UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 32 No. 1



UW-Green Bay remains 'hot' Record number of vals and sals We score well in US News rankings Web cams focus on construction Teacher ed, auditors on Regent agenda Public Radio's Clark visits Remember the All-University Calendar Athletics launches new website Venture capital fair Weidner adds Streb, 'Godspell' Jamaican jerk chicken Here's Italian menu Workshops for nonprofit boards Briefs: Emmons, Liu, Wilson	Vol. 32, No. 1 / September 5, 2000 Welcome to this Opening Day edition of the LOG Online, the faculty/staff newsletter 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. UW-Green Bay enrollment picture remains 'hot' School starts Tuesday! UW-Green Bay projects an opening-day headcount of about 5,400 students. The near-record FTE (full-time equivalent) count of approximately 4,433 is more than 1 percent above the state-assigned FTE target of 4,357. Officials say strong demand fueled by new freshmen and transfer applicants, and increases in both the "yield rate" for newcomers and the retention rate for continuing students, have exceeded projections. They also forecast a tighter admissions picture for mid-year applicants (those seeking admission for spring semester). *** * * * * Salute! Record number of vals and sals validates freshman quality UW-Green Bay has always ranked high among state schools in terms of the academic preparedness of its new freshmen. That trend is continuing. The incoming class of 995 freshmen includes 23 valedictorians and 14 salutatorians; the total of 37 newcomers who graduated either first or second in their high school class is a new high. The average high school GPA of entering freshmen continues to climb, with the mean of 3.30 also a new high and an encouraging indicator. Freshmen typically see their college grades drop a half gradepoint from high school; the higher gradepoints and levels of achievement provide them a better first-year cushion. * * * * * UW-Green Bay scores well in US News rankings We're not supposed to pay attention to these things, but we do, especially when the news is good. UW-Green Bay shows up in "Tier 2" among Midwest universities rated in the annual U.S. News College Rankings released last Friday. (The magazine incorporates "reputation score" and data on retention, graduation, class size, profile and other factors in assigning schools to each of four tiers, with Tier 1 being the highest.) Among the 30 Tier 2 schools, UW-Green Bay fares well in terms of both reputation and new-freshman quality. In fact, no public university in the category ranked higher in terms of new-freshman profile; 50 percent of Green Bay's freshmen ranked in the top quarters of their high school graduating classes. * * * * * Big Brother's eye-in-the-sky is watching you, building Three new web cams are focused on construction of UW-Green Bay's new academic building. The cameras were mounted atop the Cofrin Library by Wisconsin Public Service in cooperation with the University's Information Services Division. WPS has a website touting the building's importance as a demonstration project for solar energy and building-integrated photovoltaics. Look for "Web Cameras" at http://www.buildingsolar.com/index.html * * * * * Technology, teacher ed, auditors are on Regent agenda this week This week's meeting of the UW System Board of Regents will include a presentation on best practices for the use of classroom technology by teachers who are just graduating from UW System institutions, and those already in the field. The presentation will be made by task force leaders including former Green Bay dean Nancy Kaufman, now assistant vice chancellor at UW-Oshkosh. Also before the Regents: an amended policy concerning senior-citizen auditing of classes. For more, see http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r00831.htm * * * * * Public Radio's Clark visits UW-Green Bay The Tom Clark "World Tour" is coming to Green Bay Tuesday (Sept. 5) to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio. Clark and newscaster Joy Cardin will broadcast live from 6 to 9 a.m. at the WHID-FM studios in the Instructional Services Building. The public is invited to visit and observe. Clark and Cardin will be available to meet with visitors following the program. * * * * * Stamp out spam: remember the All-University Calendar The All-University Calendar is a website prepared by the Public Safety Office. Departments choosing to submit an announcement should include: name of event/meeting, date, time, room, cost and description. The publication "This Week on Campus" is drawn from the calendar website and distributed weekly to departments. Deadline for the upcoming week is Wednesday at 4 p.m. Mail your announcement to Public Safety or email to weilers@uwgb.edu * * * * * UW-Green Bay Athletics launches new website There's a new internet site where Phoenix fans can receive up-to-the-minute news on their favorite UW-Green Bay teams. The URL is www.uwgb.edu/athletics. The new site includes rosters, schedules and updates on all 15 teams, and it will also feature stats, photos, and much more. * * * * * NEED CAPITAL? well, this is venture capital Organizers of the 2000 Wisconsin Venture Fair are extending an invitation to those interested in the Oct. 18-19 fair to be held at Madison's Monona Terrace. Organizers say the Venture Fair has a strong track record in helping early-stage biotechnology and high-technology businesses find seed money. Co-sponsors include the state Department of Commerce. There's more online at http://www.WisconsinVentureFair.com/. * * * * * Weidner adds Streb, 'Godspell' In case you missed it: Spurred by popular demand, the Weidner Center has added performances of the new-dance show Streb on Friday, October 6, 2000 and Godspell on Monday, April 16, 2001. Individual tickets go on sale on this Saturday (Sept. 9). * * * * * Jamaican jerk chicken is added to concert menu for Sept. 7 You've seen the announcement about the concert by Casper Lomayesva from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, on the Nicolet Room patio outside the University Union. If you missed it, details of the Hopi reggae show are at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000aug.htm#reggae. What you might not have known is that the Nicolet Dining Room will feature a Jamaican jerk chicken wrap with fruit salsa and chips for only $3.95. Everyone's invited. * * * * * Here's Italian menu; get tix at ext. 2400 Last week's LOG item on the International Italian Cuisine & Entertainment event, the Oct. 6 luncheon presented by Chartwells', the Union, AIC, International Center and Student Life, neglected to mention one thing: the full menu. Antipasto platter, sundried tomato cheese bread, Italian beef with peppers and onions, "quatro fromage" baked ziti, oven roasted cauliflower with scallions, and il dolce-chocolate raspberry espresso cheese cake. See the University Information Center for your $7.99 ticket. * * * * * Outreach offers workshops for nonprofit boards Nonprofit board members, staff and volunteers who want to increase their knowledge and build better boards can do both at "Building Effective Nonprofit Boards," a six-part seminar series sponsored by the Office of Outreach and Extension. Included is a session on running efficient meetings. The series starts Sept. 19 and takes place every other Tuesday morning through late November. For more, click on: http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000aug.htm#board * * * * * Briefs Carol Emmons, COA, is one of four national/international artists invited to participate in the exhibition "In My Library" at the Cardinal Stritch University Art Gallery in Milwaukee. The exhibition runs from Sept. 8 to Oct. 22. Gallery hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 - 4; Wednesday 12 - 8; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 1 - 4. Emmons has created a new large-scale installation, "The Index of Desire," expressly for the exhibit. Weiping Liu,** Business Administration, has a research paper titled "A Comparison of Logistic Analysis and Neural Networks in estimating Sovereign Debt Service Capacity" published in Multinational Business Review (Volume VIII, Number 2). Co-authors are Mark Hwang of Central Michigan State University and Dechang Chen, Natural and Applied Sciences. Alla Wilson, Business Administration, represented the UW System at the CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) faculty study abroad program. The program was titled "Integration and Unification of the European Union" and was held in Antwerp, Belgium May 16-26, 2000 at the University of Antwerp. The University of Memphis CIBER is the lead sponsor of the conference. The Wisconsin CIBER is a co-sponsor along with Florida International University, The University of Florida and Texas A&M University. *** * * * *** 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.

UW-Green Bay remains 'hot'

Record number of vals and sals

We score well in US News rankings

Web cams focus on construction

Teacher ed, auditors on Regent agenda

Public Radio's Clark visits

Remember the All-University Calendar

Athletics launches new website

Venture capital fair

Weidner adds Streb, 'Godspell'

Jamaican jerk chicken

Here's Italian menu

Workshops for nonprofit boards

Briefs: Emmons, Liu, Wilson

Vol. 32, No. 1 / September 5, 2000

Welcome to this Opening Day edition of the LOG Online, the faculty/staff newsletter 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.

UW-Green Bay enrollment picture remains 'hot'

School starts Tuesday! UW-Green Bay projects an opening-day headcount of about 5,400 students. The near-record FTE (full-time equivalent) count of approximately 4,433 is more than 1 percent above the state-assigned FTE target of 4,357. Officials say strong demand fueled by new freshmen and transfer applicants, and increases in both the "yield rate" for newcomers and the retention rate for continuing students, have exceeded projections. They also forecast a tighter admissions picture for mid-year applicants (those seeking admission for spring semester).

* * * * *

Salute! Record number of vals and sals validates freshman quality

UW-Green Bay has always ranked high among state schools in terms of the academic preparedness of its new freshmen. That trend is continuing. The incoming class of 995 freshmen includes 23 valedictorians and 14 salutatorians; the total of 37 newcomers who graduated either first or second in their high school class is a new high. The average high school GPA of entering freshmen continues to climb, with the mean of 3.30 also a new high and an encouraging indicator. Freshmen typically see their college grades drop a half gradepoint from high school; the higher gradepoints and levels of achievement provide them a better first-year cushion.

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay scores well in US News rankings

We're not supposed to pay attention to these things, but we do, especially when the news is good. UW-Green Bay shows up in "Tier 2" among Midwest universities rated in the annual U.S. News College Rankings released last Friday. (The magazine incorporates "reputation score" and data on retention, graduation, class size, profile and other factors in assigning schools to each of four tiers, with Tier 1 being the highest.) Among the 30 Tier 2 schools, UW-Green Bay fares well in terms of both reputation and new-freshman quality. In fact, no public university in the category ranked higher in terms of new-freshman profile; 50 percent of Green Bay's freshmen ranked in the top quarters of their high school graduating classes.

* * * * *

Big Brother's eye-in-the-sky is watching you, building

Three new web cams are focused on construction of UW-Green Bay's new academic building. The cameras were mounted atop the Cofrin Library by Wisconsin Public Service in cooperation with the University's Information Services Division. WPS has a website touting the building's importance as a demonstration project for solar energy and building-integrated photovoltaics. Look for "Web Cameras" at http://www.buildingsolar.com/index.html

* * * * *

Technology, teacher ed, auditors are on Regent agenda this week

This week's meeting of the UW System Board of Regents will include a presentation on best practices for the use of classroom technology by teachers who are just graduating from UW System institutions, and those already in the field. The presentation will be made by task force leaders including former Green Bay dean Nancy Kaufman, now assistant vice chancellor at UW-Oshkosh. Also before the Regents: an amended policy concerning senior-citizen auditing of classes. For more, see http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/r00831.htm

* * * * *

Public Radio's Clark visits UW-Green Bay

The Tom Clark "World Tour" is coming to Green Bay Tuesday (Sept. 5) to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio. Clark and newscaster Joy Cardin will broadcast live from 6 to 9 a.m. at the WHID-FM studios in the Instructional Services Building. The public is invited to visit and observe. Clark and Cardin will be available to meet with visitors following the program.

* * * * *

Stamp out spam: remember the All-University Calendar

The All-University Calendar is a website prepared by the Public Safety Office. Departments choosing to submit an announcement should include: name of event/meeting, date, time, room, cost and description. The publication "This Week on Campus" is drawn from the calendar website and distributed weekly to departments. Deadline for the upcoming week is Wednesday at 4 p.m. Mail your announcement to Public Safety or email to weilers@uwgb.edu

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay Athletics launches new website

There's a new internet site where Phoenix fans can receive up-to-the-minute news on their favorite UW-Green Bay teams. The URL is www.uwgb.edu/athletics. The new site includes rosters, schedules and updates on all 15 teams, and it will also feature stats, photos, and much more.

* * * * *

NEED CAPITAL? well, this is venture capital

Organizers of the 2000 Wisconsin Venture Fair are extending an invitation to those interested in the Oct. 18-19 fair to be held at Madison's Monona Terrace. Organizers say the Venture Fair has a strong track record in helping early-stage biotechnology and high-technology businesses find seed money. Co-sponsors include the state Department of Commerce. There's more online at http://www.WisconsinVentureFair.com/.

* * * * *

Weidner adds Streb, 'Godspell'

In case you missed it: Spurred by popular demand, the Weidner Center has added performances of the new-dance show Streb on Friday, October 6, 2000 and Godspell on Monday, April 16, 2001. Individual tickets go on sale on this Saturday (Sept. 9).

* * * * *

Jamaican jerk chicken is added to concert menu for Sept. 7

You've seen the announcement about the concert by Casper Lomayesva from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, on the Nicolet Room patio outside the University Union. If you missed it, details of the Hopi reggae show are at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000aug.htm#reggae. What you might not have known is that the Nicolet Dining Room will feature a Jamaican jerk chicken wrap with fruit salsa and chips for only $3.95. Everyone's invited.

* * * * *

Here's Italian menu; get tix at ext. 2400

Last week's LOG item on the International Italian Cuisine & Entertainment event, the Oct. 6 luncheon presented by Chartwells', the Union, AIC, International Center and Student Life, neglected to mention one thing: the full menu. Antipasto platter, sundried tomato cheese bread, Italian beef with peppers and onions, "quatro fromage" baked ziti, oven roasted cauliflower with scallions, and il dolce-chocolate raspberry espresso cheese cake. See the University Information Center for your $7.99 ticket.

* * * * *

Outreach offers workshops for nonprofit boards

Nonprofit board members, staff and volunteers who want to increase their knowledge and build better boards can do both at "Building Effective Nonprofit Boards," a six-part seminar series sponsored by the Office of Outreach and Extension. Included is a session on running efficient meetings. The series starts Sept. 19 and takes place every other Tuesday morning through late November. For more, click on: http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2000aug.htm#board

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Briefs

Carol Emmons, COA, is one of four national/international artists invited to participate in the exhibition "In My Library" at the Cardinal Stritch University Art Gallery in Milwaukee. The exhibition runs from Sept. 8 to Oct. 22. Gallery hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 - 4; Wednesday 12 - 8; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 1 - 4. Emmons has created a new large-scale installation, "The Index of Desire," expressly for the exhibit.

Weiping Liu, Business Administration, has a research paper titled "A Comparison of Logistic Analysis and Neural Networks in estimating Sovereign Debt Service Capacity" published in Multinational Business Review (Volume VIII, Number 2). Co-authors are Mark Hwang of Central Michigan State University and Dechang Chen, Natural and Applied Sciences.

Alla Wilson, Business Administration, represented the UW System at the CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) faculty study abroad program. The program was titled "Integration and Unification of the European Union" and was held in Antwerp, Belgium May 16-26, 2000 at the University of Antwerp. The University of Memphis CIBER is the lead sponsor of the conference. The Wisconsin CIBER is a co-sponsor along with Florida International University, The University of Florida and Texas A&M University.

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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.