UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 35 No. 13



Phone books are here Chancellor testifies at Assembly hearing Chancellor is pro-sabbatical Residence Life project is up for vote Regents admit error on salary-vote process Story shows student researcher in action Benefits package program Brief	Vol. 35, No. 13 / October 9, 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. The new phone books are here! The new and improved 2003-04 campus phone directories have been delivered. They are available for pick-up in the Marketing/Communications Office, but please remember that the phone books are distributed only to offices and units, and not singly, to individuals. (It is done that way to better account for the limited supply.) To receive your allotment, have your designated phone-books-picker-upper report to CL 815, any weekday, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. * * * * * Chancellor testifies on Assembly bill concerning sabbaticals Chancellor Bruce Shepard was the UW System chancellor designated to testify Tuesday in Madison on AB 377, a proposal to require the Board of Regents to fund sabbatical leaves by gifts and grants, instead of general-purpose revenue. Newspaper coverage is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12654702.shtml. * * * * * Testimony is archived on the Web UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard says efforts to restrict sabbaticals threaten a vital professional development tool that directly benefits student learning at UW-Green Bay. "We (do) have a sabbatical problem. The problem is that we have too few sabbaticals. For the average of about 30 faculty who could be eligible each year for a sabbatical, we award only four or five... (If anything), we need to be providing more sabbaticals." His testimony before the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities is archived at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/remarks/sabbatical.htm. * * * * * Self-funded project to improve Residence Life center is up for vote A proposal to expand the Community Center at Residence Life is on the Board of Regents agenda in Oshkosh today. The project, approved several years ago as part of the capital budget, needs a final go-ahead for groundbreaking next spring. It will require no taxpayer support and will be funded by housing reserves. Target date for completion is fall 2004. Today's Green Bay Press-Gazette has coverage at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12669634.shtml. * * * * * Regents apologize to lawmakers for process, but not intent In this fall's first public, face-to-face meeting between UW System Regents and state lawmakers, apologies were offered. Regent VP David Walsh told an Assembly committee this week that he regrets the way in which the Board of Regents handled the recent vote, but added that the idea of boosting salaries to make executive vacancies more attractive remains worthy of consideration. Associated Press coverage is at http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/states/wisconsin/6957292.htm. * * * * * Story shows student researcher in action In case you missed it, Juny Lee, an environmental science major, was the subject of a nice "School Zone" feature in Tuesday's edition of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. He breeds betta fish to study genetics and water quality. He also serves as president of the Southeast Asian Student Union. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12542466.shtml. * * * * * Reminder: benefit package program is today Sponsored by the Academic Staff Professional Development Committee, and presented by Pam Spangenberg, benefits specialist at UW-Green Bay, an informational session on benefits will be presented at two different times today (Thursday, Oct. 9) in the Unions 1965 Room. The sessions are at 2 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. * * * * * Brief Prof. Victoria Goff, Information and Computer Science, presented a paper titled "Generations: Women Defining the Westward Experience" at the 2003 American Journalism Historians Association conference, which was held in Billings, Montana, October 1-5, 2003. Goff also moderated a panel at the conference. * * * * * 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.

Phone books are here

Chancellor testifies at Assembly hearing

Chancellor is pro-sabbatical

Residence Life project is up for vote

Regents admit error on salary-vote process

Story shows student researcher in action

Benefits package program

Brief

Vol. 35, No. 13 / October 9, 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.

The new phone books are here!

The new and improved 2003-04 campus phone directories have been delivered. They are available for pick-up in the Marketing/Communications Office, but please remember that the phone books are distributed only to offices and units, and not singly, to individuals. (It is done that way to better account for the limited supply.) To receive your allotment, have your designated phone-books-picker-upper report to CL 815, any weekday, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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Chancellor testifies on Assembly bill concerning sabbaticals

Chancellor Bruce Shepard was the UW System chancellor designated to testify Tuesday in Madison on AB 377, a proposal to require the Board of Regents to fund sabbatical leaves by gifts and grants, instead of general-purpose revenue. Newspaper coverage is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12654702.shtml.

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Testimony is archived on the Web

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard says efforts to restrict sabbaticals threaten a vital professional development tool that directly benefits student learning at UW-Green Bay. "We (do) have a sabbatical problem. The problem is that we have too few sabbaticals. For the average of about 30 faculty who could be eligible each year for a sabbatical, we award only four or five... (If anything), we need to be providing more sabbaticals." His testimony before the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities is archived at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/remarks/sabbatical.htm.

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Self-funded project to improve Residence Life center is up for vote

A proposal to expand the Community Center at Residence Life is on the Board of Regents agenda in Oshkosh today. The project, approved several years ago as part of the capital budget, needs a final go-ahead for groundbreaking next spring. It will require no taxpayer support and will be funded by housing reserves. Target date for completion is fall 2004. Today's Green Bay Press-Gazette has coverage at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12669634.shtml.

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Regents apologize to lawmakers for process, but not intent

In this fall's first public, face-to-face meeting between UW System Regents and state lawmakers, apologies were offered. Regent VP David Walsh told an Assembly committee this week that he regrets the way in which the Board of Regents handled the recent vote, but added that the idea of boosting salaries to make executive vacancies more attractive remains worthy of consideration. Associated Press coverage is at http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/states/wisconsin/6957292.htm.

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Story shows student researcher in action

In case you missed it, Juny Lee, an environmental science major, was the subject of a nice "School Zone" feature in Tuesday's edition of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. He breeds betta fish to study genetics and water quality. He also serves as president of the Southeast Asian Student Union. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_12542466.shtml.

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Reminder: benefit package program is today

Sponsored by the Academic Staff Professional Development Committee, and presented by Pam Spangenberg, benefits specialist at UW-Green Bay, an informational session on benefits will be presented at two different times today (Thursday, Oct. 9) in the Unions 1965 Room. The sessions are at 2 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.

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Brief

Prof. Victoria Goff, Information and Computer Science, presented a paper titled "Generations: Women Defining the Westward Experience" at the 2003 American Journalism Historians Association conference, which was held in Billings, Montana, October 1-5, 2003. Goff also moderated a panel at the conference.

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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.