UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 34 No. 68



PSC project gets second major boost State budget goes to Governor Partnership grants Academic success of students of color Higher education survey Clifton Taulbert on campus July 18 Entrepreneur Camp still open UW-Green Bay bears study Summer shows at the Weidner George Rupp in Iraq Pritchard sendoff	Vol. 34, No. 68 / June 20, 2003 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. Sports Center project gets second major boost Planning for an updated and expanded Phoenix Sports Center took a second major step forward Wednesday (June 18) with a key endorsement from the commission that oversees state facilities development. The State Building Commission voted unanimously to authorize UW-Green Bay to begin spending planning money on the project during the 2003-05 biennium. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#psc. * * * * * State Budget goes to Governor It has been a wild week in Madison. An Associated Press report on Assembly passage of the budget earlier today (Friday, June 20) offers a general overview but not much detail. As far as is known now, however, the UW System's $250 million cut and $150 million tuition offset is unchanged, and the pledge of partial state funding of Sports Center expansion remains in place. For an overview, click http://www.startribune.com/stories/568/3943648.html. * * * * * Local schools receive more than $70,000 in Partnership research grants More than a dozen Northeastern Wisconsin school districts will share research grants from the Institute for Learning Partnership located at UW-Green Bay. Projects receiving grants run the gamut from efforts to get at-risk kindergarteners excited about reading to a middle-school newspaper to a high school math-and-science initiative using groundwater as the focal point. To get a feel for what the Institute is supporting in the community, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#partnership. * * * * * July 1 is date for brown-bag guest lecture on students of color All members of the campus community are invited to a July 1 brown-bag lunch and discussion session featuring presenter Mary Vander Kinter of DePaul University, Chicago. Her topic is "Positively Impacting the Academic Performance of Students of Color: A Peer Mentoring Program." The program takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Union's Alumni A/B Room. The organizers at the American Intercultural Center, because of limited space, ask that you RSVP for the free program by calling ext. 2720 or e-mailing borrerod@uwgb.edu * * * * * Higher education gets high marks in survey The Green Bay Press-Gazette ran a lengthy story June 19 localizing the results of a Chronicle of Higher Education survey. On balance, those interviewed echoed the national survey's findings that higher education is a good investment but rising tuition is cause for concern. Click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_10726306.shtml. * * * * * Plan for July 18 visit by 'When We Were Colored' author Taulbert Mark your calendar now for a July 18 campus visit organized by the local Entrepreneurs of Color Council. Clifton Taulbert, prominent author of best sellers including Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Eight Habits of the Heart: The Timeless Values That Build Strong Communities and his Pulitzer-nominated memoir The Last Train North, will be keynote speaker at the closing celebration of the Entrepreneurial Youth Leadership Institute at noon on July 18. The public is invited, free of charge, to hear the talk. Look for additional details closer to the event. * * * * * Note: Spots remain open in Entrepreneur camp Note to parents of high school youth: There are still a few spots open in the two-week Entrepreneurial Youth Leadership Institute summer camp at UW-Green Bay. Scholarships are available! Call Jane Lynch at pre-college programs for more information. (920) 465-2671 or email precollege@uwgb.edu * * * * * More coverage of UW-Green Bay bears An ambitious new study of black bear health and habits is attracting media attention. Based at UW-Green Bay, the project involves trapping and tracking of bears in Oconto and Forest counties of Northeastern Wisconsin. A Green Bay News-Chronicle story describes the project at http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=120523. * * * * * Summer shows at the Weidner The Weidner Center doesn't go dark for the summer. Tickets are available for a Suite/Sweet show this Sunday (June 22) with the Canadian trumpet/organ duo of Laughton & O'Meara. Later in the week (June 27-29), 'Grease" is the word. For info, click http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/. * * * * * Rupp Watch: In Iraq For those who have always enjoyed keeping tabs on George Rupp, who once spent a few years as an academic administrator at UW-Green Bay before advancing to high-profile national jobs, here's the latest. He is now leading the International Rescue Committee, which is entrusted with completing water and sanitation projects in Iraq. He was previously president of Columbia University. * * * * * Bob Pritchard sendoff is July 16 A note has already gone out to campus, but perhaps some retirees and off-campus readers will be interested to know that Bob Pritchard is retiring. They're holding a dinner in his honor July 16 at the Rite Place Supper Club. For details, contact Karen in the Financial Aid Office. * * * * * 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.

PSC project gets second major boost

State budget goes to Governor

Partnership grants

Academic success of students of color

Higher education survey

Clifton Taulbert on campus July 18

Entrepreneur Camp still open

UW-Green Bay bears study

Summer shows at the Weidner

George Rupp in Iraq

Pritchard sendoff

Vol. 34, No. 68 / June 20, 2003

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.

Sports Center project gets second major boost

Planning for an updated and expanded Phoenix Sports Center took a second major step forward Wednesday (June 18) with a key endorsement from the commission that oversees state facilities development. The State Building Commission voted unanimously to authorize UW-Green Bay to begin spending planning money on the project during the 2003-05 biennium. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#psc.

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State Budget goes to Governor

It has been a wild week in Madison. An Associated Press report on Assembly passage of the budget earlier today (Friday, June 20) offers a general overview but not much detail. As far as is known now, however, the UW System's $250 million cut and $150 million tuition offset is unchanged, and the pledge of partial state funding of Sports Center expansion remains in place. For an overview, click http://www.startribune.com/stories/568/3943648.html.

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Local schools receive more than $70,000 in Partnership research grants

More than a dozen Northeastern Wisconsin school districts will share research grants from the Institute for Learning Partnership located at UW-Green Bay. Projects receiving grants run the gamut from efforts to get at-risk kindergarteners excited about reading to a middle-school newspaper to a high school math-and-science initiative using groundwater as the focal point. To get a feel for what the Institute is supporting in the community, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#partnership.

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July 1 is date for brown-bag guest lecture on students of color

All members of the campus community are invited to a July 1 brown-bag lunch and discussion session featuring presenter Mary Vander Kinter of DePaul University, Chicago. Her topic is "Positively Impacting the Academic Performance of Students of Color: A Peer Mentoring Program." The program takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Union's Alumni A/B Room. The organizers at the American Intercultural Center, because of limited space, ask that you RSVP for the free program by calling ext. 2720 or e-mailing borrerod@uwgb.edu

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Higher education gets high marks in survey

The Green Bay Press-Gazette ran a lengthy story June 19 localizing the results of a Chronicle of Higher Education survey. On balance, those interviewed echoed the national survey's findings that higher education is a good investment but rising tuition is cause for concern. Click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_10726306.shtml.

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Plan for July 18 visit by 'When We Were Colored' author Taulbert

Mark your calendar now for a July 18 campus visit organized by the local Entrepreneurs of Color Council. Clifton Taulbert, prominent author of best sellers including Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Eight Habits of the Heart: The Timeless Values That Build Strong Communities and his Pulitzer-nominated memoir The Last Train North, will be keynote speaker at the closing celebration of the Entrepreneurial Youth Leadership Institute at noon on July 18. The public is invited, free of charge, to hear the talk. Look for additional details closer to the event.

* * * * *

Note: Spots remain open in Entrepreneur camp

Note to parents of high school youth: There are still a few spots open in the two-week Entrepreneurial Youth Leadership Institute summer camp at UW-Green Bay. Scholarships are available! Call Jane Lynch at pre-college programs for more information. (920) 465-2671 or email precollege@uwgb.edu

* * * * *

More coverage of UW-Green Bay bears

An ambitious new study of black bear health and habits is attracting media attention. Based at UW-Green Bay, the project involves trapping and tracking of bears in Oconto and Forest counties of Northeastern Wisconsin. A Green Bay News-Chronicle story describes the project at http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=120523.

* * * * *

Summer shows at the Weidner

The Weidner Center doesn't go dark for the summer. Tickets are available for a Suite/Sweet show this Sunday (June 22) with the Canadian trumpet/organ duo of Laughton & O'Meara. Later in the week (June 27-29), 'Grease" is the word. For info, click http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/.

* * * * *

Rupp Watch: In Iraq

For those who have always enjoyed keeping tabs on George Rupp, who once spent a few years as an academic administrator at UW-Green Bay before advancing to high-profile national jobs, here's the latest. He is now leading the International Rescue Committee, which is entrusted with completing water and sanitation projects in Iraq. He was previously president of Columbia University.

* * * * *

Bob Pritchard sendoff is July 16

A note has already gone out to campus, but perhaps some retirees and off-campus readers will be interested to know that Bob Pritchard is retiring. They're holding a dinner in his honor July 16 at the Rite Place Supper Club. For details, contact Karen in the Financial Aid Office.

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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.