UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 34 No. 45



Tickets for women's luncheon More on Gabbard Three months in AP Top 25 Nominations for University Ambassadors Summer Art Studio 'Lysistrata' reading gets attention	Vol. 34, No. 45 / March 4, 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. Order tickets today - women's luncheon is tomorrow Place your ticket order right now if you're interested in attending the always-popular Women's History Month Recognition Luncheon, scheduled for noon Wednesday (March 5) in the Phoenix Room. (The deadline to reserve your place is 1 p.m. today, so visit the Union Information Center or call ext. 2400 for tickets, which are $5 apiece for the lunch.) Along with the presentation of the woman of the year award, this year's event features timely remarks by Doctors Without Borders volunteer Mary Lightfine, who has provided medical care in the world's war zones and trouble spots for more than a decade. *** * * * * More on Gabbard announcement Off-campus readers of the LOG ONLine might have missed this morning's news that Thomas Gabbard, executive director of UW-Green Bay's Weidner Center for the Performing Arts since November 1995, has been named president of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. For full details and comments from Chancellor Bruce Shepard, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003mar.htm#gabbard. * * * * * UW-Green Bay, back at No. 21, marks three months in AP Top 25 The UW-Green Bay women's basketball team was back up to No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 ranking released late Monday afternoon. The sportswriters/voters moved the Phoenix up one spot, ranked just ahead of Arizona, Arkansas, Boston College and Washington. A review of UW-Green Bay's AP rankings this year: Dec. 16 No. 25 (entered rankings at 7-2, after close loss to Top 5 Kansas State) No. 23 No. 19 Jan. 6 No. 19 No. 16 No. 16 (15-2 record) No. 21 (upset loss to Wright State) Feb. 3 No. 21 No. 21 No. 21 No. 22 Mar. 3 No. 21 * * * * * Wanted: UW-Green Bay' s best and brightest students Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate students to be University Ambassadors. The newly formed University Ambassadors consolidates several student groups (Peer Educators, the Ambassadors student organization, the SOAR Orientation Assistants, among others) into a single group that will generally assist with outreach to prospective and newly enrolled students, their parents and other campus guests. The University Ambassadors will assist with new student registration and orientation programs, conduct informational programs and campus tours, and serve as hosts/hostesses for various official University functions. Students will be paid a small stipend to participate. 35 Ambassadors and 2 Student Directors are needed. Qualifications include a GPA of 2.50 or greater, a record of co-curricular participation, knowledge of campus and residential life, enthusiasm, a positive attitude and a commitment to service to the university. Please encourage students to apply directly (they received an application via email) or nominate students by forwarding their names to Michael Stearney (ph # 2236, or stearnem@uwgb.edu). Application deadline is March 14, 2003. * * * * * Summer Art Studio offers changes for 2003 UW-Green Bay is offering a Summer Art Studio session for middle school students for the first time in summer 2003. The new offering joins the High School Summer Art Studio now in its 46th year. New classes for 2003 include art history and bookmaking; mosaic making and mask making for middle school students; and metals and jewelry, and computer animation for high school students. Summer Art Studios also have a new director in Pete Angilello of the Green Bay Area Schools. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003mar.htm#artstudio. * * * * *** 'Lysistrata' reading gets attention A reading of the ancient Greek antiwar play "Lysistrata" drew an audience of more than 100 to the Rose Hall auditorium last night at UW-Green Bay. Several hundred dollars were raised for Amnesty International. The Green Bay Press-Gazette ran photos (including one highlighting readers Vicki Medland and Illene Noppe) on page B-1 of today's edition. *** * * * *** 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.

Tickets for women's luncheon

More on Gabbard

Three months in AP Top 25

Nominations for University Ambassadors

Summer Art Studio

'Lysistrata' reading gets attention

Vol. 34, No. 45 / March 4, 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.

Order tickets today - women's luncheon is tomorrow

Place your ticket order right now if you're interested in attending the always-popular Women's History Month Recognition Luncheon, scheduled for noon Wednesday (March 5) in the Phoenix Room. (The deadline to reserve your place is 1 p.m. today, so visit the Union Information Center or call ext. 2400 for tickets, which are $5 apiece for the lunch.) Along with the presentation of the woman of the year award, this year's event features timely remarks by Doctors Without Borders volunteer Mary Lightfine, who has provided medical care in the world's war zones and trouble spots for more than a decade.

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More on Gabbard announcement

Off-campus readers of the LOG ONLine might have missed this morning's news that Thomas Gabbard, executive director of UW-Green Bay's Weidner Center for the Performing Arts since November 1995, has been named president of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. For full details and comments from Chancellor Bruce Shepard, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003mar.htm#gabbard.

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UW-Green Bay, back at No. 21, marks three months in AP Top 25

The UW-Green Bay women's basketball team was back up to No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 ranking released late Monday afternoon. The sportswriters/voters moved the Phoenix up one spot, ranked just ahead of Arizona, Arkansas, Boston College and Washington. A review of UW-Green Bay's AP rankings this year:

Dec. 16 No. 25 (entered rankings at 7-2, after close loss to Top 5 Kansas State)
No. 23
No. 19
Jan. 6 No. 19
No. 16
No. 16 (15-2 record)
No. 21 (upset loss to Wright State)
Feb. 3 No. 21
No. 21
No. 21
No. 22
Mar. 3 No. 21

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Wanted: UW-Green Bay' s best and brightest students

Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate students to be University Ambassadors. The newly formed University Ambassadors consolidates several student groups (Peer Educators, the Ambassadors student organization, the SOAR Orientation Assistants, among others) into a single group that will generally assist with outreach to prospective and newly enrolled students, their parents and other campus guests. The University Ambassadors will assist with new student registration and orientation programs, conduct informational programs and campus tours, and serve as hosts/hostesses for various official University functions. Students will be paid a small stipend to participate. 35 Ambassadors and 2 Student Directors are needed. Qualifications include a GPA of 2.50 or greater, a record of co-curricular participation, knowledge of campus and residential life, enthusiasm, a positive attitude and a commitment to service to the university. Please encourage students to apply directly (they received an application via email) or nominate students by forwarding their names to Michael Stearney (ph # 2236, or stearnem@uwgb.edu). Application deadline is March 14, 2003.

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Summer Art Studio offers changes for 2003

UW-Green Bay is offering a Summer Art Studio session for middle school students for the first time in summer 2003. The new offering joins the High School Summer Art Studio now in its 46th year. New classes for 2003 include art history and bookmaking; mosaic making and mask making for middle school students; and metals and jewelry, and computer animation for high school students. Summer Art Studios also have a new director in Pete Angilello of the Green Bay Area Schools. For details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003mar.htm#artstudio.

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'Lysistrata' reading gets attention

A reading of the ancient Greek antiwar play "Lysistrata" drew an audience of more than 100 to the Rose Hall auditorium last night at UW-Green Bay. Several hundred dollars were raised for Amnesty International. The Green Bay Press-Gazette ran photos (including one highlighting readers Vicki Medland and Illene Noppe) on page B-1 of today's edition.

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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.