Helen Schaal, a prominent local educator with over 20 years experience as a classroom teacher who currently serves as president of the Green Bay Education Association, is newly selected as Teacher-in-Residence at UW-Green Bay. Dean Jane Muhl calls the residency program a "win-win" for students, teachers in the prekindergarten-12 system, and University faculty. Schaal's appointment will run from August 2002 through May 4 as a visiting faculty member in the professional program in Education.

Chancellor Bruce Shepard has frequently cited, in arguing the value of state investment in the UW System and UW-Green Bay, statistics that show Wisconsin losing ground in average annual salary. The latest numbers, out this week, show a continuing trend. A Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance study shows Wisconsin's average wage of $30,810 more than 13 percent below the national average for 2000. The state must offer competitive salaries for educated and experienced workers to boost economic growth, the report said. UW System officials say higher education should also be part of any job- and wage-gain strategy.

Funeral services were Saturday for Oliver M. Hitch, who died last week at age 85. The longtime Green Bay ophthalmologist, Green Bay Packers board member and community advocate has supported a variety of causes including UW-Green Bay. He and his wife, Lucyanna, have been Founders Association supporters along with other family members including daughter Engrid and son-in-law Jack Meng, of De Pere.

If you read your weekly Fourth Estate campus newspaper, you may have noticed that some students are using the friendly nickname "Shep" to refer to UW-Green Bay's chief executive officer. We offer no opinion on the appropriateness of this usage, but if you'd like to consult the man himself — the opportunity is there. Open office hours this week are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday (April 10).

Prof. Kim Nielsen of the Social Change and Development faculty sends word of what sounds like an interesting program at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 10. Organized by the campus Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, the program is titled "The Past, Present and Future of Afghan Women." Presenters are representatives of the Feminist Majority Foundation in Washington, D.C. They'll speak at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Niagara Room B of the University Union. Questions? E-mail fmla@uwgb.edu

Prof. Jeff Entwistle of the UW-Green Bay theatre program led 20 students on a spring break trip to New York City in March. Highlights included visits to the Ground Zero site and nighttime views of the "Tribute of Lights," as well as attendance at productions of "The Full Monty," "Sweet Smell of Success" with John Lithgow, "The Crucible" with Liam Neeson, among others. The stars of the trip, however, were alumni hosts/guides including Larry Gruber, Teresa Gegare, Josh Conklin, Emily Feld and Jill Huguet, familiar names all to local theatre fans, now working in the Big Apple. Look for a future "alumni notes" section of Inside UW-Green Bay magazine.

All members of the University faculty and staff are invited to attend, free of registration charges, the opening presentation of the WI Ahead conference on April 18. The featured speaker is Dan Altschul of the Office of Civil Rights, speaking on OCR policies as they relate to post-secondary disability issues, current case litigation, and the bases of discrimination. The first session takes place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Union. Seating is limited. Please call ahead to the Disability Services Office at ext. 2841.

There's room for faculty, staff members and friends to hitch a ride on the Art unit's bus trip to Chicago's museum district, scheduled for Friday (April 12). The buses roll from the Studio Arts lot at 6 a.m. and return by midnight. They'll make stops at the Field Musuem, the Art Institute (Ansel Adams and others), the Museum of Contemporary Art and, near the end of the day, a Clark Street restaurant district. Not an art student? The day is yours, free to enjoy. (Once you pay $20, covering transportation only, that is.) Sign up at the Bursar's cashier window by Wednesday noon.

An adaption on themes from Verdi's "La Traviata" in which the clarinet performs in the voice role is part of the program for a free faculty recital Thursday (April 11) at the Weidner Center. That's only one of the selections that standout clarinetist Scott Wright will perform in recital with pianist Linda Halloin at 7:30 p.m. The program will include primarily twentieth century works. Wright will perform two solo pieces, "Parable" by Vincent Persichetti, and a solo movement from Oliver Messiaen's Quartet.

Details to come, but tickets are going on sale shortly for the next program in the University's Union's international luncheon series. The cuisine this time will be German, the entertainment by faculty and students of the music program, and the date is May 3. Look for ticket information in next week's LOG ONLine.

The Books and Baskets raffle sponsored by Friends of the Cofrin Library is under way. Six different arrays of goods and services — Feast of Food, Green Thumb, Made in Wisconsin, Pamper Yourself, Sports and Leisure, and Student Survival — are waiting to be won by a lucky ticket purchaser. Prizes include gift certificates from more than 30 eateries, a $600 lawn mower, a generous sampling of paper products manufactured in Wisconsin, stays at bed and breakfasts, two supertickets to Road America 500, and for the lucky student, a textbook gift certificate from the Phoenix Bookstore. The drawing is at 2 p.m. May 13 on the Cofrin Library plaza. Winners to not have to be present. Total value of the donated prizes is over $10,200.

The Office of Admissions for Multicultural Recruitment will host the second annual Opportunity Knocks program on Thursday (April 11). Opportunity Knocks 2002 is a daylong event for approximately 150 Wisconsin multicultural high school juniors and seniors, filled with interactive information sessions, discussions about strategies for collegiate success, college tours and a keynote speaker. These students will arrive from as far away as Eau Claire, Wausau, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Kenosha, as close as Green Bay, and many points in between. The day will begin in the Phoenix Rooms with a welcoming ceremony at 9 a.m. If you see groups of students going around campus, say "hello!"

It's from 3 to 5 p.m. this Thursday (April 11) in the Rose Hall lobby, for Prof. Thomas Van Koevering, Education and chemistry.

The University's Habitat for Humanity team is sending four students to Durban, South Africa, to help build a community of homes and school facilities as part of the Jimmy Carter Work Project. They will spend a week on the build, partnering with future homeowners and fellow Habitat volunteers from around the world. The trip takes place May 31 through June 9.

Want to go along?

There's one spot open on the Habitat for Humanity trip to South Africa. The fifth participant can be a faculty, staff or community member. If anyone is interested in going, please contact Shauna Bloom at 737-5447.

Also, donations welcome

One last thing: Although partial funding is available via student fee allocations and various fundraising efforts, donations of any amount are welcome in support of the Habitat for Humanity Durban trip. Donors will receive a t-shirt and a picture of the group with their African house. Again, contact Bloom for information, via phone or at bloosm23@uwgb.edu.

For the second straight year, a UW-Green Bay SIFE team takes regional champion honors. The competition took place last Wednesday at the 2002 SIFE Regional Competition and Career Opportunity Fair in Minneapolis. The UW-Green Bay students, under the direction of Profs. John Stoll and Ismail Shariff, made a presentation on their educational outreach projects and were judged by a panel of business people. Champions of 21 regional competitions advance to the national expo in Kansas City in mid-May. For more on SIFE and the victorious student members of the team, see next week's LOG ONLine.

Christopher Gaffiney is the featured speaker at a program from 3 to 4:15 p.m. this Wednesday (April 10) in Room 328 of the Environmental Sciences Building. His topic: "Assumptions of Mathematics and their Philosophical Grounds." Refreshments and coffee will be served. Students are welcome to attend, too. It's part of the Seminar Series in Mathematics/Statistics and Applications.

The UW-Green Bay Theatre poster for the April/May 2001 production of "Twelfth Night" was awarded a citation of excellence in the area of Advertising for the Arts: collateral material, poster design, at the recent Northeastern Wisconsin Advertising Federation 2001 Awards annual competition. Poster concept, design and illustration was by Toni Damkoehler, COA. This year's judges represented major advertising firms from Milwaukee, Madison and Minneapolis.

Prof. Andrew Fiala, Humanistic Studies, was invited to present a paper April 4 at the 30th annual Conference on Value Inquiry held this year in Milwaukee. This year's theme was "Values in Health Care: Past, Present and Future." Fiala co-authored and presented the paper with UW-Green Bay philosophy student Stephen Loubert. Their topic was "Hope for the Hopeless: A Pragmatic Approach."

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