Vol. 34, No. 36 / January 27, 2003

President's White House finally catches up with MAC Hall

The latest project from the people who helped give us the photovoltaic array at Mary Ann Cofrin Hall? An installation at the White House! The latest issue of the trade journal Environmental Building News describes how designer Steven Strong and his Solar Design Associates in Harvard, Mass., installed solar energy systems on two separate White House buildings. Photovoltaic windows (with electricity-producing panels like those in MAC Hall's Winter Garden) will feed into the White House grid from their position on a maintenance building. At the White House cabana nearby, the presidential hot tub, shower and outdoor pool are kept suitably warm thanks to a hot water system powered by a standing-seam metal roof not unlike the one generating electricity above MAC Hall's south wing. The solar innovations at UW-Green Bay debuted in fall 2001, a full year before the White House installations.

Newspaper story on Gary Weidner

The Tuesday edition of the Green Bay Press-Gazette is expected to carry a news feature on Gary Weidner, whose life will be celebrated during a gathering at the Phoenix Sports Center later in the day. One of four children of founding Chancellor Edward Weidner and the late Jean Weidner, Gary fell ill while arriving for Saturday afternoon's Butler/UWGB men's basketball game at the Resch Center; he died a short time later. He was 54. The Weidner family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 28) at the Phoenix Sports Center; the 6 p.m. celebration will be followed by a reception and time to visit.

NEW arts grants go to folks with UW-Green Bay ties

Projects with ties to UW-Green Bay accounted for four of the nine funded by grants announced this month from the Northeast Wisconsin Arts Council. The UW-Green Bay Theatre program received $1,500 for its upcoming production of "The Flyer," the story of pioneering female and African-American pilots. The Nia dance and drumming group received $750 for workshops on West African drumming and dance. The Green Bay Film Society was awarded $500 to help underwrite the Green Bay visit of a Spanish film director. Finally, NEWIST, which rents space on campus, received a grant to fund part of a documentary on Green Bay composer Leo Ornstein.

Please heed the red flier: Awards and Recognition needs your help

The Awards and Recognition Committee asks that you please put the red request for nominations form for 2002-2003 Founders Association Awards, distributed last week via campus mail, in your "to do very soon" file. Committee members are anxious to compile a pool of candidates for each of the six awards outlined on the flier. Call 2211 if you failed to get a form, or need another. Feb. 28 is the deadline for nominations. After a preliminary review, the committee will ask nominators for selected candidates to provide documentation that makes a persuasive argument for their candidates. Prof. Joan Thron, Education, is committee chair.

It's U-W-G-B (Up With Good Bodies) time again

If it's the first week of February, it must be time for the spring-semester Up With Good Bodies program organized by the Counseling & Health Center. The center, SS 1400, invites you to one of the introductory meetings (3:30 p.m., Feb. 3; 12:30 p.m., Feb. 4; 1 p.m., Feb. 5; or 2 p.m., Feb. 6). Unfamiliar with the program? A recent LOG ONLine re-capped the fall U-W-G-B session with three short items at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/logarchive/logarchive34/2002dec19.htm#winners.

Give yourself a valentine with Feb. 14 Faculty Development Conference

Will you be attending? Organizers would like to hear from you about the 7th annual Faculty Development Conference, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the University Union. Neil Lutsky, Carleton College, is the keynote speaker on "Thinking Through Technology: Using Technology to Teach the Hard Disciplines of Seeing and Thinking." Lutsky is a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, the 2001 recipient of the Walter D. Mink Undergraduate Teacher Award given by the Minnesota Psychological Association, and principal investigator of an NSF grant to the Carleton Psychology Department on "Enhancing Scientific Reasoning Through Training in a General Psychology Laboratory." There's much more. For details and registration information, e-mail mcneilj@uwgb.edu.

Phoenix women at No. 21 in this week's AP poll

The UW-Green Bay women's basketball team stands at No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25, just released this afternoon. The team's record stands at 16-3 following a win and a loss last week. The Phoenix slipped five slots from No. 16.

It was an eventful weekend for women's basketball

Congratulations to Phoenix Women's Basketball Coach Kevin Borseth and his wife, Connie, who welcomed their fifth child, a boy, into the world last Friday. The coach traveled to Dayton, Ohio, to join his team for Saturday's game vs. Wright State. The Phoenix made up an early deficit but couldn't hold on down the stretch and had a 10-game winning streak halted with a 73-70 loss. The Phoenix women return to home action this Saturday (Feb. 1) at the PSC vs. Illinois-Chicago. Tip-off time is 3 p.m.

It's alumni weekend

Former Phoenix stars will gather at the Phoenix Sports Center this weekend for alumni weekend activities. They'll play an alumni all-star game at 1 p.m., just prior to the varsity contest. A reception will follow the game.

Former slave tells story in N-C, and at UWGB on Tuesday

Former Sudanese slave Francis Bok of the American Anti-Slavery Group will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 28) in Phoenix Room B. His appearance is sponsored by the Office of Student Life. Monday's Green Bay News-Chronicle gave a preview of Bok's story at http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=118159.

Honors Recital to feature standout student musicians

Nine UW-Green Bay students will present an honors recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 1) in the Weidner Center's Fort Howard Hall. Admission is free. The performers are:

Matthew Boreen, Green Bay, clarinet; Kathleen Covi, Neenah, mezzo-soprano; Leala Cyr, Pulaski, trumpet; Gabrielle Hansen, Amery, soprano; Kerry Kuplic, Green Bay, bass-baritone; Timothy Patterson, Park Falls, percussion; Ellen Simon, Fond du Lac, percussion; Rachael Verhaagh, Green Bay, piano and soprano voice; Sarah Zickert, Elkhart Lake, piano. Admission is free.

Saturday's top performer will earn cash prize

An added element of Saturday's Honors Recital is that an outside adjudicator will select one of the nine musicians (see previous item) to receive a cash prize provided by the Communication and the Arts academic unit. Patrick Miles, professor of horn and director of orchestra activities at UW-Stevens Point and music director for the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, will serve as adjudicator.

UW-Green Bay's Opera Theater students to perform at Arti Gras

The UW-Green Bay Opera Theater, under the direction of Sarah Meredith, will be performing at Arti Gras, a community festival of the fine arts this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2, at Shopko Hall. This event is sponsored by the Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council and serves as a fundraiser for scholarships for high school and college visual and performing arts students. The singers of Opera Theater will be performing the one-act opera "Sweet Betsy from Pike," a "horse opera" based on the famous folk melody.

Performers on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. are Kelly Shoemaker, The Narrator; Christine Everson, Betsy; and David Robertson, Ike. Sunday's performance, at 12:30 p.m., features Kati Covi, The Narrator; Jessica Heller, Betsy; and Caskey Hunsader, Ike. Pianist for both productions is Sarah Zickert, and costumes are being done by Lyn Ross. The hours of the event itself are Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.

Faculty artists speak at 5 p.m. Wednesday

An artists' talk is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 29) when the 29th annual art faculty exhibition opens in the Lawton Gallery. Artists represented include Tina Bechtel, David Damkoehler, Kristy Deetz, Jerry Dell, Carol Emmons and Jeff Nekola (collaborative project), Alison Gates, Curt Heuer, Jennifer Mokren, Stephen Perkins, Kristina Rothe, and Christine Style.

Science scholarship students to be honored Friday at reception

The campus community is invited to a reception at 2 p.m. Friday (Jan. 31) in the conference room in Environmental Sciences 317 to congratulate the newest recipients of various Natural and Applied Sciences scholarships, and the Science and Mathematics Scholarship sponsored jointly by the faculties in NAS and Human Biology. Prof. Michael Draney, chair of the scholarships committee, promises certificate presentations and refreshments. The scholarships and the recipients are:

James E. Casperson/Environmental Science Alumni Scholarship: Lori Geurts
Nancy J. Sell Memorial Scholarship: Huldah J. Gronvall
Brad Cook Memorial Scholarship: Amanda L. Malueg
Engineering First Year Scholarships: Samuel Haworth and Jacquelyn Wilson
Engineering Second Year Scholarship: Meghan Count
Robert E. Lee Scholarship: Zachary Brown
NAS/HUB Science and Mathematics Scholarship: Eryn Wallander

Chancellor holds 'open office hours' Thursday

Chancellor Bruce Shepard holds open office hours this week from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 30) in the Chancellor's Office, Suite 810 of the Cofrin Library.

Reminder: Wednesday's session on student Cofrin Research Grant projects

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. Student researchers, their projects, and the faculty advisers were listed in the Jan. 13 LOG ONLine archived at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/logarchive/logarchive34/2003jan13.htm#research.

Campus Diversity Grants still available through AIC

Campus Diversity Grants can be used for initiatives that include but are not limited to: guest speakers, films, performances, artwork purchases, materials acquisitions, displays, awards/recognitions, field trips, training sessions, seminars/symposia, etc. The key criterion is that the initiative must demonstrably promote the retention of students of color, and/or enhance knowledge of and respect for diversity. Any member of the campus community may apply for a grant. Faculty, staff, academic and administrative departments, student services offices, and recognized student clubs and organizations are invited to submit applications for funds. Please e-mail Diana Borrero-Lowe in the American Intercultural Center at borrerod@uwgb.edu for further information and applications or you can call at 465-2720. The next application due dates are February 3, March 3, and April 7.

Doyle will address 'State of the State' on Thursday

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will deliver his first State of the State address on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at 7 p.m. It is likely that those eager for news from his 2003-05 state budget proposal will have to wait for details until mid-February, although Doyle has announced that he intends to call the Legislature into special session before then to address the shortfall in the budget for the current year ending June 30, 2003.

UW System posts for academic planner

The UW System's Office of Academic and Student Services in Madison is seeking a full-time System Academic Planner. Specific assignments will include coordinating grants and PK-16 initiatives within UW System, and serving as a principal resource for policy and planning in the areas of teacher education/professional development. The application deadline is Feb. 24. For details, click http://www.uwsa.edu/hr/jobs.htm.

Catherine Wyngaard memorials are directed to Extended Degree scholarship

Catherine Wyngaard, formerly of Madison, died Jan. 19. She was wife of the late John Wyngaard, the longtime Madison Bureau chief of the Press-Gazette and Post-Crescent. Memorial contributions are being directed to the Elizabeth E. Wyngaard Memorial Scholarship at UWGB (sent to the Office of University Advancement). The scholarship was created in 1997 by family and friends of Elizabeth (Betsy) Wyngaard, who was a student in the UWGB Extended Degree Program at the time of her death. She was John and Catherine Wyngaard's granddaughter. The scholarships provide tuition assistance to freshmen and sophomores who have been admitted to the Extended Degree Program.

Gurung will present research, with UW-Green Bay students, at Toronto

Another example of faculty/student research collaboration: Prof. Regan Gurung will present the results of three different research studies at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, taking place in Toronto. Each of the presentations was co-authored with UW-Green Bay Human Development and Psychology majors who will be presenting with him:

Gurung, Regan A. R., Goetzinger, Lynn, Siegler, Becky., & Braithwaite, Brittany. There's no Good or Bad If Ugly: Can we change Physique Anxiety?

Gurung, Regan A. R., Stowe, Amanda, DeBruin, Jennifer, & Hundt, Angel. (2002). When Looking Good Can be Bad: Impressions of Tight Revealing Clothes.

Williamson, Leslie, & Gurung, Regan. A. R. (2002). Beyond the pages of magazines: Body dissatisfaction, Image, and Mood.

Walter is a 'Great Decisions' presenter

Prof. Lynn Walter, Social Change and Development, will be a presenter in the St. Norbert College annual "Great Decisions" lecture series beginning Feb. 5. She'll speak on "International Women's Rights" on April 2. All of the lectures are at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Bemis International Center at St. Norbert College. Admission is $5 at the door. Series subscriptions are available. Information on all eight lectures is available by calling 403-3955.

Briefs

UW-Green Bay faculty and staff were recently showcased at the Neville Museum's Women in Science and Math Program. Angela Bauer-Dantoin, Heidi Fencl, Kari Beth Krieger, Kim Lyon, Vicki Medland, Jane Rank and Donna Ritch participated in the event that gave over 350 Girl Scouts the opportunity to ask questions about careers in science and math and participate in related activities. UW-Green Bay faculty/staff challenged Scout's tasting abilities, allowed them to view the life cycle of frogs through microscopes, let them try their hand at scientific illustration, demonstrated how physicists determine the make-up of far-away stars through gas spectrums, and showed the development of humans from conception to birth.

Prof. Jeff Nekola, Natural and Applied Sciences, is co-author of the cover piece, "The Effects of Rock Climbing on the Land Snail Community of the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario, Canada," in the upcoming April issue of "Conservation Biology." Nekola and colleagues Michele A. McMillan and Douglas W. Larson, both of the University of Guelph, concluded on the basis of their study that gastropods should be included in conservation plans for protected areas containing cliffs.

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