaries argue the Yanomamo are ravaged by self-destructive traditions and that the relative health of the one band influenced by Western culture, Christian beliefs and modern medicine is evidence the Yanomamo lifestyle should be improved, not preserved. More. * * * * * Newest Lawton exhibit pictures disabled, spirit The stories of 25 individuals who are disabled are explored in black and white photographs and narrative in "Portrait of Spirit" opening with a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 28) in the Lawton Gallery. A forward written by actor Christopher Reeve is part of the exhibit. It shares the gallery through Nov. 13 with "Ten Chimneys: The Lunts on Stage in Wisconsin." More on the exhibit. * * * * * German film of Nobel winner Grass's work will be shown here A showing of The Tin Drum, the film based on the novel of the same title by 1999 Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 27) in the Christie Theatre. The free event is presented by the HUS/German program. The story follows Oskar Matzerath through German society during the period of National Socialism. The film is in German with English subtitles. More. * * * * * Choral concert is Nov. 4 at the Weidner Center "Images of Life and Love" is the theme of a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Weidner Center. UW-Green Bay groups performing are the Vocal Ensemble and the Concert Choir, both directed by William Witwer, and the University Women's Chorus, directed by Jeffrey McGhee. A baritone, McGhee also will solo in the concert's final number, "Wade in the Water," performed jointly by the UW-Green Bay and Gillett High School concert choirs. The high school students will perform as part of the music program's effort to invite local students to experience the Weidner stage. More on the concert program. * * * * * Buffa joins jazz and wind groups for 'movie music' special treat "An Evening in Hollywood" is the theme for a concert by the student Jazz Ensemble I, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Weidner Center. Special guest artist is vocalist Todd Buffa, a star of last year's popular tribute to Sinatra concert. Directors John and Chris Salerno and Kevin Collins say pairing of the two jazz groups and the Wind Ensemble in a UW-Green Bay concert is unusual, and the Wind Ensemble will be 'miked' to create the big screen sound-track sound" for numbers including "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Hooray for Hollywood," "Star Wars," "American Symphony" and others. Read more. * * * * * MCC sports news is on-line If you're interested in sports news related to UW-Green Bay and the teams of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, the MCC has a new website with the latest on conference standings, stars and results. Pre-season basketball news is now online at http://www.mccsportsnet.com/ * * * * * Grant possibility: readings on racial/ethnic topics The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity is again offering grants (up to $400 per successful proposal) to support the Faculty Reading Seminar program on racial/ethnic topics. The grant supports book purchases for the faculty/staff/student/community participants in the discussion groups. The deadline is Nov. 12. Questions may be directed to Tom Tonnesen, the Institute's associate director, at (414) 229-4700. * * * * * Reminders: Advancement, Galt, flu shots Things you've already seen on all-campus posts but worth repeating: the fifth annual University drive kicks off today, with the Advancement Office delivering your letter and pledge form via intracampus mail; the University community is invited to the presentation "Integrating an Introductory Course Through a Website," by Featured Faculty honoree Anthony Galt, from noon to 1 p.m. today (Monday) in the Union's Point Sable Room; and, flu shots will be available through the Counseling and Health Center, on a walk-in basis, Thursday and Friday (Oct. 28, 29) at $10 per shot. * * * * * Job listings Assistant Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, applied mathematics: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Dec. 31 to Greg Davis; Assistant Professor of Social Change and Development: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Jan. 15 to Lynn Walter; Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Dec. 15 to Bill Niedzwiedz. * * * * * Briefs Jerry Dell, COA, was the honored educator at the 1999 Midwest Society for Photographic Education conference at Valparaiso University. Dell spoke on the UW-Green Bay photography program, his teaching philosophy, and his personal art work. Three teaching UW-Green Bay alumni -- Terri Warpinski, University of Oregon; Rebecca Nolan, Washington University; and Aimee Tomasek, Valparaiso University -- presented him with a portfolio of their work and work by their students. "Do Adult Students Want DE Courses?" was the title of a presentation given at the Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference in Milwaukee on Oct. 12. Presenting the results of a survey completed as part of an honors project for her degree was Carol Charvat, a General Studies graduate from the Extended Degree Program. Co-presenters with Charvat were Deborah Furlong, director of Institutional Research and Dorothy Stepien, director of Extended Degree Program. Christine Style, COA, is a speaker at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Brown County Library to discuss the book project "Public Sculpture in Wisconsin: An Atlas of Outdoor Monuments, Memorials and Masterpieces in the Badger State." Style co-wrote the book with UW-Madison instructor Tony Rajer. The book was distributed for SOS! Save Outdoor Sculpture Wisconsin, a joint project of the Smithsonian Institution, Heritage Preservation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. * * * * * Publications Kevin Roeder, Social Work, has an article, "Uncommon Exodus: Grieving the Loss of Your Heterosexuality," in the Fall 1999 issue of White Crane Journal, a quarterly periodical headquartered in Colorado. The article applies the Kubler-Ross model of grieving to Cass' dimensions of identity formation with men struggling with gay identity development. Sandra Stokes, Education, had an article titled "A Partnership for Creating A Multicultural Teaching Force: A Model for the Present" published in the journal Multicultural Education, Volume 7, number 1. The article is about the partnership between UW-Green Bay's Professional Program in Education and the College of the Menominee Nation. * * * * * 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.

'Compelling' gets go-ahead

Sweet recognition

Online shopping helps the Friends

It's called Halloween

'Creative Voices' is Nov. 3

NEWIST founder Widoe dies

Preview Days

'Rainforest' comes to campus

Lawton celebrates spirit of disabled

'Tin Drum' screening

Choral concert is Nov. 4

Concert features Buffa, movie music

MCC sports online

Grants on racial/ethnic topics

Reminders

Jobs listed

Briefs

Publications

Vol. 31, No. 9 / Oct. 25, 1999

This e-mail news digest is distributed each Monday 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.

Compelling task force report gets go-ahead from governance groups

The three governance groups that have advisory authority under state statute have weighed in on the UW-Green Bay learning experience recommendations made by the Task Force on the Compelling Idea. The Student Senate voted last Monday, 19-5-1, to endorse the plan. On Wednesday the Faculty Senate voted 17-6-2 in support, with the understanding that any curricular changes will still be subject to faculty governance review, and that work on the initiative should cease if additional resources are not secured. The Academic Staff Committee agreed to endorse continued governance exploration of the recommendations and, additionally, to encourage research as to how implementation would fulfill the mandate of UW-Green Bay's select mission to offer programs that are responsive to metropolitan and regional needs. The governance recommendations have been forwarded to Chancellor Mark Perkins.

* * * * *

Sweet is recognized by UW System

Wisconsin higher education honored 21 individuals at the annual Women of Color Ceremony and Reception Friday in Platteville. Prof. Denise Sweet, HUS and chair of American Indian Studies, was among those honored. She also presented a poetry reading as part of the program held in conjunction with the 24th annual Women's Studies Conference. Sweet was cited for her ongoing work here and special efforts for this fall's "Those Who Will Listen and Remember: A Symposium of Anishinaabe History, Culture and Contemporary Issues." More.

* * * * *

Shop online and help the Cofrin Friends

We know, you do most of your shopping at the Phoenix Bookstore. When you don't, when you go outside or online, the library suggests you try barnesandnoble.com to help the Friends of the Cofrin Library. For each purchase accessed through the Friends of the Cofrin Library home page, Barnes and Noble will contribute five to seven percent of the value of the purchase. The deal applies not only to books, but also to music and all products sold through the site. A warning: this won't work if you go directly to Barnes and Noble's website. To benefit the Library, it must be accessed through the Friends page, so that's the site to bookmark: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/friends.html Then click on "online book shopping."

* * * * *

It's Halloween

Bizarre costumes, scary music, carving contests, Druid rituals, people seeking free handouts, sounds like your typical day on campus, at least some parts, but this is different. Halloween starts at midday Friday in the Union with a variety of student activities as part of the "Batty Bash." Friday through Sunday nights it's the "Field of Screams" haunted maze fundraiser on Bay Settlement Road. Check the online calendar at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/index.htm for details.

* * * * *

Friends spotlight 'Creative Voices': Williams, Emmons, theatre students

The public program "Creative Voices" will showcase theater, fiction and art at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the Christie Theater. Donations will be accepted on behalf of the Friends of the Cofrin Library. Those featured will include Prof. Thomas Williams, who will read from a fiction work in progress, and Prof. Carol Emmons, who will discuss and display examples from her art work on memory and loneliness. Theatre students Nola Schwingle, Nicole Desjarlais, Jessica Jelinski, and Molly Mix will perform a scene from the recent Jehanne of the Witches, a contemporary telling of the Joan of Arc story. More on "Creative Voices."

* * * * *

NEWIST founder Widoe dies

Russ Widoe, a driving force behind the creation three decades ago of Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Telecommunications and WPNE public TV Channel 38 on the UW-Green Bay campus, died Saturday in California at the age of 84. Widoe also taught music for UW-Extension and hosted children's programming as "Colonel Caboose" for WBAY-TV during the 1960s, before serving as NEWIST's first director until his retirement in 1980.

* * * * *

Preview Day/Preview Day

That's Preview Day, back-to-back. The tour groups criss-crossing campus Thursday and Friday (Oct. 28 and 29) will signify two Campus Preview Days this week. The dates coincide with the annual teachers' convention in Madison and give high school students a chance to sample college life on a day off from school.

* * * * *

'Rainforest' speakers bring debate on cultural traditions to campus

Spirit of the Rainforest, a book which has spurred debate among anthropologists and missionaries over Western influence on the isolated people of the Venezuelan rainforest, will be the topic from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in the Phoenix Room. Author Mark Andrew Ritchie will be joined by shaman Chief Shoefoot, whose Yanomamo people observe traditions which include deadly village-on-village raids, frequent use of hallucinogenic drugs, and belief in spirits and folk healing. Missionaries argue the Yanomamo are ravaged by self-destructive traditions and that the relative health of the one band influenced by Western culture, Christian beliefs and modern medicine is evidence the Yanomamo lifestyle should be improved, not preserved. More.

* * * * *

Newest Lawton exhibit pictures disabled, spirit

The stories of 25 individuals who are disabled are explored in black and white photographs and narrative in "Portrait of Spirit" opening with a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 28) in the Lawton Gallery. A forward written by actor Christopher Reeve is part of the exhibit. It shares the gallery through Nov. 13 with "Ten Chimneys: The Lunts on Stage in Wisconsin." More on the exhibit.

* * * * *

German film of Nobel winner Grass's work will be shown here

A showing of The Tin Drum, the film based on the novel of the same title by 1999 Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 27) in the Christie Theatre. The free event is presented by the HUS/German program. The story follows Oskar Matzerath through German society during the period of National Socialism. The film is in German with English subtitles. More.

* * * * *

Choral concert is Nov. 4 at the Weidner Center

"Images of Life and Love" is the theme of a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Weidner Center. UW-Green Bay groups performing are the Vocal Ensemble and the Concert Choir, both directed by William Witwer, and the University Women's Chorus, directed by Jeffrey McGhee. A baritone, McGhee also will solo in the concert's final number, "Wade in the Water," performed jointly by the UW-Green Bay and Gillett High School concert choirs. The high school students will perform as part of the music program's effort to invite local students to experience the Weidner stage. More on the concert program.

* * * * *

Buffa joins jazz and wind groups for 'movie music' special treat

"An Evening in Hollywood" is the theme for a concert by the student Jazz Ensemble I, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Weidner Center. Special guest artist is vocalist Todd Buffa, a star of last year's popular tribute to Sinatra concert. Directors John and Chris Salerno and Kevin Collins say pairing of the two jazz groups and the Wind Ensemble in a UW-Green Bay concert is unusual, and the Wind Ensemble will be 'miked' to create the big screen sound-track sound" for numbers including "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Hooray for Hollywood," "Star Wars," "American Symphony" and others. Read more.

* * * * *

MCC sports news is on-line

If you're interested in sports news related to UW-Green Bay and the teams of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, the MCC has a new website with the latest on conference standings, stars and results. Pre-season basketball news is now online at http://www.mccsportsnet.com/

* * * * *

Grant possibility: readings on racial/ethnic topics

The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity is again offering grants (up to $400 per successful proposal) to support the Faculty Reading Seminar program on racial/ethnic topics. The grant supports book purchases for the faculty/staff/student/community participants in the discussion groups. The deadline is Nov. 12. Questions may be directed to Tom Tonnesen, the Institute's associate director, at (414) 229-4700.

* * * * *

Reminders: Advancement, Galt, flu shots

Things you've already seen on all-campus posts but worth repeating: the fifth annual University drive kicks off today, with the Advancement Office delivering your letter and pledge form via intracampus mail; the University community is invited to the presentation "Integrating an Introductory Course Through a Website," by Featured Faculty honoree Anthony Galt, from noon to 1 p.m. today (Monday) in the Union's Point Sable Room; and, flu shots will be available through the Counseling and Health Center, on a walk-in basis, Thursday and Friday (Oct. 28, 29) at $10 per shot.

* * * * *

Job listings

Assistant Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, applied mathematics: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Dec. 31 to Greg Davis; Assistant Professor of Social Change and Development: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Jan. 15 to Lynn Walter; Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs: tenure-track position starting August 2000, apply by Dec. 15 to Bill Niedzwiedz.

* * * * *

Briefs

Jerry Dell, COA, was the honored educator at the 1999 Midwest Society for Photographic Education conference at Valparaiso University. Dell spoke on the UW-Green Bay photography program, his teaching philosophy, and his personal art work. Three teaching UW-Green Bay alumni -- Terri Warpinski, University of Oregon; Rebecca Nolan, Washington University; and Aimee Tomasek, Valparaiso University -- presented him with a portfolio of their work and work by their students.

"Do Adult Students Want DE Courses?" was the title of a presentation given at the Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference in Milwaukee on Oct. 12. Presenting the results of a survey completed as part of an honors project for her degree was Carol Charvat, a General Studies graduate from the Extended Degree Program. Co-presenters with Charvat were Deborah Furlong, director of Institutional Research and Dorothy Stepien, director of Extended Degree Program.

Christine Style, COA, is a speaker at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Brown County Library to discuss the book project "Public Sculpture in Wisconsin: An Atlas of Outdoor Monuments, Memorials and Masterpieces in the Badger State." Style co-wrote the book with UW-Madison instructor Tony Rajer. The book was distributed for SOS! Save Outdoor Sculpture Wisconsin, a joint project of the Smithsonian Institution, Heritage Preservation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

* * * * *

Publications

Kevin Roeder, Social Work, has an article, "Uncommon Exodus: Grieving the Loss of Your Heterosexuality," in the Fall 1999 issue of White Crane Journal, a quarterly periodical headquartered in Colorado. The article applies the Kubler-Ross model of grieving to Cass' dimensions of identity formation with men struggling with gay identity development.

Sandra Stokes, Education, had an article titled "A Partnership for Creating A Multicultural Teaching Force: A Model for the Present" published in the journal Multicultural Education, Volume 7, number 1. The article is about the partnership between UW-Green Bay's Professional Program in Education and the College of the Menominee Nation.

* * * * *

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.