The Advancement Office is directing gifts received as expressions of sympathy upon the recent death of Abe Shepard to an existing UW-Green Bay scholarship program. Campus and community members inquiring about a memorial are being asked to make their gift payable to the UW-Green Bay Memorial Scholarship Fund, in keeping with the family's wishes. The endowment encompasses memorials for a number of former employees, students and friends of the University. Checks should include "Abe Shepard Memorial" in the memo line and be forwarded to the Advancement Office.

The UW-Green Bay SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team brought home the second runner-up trophy from national competition earlier this month, in which 150 SIFE teams from around the nation presented reports on their educational outreach projects. The UW-Green Bay team took the top award in regional competition last month. The team carried out projects ranging from organizing an International Business Day on campus for sixth graders at Washington Middle School to teaching computer skills to members of Learning in Retirement. Professors Ismail Shariff, Urban and Regional Studies, and John Stoll, Public and Environmental Affairs, are their advisers.

Actually, this just in, late Monday from Madison: reports of progress. Conferees plan another session for Tuesday afternoon, and the committee's Democrats have just released a budget settlement proposal that finds common ground with Republicans on nearly 200 items out of 321. Regarding items specific to the UW System, the sides appear to be in agreement on eliminating plans for both a one-time, 10% out-of-state tuition surcharge and a $8.5 million cut in travel, among other reductions floated previously. Stay tuned.

The schedule for the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee shows that the panel will meet on Tuesday, May 28, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Norbert College, Room 20D of the F.K. Bemis International Center. Members of the public are invited to present their opinions and provide information on the general topic of tuition grants. Look for more details in coming days.

Four members of the UW-Green Bay student chapter of Habitat for Humanity will board a plane May 31 bound for Durban, South Africa, where they'll join 1,500 other North Americans — including President Jimmy Carter and Rosalind Carter — and others from around the world, to build 100 cement block and mortar homes during the course of a week. Trip coordinator Shauna Bloom says three-fourths of the donations enabling the four to go came from campus organizations and individuals. Greg Helke, Christina Maes and Erin Van Caster are the other participants. They'll work from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with two "tea breaks" each day, and dedicate the homes at week's close. Bloom says President Carter has participated in a Habitat "blitz-build" somewhere in the world every year since 1983.

Habitat for Humanity members who build houses this summer in South Africa plan to report on the experience at "brown bag" lunches and other campus programs next fall. Trip coordinator Shauna Bloom says each of the four will keep trip journals. The campus chapter plans to make participation in the international "blitz-build" an annual event.

Chela Moore, who graduated in December 1999 with a straight 4.0 grade point average, has won a Phi Kappa Phi Award of Excellence Scholarship. She'll begin graduate work in fall at Ohio University, Athens, pursuing studies in international development with an environmental focus. At UW-Green Bay, Moore completed a major in Biology and a minor in Humanistic Studies. In 1998, she was the only Wisconsin college student to win a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. After graduating, Moore spent two years in the Peace Corps on the Philippine island of Bohol, where she developed workshops for elementary and secondary teachers in science, English and math. She also did workshops on incorporating environmental themes into curriculum, and organized an "environmental Olympics" camp for secondary students. Moore presently is attending a Spanish language immersion program in Puebla, Mexico, in preparation for the "international" part of her chosen career.

Chela Moore is the first nominee from the UW-Green Bay chapter of Phi Kappa Phi to win a national award. Each chapter can nominate one student annually for available awards: 30 Awards of Excellence of up to $1,500, and 50 Fellowships of up to $7,000. Moore is one of four Wisconsin recipients in 2002. Students from UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls also won Awards of Excellence, and a UW-Madison student received a Fellowship. The UW-Green Bay Phi Kappa Phi chapter was installed in 1997.

Carol A. Blackshire-Belay, (incidentally, we're told it's pronounced black-shear buh-LIE) begins her appointment as the new Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences on July 1. Blackshire-Belay will leave Indiana State where she is chair of the Department of African and African American Studies, and German Languages and Literatures. Carol Pollis announced the appointment last Wednesday. The new dean was selected from a field of four finalists and 57 candidates for the position.

Nearly 50 alumni and friends attended the alumni reception at Wisconsin Public Service last week, according to Director of Alumni and Donor Relations Shane Kohl. Presenting were WPS Resources CEO Larry Weyers, Chancellor Bruce Shepard and Alumni Association President Pam Stoll. Fall stops are planned for Schneider National and American Medical Security.

Worth noting for many people across campus is the following: A recently approved policy allows students to count all physical education courses toward the all-university minimum of 120 credits required for a bachelor's degree. Since 1979, a student received only 4 credits toward his/her degree and the credits were held in escrow until the student graduated. Major points of discussion by members of the Academic Affairs Council were that all physical education courses have been approved by the proper university bodies as legitimate elective credit; there seemed to be no compelling rationale to single out physical education for disparate academic treatment; too few students pay adequate attention to the important connection between body and mind; and any concerns about rigor are satisfied by each academic program's requirements for obtaining a major or minor and the university's general education requirements.

The display case outside of the American Intercultural Center on the plaza level of the Cofrin Library features an Asian Heritage Month exhibit. The display was assembled by Hmong, Asian and Japanese-American students and staff. June 1 is the last day to view the exhibit, so you are invited to stop by, this week.

Prof. John Katers, Natural and Applied Sciences, has received a $44,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Energy, by way of the U.S. Department of Energy, to support a second year of laboratory testing of the aerobic digestion system that converts manure to electricity at Tinedale Farm in Wrightstown. Katers received an earlier grant from the same sources that helped to set up the lab and supported two graduate students for the first year of operation. The new grant will support one graduate student whose continued testing will be critical to the advancement of the new technology.

Last week's LOG ONLine item about the quirky parking-lot vandalism (cheese applied to a car's window and headlights) generated some response, not all of it positive. At least one reader questioned the merit of any publicity for such a senseless crime. Another, however, offered support: "(Please) do a follow-up and MILK this story for all it's worth. Don't let the critics CREAM you!" Observed another, "It would have been better if the vandalism had occurred in Florida or California, a citrus state. Then the victim's car would have at least had a fresh, lemony scent."

Jan Thornton, Outreach and Extension, was part of a panel Thursday, May 16, at the 9th Annual Governor's Workforce Development Conference "Providing Education, Motivation, Networking, Strategies and Solutions." Her topic was '"Tutoring Today's Diverse Students,' a partnership between UWGB's Office of Outreach and Professional Program in Education and the Brown County Literacy Council." The conference took place last week in Wisconsin Dells.

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