You should have already received your invitation for the all-campus celebration next Tuesday (July 9) to mark groundbreaking on the $18 million expansion and remodeling of the Laboratory Sciences Building. An informal reception is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. in the Environmental Sciences lobby, with groundbreaking at 10 a.m. at the northwest corner of Lab Sciences. RSVPs are requested for the reception, but not required. By calling Katie in Advancement at ext. 2074 (or better yet, emailing to StAdvancement1@uwgb.edu), you'll help her develop a count for planning purposes.

Among the featured speakers for next Tuesday's short ceremony at Lab Sciences will be state Sen. Dave Hansen and UW-Green Bay Prof. Greg Davis, both alumni who had first-hand experience with LS when the new building was the campus "front door" in the 1970s. Mayor Paul Jadin and County Executive Nancy Nusbaum are also expected to offer greetings. Photos and memorabilia will be displayed in the ES Lobby during the reception to spotlight 35 years of UW-Green Bay history and offer a glimpse of the future LS. All retired faculty and staff in Brown County have been invited back to share in the celebration.

Results of a two-year project to develop "real world" math and science curricular materials for middle and high school students will be shared with educators and future educators on Tuesday, July 9 at an on-campus conference sponsored by the Institute for Learning Partnership at UW-Green Bay. The project was supported by a $160,000 Eisenhower Professional Development grant. The funds came from federal money designated through Title II of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, channeled through the UW System. Teams of faculty consultants, CESA 7 teachers, Education program students and community members, led by UW-Green Bay and UW Extension faculty members, developed learning units on five specific topics. Middle and high school teachers and education students throughout the state are invited to the conference. Conference information is available by calling extension 5555.

Program participants at the July 9 Eisenhower conference include Prof. John Katers, Natural and Applied Sciences, project director; Prof. Emeritus Robert Wenger, Natural and Applied Sciences, principal author of the grant proposal prior to his retirement; and John Crubaugh, interim director, Institute for Learning Partnership. Team leaders who'll present the work of their groups include Professors Brian Merkel and Angela Bauer-Dantoin, both of Human Biology; Prof. Gregory Davis, Natural and Applied Sciences; and Keith West, industrial recycling specialist, UW-Extension.

A recent report from the Office of Institutional Research shows that summer enrollment is up slightly at UW-Green Bay. The late-June status report shows a headcount of 1,010 and an FTE (full-time equivalent) count of 286.1. Those numbers compare to 934 and 270.6 the previous summer. The FTE percentage increase amounts to about 5.7 percent.

About 20 interested individuals participated in a tour of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall sponsored by the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance on Thursday, June 20. The event was billed as a tour of "one of Wisconsin's 'greenest buildings'." Dean Rodeheaver, assistant chancellor for planning and budget, and Nancy Wetterau, Wisconsin Public Service, led the tour. The Alliance is headquartered in Milwaukee.

Four hundred and forty of the "best and brightest" high school musicians were introduced to UW-Green Bay through their attendance at the Wisconsin State Music Association High School State Honors Music camps here June 19-26. This is the second year UW-Green Bay has been the host institution, according to Music Chairperson Kevin Collins. More than 2,200 students in grades 9-11 across Wisconsin auditioned for the camps. Collins said the 2001 camps had "a major impact on our recruiting," and music faculty members again scheduled meetings with high school students and their parents during the course of the 2002 sessions. Band, Treble Choir and Vocal Jazz students were on campus June 19-22, and Orchestra, Mixed Choir and Jazz Ensemble camps met June 23-26. Each group presented its final concert in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

The recipe for a successful Bayfest is the generosity of many members of the University community who volunteered hundreds of hours over the weekend doing various tasks to contribute to the overall success of the community festival that recently completed its 22nd consecutive run on campus. Tim Quigley, Bayfest director, says 56 UW-Green Bay employees worked a total of 552 hours as Bayfest volunteers during the event. What's more, Quigley asked Chancellor Shepard to "fly a kite" and on Friday night Shepard joined the Copps Food Center Kite Team and flew a monster kite. He also introduced the fireworks on the WIXX stage and son Paul pushed the plunger that kicked off the fireworks extravaganza.

It's Monday, July 1. Do you know where your state budget is? Here's an update on the State Budget Repair Bill, which seeks to address a projected deficit of $1.1 billion in the second year of the biennium that begins today. The Assembly offered further proposals on the UW System budget that would impose total cuts of $50.7 million. The Senate's proposal remains at $41.9 million. (Both versions are in the neighborhood of what Gov. McCallum originally proposed, at least in terms of total dollars.) The budget conference committee has now turned its attention to shared revenue and campaign finance reform.

If you're a regular fair-goer, consider timing your visit for UW Day at the Wisconsin State Fair on Friday, Aug. 2, in West Allis. The UW System will set up an informational display for the day, and mascots will roam the grounds distributing activity books to kids. Mascots sharing those duties will include Milwaukee's Panther, Whitewater's Willie the Warhawk, Bucky Badger, the Marathon Center's Husky Dog and, of course, our own Green Bay Phoenix.

Prof. Troy Abel, Public and Environmental Affairs, has received a grant from the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity for a summer project entitled, "Environmental Injustice and Social Vulnerability in Wisconsin Communities." The study will examine the relationship between pollution releases and community-level health data in a selection of Wisconsin communities. The research is part of a larger study Abel began in the metropolitan St. Louis area.

Prof. Andrew Fiala, Humanistic Studies, has received a Wisconsin Humanities Council grant to support public panels and discussions on "Ethics, Terrorism, and the War on Terrorism," in conjunction with the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Fiala is organizing a series of three events in September and October. They'll be at the Brown County Public Library.

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