Chancellor Mark Perkins is heading home early this week after successful heart bypass surgery last Thursday at Bellin Hospital. He expects a full recovery and, just days after the surgery, is said to be "progressing ahead of schedule." The plan is for about six weeks of rest and rehabilitation before he resumes his normal routine.

There is an open forum for students at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday (Oct. 6) in the Union's Phoenix Room B. Student members of the Compelling Idea Task Force will make a brief presentation and then accept questions. The Academic Staff hosted an open forum on the plan Friday. The Faculty Senate considered the report Wednesday and will do so again at the October meeting on the 20th; the Senate also discussed the possibility of an additional forum to be scheduled sometime before the 20th.

A legislative conference committee is expected to formally begin work today on the state budget deal reached by Assembly and Senate leadership over the weekend. Details are still emerging, but key components include $900 million targeted for tax relief through income tax cuts and property tax credits. For the UW System, news includes $32 million in new money to fund a one-year tuition freeze for the 2000-01 academic year. At the same time, the budget would grant Regents more flexibility to spend and set tuition.

Waiting for news on the pay package? Stay tuned. Final approval of the state budget, if and when it comes, will merely clear the way for the Department of Employment Relations to begin the separate process of finalizing the pay plan for several categories of University employees. It could still be another month, or two, before paychecks reflect any increases. The goal, at a minimum, is to have any lump-sum, retroactive checks distributed before the end of the 1999 tax year.

The third annual Volunteer Fair takes place on campus Wednesday (Oct. 6) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Phoenix Room. Reps from approximately 50 volunteer organizations will be present to answer questions and discuss opportunities for involvement. Have a group you think ought to be represented? There's still time to exhibit. Call Student Life at 2200, ext. 40.

Plan ahead for Boss's Day. Chartwells and the Union are. If you want their help in celebrating Boss's Day on Friday, Oct. 15, you have to order by this Friday with the cashiers in the Nicolet Room or Garden Cafe to have delivered a 10-inch big cookie with personalized message, or a box of the famous macadamia nut cookies. No advance order is necessary for the Corner Store's balloons, mugs and other gift items; the Phoenix Club has a buy one, get one free deal on ice cream cones on the 15th.

UW-Green Bay's Small Business Development Center has signed on to support an international trade initiative involving the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Other partners include NWTC, SNC, Associated Bank and Wisconsin Public Service. The idea is for the Green Bay area to implement a cohesive international economic development strategy. Consultant Frederick Monique has been hired by the Chamber's Advance arm to develop relationships with foreign consulates, coordinate local efforts, and work one-on-one with businesses that are thinking about expanding globally.

Cornelia the Colossal Cow Maze is turning up everywhere. Latest sighting is a short item in the Sept. 24 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "If You Get Lost, Don't Have a Cow." Travel writers and various magazines have inquired about the maze since it first made the AP wire last month. The maze, a fundraiser for athletics and student groups, is open weekends through Halloween.

The nationally renowned author of the new Lombardi biography When Pride Still Mattered will discuss his book and the legendary Packers coach in a free program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Brown County Library. David Maraniss, a writer-at-large for the Washington Post, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Bill Clinton; he later wrote the Clinton Biography First in His Class.

John Katers, NAS, will be among speakers at the fourth annual Governor's Roundtable on Energy and the Environment on Tuesday, Oct. 19, in Appleton. In his remarks on "The Changing Nature of Waste Management," Katers will discuss the trend away from pollution control toward pollution prevention. He'll also lead a breakout session on the topic.

Andrew Kersten, HUS, has received a Minority Faculty Research Award for summer 2000. The title of his research is "The Forgotten Years of Fair Employment: State Actions Against Employment Discrimination, 1945-1964." The award was announced by the UW System on Race and Ethnicity; the program is designed to assist non-tenured minority faculty members by providing release from teaching assignments and support for research/scholarly activities leading to publishing opportunities.

Victoria Goff, COA, published an article, "Convicts and Clerics: The Role of Emancipists and Religion in the Infancy of the Press in Sydney, 1803-1840," in Media History, an international journal based in England. The article grew out of a refereed conference paper, which was presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, where it garnered the History Division's Top Faculty Paper Award.

Prof. Alla L. Wilson, Business, is co-author of an article in the August 1999 issue of the IEE Transactions on Engineering Management. The title is "A Multi-Attribute Measure for Innovation Adoption: The Context of Imaging Technology." Wilson and two members of the UW-Milwaukee business faculty identified "radicalness" and "relative advantage" as key attributes in assessing innovative adoption; they looked at the hospital industry, organizational climate and the adoption of new imaging technology.

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