UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 32 No. 14



Phoenix and Badgers on TV-32 Limits on spring admission Stiff is top student Friday forum UW gets high marks New eBooks via Cofrin Library Dean of Students online reference guide Preview Day Choral concert Jazz combos Student artists win awards Brief	Vol. 32, No. 14 / December 6, 2000 The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues. Phoenix, Badgers and UW-Green Bay on TV-32 A reminder: the sold-out UW-Green Bay men's basketball game vs. the Wisconsin Badgers will be televised live tonight (Wednesday) by WACY TV-32 at 7 p.m. Watch for a strong performance from the underdog Phoenix, as well as a couple of UW-Green Bay institutional promos during the commercial blocks and an interview touching upon UW-Green Bay athletics and academics over the halftime break. *** * * * * With eye on fall, UW-Green Bay limits spring admission UW-Green Bay will close admission Dec. 15 for new freshman and transfer students for spring semester classes that begin in mid-January. The action by the University's enrollment management team applies to degree-seeking new freshmen and transfer students and does not, at this time, apply to some other categories of students, says Steve Neiheisel, assistant dean for enrollment services. Applications for spring semester from transfer students especially are up significantly and early registration for spring by continuing students is well ahead of last year's numbers, leading to concern that the fall 2001 enrollment picture will be tight. For more, click on www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000dec.htm#limit * * * * * Stiff is top student and commencement speaker Andrea L. Stiff of Fort Atkinson will receive the Alumni Association's Outstanding Student Award and be the student speaker at UW-Green Bay commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16. Stiff, who is graduating with summa cum laude (highest) honors, majored in elementary education with teaching minors in early childhood education and broadfield science. She also earned an environmental science minor. Stiff will seek certification to teach at pre-kindergarten through sixth grade level. She has won numerous awards including the Chancellor's Medallion, coordinated UW-Green Bay student Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge trips for three years, and was active in Round River Alliance. Check next week's LOG ONLine for a full preview of Commencement-related activities. * * * * * Friday forum You've been reminded more than once, so what's one more time? An all-University forum on "The Learning Experience: Our Future Together" is scheduled for 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. this Friday (Dec. 8) in the Niagara Room on the lower level of the University Union. * * * * * National 'report card' gives high marks to Wisconsin "Measuring Up 2000," a major report released today by the California-based National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, gives high marks to colleges and universities in Wisconsin. For more, check the UW System news site at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r001130.htm * * * * * New collection of eBooks available through the Cofrin Library The library has a new subscription to netLibrary, a service that provides electronic versions of printed books. Using netLibrary, you can access a wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online. There are two types of eBook collections: Library and Public. The Library collection contains eBooks that the Cofrin Library has purchased. You must be affiliated with UW-Green Bay to view or check out these titles. Users can check out a book for a 24-hour period after setting up an account. The Public collection contains books that are available to everyone. For more information, please go to http://www.uwgb.edu/library/info/netlibrary.html * * * * * Dean of Students offers info, reference guide on the Web Do you have questions about the University's Policies and Procedures related to students? Are you new to UW-Green Bay? Want online access to the Reference Guide? The new Dean of Students Web site features information on all of the above and more for Faculty, Staff, Parents and Students. Click on www.uwgb.edu/deanofstudents/index.htm * * * * * Friday is Preview Day The all-University calendar lists this Friday (Dec. 8) as the fourth and final Campus Preview Day of the semester. Admissions Office data show that participation in Preview Day tours and activities is the No. 1 indicator for whether a prospective student will ultimately enroll here. If you're volunteering to help, thank you; if you're not, fill your reader racks and give tour groups a smile. * * * * * Choral groups plan Dec. 14 concert Mark your calendar for a holiday treat! Three student choral groups will be joined by soloists, instrumentalists and a band specializing in Celtic music for "Holiday Traditions," a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14 ,in the Weidner Center. Look for more detail in next Monday's LOG Online. * * * * * Kavarna hosts UW-Green Bay jazz combos Another calendar marker: Three UW-Green Bay student jazz combos will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at Kavarna, 112 S. Broadway. Admission is free. Next week's Online will have more. * * * * * UW-Green Bay student artists win awards Thirteen student artists won awards in the 28th annual juried student art exhibition on display in the Lawton Gallery. Recipients are Wane J. Wanek, Krista Ehrlick, Rebecca Pearson, Jeanelle Van den Heuvel, Katie Schultz, Barbi Nicklas, Mark Sauter, Brian Berggren, Amanda Tarras, Cathy Marks, Paul Dax, Julia Durst and Li-Chung Lin. The guest jurors noted an "independent spirit" throughout the exhibit. For more, click on www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000dec.htm#art * * * * * Brief Prof. Tara Reed-Anderson** is co-author of recently published papers: "A model predicting the impact on water clarity of zebra mussel invasion of Lake Mendota," in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57(8), and "Temporal and spatial dynamics of wrack-disturbed patches in a southeastern salt marsh" in Estuaries 23(4) *** * * * *** LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.

Phoenix and Badgers on TV-32

Limits on spring admission

Stiff is top student

Friday forum

UW gets high marks

New eBooks via Cofrin Library

Dean of Students online reference guide

Preview Day

Choral concert

Jazz combos

Student artists win awards

Brief

Vol. 32, No. 14 / December 6, 2000

The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues.

Phoenix, Badgers and UW-Green Bay on TV-32

A reminder: the sold-out UW-Green Bay men's basketball game vs. the Wisconsin Badgers will be televised live tonight (Wednesday) by WACY TV-32 at 7 p.m. Watch for a strong performance from the underdog Phoenix, as well as a couple of UW-Green Bay institutional promos during the commercial blocks and an interview touching upon UW-Green Bay athletics and academics over the halftime break.

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With eye on fall, UW-Green Bay limits spring admission

UW-Green Bay will close admission Dec. 15 for new freshman and transfer students for spring semester classes that begin in mid-January. The action by the University's enrollment management team applies to degree-seeking new freshmen and transfer students and does not, at this time, apply to some other categories of students, says Steve Neiheisel, assistant dean for enrollment services. Applications for spring semester from transfer students especially are up significantly and early registration for spring by continuing students is well ahead of last year's numbers, leading to concern that the fall 2001 enrollment picture will be tight. For more, click on www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000dec.htm#limit

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Stiff is top student and commencement speaker

Andrea L. Stiff of Fort Atkinson will receive the Alumni Association's Outstanding Student Award and be the student speaker at UW-Green Bay commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16. Stiff, who is graduating with summa cum laude (highest) honors, majored in elementary education with teaching minors in early childhood education and broadfield science. She also earned an environmental science minor. Stiff will seek certification to teach at pre-kindergarten through sixth grade level. She has won numerous awards including the Chancellor's Medallion, coordinated UW-Green Bay student Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge trips for three years, and was active in Round River Alliance. Check next week's LOG ONLine for a full preview of Commencement-related activities.

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Friday forum

You've been reminded more than once, so what's one more time? An all-University forum on "The Learning Experience: Our Future Together" is scheduled for 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. this Friday (Dec. 8) in the Niagara Room on the lower level of the University Union.

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National 'report card' gives high marks to Wisconsin

"Measuring Up 2000," a major report released today by the California-based National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, gives high marks to colleges and universities in Wisconsin. For more, check the UW System news site at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r001130.htm

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New collection of eBooks available through the Cofrin Library

The library has a new subscription to netLibrary, a service that provides electronic versions of printed books. Using netLibrary, you can access a wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online. There are two types of eBook collections: Library and Public. The Library collection contains eBooks that the Cofrin Library has purchased. You must be affiliated with UW-Green Bay to view or check out these titles. Users can check out a book for a 24-hour period after setting up an account. The Public collection contains books that are available to everyone. For more information, please go to http://www.uwgb.edu/library/info/netlibrary.html

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Dean of Students offers info, reference guide on the Web

Do you have questions about the University's Policies and Procedures related to students? Are you new to UW-Green Bay? Want online access to the Reference Guide? The new Dean of Students Web site features information on all of the above and more for Faculty, Staff, Parents and Students. Click on www.uwgb.edu/deanofstudents/index.htm

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Friday is Preview Day

The all-University calendar lists this Friday (Dec. 8) as the fourth and final Campus Preview Day of the semester. Admissions Office data show that participation in Preview Day tours and activities is the No. 1 indicator for whether a prospective student will ultimately enroll here. If you're volunteering to help, thank you; if you're not, fill your reader racks and give tour groups a smile.

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Choral groups plan Dec. 14 concert

Mark your calendar for a holiday treat! Three student choral groups will be joined by soloists, instrumentalists and a band specializing in Celtic music for "Holiday Traditions," a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14 ,in the Weidner Center. Look for more detail in next Monday's LOG Online.

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Kavarna hosts UW-Green Bay jazz combos

Another calendar marker: Three UW-Green Bay student jazz combos will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at Kavarna, 112 S. Broadway. Admission is free. Next week's Online will have more.

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UW-Green Bay student artists win awards

Thirteen student artists won awards in the 28th annual juried student art exhibition on display in the Lawton Gallery. Recipients are Wane J. Wanek, Krista Ehrlick, Rebecca Pearson, Jeanelle Van den Heuvel, Katie Schultz, Barbi Nicklas, Mark Sauter, Brian Berggren, Amanda Tarras, Cathy Marks, Paul Dax, Julia Durst and Li-Chung Lin. The guest jurors noted an "independent spirit" throughout the exhibit. For more, click on www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000dec.htm#art

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Brief

Prof. Tara Reed-Anderson is co-author of recently published papers: "A model predicting the impact on water clarity of zebra mussel invasion of Lake Mendota," in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57(8), and "Temporal and spatial dynamics of wrack-disturbed patches in a southeastern salt marsh" in Estuaries 23(4)

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LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.