One final item of interest regarding the national cost-of-college study released Monday — the Associated Press coverage notes that "average in-state tuition and fees at public, four-year schools is $3,510 per semester, or $148 more than last year." The corresponding numbers for fall 2000 at UW-Green Bay show that full-time, in-state tuition and fees here are several hundred dollars below the national average, at $3,306. The tuition/fee increase here of $156, or about 5 percent, is close to the average.

Deadlines are near for the Dual Choice/Open Enrollment opportunities:

* Health Insurance: open enrollment period ends 10/20/00
* Dental Insurance: open enrollment period ends 10/20/00

Questions should be directed to Human Resources, ext. 2390.

UW-Green Bay's golf team made history last week at the Bradley Invitational in Peoria, Ill. They posted what is believed to be their first win in a major, 54-hole tournament at the NCAA Division I level. Coach Bill Lindmark's Phoenix bested a 10-team field that included the host school as well as runners-up Northern Illinois, St. Louis and Butler. Top finishers for Green Bay were Brian Berggren, Joe Gille, Shaun Rezachek and Sam Huber, all scoring between 224 and 231 for their three-round totals.

Tickets are $16-$29, with special children's pricing available, for the Shaolin Warriors of China this Thursday (Oct. 19) at the Weidner Center. Hours of daily meditation and training have perfected the synchronized combat rituals of this troupe of 23 monks, who present a visually stunning and unique performance. Call the Ticket Office at 2217 for info.

Martin T. Auer, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Technological University, will speak on Lake Superior water quality issues at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in Rose Hall. "Desperately Seeking Signals: Organic Carbon, Bacterioplankton, Phytoplankton and Benthos Dynamics in Lake Superior," is his topic. He currently is working on a five-year research project on Lake Superior funded by a major National Science Foundation grant. The free lecture is the first in the 2000-2001 Ecology Lecture Series at UW-Green Bay, funded by an annual heirloom vegetable plant sale.

A gallery talk by the guest curator and a reception on Tuesday (Oct. 17) will close the Midwest Photography Invitational XI exhibit now on display in the Lawton Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The reception begins at 4:30 p.m. and the gallery talk by Prof. Jerry Dell will begin at 5 p.m. The exhibit includes 75 images in various photographic media, ranging from traditional black and white prints to digital images, made by 20 different artists from across the country.

Members of the campus community are among the organizers of the upcoming Golden Harvest Ball, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 20, at the Riverside Ball Room to benefit the Family Violence Center. Among the event's sponsors are the cercle francais (the French Club) of UW-Green Bay, and Prof. E. Nicole Meyer , a primary organizer and a member of the Violence Center's Board of Directors. Tickets are $25, available from Meyer or at the door, and include the ball, free dance lessons if you'd like, a silent auction, a raffle and a variety of activities. Meyer notes that the Family Violence Center and the Alternatives Program are among the local causes supported in part by United Way of Brown County; those interested in promoting a chance for Green Bay children and future students to live in violence-free homes can help via Friday's Harvest Ball and/or their annual United Way contribution.

Mark your calendars: Wendi Fox, comedian and lecturer on the campus circuit, will do an Employee Assistance Program performance for all interested faculty, academic staff and classified staff at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3, in Phoenix C. Fox will use humor to approach the very serious topic of alcohol abuse. She's on campus earlier that week for a student show. Watch you e-mail for more information.

Prof. Michael Kraft (Political Science/PEA) has been invited by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to join six other U.S. academics and environmentalists in traveling to Moscow in late October for a joint workshop with the Russian Academy of Sciences on The Role of Environmental Non-Governmental has just been published by Addison Wesley Longman.

More honors for UW-Green Bay Phoenix coaches — Men's basketball assistant coach Woody Wilson, who racked up a 125-56 record and won four conference championships in nine years at Sparta High School, was inducted into that school's hall of fame on Oct. 13. He has also been honored by the statewide coaching association. Former women's tennis coach Jan Pum, who started the program and served as head coach for 25 years, has been selected for induction into the Brown County Tennis Hall of Fame. The honor will be conferred at a banquet in De Pere on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Pum retired earlier this year from UW-Green Bay, having guided the program to Division I success and a number of individual and team titles at the conference level.

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