Vol. 34, No. 62 / May 12, 2003

The suspense is over: Six winners drawn in Books and Baskets raffle

Board member Shane Kohl masterfully drew the names of six winners Monday afternoon to conclude the Friends of the Cofrin Library fifth annual Books and Baskets raffle. The winners are:

Entertainment - Nora Kanzenbach, Educational Opportunity Program;
Feast of Food - Prof. Emeritus Walter Herrscher;
Made in Wisconsin - John Grossman, Green Bay;
Pamper Yourself - Christina Maes, UW-Green Bay student;
Seasons and Celebrations - Ms. C. Matuszek, Green Bay;
Student Survival - Sandy Bohman, Cofrin Library.

Thanks to everyone, raffle was a great success

The profit figures aren't completely tallied, but the Friends of the Cofrin Library Books and Baskets raffle — the organization's main fundraiser — was the most successful yet. The tickets sold out. The last 1,100 tickets were snapped up Saturday morning in a little over three hours by visitors to the heirloom plant sale at the Laboratory Sciences greenhouse. The Friends express appreciation to the individuals and businesses that donated over $11,000 worth of prizes, to those who donated services, to all who purchased tickets, to all who sold tickets, and to everyone else who helped in any other way. Last year, the raffle and other fund-raising activities enabled the organization to give $5,000 worth of gifts to the Cofrin Library, and set aside $3,000 toward the purchase of a significant piece of equipment in the future. The Library will shortly put together its "wish list" for 2003.

Was the annual heirloom plant sale a success? And how!

"Successful beyond anything I might have imagined," says Prof. Jeff Nekola, reporting on the Mother's Day weekend heirloom plant sale in the Laboratory Sciences greenhouse. The effort netted $15,500 to support student scholarships, student research, and other student scholarly activity. For the first time in the sale's eight years, Nekola used all three greenhouses, which puts the effort at maximum growing capacity. Eighteen thousand plants were ready for the sale: Three thousand sold to faculty and staff on Friday afternoon, and by the end of the first day of the public sale on Saturday, Nekola had only 500 plants left for Sunday. Nekola's expanded offerings to include more plants other than tomatoes and peppers was popular. All 2,000 flower plants were gone by 10 a.m. Saturday. Nekola extends "thanks and a debt of gratitude" to Director of Facilities Management and Planning Les Raduenz, everyone in Facilities Management who helped to repair and maintain the greenhouse, and all others on campus who helped make the sale a huge success.

They came to the plant sale early and from afar

Three people were standing in line at 6:22 a.m. Saturday, awaiting the chance to be first in the greenhouse when the doors opened at 9 a.m. The line was considerably longer by the time Nekola arrived at 7 a.m. to start handing out numbers for greenhouse access. Not only did plant seekers come from places like Kiel, New London and Oshkosh, significant numbers came from the Madison and Milwaukee areas. One party drove up from Chicago. Nekola notes that the power of the Internet was evident. A number of shoppers from all over came bearing their own boxes, and his plea for boxes had only been publicized on his Web site and in the in-house LOG.

Meatier event does well, too

Congratulations, also, to those who helped organize the annual Phoenix-Packers Steak Fry, held last Wednesday at Lambeau Field. Phoenix Athletics reports the event, attended by more than 500 people, raised more than $30,000 for the men's basketball program.

New Regent appointee is UW-Green Bay grad

Gov. Jim Doyle has appointed Eileen Connolly-Keesler to the UW System Board of Regents. Connolly-Keesler, a Neenah resident and 1982 graduate of the UW-Green Bay Social Work program, is executive director of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. Her hometown Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper applauded this development at http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/archive/opinion_10173371.shtml.

Lorenz gives free lecture on alcohol and its history

Professor and neurobiologist Dennis Lorenz will present a lecture to the campus and community on "Alcohol" The Wonder Drug" at 1 p.m. Tuesday (May 13) in MAC Hall Room 105. The lecture will discuss the discovery, history, and early use of alcohol from colonial to mid-19th century times. It's part of the Oxford Lecture Series.

Ten art students win 2003-2004 scholarships

The Art Discipline has awarded scholarships for next academic year to 10 students. The scholarships and the recipients are:

David L. Damkoehler Art Scholarships: Stacy Baltus, Luke Felchlin, Jason Limberg, Leah Lindsley and Elizabeth Meissner.
Henry F. Hagemeister Jr. Art Scholarship: Michael Cepress.
Michael Kazar Memorial Scholarship: Daniel Klewer.
Althea Steele Lederer Scholarships: Tracey Euhardy and Johanna Winters.
William K. Prevetti Scholarship: Becky Stelter.

Kazar and Prevetti were members of the Art faculty in the program's formative years.

Stoll earns graduate-student support from U.S. DOT

Prof. John R. Stoll, Public and Environmental Affairs, received $25,000 in funding earlier this year from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support graduate student Tracey Movle with a grant entitled: 2003 Eisenhower Grad Fellowships.

Student Mary Loeffler: here to serve

Mary Loeffler is just one of the University's outstanding students. She will receive the Chancellor's Medallion at graduation on May 24, but her service to community and ability to endure despite many personal challenges was the reason for a feature in the May 9, Green Bay Press-Gazette. Read more at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_10153444.shtml.

Sheepshead Review makes its debut

After a semester of hard work by a staff of 24 students (and adviser Rebecca Meacham), The Sheepshead Review — a campus journal of the arts — is now available in select locations around campus and at local coffeehouses. The journal features art, photography, poetry, fiction, book reviews, and other work by UW-Green Bay students.

New course supports production

As you may already know, this is the first issue of Sheepshead to be published in a number of years. This spring, for the first time, production of the journal was supported by a new course, "Practicum in Literary Publishing," which will (pending approval) be offered every spring as ENG 224.

Lack of singing talent calls for the name change

Well, that would be the sensational headline. The truth is, the Sheepshead Review used to be known by the name Sheepshead Revue. Assistant Professor and Adviser Rebecca Meacham said the name seemed out of place for such a comprehensive journal of the arts — and the change is now more in line with a literary review. (She did question the voice quality of her staff, however.)

'Inside': A terrific story on Danny Winslow, UW-Green Bay students

Perhaps you've already received your May edition of the "Inside UW-Green Bay" campus magazine. The issue includes an abbreviated version of writer Sue Bodilly's story about Danny Winslow, son of Student Life's Grant Winslow and his wife, Elona. Danny is making progress in his struggle with autism through the help of therapists who are UW-Green Bay students and alumni. The full story is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/inside.htm#autism.

Also in 'Inside'

The May issue also includes:

• At 35, UW-Green Bay trumpets 'Connecting'
• University helps Gillett plan comeback
• Mapping the Bellin Run
• Tell us if you remember the marching band
• Wear proudly your tie to campus

It's E-asy, and free!

The Phoenix E-cards project — a fun and easy way to stay in touch with friends and family — is now live. It is located at: http://www.uwgb.edu/ecards/. Take a look — and send one to mom if you forgot what special day it was yesterday!

Three win 'Creative Approaches to Teaching' awards

The Faculty Development Council has awarded three "Creative Approaches to Teaching" awards for the 2003 spring semester. Award winners are Regan Gurung, assistant professor of Human Development; Jocelyn Jones, lecturer in Public and Environmental Affairs; and Jennifer Popiel, assistant professor in Humanistic Studies. The awards recognize specific strategies to enhance student learning and assessment. Award winners get a certificate and a $100 honorarium, and summaries of their strategies are distributed to all faculty members.

And the winning strategies are...

Gurung shares with each class a grading rubric that identifies what is expected of each presentation and describes what level of performance equals what grade. Evaluation is then drawn from three different sources: student self-assessment, student peer assessment, and instructor assessment.

Jones engaged Constitutional Law students in considering how the course theme relates to contemporary issues. Class members weighed in as Supreme Court justices responding to a hypothetical lower court decision finding the president's action in declaring war on Iraq unconstitutional. The exercise was based on a real lawsuit filed in February by some U.S. soldiers, their parents, and six members of Congress that sought to stop the president from launching the war without Congressional approval.

Popiel helps students understand early modern European social organization through an exercise in which students use existing knowledge to construct what it might have been like to belong to one of the three estates: clergy, nobility, and all others.

Five students win 2003 Cofrin Research Grants

The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity has announced five student research awards for 2003. The students who'll explore basic and applied research questions in UW-Green Bay natural areas in Brown and Door counties, along with their topics and faculty advisers are:

Katie Hemauer, An Investigation of Air and Temperature Profiles in Microhabitats of the Cofrin Arboretum (Prof. Steven Meyer);

Amanda Malueg, The Effects of Prescribed Burning and Mowing on Animal Populations in the Cofrin Arboretum (Herbarium Curator Gary Fewless and Prof. Bob Howe);

Jennifer Powell and Amanda Carroll, Effects of White-tailed Deer Browsing on the Ground Flora of Toft Point and the Cofrin Arboretum (Professors Tara Reed and Howe); and

Sara Wilk, Effects of Prescribed Burn History on Vegetation and Invertebrates of Northern Barrens (Prof. Michael Draney and Adjunct Prof. Amy Wolf).

Results of their studies will be presented at an on-campus symposium in January or February 2004, and at the annual Academic Excellence Symposium later in the semester.

It's not too early to plan for 2004 grants

Prof. Bob Howe, director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, encourages students to begin now to discuss ideas for the 2004 Cofrin Research Grant competition with members of the faculty. Grant recipients receive up to $1000 for research in one or more of the University's five natural areas. The program is funded by the Cofrin Arboretum endowment, and UW-Green Bay faculty and staff supervise the research projects. A call for proposals will be issued in winter 2003-2004 and proposals will be due shortly before spring break in 2004. Howe notes that since its beginning in 1989, the Cofrin student research grant program has funded 77 students, many of whom are now professional scientists.

Iraq, libraries

Cofrin Library Director Leanne Hansen points faculty and staff to a recent assessment of damage to libraries and archives in Iraq, as provided by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Many collections in Baghdad appear to have been saved, but others there and in Mosul, Basra, and other cities are reported looted, burned or "status unknown." For the full report of conditions for Iraqi libraries and archives see http://www.ifla.org/VI/4/admin/iraq0205.htm.

Two campus programs will take advantage of woodland wildflower peak

May is the peak month for woodland wildflowers in Wisconsin, and Herbarium Curator Gary Fewless will be busy this week guiding walks in the Cofrin Arboretum and sharing his knowledge. On Thursday, he'll lead a lunchtime wildflower walk as the last in this year's series of the Friends of the Cofrin Library "Unexpected Zone" brown bag events. On Saturday, Fewless will lead a wildflower workshop for the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity.

Here are details on wildflower programs for the week...

Thursday, May 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"Take a Walk on the Wild Side"
Woodland wildflower walk led by Gary Fewless
Rain or shine; free; no reservations; participants just show up at 11:30 a.m.
Meet in the Winter Garden in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall

Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. to noon
Cofrin Center for Biodiversity spring wildflower workshop led by Gary Fewless
Meet at the Center in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall room 212
The workshop begins in the Center with introductory information, and continues with a field trip into the Arboretum.
Free, but reservations to 465-5032 are required. Enrollment is limited.

Commencement — no cakewalk

Because space is at a premium with this spring's largest-ever graduating class, the Alumni Association will not be sponsoring cake and punch following the commencement ceremony.

Reminder

The Campus Picnic is Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Union's plaza patio outside the Nicolet Room.

Briefs

Education faculty members Patricia Ragan and Linda Tabers-Kwak are working in collaboration with the Fort Howard Elementary School and the Green Bay Public Schools to design and implement a research-based intervention program to help their at-risk pre-kindergarteners. Children and their families will be immersed in the literacy-focused program in May and August. Master-level teachers will be assisted by a bilingual aide and students from Ragan's summer course, "Working and Communicating with Families of Young Children." The program is funded by a grant from the Institute for Learning Partnership.

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