The big moving vans were backed up to the Lab Sciences Building this morning. It's moving day for folks on the first and second floors in anticipation of prep work for the two-year, $18 million remodeling and expansion project. Most of the relocated will find temporary quarters in Rose Hall and Wood Hall. Other functions will move to the third or fourth floor of LS, which will stay in business while construction occurs below. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for early July.

The latest edition of UW-Green Bay's Undergraduate Catalog is hot off the presses. In the next week or so, each and every employee will be mailed, intra-campus, a copy of the 168-page book. Why each and every employee? Not only is it a reference publication for those who advise, assist and recruit students (which covers many on campus), it's also a directory of all the University has to offer, and a statement on the institution's purpose and values. The Marketing and University Communications Office is coordinating the distribution.

Date, Time: Saturday, May 25, noon
Place: Along the main entrance boulevard near the Weidner Center; indoors in case of rain
Facts and figures:
* 650 graduates are eligible to take part
* 50 will receive master's degree
* Chancellor Bruce Shepard presides
* U.S. Rep. Mark Green is the Commencement Speaker
* Carol Bush receives the Chancellor's Award
* Student speaker is Tana Koss; Outstanding Student is Suzanne M. Johnson
* Emeritus honors to David H. Galaty, Michael D. Troyer, Thomas E. Van Koevering
* Reception for all follows at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts foyer and terrace

It's a great story: two UW-Green Bay students will visit the campus for the first time this weekend — to receive their diplomas! Paulette Vrem, a woman from St. Paul, Minnesota, and Rafal Banek, a man from Des Plaines, Ill., are the first national graduates of the BSN-LINC program. It's all possible through the collaboration involving five UW System schools of nursing (led by UW-Green Bay), the System's Learning Innovations office and NursingCenter.com. Look for more coverage on the program following their visit.

Eau Claire: May 18. Speaker: David C. Karlgaard, co-founder, CEO and president of PEC Solutions.
Green Bay: May 25. Speaker: U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay.
La Crosse: May 18. Speakers: Arthur J. Ross III, M.D.; Gregory G. Mahairas, M.D.; state Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse; Thomas P. Rosandich.
Madison: May 17-19. Speakers: Louis A. Holland, managing partner and chief investment officer of Holland Capital Management; Thomas F. Pyle Jr., chair of The Pyle Group and former principal owner of Rayovac.
Milwaukee: May 12. Speaker: Chancellor Nancy Zimpher.
Oshkosh: May 18. Speaker: Cora Marrett, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs.
Parkside: May 19. Speakers: Thomas Beck, CEO and director of UNICO, Inc.; Cora Marrett, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs.
Platteville: May 11. Speaker: Timothy Christen, CEO of Virchow Krause & Co. LLP.
River Falls: May 25. Speaker: James M. Hegstrom, graduating senior.
Stevens Point: May 19. Speaker: William Meyer, retiring provost and vice chancellor.
Stout: May 11. Speaker: Roy Bauer, vice president and general manager of Pemstar Corp.
Superior: May 18. Speaker: U.S. Rep. David Obey, D-Wausau.
Whitewater: May 18. Speaker: Michael O'Halleran, president and COO of Aon Corp.

A note in the last LOG ONLine referred to the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee meeting on Tuesday morning (May 28) at St. Norbert College for a hearing on tuition grants. Well, that's only half of it. The Committee will spend its afternoon at UW-Green Bay. They'll get a welcome from Chancellor Bruce Shepard at noon in the University Union Alumni Rooms. Also on the agenda for the noon to 1:30 p.m. visit are a tour of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, the premier academic facility, and tours of campus life facilities — the good, the bad and the ugly — with the Union and the Phoenix Sports Center.

Next Tuesday's visit by the Assembly's higher education committee was arranged by state Rep. Judy Krawczyk, a member of the committee who is familiar with UW-Green Bay facilities planning but sees the tour as a chance to inform legislators from other areas of the state. Legislative liaison Jeanne Stangel says campus officials want to show off Mary Ann Cofrin Hall (and thank legislators for their support) and share updates on other projects. Stangel has more details at ext. 5025.

Interested in dropping in to see the Chancellor during Open Office Hours? In sharing one final outraged denunciation? Or maybe, instead, telling him "good job, keep it up"? Either way, the final walk-in session for spring semester is Wednesday, May 29. Bruce Shepard will be "in the house" from 9 to 11 a.m.

Arriving soon in a mailbox near you is the June edition of "Inside UW-Green Bay," the University magazine. Stories to look for:

* Alumnus helps whooping cranes return to Wisconsin
* Golf star King finds international success is TaylorMade
* Master's in Management reflects program's 'maturation'
* Word Association with Joanelle Jackson
* Bilingual books are finding a market
* News from your Association

UW-Green Bay faculty and staff have valuable expertise to share, and share they do. The response to a request from the Office of Marketing and University Communications has been most impressive: more than 50 in the first day and more arriving by the hour. Faculty and staff are being asked to outline their areas of expertise for use in a guide to facilitate reporters' research, and help demonstrate to the larger community the quality of UW-Green Bay's faculty and staff. Scott Hildebrand, director of marketing and media relations, is the contact at hildebrs@uwgb.edu. He'd like your response by May 31.

UW-Green Bay's Office of Outreach and Extension had a lot going on this spring. At least that's the impression you'd have from keeping up with recent issues of "Extension News and Ideas," the UW-Extension newspaper. Typical was the March issue, which featured a lengthy article on the Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education (a partnership involving Green Bay and Oshkosh social work programs and outreach offices) that quoted Barbara McClure-Lukens. Another article highlighted the work of Doug Gjerde of the SBDC in working with Kay Klubertanz and Wisconsin Public Television, with assistance from Carmen Leuthner and others, on a project assisting Latinos in the workplace. The articles are on a PDF archive, under March 2002, at http://www1.uwex.edu/ni/

More exposure for UW-Green Bay staff, this time in the spring 2002 issue of Kaleidoscope II, the publication of the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Greg Smith, director of counseling services for the Counseling and Health Center, with Mike Stearney, assistant dean for student development, contributed an essay on "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." The piece describes a campus book-discussion group and their eye-opening exploration of Anne Fadiman's study of Hmong culture and its intersection with modern medicine.

On Saturdays, from 2-4 p.m., United Hmong Community Center is conducting a seminar about "Hmong Americanization." Dates are May 25, June 1, June 8 and June 15. The United Hmong Community Center is at 401 9th Street in Green Bay. The seminar is open to any scholar, agent or Hmong community member in the Green Bay area; the presenter will be Chong Pao Xiong. Sessions will be in both English and Hmong. A campus contact with more information is Jo Mellen, assistant director for NEWIST/CESA 7.

Sarah Pollpeter, a junior art major with an emphasis is painting, won first place ($800) in the Northeastern Arts Council Scholarship for Visual and Performing Arts. An awards ceremony for winners of the competition was scheduled for May 8 at the Neville Public Museum.

Nine students have been chosen to serve as orientation assistants for the SOAR 2002 programs. OAs are paraprofessionals who in coming weeks will assist in the Orientation, Advising and Registration program for new students, with campus tours, panels, presentations, workshops and advising. This year's elite team consists of Amy Rachubinski, Gary Mortier, Jill Sigl, Heidi Kleinhans, Rebecca Sharpe, Katie Hanrahan, Bryan Hermus, Stacy Scott and Johnathon Yoder. Congratulations — and thanks to all who made nominations.

Word has been received from Washington state of the death of Patricia Anne Hurley Kaufman. She and her husband, Human Adaptability professor and former Air Force lieutenant colonel William Kaufman, were familiar figures on the Shorewood campus from its founding through Bill's retirement in 1986. Another emeritus faculty member, George O'Hearn of Green Bay, relays news that Patricia died quietly on May 15 after a long struggle with diabetes and its complications. George has contact information for Bill Kaufman, for those who are interested.

Parents who are procrastinators are perhaps only now getting around to locking in summer plans for their children. There's still time, in many instances, to register children for summer enrichment opportunities available through UW-Green Bay Outreach and Pre-College programs. The University has a reputation for quality offerings and excellent instructors and facilities. Here's a sampler.

Typically, the LOG ONLine is distributed each and every Monday and as news demands. (Note the masthead and see we're already on Issue No. 59 even though there have been only 39 weeks — sometimes seems like 139 — since the academic year began. But with the end of the semester, we go to a more casual, summer distribution schedule. Maybe every other week. Or so. Depending. On how we feel.

Apologies to Karen Lacey for messing up her last name (it's not Lacy) in a recent issue of the LOG ONLine. She didn't catch the error, or if she did she didn't complain, but we apologize for the typo. Lacey was honored last month with the Wisconsin Dietetic Association's Medallion Award for professional achievement. For another Lacey item, keep reading.

Karen Lacey, lecturer in Human Biology and director of the Dietetic Programs, has written an article titled "A problem-based nutrition care model that is diagnostic driven and allows for monitoring and managing outcomes" that was published in the April 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. The article highlights an innovative method used by Lacey to teach the nutrition care process to UW-Green Bay dietetic students and interns. This model may be used by the American Dietetic Association to develop a standardized care plan process for the profession. She has been invited to be a member of a national task force that will further examine this question.

Aileen Yingst, Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, was asked to serve as a member of the Space Colonization technical committee under the auspices of AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics). The first meeting as a committee was in Reno, Nev., in January.

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