UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 32 No. 5



A look inside new building Kohn is Partnership keynoter Research grants to educators Sweet project involving Ojibwe First PDC graduates Circle gets new bricks 'Pleasure' conference Chamber music series Regent minutes about 'Green Bay Initiative' Access rate for state H.S. grads Conference focuses on role of women in higher ed Top UW-Green Bay teachers Dual Choice and open enrollment time Annual security report is online SIS project update Italian luncheon Science workshop is open to all Vietnamese art historian lecture 'The Self' series continues Briefs: Haynie, Kaufman, Liu, VonDras	Vol. 32, No. 5 / October 2, 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 website and to an archive of past issues. Photos give sneak peak inside new building, courtyard Today, new on the University's website, are never-before-seen views of the new academic building. Never before seen, that is, for those of us not members of the construction/design team. They already know what things look like inside the building's shell, or looking out to the interior courtyard. For the rest of us, a few images are online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm *** * * * * Outspoken critic of standardized tests is Partnership keynoter Considered one of the nation's most outspoken critics of grades and test scores as true measures of learning, Alfie Kohn will be the keynote speaker for the Institute for Learning Partnership's Fall Conference, Oct. 19-21. Kohn will present his keynote address, "The Deadly Effects of 'Tougher Standards': High-Stakes Testing and Other Obstacles to Learning," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Phoenix Room. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are suggested. The conference is an opportunity for educators and the general public to discuss educational progress being made in Northeastern Wisconsin. Watch for more in coming LOGs, or look for details at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#kohn * * * * * Institute for Learning distributes $72,000 in research grants to educators Algoma, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Plymouth, Pulaski, and Sturgeon Bay school district educators are among those sharing in more than $72,600 in research grants from the Institute for Learning Partnership. In this, the Partnership's second year of encouraging teacher-directed, school-based research, the Institute received 46 proposals requesting $296,966 in funding. For a closer look at the projects funded, click on http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#research * * * * * Partnership funds Sweet project involving Ojibwe UW-Green Bay, led by Prof. Denise Sweet, received a $10,000 grant for the project "Maawanji'iding - Bridging Technology and Tradition in the 21st Century" as part of the Institute for Learning Partnership's research grant program. The goal is to develop curriculum materials that integrate Native oral histories and new media for use in Wisconsin classrooms. For more on the Sweet project and its funding by the Partnership, click on the link in the previous item and scroll to story's end. * * * * * More Partnership news: PDC reaches milestone with first graduates Eight graduates of the Institute for Learning Partnership's Professional Development Certificate Program took center stage last month at the first-ever PDC recognition ceremony. "Now that we have eight educators in four northeast Wisconsin school districts completely through the program, we will begin to see the impact of their professional growth in our classrooms," says PDC coordinator Lynn Gerlach. For more, click on http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#pdcgrads * * * * * Circle gets new bricks — bright red ones It is called the Circle Entrance. Maybe it's named for the roadway traffic circle, or maybe it's named for the circular brick walkway leading down to the concourse level. No matter, but the latter is getting a facelift, and what for 28 years has generally been regarded as the University's main entrance is closed, for now. If you haven't noticed the work, photos are at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/bricks.htm * * * * * Interdisciplinary 'Pleasure' conference brings marketing expert to UW-Green Bay You've seen two different notices on this in your inbox today, and here's a third, but if this more fully explains what this conference is all about, it's our pleasure. "Pleasure: an Interdisciplinary Conference" is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 13 in the Union. It's an innovative collaboration of the Humanistic Studies and Business Administration academic units, along with other campus groups. The full news release, with details on marketing expert and keynote speaker John F. Sherry Jr., is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#pleasure * * * * * UW-Green Bay Music Program inaugurates chamber music series Chamber Music at Green Bay is a new series of programs beginning this fall that will showcase top-flight professional musicians from the region and around the nation. The series, sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Music Program, will include four programs in its first season, beginning on Oct. 14 and ending on April 7, 2001. "This is an exciting enhancement of our performance calendar and one that we're thrilled to share with the community," says Music Chairperson Kevin Collins. Faculty colleague Scott Wright is the series founder and director. For more on this new initiative, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#chamber * * * * * Regent minutes give flavor of discussion about 'Green Bay Initiative' The UW-Green Bay "Learning Experience Initiative" was a hot topic when the UW System Board of Regents met Aug. 23 in Madison to approve the System's multi-billion-dollar biennial budget. Now posted, the minutes show that questions about UW-Green Bay's ability to deliver a truly distinctive experience were explored at length. The result, of course, was positive. Unedited excerpts are online on the University's "quote/unquote" page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm * * * * * Access rate for state H.S. grads is 33 percent for UW System For one third of the Wisconsin high school Class of 1999, the next step after graduating was enrolling at a UW System campus, according to a report made public last week that will be discussed at this week's Regent meeting in La Crosse. The 33% access rate is among the highest in the nation, and compares favorably with a 25% access rate in the fall of 1976. The study also explores the decline in the number of male applicants, and the continued gap in participation rates between white students and students of color. For more, visit the UW System news site at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r00929.htm * * * * * State conference focuses on role of women in higher ed Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) is presenting its third annual statewide conference in Milwaukee Oct. 19 and 20. Registrations are being taken by UW-Milwaukee's office of University Outreach and can be made by calling (414) 227-3200 or (800) 222-3623. Co-directors are Augusta Julian, vice president of Institutional Advancement at Madison Area Technical College, and Joan North, dean of the College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point. Highlights include addresses on leadership, by UWM Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; on minorities in the mainstream, by Gladys Brown; and on leading change and other topics by state and national speakers. * * * * * Our mistake: We undercounted number of top UW-Green Bay teachers Apologies to Prof. Joseph Moran of Natural and Applied Sciences. An alert colleague has pointed out that a recent edition of the LOG ONLine missed by at least one the alltime number of UW-Green Bay recipients of the UW System "Teaching Excellence Award." That one would be Moran, an earth science specialist who took the top honor in 1993. Along with Associate Prof. Joan Thron, Education/Humanistic Studies (honored this fall), Business Administration Prof. John Harris (1996) and the entire Human Development faculty (1994), that's four awards in the program's nine-year history. That's particularly impressive when you consider that recipients are selected from among the UW's 13 four-year and 13 two-year campuses; UW-Green Bay has been very well represented. * * * * *** Dual Choice and open enrollment opportunities are here Human Resources sends word that it's now October and the season for enrollment opportunities. Please consider the options offered in health and dental insurance and the Employee Reimbursement Accounts (ERA) program. Enrollment opportunities are limited; applications must be received by the date indicated for each plan as follows: * Health Insurance: open enrollment period is October 2-20, 2000 (coverage under a new plan begins 1/1/01) * Dental Insurance: open enrollment period is October 2-20, 2000 (coverage would begin 1/1/01). This option is available to faculty, academic staff and non-represented classified employees. * Employee Reimbursement Accounts (ERA) Program: October 9-November 10, 2000 (employees who participated in the medical expense and/or the dependent day care reimbursement account in 2000 must re-enroll for 2001; payroll deductions do not carry over into 2001) Detailed enrollment information and materials will be distributed through the campus mail. Questions should be directed to Human Resources, ext. 2390. *** * * * * Annual security report is online The University is required to publish and publicize crime statistics and related safety information for the benefit of students, staff and the general public. UW-Green Bay is typically regarded as a safe, suburban campus with an excellent track record, but individuals are reminded to make themselves aware of safety considerations. This year's report is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/publicsafety/dpsweb/annualsecrep.htm * * * * * SIS project update Portals, data warehousing and the Wisconsin PeopleSoft Higher Education User Group workshop (WPSHEUG) have been recent project-related topics. For more information on these items and other Student Information System project news, click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update17.htm * * * * * No tix at the door, so act now for Italian luncheon Monday and Tuesday are the final days to purchase tickets for this Friday's Cultural Cuisine luncheon and entertainment in the Union. Tickets, and there are a few left, can be purchased at the University Information Center located in the University Union for $7.95. * * * * * Workshop on understanding use of science is open to all "Scientific Reasoning," a workshop to help laypeople understand how science is used in debate over environmental issues, is scheduled for 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, in the University Union. The workshop is free and open to the public. The workshop is the second in a series on "Critical Thinking, Science, and the Environment," organized by UW-Green Bay faculty members David Dolan, of Natural and Applied Sciences, and Andrew Fiala, of Humanistic Studies and Philosophy. For more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#science * * * * * Vietnamese art historian will speak Wednesday (note corrected date) Vietnamese art historian Boi Tran Huynh will speak on "Historical and Contemporary Vietnamese Art," at 7 p.m. this Wednesday (Oct. 4), at the Neville Public Museum. (Please note that this is a date change from the listing posted in last week's LOG ONLine.) For more about Huynh's visit and the visiting scholars program that brought her here, follow the news at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#art * * * * *** Series on 'The Self' continues at Philosophy House Philosophy House/Bayshore Center is the site for an on-going series of presentations on The Self and its various conceptualizations in religion, psychology, philosophy, culture and history, sponsored by the Institute for Philosophical Studies. All programs are at 3:45 p.m. on Monday afternoons. Here's the schedule: * Oct. 2, Richard Logan, Human Development/Anthropology, "Psychological perspectives of the Self" * Oct. 16, David Duquette, Psychology, St. Norbert College, "Existentialist conceptualizations of the Self" * Oct. 30, Jennifer Popiel, Humanistic Studies/History, "Historical/cultural perspectives of the Self" * Nov. 13, Hye-Kyung Kim, Humanistic Studies/Philosophy, "Self love and happiness in Aristotelean ethics" * Nov. 27, Andrew Kersten, Humanistic Studies/History, "Historical perspective: Individual and civil rights politics in 20th century America" Derek Jeffreys, Humanistic Studies, opened the series Sept. 18 with "Buddhist no self doctrine. For information, call adjunct instructor and institute director James Carnes at ext. 2860, or email to carnesj@uwgb.edu *** * * * * Briefs Prof. Aeron Haynie,** HUS/English, recently had an article accepted for publication: "A Colonial Woman in the Literature of Empire: Margaret Oliphant's The Doctor's Family." It will be published in the Victorian Institute Journal, vol 29, out next spring. Prof. Tim Kaufman, Education, will examine the use of systems thinking and system dynamics modeling in high school classrooms with the aid of a $10,500 grant from University of Wisconsin System PK-16 Initiative funds for Professional Development in Instructional Technology. The project will employ an existing modeling software program in problem solving exercises with students in two high school classrooms in Sturgeon Bay and one in Sevastopol. Measuring students' pre- and post-test gains in systems thinking and their attitudes toward technology and systems thinking are among the goals. Kaufman is collaborating with the teachers and staff in CESA 7. A research paper entitled "Effects of debt service capacity indicators' volatility on sovereigns' debt service capacity" has been accepted for presentation at the 13th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference to be held in Sydney December 2000. The paper's author is Prof. Weiping Liu, BUA. Prof. Dean D. VonDras, Human Development and Psychology, is co-author of two recently published papers. "Biological, Social-Environmental, and Psychological Dialecticism: An Integrated Model of Aging," appears in a special issue devoted to the social psychology of aging of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 22, Number 3. "Coronary Catherization Patient and Wife's Perceptions of Social Support: Effects Due to Characteristics of Recipient, Provider, and Their Interaction," is in the International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Vol. 50, Number 2. *** * * * *** 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.

A look inside new building

Kohn is Partnership keynoter

Research grants to educators

Sweet project involving Ojibwe

First PDC graduates

Circle gets new bricks

'Pleasure' conference

Chamber music series

Regent minutes about 'Green Bay Initiative'

Access rate for state H.S. grads

Conference focuses on role of women in higher ed

Top UW-Green Bay teachers

Dual Choice and open enrollment time

Annual security report is online

SIS project update

Italian luncheon

Science workshop is open to all

Vietnamese art historian lecture

'The Self' series continues

Briefs: Haynie, Kaufman, Liu, VonDras

Vol. 32, No. 5 / October 2, 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 website and to an archive of past issues.

Photos give sneak peak inside new building, courtyard

Today, new on the University's website, are never-before-seen views of the new academic building. Never before seen, that is, for those of us not members of the construction/design team. They already know what things look like inside the building's shell, or looking out to the interior courtyard. For the rest of us, a few images are online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm

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Outspoken critic of standardized tests is Partnership keynoter

Considered one of the nation's most outspoken critics of grades and test scores as true measures of learning, Alfie Kohn will be the keynote speaker for the Institute for Learning Partnership's Fall Conference, Oct. 19-21. Kohn will present his keynote address, "The Deadly Effects of 'Tougher Standards': High-Stakes Testing and Other Obstacles to Learning," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Phoenix Room. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are suggested. The conference is an opportunity for educators and the general public to discuss educational progress being made in Northeastern Wisconsin. Watch for more in coming LOGs, or look for details at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#kohn

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Institute for Learning distributes $72,000 in research grants to educators

Algoma, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Plymouth, Pulaski, and Sturgeon Bay school district educators are among those sharing in more than $72,600 in research grants from the Institute for Learning Partnership. In this, the Partnership's second year of encouraging teacher-directed, school-based research, the Institute received 46 proposals requesting $296,966 in funding. For a closer look at the projects funded, click on http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#research

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Partnership funds Sweet project involving Ojibwe

UW-Green Bay, led by Prof. Denise Sweet, received a $10,000 grant for the project "Maawanji'iding - Bridging Technology and Tradition in the 21st Century" as part of the Institute for Learning Partnership's research grant program. The goal is to develop curriculum materials that integrate Native oral histories and new media for use in Wisconsin classrooms. For more on the Sweet project and its funding by the Partnership, click on the link in the previous item and scroll to story's end.

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More Partnership news: PDC reaches milestone with first graduates

Eight graduates of the Institute for Learning Partnership's Professional Development Certificate Program took center stage last month at the first-ever PDC recognition ceremony. "Now that we have eight educators in four northeast Wisconsin school districts completely through the program, we will begin to see the impact of their professional growth in our classrooms," says PDC coordinator Lynn Gerlach. For more, click on http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#pdcgrads

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Circle gets new bricks — bright red ones

It is called the Circle Entrance. Maybe it's named for the roadway traffic circle, or maybe it's named for the circular brick walkway leading down to the concourse level. No matter, but the latter is getting a facelift, and what for 28 years has generally been regarded as the University's main entrance is closed, for now. If you haven't noticed the work, photos are at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/bricks.htm

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Interdisciplinary 'Pleasure' conference brings marketing expert to UW-Green Bay

You've seen two different notices on this in your inbox today, and here's a third, but if this more fully explains what this conference is all about, it's our pleasure. "Pleasure: an Interdisciplinary Conference" is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 13 in the Union. It's an innovative collaboration of the Humanistic Studies and Business Administration academic units, along with other campus groups. The full news release, with details on marketing expert and keynote speaker John F. Sherry Jr., is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#pleasure

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UW-Green Bay Music Program inaugurates chamber music series

Chamber Music at Green Bay is a new series of programs beginning this fall that will showcase top-flight professional musicians from the region and around the nation. The series, sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Music Program, will include four programs in its first season, beginning on Oct. 14 and ending on April 7, 2001. "This is an exciting enhancement of our performance calendar and one that we're thrilled to share with the community," says Music Chairperson Kevin Collins. Faculty colleague Scott Wright is the series founder and director. For more on this new initiative, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#chamber

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Regent minutes give flavor of discussion about 'Green Bay Initiative'

The UW-Green Bay "Learning Experience Initiative" was a hot topic when the UW System Board of Regents met Aug. 23 in Madison to approve the System's multi-billion-dollar biennial budget. Now posted, the minutes show that questions about UW-Green Bay's ability to deliver a truly distinctive experience were explored at length. The result, of course, was positive. Unedited excerpts are online on the University's "quote/unquote" page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm

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Access rate for state H.S. grads is 33 percent for UW System

For one third of the Wisconsin high school Class of 1999, the next step after graduating was enrolling at a UW System campus, according to a report made public last week that will be discussed at this week's Regent meeting in La Crosse. The 33% access rate is among the highest in the nation, and compares favorably with a 25% access rate in the fall of 1976. The study also explores the decline in the number of male applicants, and the continued gap in participation rates between white students and students of color. For more, visit the UW System news site at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r00929.htm

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State conference focuses on role of women in higher ed

Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) is presenting its third annual statewide conference in Milwaukee Oct. 19 and 20. Registrations are being taken by UW-Milwaukee's office of University Outreach and can be made by calling (414) 227-3200 or (800) 222-3623. Co-directors are Augusta Julian, vice president of Institutional Advancement at Madison Area Technical College, and Joan North, dean of the College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point. Highlights include addresses on leadership, by UWM Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; on minorities in the mainstream, by Gladys Brown; and on leading change and other topics by state and national speakers.

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Our mistake: We undercounted number of top UW-Green Bay teachers

Apologies to Prof. Joseph Moran of Natural and Applied Sciences. An alert colleague has pointed out that a recent edition of the LOG ONLine missed by at least one the alltime number of UW-Green Bay recipients of the UW System "Teaching Excellence Award." That one would be Moran, an earth science specialist who took the top honor in 1993. Along with Associate Prof. Joan Thron, Education/Humanistic Studies (honored this fall), Business Administration Prof. John Harris (1996) and the entire Human Development faculty (1994), that's four awards in the program's nine-year history. That's particularly impressive when you consider that recipients are selected from among the UW's 13 four-year and 13 two-year campuses; UW-Green Bay has been very well represented.

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Dual Choice and open enrollment opportunities are here

Human Resources sends word that it's now October and the season for enrollment opportunities. Please consider the options offered in health and dental insurance and the Employee Reimbursement Accounts (ERA) program. Enrollment opportunities are limited; applications must be received by the date indicated for each plan as follows:

* Health Insurance: open enrollment period is October 2-20, 2000 (coverage under a new plan begins 1/1/01)
* Dental Insurance: open enrollment period is October 2-20, 2000 (coverage would begin 1/1/01). This option is available to faculty, academic staff and non-represented classified employees.
* Employee Reimbursement Accounts (ERA) Program: October 9-November 10, 2000 (employees who participated in the medical expense and/or the dependent day care reimbursement account in 2000 must re-enroll for 2001; payroll deductions do not carry over into 2001)

Detailed enrollment information and materials will be distributed through the campus mail. Questions should be directed to Human Resources, ext. 2390.

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Annual security report is online

The University is required to publish and publicize crime statistics and related safety information for the benefit of students, staff and the general public. UW-Green Bay is typically regarded as a safe, suburban campus with an excellent track record, but individuals are reminded to make themselves aware of safety considerations. This year's report is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/publicsafety/dpsweb/annualsecrep.htm

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SIS project update

Portals, data warehousing and the Wisconsin PeopleSoft Higher Education User Group workshop (WPSHEUG) have been recent project-related topics. For more information on these items and other Student Information System project news, click http://www.uwgb.edu/sis/Log_Update17.htm

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No tix at the door, so act now for Italian luncheon

Monday and Tuesday are the final days to purchase tickets for this Friday's Cultural Cuisine luncheon and entertainment in the Union. Tickets, and there are a few left, can be purchased at the University Information Center located in the University Union for $7.95.

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Workshop on understanding use of science is open to all

"Scientific Reasoning," a workshop to help laypeople understand how science is used in debate over environmental issues, is scheduled for 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, in the University Union. The workshop is free and open to the public. The workshop is the second in a series on "Critical Thinking, Science, and the Environment," organized by UW-Green Bay faculty members David Dolan, of Natural and Applied Sciences, and Andrew Fiala, of Humanistic Studies and Philosophy. For more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000oct.htm#science

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Vietnamese art historian will speak Wednesday (note corrected date)

Vietnamese art historian Boi Tran Huynh will speak on "Historical and Contemporary Vietnamese Art," at 7 p.m. this Wednesday (Oct. 4), at the Neville Public Museum. (Please note that this is a date change from the listing posted in last week's LOG ONLine.) For more about Huynh's visit and the visiting scholars program that brought her here, follow the news at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000sep.htm#art

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Series on 'The Self' continues at Philosophy House

Philosophy House/Bayshore Center is the site for an on-going series of presentations on The Self and its various conceptualizations in religion, psychology, philosophy, culture and history, sponsored by the Institute for Philosophical Studies. All programs are at 3:45 p.m. on Monday afternoons. Here's the schedule:

* Oct. 2, Richard Logan, Human Development/Anthropology, "Psychological perspectives of the Self"

* Oct. 16, David Duquette, Psychology, St. Norbert College, "Existentialist conceptualizations of the Self"

* Oct. 30, Jennifer Popiel, Humanistic Studies/History, "Historical/cultural perspectives of the Self"

* Nov. 13, Hye-Kyung Kim, Humanistic Studies/Philosophy, "Self love and happiness in Aristotelean ethics"

* Nov. 27, Andrew Kersten, Humanistic Studies/History, "Historical perspective: Individual and civil rights politics in 20th century America"

Derek Jeffreys, Humanistic Studies, opened the series Sept. 18 with "Buddhist no self doctrine. For information, call adjunct instructor and institute director James Carnes at ext. 2860, or email to carnesj@uwgb.edu

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Briefs

Prof. Aeron Haynie, HUS/English, recently had an article accepted for publication: "A Colonial Woman in the Literature of Empire: Margaret Oliphant's The Doctor's Family." It will be published in the Victorian Institute Journal, vol 29, out next spring.

Prof. Tim Kaufman, Education, will examine the use of systems thinking and system dynamics modeling in high school classrooms with the aid of a $10,500 grant from University of Wisconsin System PK-16 Initiative funds for Professional Development in Instructional Technology. The project will employ an existing modeling software program in problem solving exercises with students in two high school classrooms in Sturgeon Bay and one in Sevastopol. Measuring students' pre- and post-test gains in systems thinking and their attitudes toward technology and systems thinking are among the goals. Kaufman is collaborating with the teachers and staff in CESA 7.

A research paper entitled "Effects of debt service capacity indicators' volatility on sovereigns' debt service capacity" has been accepted for presentation at the 13th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference to be held in Sydney December 2000. The paper's author is Prof. Weiping Liu, BUA.

Prof. Dean D. VonDras, Human Development and Psychology, is co-author of two recently published papers. "Biological, Social-Environmental, and Psychological Dialecticism: An Integrated Model of Aging," appears in a special issue devoted to the social psychology of aging of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 22, Number 3. "Coronary Catherization Patient and Wife's Perceptions of Social Support: Effects Due to Characteristics of Recipient, Provider, and Their Interaction," is in the International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Vol. 50, Number 2.

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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.