UW-Green Bay advocates were in Peshtigo Thursday, April 5, to testify before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee in support of the institution's Learning Experience Initiative. The influential budget-writing committee is holding public hearings around the state as it deliberates the 2001-03 state budget. UW-Green Bay supporters urged new funds for plans to lower the student-faculty ratio, enhance retention and generate an additional 175 graduates from every freshman class. Making the trip with campus officials were more than a dozen students, Prof. Jeff Entwistle and community leaders Bob Bush, chairman emeritus of Schreiber Foods Inc., and Thomas Olson, president and CEO of U.S. Paper Mills.

By now, most have heard that UW-Green Bay's new classroom building will be named for Mary Ann Cofrin. A notable distinction, however, was highlighted by Chancellor Mark Perkins in his remarks at a campus news conference last week. "At the institution that leads the UW System in the percentage of its enrollment that is female," he said, "it is great to have our primary classroom facility named for a woman, one of the few so named in the entire University of Wisconsin System." Regent approval of the naming is expected Friday, April 6; a facilities subcommittee endorsed the proposal Thursday.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark Perkins was the recipient of a warm ovation and an honorary Golden Apple Award near the conclusion of Wednesday night's community program honoring top educators. The recognition comes as he prepares to leave Green Bay this summer for the presidency of Towson University in Maryland. Perkins was honored for his work on behalf of UW-Green Bay and Northeastern Wisconsin K-16 education with the Institute for Learning Partnership.

The next-to-last Campus Preview Day of the spring takes place on campus Friday (April 6). Several hundred high school students, mostly juniors, will bring parents to campus for a day of college shopping and touring organized by the Admissions Office. The other Preview Day is April 27.

Sharp-eyed readers of the Press-Gazette and LOG Online, and those familiar with student recruitment at UW-Green Bay, caught the error immediately. A headline in Wednesday's P-G indicated a dip in minority "enrollment" here. In truth, overall enrollment of students of color has been stable or gaining slightly. The dip actually related to a downward fluctuation this year in the recruitment of new students. Watch for a more in-depth look at the issue; a comprehensive progress report on UW-Green Bay's Plan 2008 diversity efforts is on the agenda for next week's Leadership Council meeting.

Media Services reports that it is moving head with plans to replace the existing computer/video projection system in Rose Hall 250 with a system that is ten times brighter. The updated equipment should be available for all or part of summer session.

UW-Green Bay student Charis Hoff, a junior from Sherwood, was recently notified that she has been selected as Sustaining Wisconsin's first student intern outside of Madison. She will coordinate activities in Northeastern Wisconsin, says Social Change and Development Prof. Larry Smith. UW-Green Bay was the site last month of an organizational meeting regarding the new, grassroots entity called the Center for Wisconsin Strategy. COWS' primary initiative is its well-publicized Sustaining Wisconsin Project.

The combined choirs of UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College and their performance of the Bach masterwork St. John Passion will be featured on statewide public radio on Sunday, April 15. The program, recorded during a Weidner Center concert last month, will be broadcast beginning at noon.

The Student Government Association and Cofrin Library are pleased to announce that library hours have been extended to 1 a.m., most nights. The move is in response to SGA's request for late-night or 24-hour study space. (It is expected that a 24-hour study space will be part of the planned University Union expansion.) In the meantime, library hours during the fall and spring semester will be 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Thursday, Friday 8 to 5:30, Saturday 10 to 6, and Sunday 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. The change applies to the library's third floor reference and study areas; floors 4 through 6 will be locked at the usual closing time of 11 p.m.

Early signup is offered for UW-Green Bay employees interested in enrolling their children in summer swimming lessons at the Phoenix Sports Center. There are three sessions offered, each three weeks in length, starting June 11, July 2 or July 23. Signup for the general public doesn't officially begin until April 19, but take advantage of this earlybird LOG ONline special and visit the PSC front desk, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., or call ext. 2449. The early registration period positively, absolutely ends on Tuesday, April 17.

The Art Agency reports plans for an Art Sale next Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days in Phoenix Room C. They promise "a large amount" of ceramic pieces for sale, with many other media represented. "If you are thinking of an Easter gift or Mother's Day present, a one of a kind piece of artwork would be great!"

Check this space for more details later, but Kim Perry of Residence Life and the campuswide COPE committee has big news regarding the keynote speaker for this year's "Take Back the Night Rally" in Green Bay. She reports that noted Cuban-American actor Victor Rivers will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Union's Phoenix Room. Rivers, a child survivor of abuse, is spokesman for the National Network to End Domestic Violence. His message: domestic violence cannot be treated as just a woman's issue. Mark your calendar.

Interested in sampling the variety of research projects currently under way by faculty members at UW-Green Bay? You are encouraged to mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 11, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and the Research Council's Spring Faculty Research Lecture Series. The program will feature presentations by professors Robert Howe and Andrew Austin.

The April 11 Research Council program (see details above) includes Prof. Robert Howe, Natural and Applied Science, discussing "Ecology at the Landscape Scale." Mobile animals, like birds and mammals, are able to use large areas to meet their biological needs; their mobility presents special challenges for ecologists trying to understand the forces that affect populations. During the past 15 years, Howe has been part of several efforts to study animal populations at large geographic scales. His work continues today with two new projects funded by the EPA. Prof. Andrew Austin, of Social Change and Development, will address "Substance Abuse and Persistent Criminal Offending Among Victims of Child Sexual Abuse," focusing on the process of cumulative disadvantage that puts victims of child sexual abuse at risk for involvement with the legal system.

The Admissions Office has selected nine students to serve as orientation assistants for SOAR 2001. They are Sarah Lazarri, Stacey Scott, Heidi Lou Kleinhans, Heather Zick, Mike Irwin, Andrew Gurka, Gary Mortier, Brian Mulroy and Vitaliy Petrenko. Please join the Admissions Office in congratulating these fine students. Also, Admissions extends a big thank you to all faculty and staff who submitted nominations.

A brownbag session on electronic copyright issues takes place Wednesday, April 11, from noon to 1 p.m. in IS 1034. Glenda Morgan from the UW System is the presenter. Questions? Contact Andy Speth at ext. 2286.

Jane Lynch, Academic Advising, participated as a member of an evaluation team to assess quality and effectiveness of the Counseling Service at NWTC on March 21 and 22. Lynch, along with representatives from other secondary education schools and colleges, NWTC students and graduates, identified strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Adjunct Asst. Prof. Vicki L. Medland is a co-author of a paper titled "Strategies of emergence from diapause for cyclopoid copepods in a temporary pond" in the January issue of the journal Archive fur Hydrobiologie. The paper, written with Barbara Taylor of the University of Georgia, investigates how copepod crustaceans survive in temporary ponds that fill irregularly and unpredictably.

Prof. Jennifer Mokren, Communications and the Arts/Art — was featured in the Spring 2001 issue of Metalsmith magazine with a two page, full-color spread of five images of work with accompanying editorial text. The work appears in the "Observations" section of the magazine, which is a section dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging artists in the field of metalsmithing.

An essay by Prof. Kim Nielsen, Social Change and Development/Women's Studies, on the topic "Helen Keller and the Politics of Civic Fitness," was recently published in The New Disability History: American Perspectives, Paul Longmore and Lauri Umansky, eds., (New York: New York University Press, 2001).

Bob O'Donnell, Media Services manager, recently conducted a workshop titled "The Essentials of Electronic Commerce" for UW-Madison's Small Business Development Center. The program discussed the technology of e-commerce, along with techniques and tools for security, financial and customer services management using the Internet.

Professors Ismail Shariff, Urban and Regional Studies, and Alla Wilson, Business Administration, have received a University of Wisconsin System Institute for Global Studies grant of $10,000 to develop an interactive World Wide Web-based course, and an additional $4,000 for an associated learning module. The course, "Decision on AIDS in Africa," will require students to explore ethical, economic, health, legal and political issues as they make decisions from various points of view: a multinational pharmaceutical firm, a non-governmental organization in public health, an African state, a developed western state, and a developing state that produces cheaper generic drugs. The course will be available to all UW campuses this fall.

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