Vol. 34, No. 66 / June 9, 2003

FOCUS debuts this week

UW-Green Bay's redesigned first-year experience program gets under way with FOCUS sessions for registration and orientation of new freshmen. About 150 students and 250 parents are expected to visit campus each day (Tuesday through Thursday this week, and Monday the 16th through Wednesday the 18th). FOCUS stands for First-year Opportunities and Connections for UW-Green Bay Students. The Web explains it all at http://www.uwgb.edu/focus/.

Smile for FOCUS

Dozens of faculty and staff members are participating in FOCUS days. Others can help, too, simply by offering directions or a friendly greeting if they encounter newcomers making their first official visits as registered members of the UW-Green Bay student body. Each day begins with a short welcome at 9 a.m. in the Union's Phoenix Room, and starts to wind down with a 2:30 p.m. resource fair in the Nicolet Room.

Reminder: The Phone Directory wants you

This is your last chance to turn in your yellow Directory Information Card. No questions asked. No fingers pointed. No whispers behind backs. See Betsy in Cofrin Library Room 815. Even the most contemptible laggards will be treated with dignity and respect.

It's Bayfest Week

Billed as the largest food and music festival north of Summerfest, UW-Green Bay's annual Bayfest celebration takes place Thursday through Sunday along the main entrance boulevard. The event features 32 bands, two dozen food and refreshment booths, a Friday night fireworks extravaganza, a carnival, sand sculpture and more. Hours are:

Thursday (June 12), 6 to midnight
Friday, noon to midnight
Saturday, noon to midnight
Sunday (June 15), 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The entertainment lineup is at http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/bayfest/.

Event is fundraiser for Athletics, et al

Bayfest, founded more than two decades ago, was first organized as a fundraiser for student scholarships by the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics. The event has since grown (with an estimated total attendance of 100,000) to spin off proceeds for various community nonprofits assisting in its operation.

Friday is good day to donate canned goods, sneak over for lunch

Admission to Bayfest is $7 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. There's a special deal on Friday (June 13), from noon to 4 p.m., offering free admission with a can or box of non-perishable food. Why not pick something up at the Corner Store, stroll over to Bayfest, make a food-pantry donation, and enjoy lunch at an international booth?

Chandra Johnson sees action for unbeaten WNBA champs

Former UW-Green Bay basketball star Chandra Johnson has appeared in two games for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. Her team is unbeaten in six tries as it seeks a third straight WNBA title. Johnson, a 6-3 rookie from Eau Claire, is a backup for a veteran front line led by the league's most recognizable star, 6-5 center Lisa Leslie. To check Johnson's stat page, click http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/chandra_johnson/index.html?nav=page.

She joins impressive Phoenix roster

By making the opening day roster of the Los Angeles Sparks, Chandra Johnson became the first Phoenix women's player to reach the WNBA. She's not the first UW-Green Bay basketball star to play in his or her sport's top league. The impressive roster, all in the last 10 years:

Tony Bennett, NBA, Charlotte Hornets
Logan VanderVelden, NBA, Los Angeles Clippers
Jeff Nordgaard, NBA, Milwaukee Bucks
Kim Wood, ABL (a WNBA forerunner), San Jose Lasers
Chandra Johnson, WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks

UW-Green Bay is co-host of June 13 education conference

UW-Green Bay is a co-host of the annual summer educational change conference organized by the Institute for Learning Partnership. "Building a Community of Learners" is the theme from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Friday (June 13) in the KI Convention Center, downtown Green Bay. The other co-sponsors are St. Norbert College and the community group Partners in Education. The contact for registration information is Karen Cleereman at (920) 403-4044.

Education reformer Fullan and Milwaukee's Jackson are keynote speakers

Author and education-reform expert Michael Fullan will be one of two keynote speakers at this Friday's conference downtown. Fullan has most recently published "Leading in a Culture of Change," "The New Meaning of Educational Change" (third edition), "Change Forces: The Sequel," and "Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform." The second keynote speaker is Karen Jackson, chief of administrative services for Milwaukee Public Schools. She will speak on learning and teaching in a multicultural environment.

UW System Regents move for new leadership

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents selected new leaders on Friday (June 6), electing Toby E. Marcovich of Superior as president and David G. Walsh of Madison as vice president. Marcovich succeeds Guy A. Gottschalk, who withdrew his nomination. Who are Marcovich and Walsh? Click http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2003/r030606c.htm.

Joint Finance endorses idea of new Sports Center in 2005-07

Not yet mentioned in this column is the recent good news concerning an updated and expanded Phoenix Sports Center. The estimated $30 million project took a great step forward when the Joint Finance Committee added it to the list of enumerated building projects for the 2003-05 biennium. If it makes it to the final budget, the PSC is scheduled to receive $7.5 million in general-fund-supported borrowing (after 2005) to match an expected $7.5 million in gifts, and $15 million in student fees.

Newspapers cover Phoenix Sports Center news

In case you missed it, the Green Bay Press-Gazette's June 3 coverage is archived at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_10594401.shtml. The Green Bay News-Chronicle story, "Sports Center addition boosted by state," is at http://www.greenbaynewschronicle.com/page.html?article=120299.

UW System will continue Economic Summit

Building on the momentum of three previous economic summits, the University of Wisconsin System last week unveiled plans to host a fourth statewide economic development meeting to advance the state's economy. Wisconsin Economic Summit IV will be held Oct. 27-28, 2003, at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee. For more, visit the web site at http://www.wisconsin.edu/summit/.

Lyall comments on budget 'costs'

"Know the hidden costs of cutting funds for higher education" is the title of an op-ed essay by UW System President Katharine C. Lyall published in last week's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Click http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/may03/144736.asp.

UW System chosen as national site for research of teaching and learning

The UW System has been selected as a national leader to further strengthen teaching through the enhancement of learning. The UW System will serve as one of 12 national leaders in the American Association of Higher Education Carnegie Academy Campus Program in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. (Editor's note: Its friends probably call it AAHECACPSTL, for short.) UW-Milwaukee and its Center for Instructional and Professional Development will take a primary role with assistance from the UW System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development. UWM's Website has more at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIPD/.

Analysts affirm link between Green Bay growth, entrepreneurship

We've been saying it in our recruiting material for years: UW-Green Bay is a good choice for prospective students because its proximity to the thriving Green Bay-Appleton corridor offers plenty of internship and employment opportunities. Now, a recent study confirms that the local economy is boosted to a great extent by entrepreneurial energy. Read more at http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/may03/144681.asp.

New UW-Green Bay summer camp is for young entrepreneurs

Green Bay high school students interested in business and finance can enroll in the new Entrepreneurial Youth Leadership Institute from July 6 through 18 on campus. The two-week series of workshops will focus on the stock market and business plans. The Institute is a partnership between UW-Green Bay and the Entrepreneurs of Color Council. Sponsors include Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co., Swan Corp. One, AON Financial Services, U S Bank, Green Bay Packers Inc., OIC of Greater Milwaukee, and the Green Bay Public Schools. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#entrepreneurs.

Theater students win awards, scholarships

Six theater students received end-of-year awards or scholarships for next year at the annual "Coarse Awards" event sponsored by the Alternate Theater Organization. Sunam Ellis, Appleton, was named Outstanding Theater Student. Steven Marzolf and Terra Schultz received Excellence in Performance awards. The Excellence in Production award went to Christopher Woller. Ellis and Eric Klingbeil received Theater First Nighter scholarships for next academic year, and Erica Fuss won the Louis O. Erdmann Memorial Scholarship. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#theater.

Miss Green Bay hosts fundraiser for music camp

Miss Green Bay Area 2003 Laura Kolar, a UW-Green Bay music education student, will put her talents and wardrobe on display to raise money for the university's Summer Music Camps. The fundraiser will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 at the SC Grand in De Pere. Kolar will preview her appearance at the Miss Wisconsin pageant in Oshkosh later this month. Her platform is "Empowering Through the Performing Arts." For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#kolar.

Meredith, SNC's Griebling will team up for Botanical Garden recital

Soprano Lynn Griebling and mezzo soprano Sarah Meredith will perform in recital at 7 p.m. Friday, June 13 in the Kaftan Lusthaus at the Green Bay Botanical Garden. Griebling is a faculty member at St. Norbert College, and Meredith is on the UW-Green Bay faculty. Assisting in the recital will be tenor John Plier of UW-Green Bay, and bass-baritone Michael Rosewall of St. Norbert College. The program includes works by Purcell, Dvorak, Puccini, Thiman, Keel, Humperdinck, and Johann Strauss. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003june.htm#garden.

A UW-Green Bay pioneer (and first of emeriti) dies in California

Word has been received of the death of Dean Emeritus Eugene L. Hartley on Sept. 12, 2002, in Paradise, Calif. Hartley and his wife, Ruth E. Hartley, were among founding members of the faculty at UW-Green Bay. The Hartleys left UW-Green Bay in 1974 to establish a new Human Development program at the invitation of Murdoch University in Western Australia. They retired in 1976. Prof. Emerita Ruth Hartley, who had been chairperson of the Growth and Development concentration (now Human Development), died in 1998. The Hartleys, along with the late Prof. Emeritus Schaefer Williams, were the first faculty members at UW-Green Bay to be awarded emeritus status.

Hartleys were 'catch' for young UW-Green Bay

Reflecting on the death of Eugene Hartley we are reminded that UW-Green Bay was a magnet for respected and innovation-minded scholars since Year One. Hartley came to UW-Green Bay in 1968 as dean of the College of Community Sciences and professor of psychology, from a position as professor of psychology at The City College, New York, where he had been on the faculty since 1939. He had several leaves from CCNY, including a 1945 stint as a bombing analyst with the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey where he did studies on the psychological effects of battle noise. He was a consultant to Gunnar Myrdal on the Carnegie Corporation study that resulted in the authoritative book, "The Negro in America." Many of Hartley's own publications had to do with problems of racial prejudice and ethnic identity. He was author, co-author, and co-editor of several books, including a widely used psychology text. Three decades later, Eugene and Ruth Hartley still get frequent mention when early UW-Green Bay alumni are asked to recall influential professors.

Check here for 'slice of Outreach'

The latest edition of the snappy, informative quarterly newsletter from the Office of Outreach and Extension is now online. For access to "a slice of Outreach," click http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/newsletter_archives/06-03newsletter.htm.

What's new in Outreach? Plenty

If you've already clicked the previous link, you already know:

* McClure-Lukens, Cole take lead in 'Diversity Circles' project
* College credit are offered for high school students
* Summer Camp parents prefer online registration
* SBDC is assisting displaced local workers
* They're helping teachers learn at Huntsville space center
* Membership of 615 is record for LIR

Sandy Johnson going-away event is June 12

The note went out as an all-campus e-mail broadcast, but perhaps some retirees and off-campus readers will be interested to know that Sandy Johnson is retiring. The Business and Finance Office is throwing a cake and punch reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday (June 12) in the Rose Hall lobby.

Do you have our CD cases?

Missing: 100 CD storage cases — those little 5x5 plastic boxes — that probably came in two bundles from Boise around May 16. Please return to CL 815.

Briefs

Prof. Larry Smith, Social Change and Development, is author of a full-page Business Spotlight column in the June/July issue of Bay Business Journal published by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. In the piece titled "The Future of Economic Development in Northeastern Wisconsin," he touches upon "Earth-friendly investment," green design, Smart Growth, and the new global realities of the 21st century.

Worth repeating here are the names of some campus people who helped contribute to a record year for Learning in Retirement. Retired professors including Arthur Cohrs, Jack Day, Fritz Fischbach, Elmer Havens, Elaine McIntosh, Tom McIntosh, Mike Murphy, Paul Sager, Lee Schwartz and Bob Wenger participated as LIR members and/or led courses; current faculty members David Damkoehler, Jeff Entwistle, Curt Heuer, David Littig, James Marker, Illene Noppe, Dean Rodeheaver, Jerrold Rodesch, Ron Stieglitz and Christine Style taught sessions or courses for the group.

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