Vol. 35, No. 1 / August 29, 2003

First, a disclaimer

With the sheer volume of "Opening Week" news and events, the LOG ONLine is already off schedule. Look for a Wednesday (Sept. 3) issue to follow this Labor Day Weekend initial offering. After that, the each-and-every Monday schedule will return with the possibility, as always, of additional distributions as news warrants. Please be patient as we get caught up. Submit your entries to LOG@uwgb.edu

Hail to our colleagues! Six faculty, staff members win Founders Awards

You know that six faculty and staff colleagues have won Founders Association Awards for Excellence. They are: Teaching - Gregory Aldrete; Scholarship - Clifford Abbott; Institutional Development - Jerrold Rodesch; Community Outreach - David Coury; Academic Support - Sherri Urcavich; and Administrative Support - Christine Terrien. Know why they won? Perhaps, but the beautiful write-up on the Web is worth a read nevertheless. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003aug.htm#excel.

Shepard's Convocation address is online

Chancellor Bruce Shepard delivered a major address at last Tuesday's faculty/staff convocation. He offered a candid assessment of the budget situation. The focus of his remarks, however, was the value in returning the "public" to public higher education and agreeing " on how, through the particular education we offer, each student we graduate makes the society a better place." See http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/convocation.htm.

100 ways and more we're 'connected'

A new "Connecting Learning to Life" Web page highlights UW-Green Bay's many connections with the community. The site http://www.uwgb.edu/connect features more than 100 ways UW-Green Bay is connecting. These examples provide the substance behind the campuswide theme. The Office of Marketing and University Communication welcomes additional examples. If you're involved in activities that connect the University to the community, state, nation and world, let us know by e-mailing Scott Hildebrand, director of marketing and media relations, at hildebrs@uwgb.edu.

ShopKo til you dropko, this Tuesday

ShopKo East and the Office of Student Life are co-sponsoring a private after-hours shopping party for UWGB students, staff, and faculty from 10 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, September 2. While conceived as a merchant and new student promotion, anyone with a current UWGB ID qualifies. The Green Bay-based retailer provides a 10 percent discount on all purchases. (A few restrictions apply.) The event includes refreshments and prize drawings. Bus transportation from the MAC Hall circle is available. Call 2200 ext. 40 with questions.

Showdown: Phoenix Phacts Challenge is Wednesday, 12:30 sharp

Smack-talking administrators, know-it-all faculty and staff, and smart young students will compete for the trivia title, no holds barred, at the second annual Phoenix Phacts Challenge. The College Bowl-style quiz on UW-Green Bay legend and lore begins at 12:30 p.m. this Wednesday (Sept. 3) in the Nicolet Room of the University Union. It's part of "GB Week" and back to school activities. Analysts pick the team of defending champion Bruce Shepard as a favorite to repeat.

It's all GB: New academic year means 'Great Beginnings'

"Great Beginnings Week" formerly known as "Welcome Week" for new freshmen, is Sunday, Aug. 31, to Monday, Sept. 8. Among the planned festivities are a soccer tailgate, an outdoor showing of "The Matrix Reloaded," a Labor Day picnic, and much more. Other activities include the aforementioned Phoenix Phacts Challenge and shopping trip, a climbing wall, a comedian, and bands. For the entire GB Week schedule, call the Office of Student Life at ext. 2200, 40, or click http://www.uwgb.edu/focus/gb/schedule.html.

UW-Green Bay on the rise? Tell us what we don't know

We'll take it with a grain of salt, but we'll take it. U.S. News and World Report released its annual "rankings" of colleges and universities last week, and UW System campuses again received their share of acclaim. UW-Green Bay moved into the top 10 of Midwestern master's level public universities. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003aug.htm#ranking.

Students get 'less for more,' says USA Today, using UW to illustrate budget woes

If you missed it, the national daily newspaper USA Today recently ran an excellent and lengthy story on how UW System institutions are representative of the cash crunch facing students and higher education nationwide. It's at http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2003-08-27-college-tuition-usat_x.htm.

Mixing regents and politics

Some Regents want politicians involved earlier in the UW System planning process, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. "We need to know their perceptions of us," said Regent Nino Amato, who joined the board this year, at a "Rethinking the UW" gathering. Others disagree. Coverage is at http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/55264.php.

Cole appointed to Lt. Gov.'s task force

Barbara Lawton announced Thursday she has appointed task force leaders for a statewide project intended to improve the status of women and boost Wisconsin's economy. Locally, Juliet Cole, assistant to the director of the Institute for Learning Partnership, was named to help lead the Educational Achievement Committee. The project is called Wisconsin Women = Prosperity and is based on a report that gave the state a C-minus grade on women's issues. Cole and others lead a taskforce of more than 500 volunteers. The Wisconsin State Journal lists the project leaders at http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/55263.php.

AIC 'Welcome Back' get-together is this Thursday

The American Intercultural Center will host a Welcome Back Gathering on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. Please join other faculty and staff in welcoming new students and continuing students to the Fall semester. Food will be provided and all are invited. In order to help us order sufficient food, please RSVP by e-mail to ebbersd@uwgb.edu or call 465-2720.

Welcome the international students on Sept. 5

Campus welcomes students from Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Viet Nam, and the U.K this semester. All are welcome to a reception in their honor from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5 in the International Center (SS1900).

Reminder: New faculty asked to "waiver" on international students

The Office of International Education reminds new faculty members to be accommodating to incoming international students and National Student Exchange participants who find few courses still open when they arrive at UW-Green Bay in late August or early September. It has been an understanding among the Academic Deans and Academic Advising that students be allowed to enroll in closed courses, their first semester, if necessary.

'Budget hinders UWGB's ability to 'reload' faculty'

That was the headline in a recent Green Bay Press-Gazette story that talks about budget cuts, the trend toward more part-time faculty and lecturers, and the fact that many "retired" faculty members (example: Chuck Matter) are by necessity being pressed back into service to help bridge the gap. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_11610683.shtml.

Chancellor sets 'Open Office Hours' for fall

Want to walk in and chat with the chancellor? You're in luck. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard is again making his "Open Office Hours" offer for fall 2003. Stop in at the following times, and he'll talk, listen or both. The schedule:

Sept. 3 - 11 am
Sept. 9 - 2 pm
Sept. 15 - 7:30 am
Sept. 25 - 9:30 am

Oct. 1 - 3:30 pm
Oct. 7 - 7:30 am
Oct. 13 - 2 pm
Oct. 23 - 3 pm
Oct. 29 - 10 am

Nov. 5 - 2 pm
Nov. 13 - 7:30 am
Nov. 18 - 12 pm

Dec. 2 - 9 am
Dec. 8 - 7:30 am
Dec. 18 - 2 pm

Office hours? It's like this

For those new to campus, the Chancellor's Open Office hours will vary as to times and days of the week, but the ground rules will be consistent:

• No appointment necessary
• No need to identify an agenda ahead of time

In the interest of making best use of time, the Chancellor's Office does say that advance notice through a phone call is appreciated (though not required), if only to provide the Office a sense for that day's traffic level and to confirm for visitors that Open Office Hours are taking place as scheduled in Cofrin Library Room 810. Contact Sharon Gutowski at ext. 2207 with questions.

Lenfestey Courtyard hosts first wedding

Dan Younk, a UW-Oshkosh graduate and Sandra Jensen, a nurse in the Green Bay area, were the first couple to be married in the Lenfestey Courtyard. A source close to the couple (unable for comment; they're honeymooning) says local Pastor Joe Urcavich, a noonball regular at the Phoenix Sports Center who presided over the ceremony on Saturday, may have tipped the couple off to the beautiful location.

Surprise is in store for foreign filmgoers

If you want to know the title of the first in this fall's International Film Series sponsored by the Green Bay Film Society at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Neville Public Museum, you'll have to go. Until then, it's a secret. Film Society director, Prof. David Coury, calls the film "an homage to early cinema, as well as a wonderful parable on good vs. evil." If that's not tantalizing enough, he notes that the film is without subtitles because it's in an international language — but it isn't in English. Coury will present the film.

Here's the list of foreign films for fall 2003

All eight films on the Green Bay Film Society schedule will be shown at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, unless otherwise noted. Here's the schedule:

September 3
A surprise film
Presented by Prof. David Coury

September 17
Kandahar (Afghanistan/Iran, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2001)
Presented by Coury

October 1
Angano...Angano (Madagascar, directed by Cesar Paes, 1989)
Presented by Prof. Vicky Tashjian, St. Norbert College

October 8
Tosca At the historic West Theater, (France, directed by Benoit Jacquot, 2001)
Presented by Prof. Terence O'Grady

November 5
Divine Intervention At the historic West Theater, (Palestine, directed by Elia Suleiman, 2002)
Presented by Prof. Bob Kramer, St. Norbert College

November 19
Beau Travail (France, directed by Claire Denis, 1999)
Presented by Mark Harris, Green Bay Film Society

December 3
The Son (Belgium, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2003)
Presented by Coury

December 17
I'm Going Home (Portugal/France, directed by Manoel de Oliveira, 2001)
Presented by Prof. Nicole Meyer

For more information on the Society, the website is http://www.uwgb.edu/gbfilm.

Film Series sponsor list grows

The list of sponsors for Green Bay Film Society's international film series continues to grow. In addition to the Society itself, that list presently includes: UW-Green Bay, the Historic West Theater, St. Norbert College, the Neville Public Museum, Wisconsin Public Radio, N.E.W. Arts Council, Sundance Channel, Goethe Institute-New York, and the cultural services of the French Embassy.

SoBig no-biggee for UW-Green Bay worm chasers

When the Sobig.F worm made its claim to being the wired world's fastest spreading virus ever, UW-Green Bay worm chaser David Kieper, the campus manager of networks and infrastructure, and his staff limited its damage on campus. The crew traced the source of an on-campus infection to a solar kiosk workstation in MAC Hall. At its peak Aug. 21, the spamming virus was said to have accounted for 70 percent of e-mail around the world.

Tee for the E.C.

A golf outing benefiting the important work of the Ecumenical Center is planned for 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at The Woods (formerly Woodside Golf Course). Your $60 includes golf, cart and dinner and prizes. Call 465-5133 to register your foursome or to be paired up with one.

Reminder: Prof. Emeritus Baker ceremony is Aug. 30

Apologies to off-campus or retiree readers who might not yet have seen this reminder, already widely shared on campus: A celebration of the life of Bela Baker, associate professor emeritus of Social Change and Development (Psychology) was scheduled to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Ecumenical Center. Prof. Baker died on Thursday, Aug. 7 in Madison. He was 77. Information on memorial ideas is archived within a previous newsletter at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/logarchive/logarchive34/2003aug11.htm.

Lyall helps Extended Degree celebrate 25 years

The 25th anniversary of UW Extended Degree Programs was highlighted with a salute from UW System President Katharine Lyall, at the 19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, in Madison in mid-August. In her statement, Lyall noted that this is the 110th anniversary of the Independent Learning Correspondence Courses and the 30th anniversary of the Higher Education Location Program (HELP). She said each program "assists learners throughout Wisconsin in accessing the resources of our great university system. Together, these programs represent an extraordinary commitment to the Wisconsin Idea — to extending knowledge from the campus to beyond."

Cool: Interns enjoy success with Green Bay pro football team

The Green Bay Blizzard arena football team struggled for wins in its inaugural season in af2, but was successful in drafting 11 UW-Green Bay interns. The students helped out with many facets of the operation, headquartered at the 10,000-seat Resch Center. Team representative Steve Andrastek was "extremely complimentary" of student interns and their "work ethic, enthusiasm and all around good nature" in his communications with Director of Career Services, Linda Peacock-Landrum.

UW-Green Bay police sought public help in identifying attack suspect

Already widely publicized on campus and in the community but not yet noted in the LOG: UW-Green Bay Public Safety turned to the public for help in investigating an attempted sexual assault on campus Thursday, Aug. 28. For a news release, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003aug.htm#assault.

Vote yet for 'One Book, One Campus' selection?

Voting has been steady, and the results are fairly even thus far among the five selections up for consideration in the new "One Book, One Campus" book club being organized for this fall by the Friends of the Cofrin Library. The book title chosen will be unveiled by the chancellor at a cake and punch reception on the Library Plaza at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Selections are:

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus III
Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell

Again, information is listed on the Friends of the Cofrin Library web page (http://www.uwgb.edu/library/friends.html) with links to reviews.

He's King of Canadian Olympic team

Mike King, a Guelph, Ontario native and senior forward on the Phoenix men's basketball team, helped his Canadian National Team advance out of pool play in the opening round of the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico last weekend. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Volleyball takes academic award, and to road

The UW-Green Bay volleyball team received a team academic award for the third straight year from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Only 13 other Division I schools have garnered the award in the last three consecutive seasons. The team posted a 3.39 team grade point average in 2002-03. The Phoenix travels for 13 straight road matches before its home opener on Friday, Sept. 26 against Youngstown State, and looks to improve on its best-ever third-place conference finish of a year ago.

Work of Cepress highlighted in national magazine

Congratulations! Artwork by Communications (studio arts) major Michael Cepress appears in the September/October issue of FiberArts magazine — a national publication focused on textile art and design. You'll also remember Cepress as a feature-story subject Art student 'rocks' city hall) in a recent issue of Inside UW-Green Bay, the campus magazine. That story is at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/insidearchive/02nov.htm.

Brief

Profs. Carol Emmons and Curt Heuer have work included in PASTE . NAIL . WELD; the art of Collage, Assemblage and the Found Object at Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI. The exhibit includes work by 19 national and regional artists. Emmons is exhibiting an installation titled The Laboratory of Eros. Heuer is exhibiting two works, Uma's Wardrobe and Untitled, both mixed-media constructions. The exhibit runs from August 25 through September 28 in the Northwestern Mutual Life Art Gallery on the Stritch campus. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 5 from 5 - 9 p.m.

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