Congratulations to poets Ellen Kort and Denise Sweet of UW-Green Bay will be extended at a campus reception scheduled for 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Union's Phoenix C. The occasion? They've been accorded the highest honors in the world of Wisconsin poetry. Kort, an adjunct faculty member, has been selected to serve as the state of Wisconsin's first official poet laureate. Sweet, an associate professor, was one of three finalists and has been named a "commended poet." The third finalist, UW-Oshkosh professor Doug Flaherty, will also attend. The three will read selections of their work, to be followed by a brief award ceremony, and refreshments.

Local legislators who spoke Friday at a Chamber of Commerce update session in Green Bay said there's no crystal ball as to whether the 2001-03 state budget will meet the July 1 deadline. While they said they'd like to avoid the partisan gridlock that delayed each of the previous two biennial budgets, they also noted that hard decisions on spending and divided control of the two houses won't make it easy. The only thing for certain: Gov. Scott McCallum is scheduled to release his spending plan and deliver his budget address Tuesday (Feb. 20) in Madison. The speech will be replayed at 6 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television.

Kenneth Marty of the National Science Foundation will visit UW-Green Bay for the day on Tuesday, Feb. 27, to meet with faculty, staff and students and deliver a public presentation on "Misconduct in Science." The tentative schedule says his address will take place at midmorning in the Phoenix Room, and he will also speak to an afternoon science and philosophy class on ethical dilemmas. Look for more detailed announcements later this week. Prof. Brian Merkel, NAS, is arranging the visit.

The Union's Alumni Rooms are the site for a program from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 21) dealing with barriers that Hispanic immigrants face in pursuing college studies. Access to state and federal college and precollege programs will be addressed. Rose Herrera of the Hispanic Community Resource Center is the presenter. Refreshments will be provided. If possible, RSVP by Feb. 19 to Jennifer Castillo in Educational Support Services.

The newly formed Center on Wisconsin Strategy — a statewide, grassroots, public-education project to keep the state on a positive, progressive track — has a UW-Green Bay presence. Prof. Larry Smith and others are organizing afternoon and evening events on campus Tuesday, March 6. One of the areas of focus is the "economics of sustainability." For more details on COWS and the March 6 event, see the next issue of the LOG ONLine.

Marketing and University Communication is still interested in updated examples and photo opportunities for the new Admissions viewbook. We have received a few suggestions already, but would welcome more. You are invited to e-mail suggestions to Sue Bodilly at bodillys@uwgb.edu

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

All faculty and staff are invited to the noonhour videoconference on Thursday, Feb. 22, in IS 1034. The topic is "Developing an Investment Strategy." (Note: Buying Powerball tickets when the jackpot tops $80 million does not qualify). Learn the basics here. RSVP ASAP with Pam Spangenberg at Spangenp@uwgb.edu, or call ext. 2839.

Events this week include an exhibit outlining the history of the civil rights movement from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday (Feb. 21) in the Phoenix Room.

The 24th in the U.S. Postal Service stamp series honoring Black Heritage will be unveiled at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, during a Black History month event in the Niagara Room of University Union. Postmaster Suzanne J. Small will present an enlargement of the stamp depicting Roy Wilkins, civil rights leader and former NAACP executive secretary and executive director, to J. Allen Johnson, executive director of the Multicultural Center of Greater Green Bay. The enlargement will go on display at the Multicultural Center. The ceremony precedes the scheduled "brown bag" discussion of affirmative action led by Prof. Peter Kellogg, Humanistic Studies and History.

The communitywide Give-A-Kid-A-Book campaign resulted in more than 15,000 books collected and distributed to local children. UW-Green Bay, of course, was a participating site and Sherry Rasmussen of Outreach extends thanks to those whose donations brought smiles to the faces of many children and their parents. She also sends word that faculty and staff should remember this worthwhile program throughout the year. If you see an interesting book or a great sale, pick up a book or two and put them away until the LOG ONLine announces the 2001 holiday campaign. (Or forward them to Sherry at any time and she'll store them.)

All employees are required by law to report knowledge of sexual assaults on campus. The Wisconsin law states "...any person employed at an institution or center who witnesses a sexual assault on campus or receives a report from a student enrolled in the institution or center that the student has been sexually assaulted shall report to the dean of students of the institution..." This does not mean that you have to violate any confidences or provide names. It does mean that incidents are to be reported to the Dean of Students, ext. 2152.

Prof. Weiping Liu, Business Administration, has a research paper, "Stock Repurchases Effect on Stock Price Under the Asymmetric Information, Theory and Empirical Evidence," accepted for presentation at the 2001 Financial Management Association European conference May 31-June 1 in Paris.

Karla Miller, program coordinator in Career Services, was recently elected to a three-year Executive Board position with the Wisconsin Association of Colleges and Employers (WIACE). She will serve as president-elect, president from December 2001 to December 2002 and then as past president. Previously, she served on the Board as the Marketing Committee chairperson.

Linda Peacock-Landrum, director of Career Services, recently served on the three-person Scholarship Selection Committee for Wal-Mart in February 2001. She reviewed applications, interviewed Green Bay area high school students and made recommendations for scholarship recipients to Wal-Mart executives.

Prof. Ismail Shariff, professor of Urban and Regional Analysis, Hendrickson Professor of Business and chair of Economics, has published a paper titled "The United States and the Imperatives of the Global Economy in the 21st Century" in volume 4, number 4 of the World Affairs Journal.

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