Vol. 34, No. 33 / January 13, 2003

Community celebration of King Day is Saturday at NWTC

UW-Green Bay, along with other educational and civic institutions, is a partner in the 8th annual community celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in a program from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday (Jan. 18) at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The Nia dance troupe and the African-American Gospel Choir, both with significant University representation, will perform. Call 465-2738 for details.

Monday is official King holiday

Next Monday (Jan. 20) is the day on which government offices are closed to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. Most if not all UW-Green Bay offices will be closed; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Former slave headlines commemoration here, Jan. 28

Former Sudanese slave Francis Bok will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Phoenix Room B as part of UW-Green Bay's commemoration honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Bok is with the American Anti-Slavery Group in Boston. His appearance is sponsored by the Office of Student Life. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#bok.

Reception is Jan. 24 for newcomers from Denmark, Mexico, Brazil...

Chad Goeden sends word that faculty and staff are invited to a reception at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in the International Center (Student Services Building Room 1900). The campus will greet new international and exchange students. This semester, we will have new students from Denmark, The Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. "These students have traveled a great distance and have made many sacrifices in order to come to UW-Green Bay," Goeden says. "Please stop by and join us in welcoming them." Refreshments will be provided.

Chancellor posts 'open office hours' for spring

Chancellor Bruce Shepard invites members of the campus community to visit and share what's on their minds during open office hours each week in CL 810. Appointments are not required, but it might be advisable to call ahead (ext. 2207) to confirm. Dates and times for spring are on the Chancellor's Webpage at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/openoffice.htm.

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It has been brought to our attention that the LOG ONLine is on occasion being routed to readers' "Junk Mail" folders or blocked entirely. Upon closer examination, we suspect exclamation irritation... the fact that e-mail filters set to block salacious or sleazy spam (!!!!HOT STUDS NOW!!!! and MAKE! EASY! MONEY!) are dumbly filtering out legitimate expression of even rational exuberance (Phoenix women make Top 25!). We'll try to be less excitable in our message lines.

Phoenix women continue incredible rise, to No. 16

The latest Associated Press rankings are out: the incredible rise of the UW-Green Bay women's basketball team continues. The Phoenix, No. 19 last week, is now at No. 16 following a pair of road wins that pushed the season record to 13-2, 4-0 in the Horizon League. The team returns home this week with a game Wednesday (Jan. 15) vs. Youngstown State. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at the Phoenix Sports Center.

Phoenix Hall of Fame chooses Barnes, Quidzinski, Wood

Former basketball standouts Kim (Wood) Jianas and Nate Barnes, and soccer star Erich Quidzinski are the newest inductees to the Phoenix Hall of Fame. Barnes led his team to a Division II Final Four appearance. Wood was the star of the women's first NCAA Division I tournament team. Quidzinski was a four-year starting midfielder and an Adidas Academic All-American in 1987. The 10th annual induction banquet will be at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 7, in the Phoenix Room. Cost is $25 per person. For info, contact Marilyn McCarey at ext. 2625. For more on the honorees, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#fame.

Buy now... get a break on tickets for Saturday's Jazz Fest

The popular Jazz Fest concert, a 32-year UW-Green Bay tradition, is set for 7:30 p.m. this Saturday (Jan. 18) at the Weidner Center. Saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin and his group, Mu'Tet, are featured artists who'll play along with UW-Green Bay groups and share the bill with the festival's top high school ensemble. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. If you'd like program information, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#jazzfest.

Jazz Fest a recruiting tool

Several hundred young people will spend Saturday at UW-Green Bay as part of the 33rd annual Jazz Fest. Students from 17 area school districts will attend master classes, clinics and performances with jazz instructors including college-level faculty and guest star Jeff Coffin. Participating are high school ensembles from Ashwaubenon, Denmark, East De Pere, Fond du Lac, Gladstone (Mich.), Green Bay East, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay West, Hortonville (the middle school ensemble), Iron Mountain (Mich.), Manitowoc, New London, Pulaski, Rhinelander, Shawano, Southern Door and Suring.

Tenor Plier will perform Schubert song cycle Jan. 25

Faculty tenor John Plier, along with pianist Linda Halloin, will perform in recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 in the Weidner Center's Fort Howard Hall. The pair will perform the entire 24-song cycle of Franz Schubert's "Die Winterreise." Plier has devoted a number of years to study, research, and performance of Schubert's work. He performed "Die Winterreise" in 2001 at Griswold Hall in Baltimore, and in 2002 at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. For more on the program or performers, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#recital.

Spring film series features Wisconsin premieres, director's visit

A presentation by a guest filmmaker and two Wisconsin premieres highlight the spring series of international films presented by the Green Bay Film Society. The series runs through May with free Wednesday showings at the Neville Public Museum. Spanish filmmaker Helena Taberna will visit March 5 to present her 2002 film, "Extranjeras," a documentary about African and Latin American immigrant women near Madrid. It will be the film's first Wisconsin showing. The opening film on Jan. 22, "Balseros," ("Rafters," about Cuban refugees) also is a Wisconsin premiere. The spring schedule for the popular series, organized with the leadership of UWGB faculty members, is on-line at: http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#films.

First lecture, "Educated Person of Color," is Feb. 14

Prof. Kim Nielsen announces the date and time for the first History and Social Change lecture of the second semester. Historian Paul Young of Syracuse University will speak at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the Christie Theatre on "What Does it Mean to be an Educated Person of Color?" Other programs are March 25 and April 11. Watch for additional details.

Feb. 15 gardening symposium planned by Biodiversity, Friends, Outreach

The second annual presentation in UW-Green Bay's "Thoughtful Gardener" series is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, on campus. This year's topic is "Successful Gardening with Native Plants." Program sponsors are the Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity, the Friends of the Cofrin Library, and the Office of Outreach and Extension, in cooperation with the Green Bay Botanical Garden, Wild Ones Green Bay chapter and Wild Ones Natural Landscapers. The conference fee is $44. For registration, call ext. 2642.

Gardening keynoter is prairie 'star' Diboll, Class of '78

Neil Diboll, president and CEO of Prairie Nursery, Westfield, and a 1978 UW-Green Bay alumnus, is keynote speaker for the Feb. 15 gardening symposium. Diboll is a champion of the use of prairie plants, and native trees, shrubs and wetland plants in contemporary American landscape designs. Kew Gardens in England, the Toronto Civic Garden Center, the New York, Brooklyn, and Chicago botanic gardens, and the U.S. National Arboretum are just a few of the venues where he has been invited to speak. For more on the event, and Diboll's presentation, "Why Use Native Plants in Our Wisconsin Landscape?" click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#plants.

Moran book has roots in Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship

Joseph M. Moran, professor emeritus of Natural and Applied Science, is co-author (with Edward Hopkins of UW-Madison) of Wisconsin's Weather and Climate recently published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Research for the book was partially funded by the Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship which Moran held from 1991 to 1996. Since his retirement from UWGB in August 2001, Moran has served as full-time associate director of education for the American Meteorological Society and splits his time between Green Bay and Washington, D.C.

Students report on Cofrin Research Grant projects Jan. 29

The University community is invited to hear project reports by recipients of 2002 Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Student Research grants from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29 in the 1965 Room. Eight students will report on six different research projects that were supported by grants ranging from $500 to $1,000. Student researchers, their projects, and the faculty advisers are:

* Bruce Snyder and Derek Behmke, "Nutrient Determination of Surface Waters within the Cofrin Arboretum" (Professors Michael Zorn and Tara Reed);

* Kathy Groves and Nicole Skiba, "General Plant Survey of the Point Creek Conservancy Property" (Herbarium Curator Gary Fewless);

* Angela Sette, "Vegetation of Mahon Woods" (Herbarium Curator Gary Fewless);

* Angela Opiola, "An Investigation of Scale and Human Impacts on Litter Bugs in Old Fields and Adjacent Upland Forests" (Prof. Jeff Nekola);

* Bradley Herrick, "The Vegetation at Point au Sauble, Wisconsin: Development of a Long-term Monitoring Program" (Prof. Michael Morgan);

* Ashley Booth, "An Environmental Corridor Linking Hutchinson Bog to the Cofrin Arboretum: Assessment of Feasibility" (Prof. William Niedzwiedz).

Weidner Center turns 10

This morning's Green Bay Press-Gazette features a big spread on the Edward W. Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the UW-Green Bay campus. Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of Jan. 15, 1993, when opera legend Beverly Sills served as hostess and emcee for the opening-night gala. The Press-Gazette's coverage of the anniversary is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_8044361.shtml.

Some Weidner Center tidbits: 'mind-boggling'

• The Center has hosted more than 2,300 performances
• Attendance of 2.3 million
• $61 million in total ticket sales

The center's ability to reach and far exceed even the most optimistic early expectations has been phenomenal. Says Executive Director Tom Gabbard, "That is just mind-boggling — to think how much more is here than the wildest dreamers thought."

TV special celebrates Weidner success

WFRV-TV will air three showings of a special half-hour video marking 10 years of Weidner Center success. The show is scheduled for three Sundays: Jan. 19, 1:30 p.m.; Feb. 2, 11:30 a.m.; Feb. 9, 10:30 a.m.

Only one week left for Late Nite Catechism

If you haven't yet caught "Late Nite Catechism!" there is one week of shows left in the run closing Jan. 19. Performances of the crowd-pleasing classroom comedy are at the WBAY Auditorium in downtown Green Bay. Tickets, at $31 and $33, are available from the Weidner ticket office at ext. 2217.

Shepard quoted in story on Regents

The Associated Press has distributed a news story that quotes various observers on challenges facing the UW System Board of Regents and new members coming on board in the wake of new Gov. Jim Doyle's decision on holdover appointments. Among those quoted is UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard. The article is archived at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_8093114.shtml.

Gov. Doyle's inauguration remarks

Jim Doyle was sworn in last Tuesday (Jan. 7) as Wisconsin's new governor. If you're interested, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has his inauguration speech archived on-line at http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jan03/108547.asp.

Tasters needed: Chili cookoff is Jan. 27

Volunteer taste-tester/judges are needed for the annual Frost Fest Chili Cookoff on Monday, Jan. 27, in the Union's Nicolet Room. Mark your calendar. Also, it's not too late to register as one of the contestants in the best-chili-on-campus competition. You'll need to prepare between one and two gallons of chili ahead of time for the dining services staff to re-heat, and be ready for action at your chili station from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (preferably in costume). Contestants should inquire with Mary Ann rose at ext. 2380.

'Bridges Out of Poverty' is theme of human services workshop

The Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education (a partnership between UW-Green Bay and UW-Oshkosh) is presenting the one-day workshop, "Bridges Out of Poverty," Feb. 21 in Green Bay. The event is for human services professionals who work with low-income families and individuals. Presenters are Terie Dreussi Smith and Philip De Vol, co-authors of the book, "Bridges Out of Poverty." Outreach is helping organize the event; details at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#bridges.

Enrollment open for nonprofit financial management workshop

Registration is open for Basic Financial Management, a workshop for not-for-profit organizations, this Friday (Jan. 17) in the Union's 1965 Room. The workshop is aimed at helping nonprofit organization senior- and middle-level managers and staff, board members, and volunteers strengthen their business skills. It's part of the new certificate series organized by Outreach and community partners. For more click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#nonprofit.

Biodiversity's owl workshop is Saturday

Registration is available for a public workshop on Wisconsin's owls scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, MAC Hall room 212. Tom Erdman will lead the workshop. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003jan.htm#owls.

Brief

Prof. Rebecca Meacham, Humanistic Studies, recently received the 2002 Indiana Review Short Fiction Award for her story, "Trim & Notions." The award carries a $1,000 prize and publication in Indiana Review (Spring 2003). In addition, Meacham's story, "Tom and Georgia Come Over to Swim," is forthcoming in Beloit Fiction Journal.

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