Vol. 35, No. 61 / April 8, 2004

Lyall reminder

Katharine Lyall makes what is likely to be the last official UW-Green Bay visit of her 13-year tenure as UW System president today (April 8). Lyall will speak from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Union's 1965 Room to a regularly scheduled meeting of the campus Leadership Forum, which includes representation of constituency groups, academic units and offices across campus. The meeting is open to all.

Minneapolis columnist praises (indirectly) UW System administration

UW System officials are fond of touting their claim to one of the lowest overheads of any system in America. When someone in another state holds us up as a model, you know there must be something to it. A Minneapolis columnist wrote a piece titled, "Why tuition is more for Minnesotans." See http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4692526.html.

Horton hears a promotion, to new UW Extension post

Congratulations are in order for Yvonne Horton, Northeast District director for Cooperative Extension, who has been appointed to new responsibilities with the statewide system. Horton will serve as the new Cooperative Extension associate dean and associate director, effective July 6. Horton has a doctorate from the University of Illinois and master's and bachelor's of science degrees from Howard University. As a regional director since 1999, she has provided leadership for more than 80 faculty and academic staff. She is currently based on the UW-Green Bay campus, with offices in CL 733.

Journalism group honors 4E with staff, individual awards

The Fourth Estate has received another prestigious award for overall excellence in student journalism. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded the 4E the second-place prize in the category of best all-around non-daily newspaper in the Society's Region Six which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Fourth Estate received the award for its Dec. 4, 2003, issue, which covered the Phoenix volleyball team's NCAA bid, Gen. Wesley Clark's visit to campus and other topics. Also recognized was Ryan Bandoch, Wausau, with a first-place award in sports-writing. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004apr.htm#award.

12th annual UW-Green Bay Powwow is Saturday

The Intertribal Student Council's 12th annual UW-Green Bay Powwow will be held Saturday (April 10) at the Phoenix Sports Center. Grand entries will begin at 1 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Wind Eagle Singers, Menominee, will be the host drum. Invited drums are Cumberland Singers, St. Croix Ojibway; Sacred Leader Singers, Oneida; Four Nations Singers, Stockbridge-Munsee; and Junior Deadgrass, Menominee.The head dancers are UW-Green Bay students Darwin Dick, Menominee, and Kyla Newbanks, Oneida. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004apr.htm#powwow.

Columnist calls it 'Right-Wing Propaganda,' and he'll tell you why

Journalist and author Joe Conason will speak on "The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine" at 10 a.m. Friday, April 16, in the Christie Theater. Conason, a former national correspondent for The Village Voice, has written a popular political column for the New York Observer since 1992, and served as the newspaper's executive editor from 1992 to 1997. He also writes "Joe Conason's Journal," a daily weblog that is among widely read features on Salon.com, the Internet magazine. His free talk is part of the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004apr.htm#conason.

In the news this week: Social Work students, on two different projects

Social Work students led by Kimberly Collins and Mary Sponholtz conducted a news conference in which they shared the results of a telephone survey — conducted by 30 students involving about 500 Brown County residents. Among the findings: nearly 46 percent of respondents said they knew someone who had used the county's Mental Health Center, but 95.6 percent said they didn't know a lot about the center despite years of political debate about its future. On another project, students Stephanie Osgood, Beck Pasterski and Theresa Okokon, representing the Social Work Club and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, are raising money for members of their groups to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend a women's issues rally in late April. The MHC story is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_15500772.shtml. The D.C. march story is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_15527917.shtml.

UW-Green Bay gets ink in Race and Ethnicity newsletter

UW-Green Bay was very much in the news in the winter 2004 issue of Kaleidoscope II, the newsletter of the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. Campus names appeared on a byline on a feature article, a grant announcement, and reports on Institute-supported reading groups. Read on for details.

Abel report selected for scholarship feature

A paper by Prof. Troy Abel, Public and Environmental Affairs, and graduate student Alex Vasiliev is the "Adventures in Ideas" feature highlighting scholarship of UW System faculty and staff. "Environmental Injustice in the St. Louis and Milwaukee Riskscapes: Beyond Skewed Geopolitics," is the title of the piece reporting on research Abel began several years ago in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and that he has extended to Wisconsin and Milwaukee since joining the faculty at UW-Green Bay. A grant from the Institute on Race and Ethnicity supported the Wisconsin research.

Meacham, Vescio get curriculum grant

The newsletter announced a curriculum development grant to Professors Rebecca Meacham and Bryan Vescio, Humanistic Studies/English. They won the award to develop a new course, English 344: African-American Literature. It will be a standing, three-credit, variable content course, repeatable up to six credits. The grant helped to support a materials library, a student trip to the Black Holocaust Museum, seed money for a diversity initiative award, and travel to a Black Writers Conference.

Institute book group report includes photo of Olson-Coates group

The list of book group reports includes three from UW-Green Bay. They were led by Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development; Ellen Olson, Affirmative Action, and Prof. James Coates, Education; and Prof. Kim Nielson, Social Change and Development. Seven members of the Olson-Coates group are pictured, including Dan Spielmann, Alem Asres of NWTC, Sue K. Hammersmith, Coates, Frances Coates, Ron Morris, and Olson. Not present were Juliet Cole and Melissa Jackson.

Carnegie Scholar is guest speaker for 'Deeper Understanding' teaching talk

UW-Green Bay's distance-learning room, IS 1034, will be a downlink site for a statewide session in the Women and Science Program from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. The topic is "Teaching and Learning for Deeper Understanding." The presenter is two-time Carnegie Scholar William Cerbin, a professor of psychology and a UW-La Crosse and UW system leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning. If you'd like to attend, contact Prof. Heidi Fencl, NAS, at ext 2261.

Events shaping up for Earth Week

Mark your calendars for Earth Week observances on campus Monday, April 19 through Saturday, April 24. Round River Alliance members are planning events including clean-ups, birding, speakers and tree planting. Volunteers and attendees are invited for all. On Earth Day, April 22, highlights will include an EcoFair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Phoenix Room C of University Union, highlighting area businesses who are making a difference in the community environmentally, a presentation by representatives of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary at 12:30 p.m. at a location to be determined, and the opportunity to volunteer at the NEW Zoo from 4 to 8 p.m.

UW System will hire outside legal adviser on public-meeting requirements

Newspapers are reporting the story that the University of Wisconsin System, after months of criticism involving alleged open-meeting-law violations, will retain outside legal counsel to advise the Board of Regents as future issues arise. The Capital Times had coverage at http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=tct:2004:04:06:368082:FRONT.

Meanwhile...

In an unrelated note, sort of, the University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville is getting big public press for a decision to reveal all in its search for a new president. Meetings, candidate names, interviews will all be done in public, even webcast. See http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/04/06/uoftenn.president.ap/index.html.

Students take textile show to St. Mary's Hospital

UW-Green Bay students Marian Puckett and Molly LeGreve-Karjala have curated an exhibition of textile art now on display at St. Mary's Hospital, Green Bay. The show includes work by Puckett, LeGreve-Karjala, Michelle Harris, Jo Watson, and Joanie Bachhuber, as well as the work of various community members. Curator LeGreve-Karjala says in her statement, "Part of the fun of viewing this exhibit is to examine what textile materials each artist chose to express their ideas."

Tickets on sale Monday for Mexican Lunch

Start celebrating Cinco de Mayo early and make plans to attend the Mexical Cultural Cuisine Luncheon on Friday, April 30, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Phoenix Room. Cost is $9.00 for faculty/staff, $10 for community members and $7.50 for students. Tickets can be purchased starting Monday (April 12) at the University Information Center in the Union. Call 465-2200, ext. 18, if you have any questions.

Lunch bonus: the outstanding Ricardo Vogt

Talented student musician Ricardo Vogt, recently awarded an Outstanding Performance Award at a major Midwest collegiate jazz festival, is featured performer at the cultural cuisine luncheon on April 30. Vogt, a native of Brazil, will entertain with guitar and vocals.

WBAY-TV covers campus safety efforts

In the wake of the Audrey Seiler case in Madison, TV station WBAY Channel 2 localized the story with a look at new campus safety issues at UW-Green Bay. A text transcription of their coverage of the special safety task force is archived at their Website, http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=1763655&nav=51s7M44W.

More golf news: Shorewood's WSGA status means more discounts

Shorewood Golf Course has become a member of the Wisconsin State Golf Association and the Golf Course Owners of Wisconsin. Individuals can sign up with Shorewood for $18 and receive 10% off greens fees (or for $50 and an MVP membership, receive 25% off greens fee) at more than 65 courses statewide. If you like to travel the state and play golf, this program can save you money. The complete list of the participating courses in located at: http://www.wsga.org/courses.html.

Still more golf news: a Shorewood golf library

Remember — Shorewood Golf Course is here to support and grow your interest in the game of golf. Please feel free to come out and practice, putt, play a quick round or read up on the latest golf information. New for this season is the Shorewood Golf Library. In cooperation with the Cofrin Library and contributions from my own collection, Shorewood has a nice selection of golf-themed books and publications available for checkout or for reading at your leisure in the clubhouse. There are game improvement, golf history, and fiction, and non-fiction books about the game of golf. Come out and learn more about the game of a lifetime.

Women host Butler in softball

We haven't yet heard otherwise, so assume Friday's home opener for women's softball is still on. The Phoenix is scheduled to play Butler in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. April 9. A singleheader is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday.

Required Safety Training for New Employees

All new employees are required to attend one session of New Employee Safety Orientation and Emergency Response Training. Training will include the required introduction to Hazard Communication and an overview of Campus emergency procedures.

Next scheduled session: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 from 3 - 4:15 PM in IS 1034
Future sessions: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 from 11 AM - 12:15 PM in IS 1034
Please call Public Safety, 2300 (press "2"), to register

Briefs

Karen Lacey, MS, RD, CD, a lecturer in Human Biology, was awarded the Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award by the American Dietetic Association Board of Directors in March. This award is given in recognition of achievements as a teacher, mentor, and leader in a didactic program in dietetics.

Dr. Diane Mulroney, a lecturer in Spanish, presented a paper at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge. It was the 5th Annual Conference on Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies. The title of her paper was: "Sex and the Spirit: The Circulation of Female Homoerotic Desire in Sor Marcela de San Felix's 'Death of Desire'." An abstract on this topic was also accepted by the Association of Women Writers of Spain and the Americas for a special session at the Modern Language Association's annual conference in December 2004.

Prof. Emerita Elaine N. McIntosh will be honored along with 26 other writers at the 17th annual Regional Author's Autograph Party at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, April 24. Her newest book, "The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Food, Nutrition, and Health" was published by the Center for Western Studies at Augustana where McIntosh is an alumnae. She'll be recognized as a leading regional author at a dinner the evening prior to the autograph party. McIntosh is a South Dakota native. The event is sponsored by the Center for Western Studies as part of a two-day Dakota Conference.

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