In case you were wondering, the UW System Board of Regents did meet Friday, Feb. 9, in Madison, and the board did authorize the recruitment of a new chancellor for UW-Green Bay. Their action followed last week's announcement that Mark Perkins would resign to become president of Towson University in Maryland effective July 1.

The Northeast Wisconsin Partnership for Children and Families is developing a new emphasis in training for child welfare professionals with the aid of a $650,000 grant from the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant funds development of training programs for supervisors of child welfare workers. The supervisory training emphasizes skills to support line staff members in the transfer of learning from their training experiences, says director Samuel Braus. The NEW Partnership began in 1991 with a Children's Bureau grant to develop training programs for child welfare workers and to develop a child welfare sequence in the Bachelor of Social Work program. The new grant runs from October 2000 to September 2003.

Here's a chance for you and your program(s) to shine. Marketing and University Communication is looking for updated examples and photo opportunities for our new Admissions viewbook. A common theme is likely to be "students in action," whether in a classroom, work or community setting. A few examples of things we've captured in the past: Dick Logan's students studying the Amish, Steve Dutch's students examining moon rocks, Ron Baba with design students, students in the greenhouse; internships at the Neville Public Museum and at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Let us know about the interesting projects, studies, internship opportunities and research that you and your students are pursuing. Have you kept in touch with some of your graduates? Who are your stars? Where are they now? Also of value would be photographs from study-abroad tours. We have a good start, but don't want to miss anybody who can help us advance the UW-Green Bay story. E-mail your suggestions to Sue Bodilly (bodillys@uwgb.edu) and she'll set up the photo shoots and interviews.

UW-Green Bay is one of two "replication sites" for a new federally funded study aimed at providing intervention and training to all persons teaching students with disabilities on campus. The project, funded by the U.S. Office of Post-Secondary Education, involves a demonstration grant at UW-Stout with replication at Green Bay and Platteville. The project builds upon existing services to "ensure students with disabilities receive a quality higher education." At UW-Stout, staffers use a combination of just-in-time training, technical support, professional development activities and faculty peer contacts in targeted programs to provide support to faculty and academic staff teaching students with disabilities.

UW-Green Bay will start the replication of the new disability-services grant (see previous item) with a brown-bag lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 21, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Union's Phoenix C room. Topics will include disability services and what is new on our campus. UW-Green Bay faculty, students and staff are encouraged to attend. Punch and brownies will be provided. Questions? Contact Lynn Niemi at ext. 2849.

The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium is officially "installed" on campus in Laboratory Sciences 107C where program coordinator Sharon D. Brandt maintains the office. The phone extension is 2941 and mail should be directed to ES 317. Physical space limitations so far prevent director R. Aileen Yingst from locating in the same office. Her office is in LS 118; messages can be relayed through the Space Grant office.

Ron Stieglitz, Natural and Applied Sciences and Graduate Studies, has received two year-long grants that support studies by graduate students in Door County. The project, "Door County Peninsula Natural Areas Protection Plan," won $19,600 from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The grant supports student work with the Door Peninsula Natural Areas Group, representing organizations and private citizens, to develop a comprehensive plan for ecologically appropriate land uses. The project began September 1. The Nature Conservancy funded "Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem's Natural Flow Regime," for $40,565, which began January 1. The study will investigate the hydrology and ecology of the Shivering Sands, an area of coastal dunes, beach ridges and swales, part of which is owned by the Conservancy.

Miekal And and Lyx Ish will lead a free, hands-on bookmaking workshop beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19 in the Lawton Gallery. A photocopy machine will be available and paper and materials will be provided for those who'd like to spend an evening making experimental books.

The Family Violence Center Annual Phon-A-Thon takes place evenings Sunday through Tuesday, Feb. 25-27. If you are interested in volunteering, there's a half-hour training program at the beginning of each session and plenty of good, free food. Among programs sponsored by the Family Violence Center are a 24-hour helpline, domestic violence intervention, Golden House shelter, legal advocacy, individual advocacy, an "Alternatives" program who those who batter, support groups for both women and children, and a speakers bureau. Contacts include UW-Green Bay's E. Nicole Meyer, TH331, ext. 2098, who is on the center's board board of directors. Signup sheets are on her office door (SA 265) or at the Public Safety office. Sign up by Feb. 16 (or contact Tina Gray Siebers at 435-0100 and say you are a UW-Green Bay volunteer).

You've seen this elsewhere, but here's a reminder: Daffodil Days have arrived to brighten the winter and support the American Cancer Society. Orders are now being taken for bunches of daffodils ($6) to be delivered March 20 and 21. Deadline to order is Feb 26. For more information or to order, contact Bev Hendricks at ext. 2392 or Carol Wolske at ext. 2152. The promotion is sponsored by the Classified Administrative Support Committee here at UW-Green Bay.

Once again, the Admissions Office is recruiting outstanding students to apply for the position of Orientation Assistant for this Spring's SOAR program. They're looking for students who have thorough knowledge of UW-Green Bay, who possess excellent communication skills, and who are able to work with a wide variety of people. The required grade point average is 2.5. Eligible students must also be returning for fall 2001 semester.Nominated students will be sent an application and detailed description. They will then have the option to apply for the position. Please take a moment to make a nomination, before Friday, Feb. 16. Please forward nominations to Youngc@uwgb.edu

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