UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 34 No. 20



Employee Drive results Poupart wins Women of Color Get out and vote Election Day already a success Week of Dialogue on Diversity 'East Meets West' 'Aboriginal Artifacts' 'Racial Inequality' Capstone luncheon Jazz Ensembles perform 'Dames at Sea' Women's basketball exhibition Weidner season tickets on sale Looking ahead at Weidner, Meyer Alumni get all the perks Fox Cities Reception reminder Brief	Vol. 34, No. 20 / November 4, 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. It's a record-setting year, by Curro's calculations Advancement's Julie Curro reports that 207 employees donated to the 2002-03 Employee Drive, a 38 percent increase over last year's participation rate. The total contribution was $28,244 in cash received and pledged through payroll deductions. The average gift was $135.44 and eight employees made a continuous pledge commitment over a five-year period. Says Curro, "Thank you, contributing employees, for another record year. Your participation is making a difference!" * * * * * Poupart wins Women of Color recognition Congratulations to Lisa Poupart, associate professor of Humanistic Studies and Chair of American Indian Studies, who received the UW System Women of Color Recognition Award. University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Consortium, Office of Diversity and Development, and Office of Women's Issues recognized sixteen women from around the state last weekend for their extensive contributions to their campus and communities. Biographies of the honorees and photographs of the Women of Color Event 2002 are available on the WSC web site at http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/womens/woc.htm. * * * * * Tuesday is Election Day; get out and vote The negative campaign ads may give people a convenient excuse to stay away from the polls Tuesday. But don't use that excuse. This is your chance to make a difference so take advantage of it and vote. Most polls in Brown County — including all the polls in the city of Green Bay — open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. All the polls in the county close at 8 p.m. Send a message that you care about what's happening in Washington and Madison. Vote in Tuesday's election! * * * * * Election Day is already a success In case you missed it, UW-Green Bay got headlines last week for a get-out-the-vote drive that gets credit for nearly a thousand first-time voters on campus. The Press-Gazette coverage by 4-E editor and P-G intern Andy Behrendt is archived at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_6765089.shtml. * * * * * Let's talk … Talk is good. The fourth annual Campus Week of Dialogue brown bag series begins Tuesday (Nov. 5) and ends with a featured free luncheon next Wednesday, Nov. 13. The purpose of the luncheon and the brown bag sessions are to provide a relaxed environment in which people from diverse backgrounds can share experiences and explore the dynamics of diversity on the UW-Green Bay campus and in the greater Green Bay community. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, and 'East Meets West' David Coury, associate professor of Humanistic Studies, speaks on "Clash of Cultures: East Meets West," 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Tuesday the 5th in Alumni B, leading renewed discussion of an early 1990s thesis by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington who argued that the next great world conflict will not be economic or ideological but cultural. On Thursday, Nov. 7, and 'Aboriginal Artifacts' Stephen Perkins, Lawton Gallery curator, leads the discussion "Aboriginal Artifacts" from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday the 7th in the American Intercultural Center, CL 207. Dessert and beverages provided. Perkins will discuss and present a collection of aboriginal art and artifacts acquired on a recent trip to Australia. On Monday, Nov. 11, and 'Racial Inequality' Derek Jeffreys, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies and Religion, presents Glenn Loury's The Anatomy of Racial Inequality, 3 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Phoenix A, chips and beverages provided. Loury, a prominent social critic and Boston University professor, describes the origins, consequences, and implications of the depressed conditions currently facing many African-Americans. On Wednesday, Nov. 13 and the closing luncheon The week concludes with the Campus Week of Dialogue Luncheon, Noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 13, Niagara Rooms. Contact the Office of Student Life at 465-2200 ext. 40 for ticket information. Space is limited. * * * * * Jazz Ensembles perform Tuesday at Weidner Center UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensembles I and II present their first concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 5) at the Weidner Center. Jazz Ensemble I, directed by John Salerno, will feature two UW-Green Bay alumni, along with several student musicians. Jazz Ensemble II, directed by faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer, will perform a piece by Lawrence University director of jazz studies Fred Sturm, "Cerulean Sky." For more on a great concert and varied program, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002oct.htm#jazz. * * * * * 'Dames at Sea' launches Nov. 15 The curtain goes up on the Theater and Music department production of "Dames at Sea," a revival of a 1960s homage to 1940s movie musicals, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in University Theater. Performances continue on Nov. 16, 21, 22, and 23. Director Laura Riddle says the play is meant as an appreciation of the values of those earlier, more innocent-seeming movies. John Plier is musical director, and Denise Carlson-Gardner is the choreographer. Tickets are $17 in advance/$20 at the door for adults; $12 in advance/$15 at the door for seniors and those under 17; and $10 for UW-Green Bay students with ID. Call ext. 2217 for tickets. * * * * * Saturday's first exhibition features tough foe The Phoenix women's basketball team begins play at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9 against the Wisconsin AAU All-Stars at the Phoenix Sports Center. Former WNBA Minnesota Lynx forward Tamara Moore, and our own Amanda Leonhard play for the All-Stars along with Angie Halbleib, Jessee Stomski and Deanna DeForge * * * * * Winter/Spring 2003 Season Tickets on sale Tickets for the Winter/Spring 2003 Weidner season go on sale at 9 a.m., Sat. Nov. 9. This is your chance to get tickets for shows like Peter, Paul & Mary; Donny Osmond; Aida; The Full Monty; plus the new season addition, and Sing Along Santa at the Weidner Center on December 28. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/pressreleases/pr02_nov_santa.htm. * * * * * Looking ahead at Weidner and Meyer performances Through Nov. 10 The Vagina Monologues at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 12 — Native Trails at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 13 — Doc Severinsen at the Weidner Center; Nov. 14 — "Live on Thursdays" features renowned fiddle player and Celtic dancer Natalie MacMaster at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 15 — The genius of choreographer Moses Pendleton is illustrated by MOMIX in their new work "Opus Cactus" at the Weidner Center; Nov. 19-24 — Tony Curtis stars in the musical Some Like It Hot at the Weidner; Nov. 29 and 30 — Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Order online at www.weidnercenter.com. * * * * * Alumni get all the perks A reminder from the director of donor and alumni relations, Shane Kohl,'96, to all UW-Green Bay employees who are also alumni: mark your calendar for Tuesday, Nov. 19 for the Alumni/Employee reception. Invitations will be arriving soon. * * * * * Reminder: Wednesday is bus trip to Valley UW-Green Bay's Fox Cities Reception is this Wednesday (Nov. 6) in Menasha at the UW-Fox Valley campus. Nancy Hershfield, Coach K and Alumni Association VP Jan Swiggum will join Chancellor Bruce Shepard on the brief program. UW-Green Bay has nearly 1,200 alumni residing in the Fox Cities. Shane Kohl, director of donor and alumni relations, (KohlS@uwgb.edu) is coordinating. * * * * * Brief Prof. David Littig will present "Primer on American Government," to a delegation of about nine visiting Russians from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Vista Room of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall (MACH). The group hails from a city in the former Siberia that is a sister city to Appleton. Outreach and Extension is assisting with the arrangements. * * * * * 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.

Employee Drive results

Poupart wins Women of Color

Get out and vote

Election Day already a success

Week of Dialogue on Diversity

'East Meets West'

'Aboriginal Artifacts'

'Racial Inequality'

Capstone luncheon

Jazz Ensembles perform

'Dames at Sea'

Women's basketball exhibition

Weidner season tickets on sale

Looking ahead at Weidner, Meyer

Alumni get all the perks

Fox Cities Reception reminder

Brief

Vol. 34, No. 20 / November 4, 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.

It's a record-setting year, by Curro's calculations

Advancement's Julie Curro reports that 207 employees donated to the 2002-03 Employee Drive, a 38 percent increase over last year's participation rate. The total contribution was $28,244 in cash received and pledged through payroll deductions. The average gift was $135.44 and eight employees made a continuous pledge commitment over a five-year period. Says Curro, "Thank you, contributing employees, for another record year. Your participation is making a difference!"

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Poupart wins Women of Color recognition

Congratulations to Lisa Poupart, associate professor of Humanistic Studies and Chair of American Indian Studies, who received the UW System Women of Color Recognition Award. University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Consortium, Office of Diversity and Development, and Office of Women's Issues recognized sixteen women from around the state last weekend for their extensive contributions to their campus and communities. Biographies of the honorees and photographs of the Women of Color Event 2002 are available on the WSC web site at http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/womens/woc.htm.

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Tuesday is Election Day; get out and vote

The negative campaign ads may give people a convenient excuse to stay away from the polls Tuesday. But don't use that excuse. This is your chance to make a difference so take advantage of it and vote. Most polls in Brown County — including all the polls in the city of Green Bay — open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. All the polls in the county close at 8 p.m. Send a message that you care about what's happening in Washington and Madison. Vote in Tuesday's election!

* * * * *

Election Day is already a success

In case you missed it, UW-Green Bay got headlines last week for a get-out-the-vote drive that gets credit for nearly a thousand first-time voters on campus. The Press-Gazette coverage by 4-E editor and P-G intern Andy Behrendt is archived at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_6765089.shtml.

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Let's talk …

Talk is good. The fourth annual Campus Week of Dialogue brown bag series begins Tuesday (Nov. 5) and ends with a featured free luncheon next Wednesday, Nov. 13. The purpose of the luncheon and the brown bag sessions are to provide a relaxed environment in which people from diverse backgrounds can share experiences and explore the dynamics of diversity on the UW-Green Bay campus and in the greater Green Bay community.

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, and 'East Meets West'
David Coury, associate professor of Humanistic Studies, speaks on "Clash of Cultures: East Meets West," 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Tuesday the 5th in Alumni B, leading renewed discussion of an early 1990s thesis by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington who argued that the next great world conflict will not be economic or ideological but cultural.

On Thursday, Nov. 7, and 'Aboriginal Artifacts'
Stephen Perkins, Lawton Gallery curator, leads the discussion "Aboriginal Artifacts" from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday the 7th in the American Intercultural Center, CL 207. Dessert and beverages provided. Perkins will discuss and present a collection of aboriginal art and artifacts acquired on a recent trip to Australia.

On Monday, Nov. 11, and 'Racial Inequality'
Derek Jeffreys, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies and Religion, presents Glenn Loury's The Anatomy of Racial Inequality, 3 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Phoenix A, chips and beverages provided. Loury, a prominent social critic and Boston University professor, describes the origins, consequences, and implications of the depressed conditions currently facing many African-Americans.

On Wednesday, Nov. 13 and the closing luncheon
The week concludes with the Campus Week of Dialogue Luncheon, Noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 13, Niagara Rooms. Contact the Office of Student Life at 465-2200 ext. 40 for ticket information. Space is limited.

* * * * *

Jazz Ensembles perform Tuesday at Weidner Center

UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensembles I and II present their first concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 5) at the Weidner Center. Jazz Ensemble I, directed by John Salerno, will feature two UW-Green Bay alumni, along with several student musicians. Jazz Ensemble II, directed by faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer, will perform a piece by Lawrence University director of jazz studies Fred Sturm, "Cerulean Sky." For more on a great concert and varied program, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002oct.htm#jazz.

* * * * *

'Dames at Sea' launches Nov. 15

The curtain goes up on the Theater and Music department production of "Dames at Sea," a revival of a 1960s homage to 1940s movie musicals, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in University Theater. Performances continue on Nov. 16, 21, 22, and 23. Director Laura Riddle says the play is meant as an appreciation of the values of those earlier, more innocent-seeming movies. John Plier is musical director, and Denise Carlson-Gardner is the choreographer. Tickets are $17 in advance/$20 at the door for adults; $12 in advance/$15 at the door for seniors and those under 17; and $10 for UW-Green Bay students with ID. Call ext. 2217 for tickets.

* * * * *

Saturday's first exhibition features tough foe

The Phoenix women's basketball team begins play at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9 against the Wisconsin AAU All-Stars at the Phoenix Sports Center. Former WNBA Minnesota Lynx forward Tamara Moore, and our own Amanda Leonhard play for the All-Stars along with Angie Halbleib, Jessee Stomski and Deanna DeForge

* * * * *

Winter/Spring 2003 Season Tickets on sale

Tickets for the Winter/Spring 2003 Weidner season go on sale at 9 a.m., Sat. Nov. 9. This is your chance to get tickets for shows like Peter, Paul & Mary; Donny Osmond; Aida; The Full Monty; plus the new season addition, and Sing Along Santa at the Weidner Center on December 28. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/pressreleases/pr02_nov_santa.htm.

* * * * *

Looking ahead at Weidner and Meyer performances

Through Nov. 10 The Vagina Monologues at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 12 — Native Trails at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 13 — Doc Severinsen at the Weidner Center; Nov. 14 — "Live on Thursdays" features renowned fiddle player and Celtic dancer Natalie MacMaster at the Meyer Theatre; Nov. 15 — The genius of choreographer Moses Pendleton is illustrated by MOMIX in their new work "Opus Cactus" at the Weidner Center; Nov. 19-24 — Tony Curtis stars in the musical Some Like It Hot at the Weidner; Nov. 29 and 30 — Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Order online at www.weidnercenter.com.

* * * * *

Alumni get all the perks

A reminder from the director of donor and alumni relations, Shane Kohl,'96, to all UW-Green Bay employees who are also alumni: mark your calendar for Tuesday, Nov. 19 for the Alumni/Employee reception. Invitations will be arriving soon.

* * * * *

Reminder: Wednesday is bus trip to Valley

UW-Green Bay's Fox Cities Reception is this Wednesday (Nov. 6) in Menasha at the UW-Fox Valley campus. Nancy Hershfield, Coach K and Alumni Association VP Jan Swiggum will join Chancellor Bruce Shepard on the brief program. UW-Green Bay has nearly 1,200 alumni residing in the Fox Cities. Shane Kohl, director of donor and alumni relations, (KohlS@uwgb.edu) is coordinating.

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Brief

Prof. David Littig will present "Primer on American Government," to a delegation of about nine visiting Russians from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Vista Room of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall (MACH). The group hails from a city in the former Siberia that is a sister city to Appleton. Outreach and Extension is assisting with the arrangements.

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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.