Vol. 35, No. 19 / October 29, 2003

Phuture Phoenix snapshots: connecting kids to college

More than 600 local fifth-grade students visited UW-Green Bay yesterday (Oct. 28) and left with souvenir t-shirts, a better knowledge of this campus and collegiate life, and the confidence that a University education can be part of their future. For just a few snapshots (more to come later), click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.

Guest speaker Jessica Doyle lauds program, organizers

Education advocate Jessica Doyle, wife of Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle, visited campus Tuesday in time to offer a wrapup message for the 600 schoolchildren and several hundred UW-Green Bay students, parents, teachers and others who attended the closing ice cream social. She shared an upbeat message and told the children, "believe in yourself" and don't be distracted from positive, educational goals. She also offered high praise for the UW-Green Bay campus and especially event organizers including Cyndie Shepard for their hard work and "extraordinary" vision in initiating the Phuture Phoenix event.

Newspaper coverage of Phuture Phoenix Day

Young participants, college-age mentors and a local grade-school teacher (UW-Green Bay alumnus Craig Buss, '86) all had great things to tell a Press-Gazette reporter Tuesday about Phuture Phoenix Day. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12959949.shtml.

More potential students (a few years older) will Preview us Thursday, Friday

Thursday and Friday of this week (Oct. 30 and 31) are always two of the biggest days of the year for UW-Green Bay and its Admissions Office. It's time for back-to-back Campus Preview Days, with hundreds of prospective students and their parents visiting for tours and presentations. Research shows Preview Day is an important factor in students choosing UW-Green Bay. To those faculty and staff who volunteer their help, a special thanks! To everyone, especially those in high-traffic locations, be advised that the time is right to refill those reader racks, spruce things up and otherwise get ready for company.

Newspaper coverage of Economic Summit

The Wisconsin Economic Summit wrapped up Tuesday in Milwaukee. While we can expect so see a summary of results soon from the UW System, which co-sponsors the annual event, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has comprehensive coverage and links to multiple stories at http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/oct03/180841.asp.

Spikes, kills, digs — Halloween is perfect for game of the year

Technically, in volleyball it's called a match, but you get the idea. What is described as the biggest regular-season home match in the history of Phoenix women's volleyball takes place at 7 p.m. this Friday (Oct. 31) at the Phoenix Sports Center. The 20-3 UWM Panthers (9-0 in the Horizon League) and the 18-5 Phoenix (8-1) spike it out for first place.

Students participate in multicultural conference at UW-La Crosse

Students Khang Yang, Eutimio Talavera and John Lor had their artwork displayed; Ker Yang and Miguel Jessup submitted poetry; and Theresa Okokon entered a research paper at the American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference Oct. 24-26 at UW-La Crosse. They were among 18 UW-Green Bay students who attended the annual conference sponsored by the UW System and private corporations. American Intercultural Center director Diana Borrero-Lowe and adviser Sao Vue accompanied the group.

Academic Staff professional development funds

The Academic Staff and Professional Development Allocations Committee is currently accepting applications for requests submitted prior to their next meeting, on Nov. 12. Please refer to the application form, available at http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/document_files/ASACApplicationForm03.doc and the guidelines from http://www.uwgb.edu/research/ASAC%20Funding%20Announcement%2003.doc for complete submission requirements. Awardees for 03-04 include: Kathy Altergott, Lucy Arendt, Diane Blohowiak, Debbie Furlong, Paula Ganyard, Leanne Hansen, Jane Lynch, Dan McIver, Gloria Meyer, Lynn Niemi, Lidia Nonn, Sherri Urcavich and Aileen Yingst.

Phoenix women move Badger game to the Resch

They're hoping for a record crowd when the UW-Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team hosts the Wisconsin Badgers at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. It was announced this week that the game will be moved from the cozy Phoenix Sports Center to the more spacious Resch Center to accommodate additional fans. Single-game tickets are still available at the PSC ticket office, ext. 2625.

P.S. — an 'up arrow' for theatrical collaboration 'Wit'

Something we should have included in Monday's edition, but didn't, was an 'up arrow' mention in the Press-Gazette's weekly winners-and-losers editorial page roundup. The item mentioned that "'Wit' opened some eyes" and the writer praised the unique cooperative venture involving UW-Green Bay and Unity Hospice and Palliative Care. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/opinion_12886941.shtml.

'Mockingbird' events kick into high gear

The "One Book, One Campus" program organized by the Friends of the Cofrin Library features an ambitious series of events — practically one per day — over the next two weeks. Separate discussions led by facilitators including Melissa Jackson and Profs. Regan Gurung, Peter Kellogg, Francis Carleton, Derek Jeffreys, Rebecca Meacham, Bryan Vescio, Andrew Kersten and Brian Sutton are on the schedule. For more, see the news release at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2003oct.htm#mockingbird.

Brief

Prof. Lynn Walter, Social Change and Development, is the editor-in-chief of a new six-volume series, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide. She is also the editor of the volume on Europe.

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