UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 31 No. 2



New for fall Founders Awards winners New faculty, staff UW System: top profs UW-Extension: Beaver to retire P.S. on U.S. News rankings Werner returns to jam with students Individual Mainstage tickets on sale Indian artists exhibit opens Sept. 15 Briefs Publication	Vol. 31, No. 2 / Sept. 7, 1999 Thanks for opening. This is the first e-mail news digest at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The LOG ONline will be in your Outlook e-mail inbox each Monday. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website. New for fall: fewer freshmen, more teachers, technology Final figures won't be locked in for another week, but projections from the first day indicate UW-Green Bay should again have about 5,500 students this fall and be at or near the state-approved enrollment target of 4,334 FTE (full-time equivalent) students. Other news: the new freshman class is smaller; academic preparedness continues to trend upward; the University is welcoming a record number (post-1970, anyway) of new faculty; and technology upgrades might be the biggest news of all. More *** * * * * Congratulations to the Founders winners! In case you missed it, here's the list of those receiving Founders Association Awards of Excellence at last Wednesday's faculty/staff convocation: Curt Heuer, institutional development; David Littig, community outreach; Catherine Magnusen, administrative support; E. Nicole Meyer, scholarship; Michael Stearney, academic support; and Joan Thron, teaching. More * * * * *** Newcomers are here in force It only seemed like newcomers accounted for half the overflow crowd of about 350 attending last week's convocation in Rose Hall (the event will likely return to a larger venue next year; scheduling conflicts were behind this year's site selection). Actually, there were 92 individuals introduced and welcomed to campus. Marketing and University Communication prepared a program/booklet with short profiles of all new faculty and staff hires. Faculty and staff profiles. *** * * * * News from UW System: teaching awards Faculty and academic staff from Oshkosh, Parkside and Whitewater will be honored this week with 1999 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards. Recipients are psychologist Susan McFadden, English professor Patrick McGuire and Whitewater's Department of Languages and Literatures. More * * * * * 'It' is UW-Extension, and Beaver to leave it next June If you work for UW-Extension, as some people around campus do, you already know that Albert J. Beaver, interim chancellor since 1997 and one of the UW System's most senior administrators, has announced he will retire on July 1, 2000. He joined System as an academic planner in 1973, and has served in a number of leadership positions including acting vice president for academic affairs and acting senior VP in the early 1990s. * * * * *** P.S. on the U.S. News rankings Last week's LOG newsletter included an item on UW-Green Bay's return to "Tier 2" in the popular U.S. News College Rankings. (In the mid-1990s the University had been a Tier 2 fixture - and even, once, Tier 1 - before being grouped in Tier 3 more recently.) One aspect not noted last week but worth noting here: among Tier 2 schools UW-Green Bay was both one of the top three in terms of new-freshman quality (49% in the top quarter of their class) and near the top in the access department, with an 87% acceptance rate. *** * * * * Mark your music calendar for Werner return visit Sept. 19 Acclaimed pianist Kenny Werner will perform in concert with the Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 in University Theater. Werner, who drew a standing ovation as guest artist at last January's Jazz Fest, is returning to campus Sept. 19 and 20 as artist-in-residence. John Salerno, COA, says the Sunday evening public concert promises a good deal of solo work by Werner, both with and without the Jazz Ensemble. The number to call for tickets is 2217. * * * * * Mainstage seats go on sale Sept. 11 Individual tickets for the Weidner Center's new Mainstage Season go on sale this Saturday (Sept. 11) at 9 a.m. Ticket buyers won't have to stand outside in line; they'll get a number, the chance to wander around and a cup of coffee if they'd like. Phone orders will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS. * * * * * Exhibit on Pacific Northwest Indian Artists opens Sept. 15 "Indian Artists of the Pacific Northwest," opening at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15 in the Lawton Gallery, documents the work and lives of 15 Indian artists from tribes throughout the region. It's sharing the Lawton with the "Ten Chimneys" exhibit. More. * * * * * Briefs David Damkoehler's 1999 exhibitions include this fall's SOFA Chicago 1999 (SOFA stands for Sculptures, Objects and Functional Arts), the SOFA New York 1999, Crafts National 33 at Penn State University, the Cardinal Stritch University Gallery, a juried show in Boulder, Colorado organized by the Ferrin Gallery, and a two-person show at the Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak, Mich. Pieces on exhibit include stainless steel teapots, jewelry, wearable art metal pieces, installations and various stainless steel works. Joan Robb, Cofrin Library, and Lisa DeLeeuw, University Advancement, are new members of the Green Bay-De Pere YWCA Board of Directors. Robb was elected to serve a three-year term and DeLeeuw appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board at the YWCA's annual membership meeting in June. * * * * * Publication Essays by Craig Lockard,** SCD, on Southeast Asian, Vietnamese and World History, were included in the Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing (London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999). In May, Lockard presented "Tropical and Topical: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia" as a visiting lecturer at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University. *** * * * *** 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 for fall

Founders Awards winners

New faculty, staff

UW System: top profs

UW-Extension: Beaver to retire

P.S. on U.S. News rankings

Werner returns to jam with students

Individual Mainstage tickets on sale

Indian artists exhibit opens Sept. 15

Briefs

Publication

Vol. 31, No. 2 / Sept. 7, 1999

Thanks for opening. This is the first e-mail news digest at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The LOG ONline will be in your Outlook e-mail inbox each Monday. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication website.

New for fall: fewer freshmen, more teachers, technology

Final figures won't be locked in for another week, but projections from the first day indicate UW-Green Bay should again have about 5,500 students this fall and be at or near the state-approved enrollment target of 4,334 FTE (full-time equivalent) students. Other news: the new freshman class is smaller; academic preparedness continues to trend upward; the University is welcoming a record number (post-1970, anyway) of new faculty; and technology upgrades might be the biggest news of all. More

* * * * *

Congratulations to the Founders winners!

In case you missed it, here's the list of those receiving Founders Association Awards of Excellence at last Wednesday's faculty/staff convocation: Curt Heuer, institutional development; David Littig, community outreach; Catherine Magnusen, administrative support; E. Nicole Meyer, scholarship; Michael Stearney, academic support; and Joan Thron, teaching. More

* * * * *

Newcomers are here in force

It only seemed like newcomers accounted for half the overflow crowd of about 350 attending last week's convocation in Rose Hall (the event will likely return to a larger venue next year; scheduling conflicts were behind this year's site selection). Actually, there were 92 individuals introduced and welcomed to campus. Marketing and University Communication prepared a program/booklet with short profiles of all new faculty and staff hires. Faculty and staff profiles.

* * * * *

News from UW System: teaching awards

Faculty and academic staff from Oshkosh, Parkside and Whitewater will be honored this week with 1999 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards. Recipients are psychologist Susan McFadden, English professor Patrick McGuire and Whitewater's Department of Languages and Literatures. More

* * * * *

'It' is UW-Extension, and Beaver to leave it next June

If you work for UW-Extension, as some people around campus do, you already know that Albert J. Beaver, interim chancellor since 1997 and one of the UW System's most senior administrators, has announced he will retire on July 1, 2000. He joined System as an academic planner in 1973, and has served in a number of leadership positions including acting vice president for academic affairs and acting senior VP in the early 1990s.

* * * * *

P.S. on the U.S. News rankings

Last week's LOG newsletter included an item on UW-Green Bay's return to "Tier 2" in the popular U.S. News College Rankings. (In the mid-1990s the University had been a Tier 2 fixture - and even, once, Tier 1 - before being grouped in Tier 3 more recently.) One aspect not noted last week but worth noting here: among Tier 2 schools UW-Green Bay was both one of the top three in terms of new-freshman quality (49% in the top quarter of their class) and near the top in the access department, with an 87% acceptance rate.

* * * * *

Mark your music calendar for Werner return visit Sept. 19

Acclaimed pianist Kenny Werner will perform in concert with the Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 in University Theater. Werner, who drew a standing ovation as guest artist at last January's Jazz Fest, is returning to campus Sept. 19 and 20 as artist-in-residence. John Salerno, COA, says the Sunday evening public concert promises a good deal of solo work by Werner, both with and without the Jazz Ensemble. The number to call for tickets is 2217.

* * * * *

Mainstage seats go on sale Sept. 11

Individual tickets for the Weidner Center's new Mainstage Season go on sale this Saturday (Sept. 11) at 9 a.m. Ticket buyers won't have to stand outside in line; they'll get a number, the chance to wander around and a cup of coffee if they'd like. Phone orders will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

* * * * *

Exhibit on Pacific Northwest Indian Artists opens Sept. 15

"Indian Artists of the Pacific Northwest," opening at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15 in the Lawton Gallery, documents the work and lives of 15 Indian artists from tribes throughout the region. It's sharing the Lawton with the "Ten Chimneys" exhibit. More.

* * * * *

Briefs

David Damkoehler's 1999 exhibitions include this fall's SOFA Chicago 1999 (SOFA stands for Sculptures, Objects and Functional Arts), the SOFA New York 1999, Crafts National 33 at Penn State University, the Cardinal Stritch University Gallery, a juried show in Boulder, Colorado organized by the Ferrin Gallery, and a two-person show at the Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak, Mich. Pieces on exhibit include stainless steel teapots, jewelry, wearable art metal pieces, installations and various stainless steel works.

Joan Robb, Cofrin Library, and Lisa DeLeeuw, University Advancement, are new members of the Green Bay-De Pere YWCA Board of Directors. Robb was elected to serve a three-year term and DeLeeuw appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board at the YWCA's annual membership meeting in June.

* * * * *

Publication

Essays by Craig Lockard, SCD, on Southeast Asian, Vietnamese and World History, were included in the Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing (London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999). In May, Lockard presented "Tropical and Topical: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia" as a visiting lecturer at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University.

* * * * *

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.