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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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/

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.

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.

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.

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.

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