UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 33 No. 69



9/11 community forums Sept. 10 on-campus events Gjerde will direct SBDC Final budget holds few surprises Forecast for the next biennium? RCMS banquet speaker Correction: Employee/Alumni event Worksite Wellness Summit Brown County's largest employers WPT fundraising task force Seeking HeartWalk walkers	Vol. 33, No. 69 / July 30, 2002 The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues. UW-Green Bay announces plans for 9/11 community forums UW-Green Bay will sponsor at least two series of public educational events this fall to coincide with the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Andrew Fiala, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies, and Jan Thornton, director of Outreach and Extension, are coordinators. Fiala is organizing "Ethics and the War on Terrorism," a series of three public discussions. Thornton is organizing "After the Attack: Our Democracy a Year Later," a five-part forum series. Both series will be free, held at the Brown County Public Library. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002july.htm#forums. *** * * * * Art exhibit, candlelight walk, picnic are among Sept. 10 plans A committee charged with planning campus commemoration of the one-year anniversary has settled on Tuesday, Sept. 10, as the day for special events at UW-Green Bay. (It was determined that appropriate symbolism would be to regard Sept. 11, 2002 as a "back to normal" day of classes and reflection.) Preliminary plans were shared in a memo to campus employees last week. Lisa Tetzloff, director of Student Life, is spokesperson for the group. * * * * * Gjerde gets top spot at Small Business Development Center Douglas M. Gjerde has been appointed director of the Small Business Development Center for UW-Green Bay. He's been with the SBDC since 1996 when he joined the center as business outreach program coordinator. He has counseled small business owners through the SBDC and has facilitated workshops and seminars through the Business Assistance Center on Potts Avenue. Jan Thornton had been directing the SBDC on an interim basis. For more, see the news site http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/index.htm. * * * * * Final budget bill holds few surprises for UW System Gov. McCallum signed the state budget repair bill Friday (July 26) with few changes for the UW System. Items of interest included the retention of the link between future tuition increases and financial aid, and the elimination of a requirement that students taking more than 165 credits pay the full cost immediately. As reported previously, the budget cut for the UW System for the remainder of FY 03 will be $44 million, which factors down to a reduction in the neighborhood of $500,000 for UW-Green Bay. Chancellor Bruce Shepard announced in late June that the University had planned for such a reduction and no additional cuts would be required. * * * * *** Forecast for the next biennium? The $1.1 billion deficit this year has been patched, thanks in large part to one-time tobacco settlement money. Most Madison insiders, however, expect much greater difficulty with the biennial budget covering the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005. That budget could start with deficit projections approaching $3 billion. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel gave a variety of observers a chance to weigh in via coverage archived at http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul02/61972.asp. *** * * * * Banquet speaker is UW-Green Bay, RCMS success story The closing banquet for this summer's Regional Center for Math and Science program (Friday evening, Aug. 2) features someone who speaks from experience. Joseph Carroll is an RCMS success story who went on to attend UW-Green Bay, earn his bachelor's degree (in 1997, in Human Biology) and, most recently, his Ph.D. at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The first RCMS alumnus to receive an advanced degree, he says he'll focus his remarks on helping the campers (high school kids from modest backgrounds who are potential first-generation college students) to "understand how lucky they are to have had this experience with RCMS." Look for more on Carroll in an upcoming issue of the Inside UW-Green Bay magazine. * * * * * Correction: Employee/Alumni event is Tuesday, Nov. 19 Last week's newsletter included an erroneous date for the second annual UW-Green Bay Employee/Alumni Reception. The event will run from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Phoenix Room on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002. THAT's the date to mark on your calendar. * * * * * UW-Green Bay is host to Aug. 9 Worksite Wellness Summit Nine different area businesses will share information about their wellness programs at a free, public Worksite Wellness Summit from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 in the University Union. The event is organized by the Bay Area Community Health Partnership, a relatively new initiative by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by the Brown County Tobacco Free Coalition. Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development, is a member of the Partnership's Worksite Wellness Committee planning the event. He'll open the Summit with a stage-setting presentation, "What is Worksite Wellness and Why It Works." Companies describing their programs range in size from 65 employees to 3,000. They include Schneider National, Schreiber Foods, Feeco International, and others. Reservations for those who want to attend are required by Friday, Aug. 1 to cdetrick@titletown.org. Attendance is limited to two individuals per company. * * * * * Chamber lists largest Brown County employers The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has updated its annual list of Brown County's largest employers. (UW-Green Bay, with more than 500 employees, ranks just out of the top 25.) The complete list is at http://www.titletown.org. Click on Economic Development, then Stats and Demographics. The current top 10: Georgia-Pacific, 3,800 employees Schneider National, Inc., 3,400 Oneida Tribe of Indians, 2,815 Humana, 2,745 Green Bay Area Public Schools, 2,510 ShopKo Stores, Inc., 2,035 Bellin Health, 1,920 St. Vincent Hospital, 1,870 Brown County, 1,700 Packerland Packing Co., 1,515 * * * * *** Task force tackles WPT fundraising A group interested in keeping Wisconsin Public TV's Green Bay production unit was scheduled to meet this morning (July 30) on fundraising and planning strategies. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported recently that a first goal will be to raise at least $75,000 by Aug. 15 and another $75,000 by Oct. 1. The center was on the verge of closing its doors June 30 because of budget constraints, the paper reported, but it now appears possible that state and private funding will keep the production unit open for at least two years, if the immediate goals are met. Donations are being directed to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, 302 N. Adams, Green Bay 54301, or 435-0800. *** * * * * He's going door-to-door for HeartWalk Jason Willard of Operations is UW-Green Bay's liaison to September's HeartWalk, a major community fundraiser for the American Heart Association. He's in the process of organizing a team of walkers (volunteers who will generate pledges for completing the three-mile course). He'd like at least one walker from each of the main campus buildings. Solicitation of pledges will occur later; right now he's approaching people about being active participants on Walk Day, Sept. 21. If you're interested, call him at 819-0478. * * * * *** LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2527 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.

9/11 community forums

Sept. 10 on-campus events

Gjerde will direct SBDC

Final budget holds few surprises

Forecast for the next biennium?

RCMS banquet speaker

Correction: Employee/Alumni event

Worksite Wellness Summit

Brown County's largest employers

WPT fundraising task force

Seeking HeartWalk walkers

Vol. 33, No. 69 / July 30, 2002

The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues.

UW-Green Bay announces plans for 9/11 community forums

UW-Green Bay will sponsor at least two series of public educational events this fall to coincide with the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Andrew Fiala, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies, and Jan Thornton, director of Outreach and Extension, are coordinators. Fiala is organizing "Ethics and the War on Terrorism," a series of three public discussions. Thornton is organizing "After the Attack: Our Democracy a Year Later," a five-part forum series. Both series will be free, held at the Brown County Public Library. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002july.htm#forums.

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Art exhibit, candlelight walk, picnic are among Sept. 10 plans

A committee charged with planning campus commemoration of the one-year anniversary has settled on Tuesday, Sept. 10, as the day for special events at UW-Green Bay. (It was determined that appropriate symbolism would be to regard Sept. 11, 2002 as a "back to normal" day of classes and reflection.) Preliminary plans were shared in a memo to campus employees last week. Lisa Tetzloff, director of Student Life, is spokesperson for the group.

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Gjerde gets top spot at Small Business Development Center

Douglas M. Gjerde has been appointed director of the Small Business Development Center for UW-Green Bay. He's been with the SBDC since 1996 when he joined the center as business outreach program coordinator. He has counseled small business owners through the SBDC and has facilitated workshops and seminars through the Business Assistance Center on Potts Avenue. Jan Thornton had been directing the SBDC on an interim basis. For more, see the news site http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/index.htm.

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Final budget bill holds few surprises for UW System

Gov. McCallum signed the state budget repair bill Friday (July 26) with few changes for the UW System. Items of interest included the retention of the link between future tuition increases and financial aid, and the elimination of a requirement that students taking more than 165 credits pay the full cost immediately. As reported previously, the budget cut for the UW System for the remainder of FY 03 will be $44 million, which factors down to a reduction in the neighborhood of $500,000 for UW-Green Bay. Chancellor Bruce Shepard announced in late June that the University had planned for such a reduction and no additional cuts would be required.

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Forecast for the next biennium?

The $1.1 billion deficit this year has been patched, thanks in large part to one-time tobacco settlement money. Most Madison insiders, however, expect much greater difficulty with the biennial budget covering the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005. That budget could start with deficit projections approaching $3 billion. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel gave a variety of observers a chance to weigh in via coverage archived at http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul02/61972.asp.

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Banquet speaker is UW-Green Bay, RCMS success story

The closing banquet for this summer's Regional Center for Math and Science program (Friday evening, Aug. 2) features someone who speaks from experience. Joseph Carroll is an RCMS success story who went on to attend UW-Green Bay, earn his bachelor's degree (in 1997, in Human Biology) and, most recently, his Ph.D. at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The first RCMS alumnus to receive an advanced degree, he says he'll focus his remarks on helping the campers (high school kids from modest backgrounds who are potential first-generation college students) to "understand how lucky they are to have had this experience with RCMS." Look for more on Carroll in an upcoming issue of the Inside UW-Green Bay magazine.

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Correction: Employee/Alumni event is Tuesday, Nov. 19

Last week's newsletter included an erroneous date for the second annual UW-Green Bay Employee/Alumni Reception. The event will run from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Phoenix Room on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002. THAT's the date to mark on your calendar.

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UW-Green Bay is host to Aug. 9 Worksite Wellness Summit

Nine different area businesses will share information about their wellness programs at a free, public Worksite Wellness Summit from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 in the University Union. The event is organized by the Bay Area Community Health Partnership, a relatively new initiative by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by the Brown County Tobacco Free Coalition. Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development, is a member of the Partnership's Worksite Wellness Committee planning the event. He'll open the Summit with a stage-setting presentation, "What is Worksite Wellness and Why It Works." Companies describing their programs range in size from 65 employees to 3,000. They include Schneider National, Schreiber Foods, Feeco International, and others. Reservations for those who want to attend are required by Friday, Aug. 1 to cdetrick@titletown.org. Attendance is limited to two individuals per company.

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Chamber lists largest Brown County employers

The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has updated its annual list of Brown County's largest employers. (UW-Green Bay, with more than 500 employees, ranks just out of the top 25.) The complete list is at http://www.titletown.org. Click on Economic Development, then Stats and Demographics. The current top 10:

Georgia-Pacific, 3,800 employees
Schneider National, Inc., 3,400
Oneida Tribe of Indians, 2,815
Humana, 2,745
Green Bay Area Public Schools, 2,510
ShopKo Stores, Inc., 2,035
Bellin Health, 1,920
St. Vincent Hospital, 1,870
Brown County, 1,700
Packerland Packing Co., 1,515

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Task force tackles WPT fundraising

A group interested in keeping Wisconsin Public TV's Green Bay production unit was scheduled to meet this morning (July 30) on fundraising and planning strategies. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported recently that a first goal will be to raise at least $75,000 by Aug. 15 and another $75,000 by Oct. 1. The center was on the verge of closing its doors June 30 because of budget constraints, the paper reported, but it now appears possible that state and private funding will keep the production unit open for at least two years, if the immediate goals are met. Donations are being directed to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, 302 N. Adams, Green Bay 54301, or 435-0800.

* * * * *

He's going door-to-door for HeartWalk

Jason Willard of Operations is UW-Green Bay's liaison to September's HeartWalk, a major community fundraiser for the American Heart Association. He's in the process of organizing a team of walkers (volunteers who will generate pledges for completing the three-mile course). He'd like at least one walker from each of the main campus buildings. Solicitation of pledges will occur later; right now he's approaching people about being active participants on Walk Day, Sept. 21. If you're interested, call him at 819-0478.

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LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2527 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.