UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 35 No. 86



Cofrin Library book sale EPA's Green Bay cruises Sign up for cruises Lake Michigan workshop Chancellor's office hours Nia to perform Messner leaves colleges Golf-watching tip	Vol. 35, No. 86 / August 11, 2004 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. Cofrin Library launches ongoing book sale The Cofrin Library has started an ongoing book sale. The location is the circulation-desk area on the library's 3rd floor. The cost of each and every book is only $1 apiece (exact change requested). Donations are welcome and can be dropped off at the circulation desk. Questions can be directed to Kathy Kanikula in Circulation, ext. 2540 *** * * * * Sea Grant publicizes EPA's Green Bay cruises, set for next Tuesday Want to learn more about Green Bay water quality and Great Lakes issues? Our friends at Sea Grant are extending an invitation to join them for a cruise aboard the W.G. Jackson next Tuesday (Aug. 17). The touring 65-foot outreach and education vessel takes out more than 5,000 people per year on educational cruises (see http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/education) as part of the Making Lake Michigan Great project coordinated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Four cruises will take place on Aug. 17, at 9 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 3 p.m. The Jackson's science instructors and crew provide an educational program for groups of up to 30 adults and children age 8 and above. Featured are hands-on water sampling and analysis opportunities as well as presentations about Lake Michigan, Green Bay and water resource issues of concern. * * * * * Want to cruise? Sign up now Participation in next Tuesday's W.G. Jackson cruises is limited to 30 people on each of the four trips, on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no charge for the cruise. Register by contacting Victoria Harris or Kim McKeefry at the UW-Sea Grant Institute on campus, 465-2798. or email harrisv@uwgb.edu. Please dress appropriately for the weather. The boat is docked at Wisconsin Public Service on the Fox River, just north of the Holiday Inn City Centre. Parking is available in the WPS visitor lot. * * * * * Lake Michigan restoration, protection focus of Tuesday workshop The Tuesday morning mini-cruises leaving from downtown Green Bay are likely to include attendees of that afternoon's major conference at the KI Center. Called the Lake Michigan Restoration and Protection Priorities Workshop, it will include presentations as well as opportunities for citizen input. The event has backing from the Great Lakes Council of Governors, the Great Lakes Commission, the Wisconsin DNR and Sea Grant. Contat Victoria Harris at harrisv@uwgb.edu if you'd like more information. * * * * * Chancellor Shepard's open office hours are posted The open office hours for UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard have been posted for fall semester 2004. No appointments necessary... just stop by to talk... click http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/openoffice.htm ...and choose your time. * * * * * University's Nia to dance at Green Bay birthday bash Rain or shine, the city of Green Bay's 150th birthday bash and parade go on this Saturday (Aug. 14) at Leicht Memorial Park on the west end of Main Street's Ray Nitschke Bridge. Scheduled to perform at one of the park's stages will be the Nia African dance troupe from UW-Green Bay, at 11 a.m. Free carriage rides leaving from the Meyer Theatre, plenty of food and drink, bed races, games, and historical re-enactments are also part of the fun. * * * * * Another UW System chancellor departs This time, it's William Messner, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, who ends his tenure on Aug. 31 to accept the presidency of Holyoke Community College in western Massachusetts. There's more on line at http://www.wisinfo.com/heraldtimes/news/archive/local_17209003.shtml. * * * * * Finally, a golf-watching tip If you happen to be watching golf on TV this weekend — given all the hype, it will be hard not to — look for familiar faces, especially along the rope lines on Hole No. 2. We're told a contingent from the Green Bay area including folks from UW-Green Bay (Franz, Pums and others) will be stationed there as volunteer marshals and "Quiet, please" crowd hushers. * * * * *** 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.

Cofrin Library book sale

EPA's Green Bay cruises

Sign up for cruises

Lake Michigan workshop

Chancellor's office hours

Nia to perform

Messner leaves colleges

Golf-watching tip

Vol. 35, No. 86 / August 11, 2004

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.

Cofrin Library launches ongoing book sale

The Cofrin Library has started an ongoing book sale. The location is the circulation-desk area on the library's 3rd floor. The cost of each and every book is only $1 apiece (exact change requested). Donations are welcome and can be dropped off at the circulation desk. Questions can be directed to Kathy Kanikula in Circulation, ext. 2540

* * * * *

Sea Grant publicizes EPA's Green Bay cruises, set for next Tuesday

Want to learn more about Green Bay water quality and Great Lakes issues? Our friends at Sea Grant are extending an invitation to join them for a cruise aboard the W.G. Jackson next Tuesday (Aug. 17). The touring 65-foot outreach and education vessel takes out more than 5,000 people per year on educational cruises (see http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/education) as part of the Making Lake Michigan Great project coordinated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Four cruises will take place on Aug. 17, at 9 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 3 p.m. The Jackson's science instructors and crew provide an educational program for groups of up to 30 adults and children age 8 and above. Featured are hands-on water sampling and analysis opportunities as well as presentations about Lake Michigan, Green Bay and water resource issues of concern.

* * * * *

Want to cruise? Sign up now

Participation in next Tuesday's W.G. Jackson cruises is limited to 30 people on each of the four trips, on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no charge for the cruise. Register by contacting Victoria Harris or Kim McKeefry at the UW-Sea Grant Institute on campus, 465-2798. or email harrisv@uwgb.edu. Please dress appropriately for the weather. The boat is docked at Wisconsin Public Service on the Fox River, just north of the Holiday Inn City Centre. Parking is available in the WPS visitor lot.

* * * * *

Lake Michigan restoration, protection focus of Tuesday workshop

The Tuesday morning mini-cruises leaving from downtown Green Bay are likely to include attendees of that afternoon's major conference at the KI Center. Called the Lake Michigan Restoration and Protection Priorities Workshop, it will include presentations as well as opportunities for citizen input. The event has backing from the Great Lakes Council of Governors, the Great Lakes Commission, the Wisconsin DNR and Sea Grant. Contat Victoria Harris at harrisv@uwgb.edu if you'd like more information.

* * * * *

Chancellor Shepard's open office hours are posted

The open office hours for UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard have been posted for fall semester 2004. No appointments necessary... just stop by to talk... click http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/openoffice.htm ...and choose your time.

* * * * *

University's Nia to dance at Green Bay birthday bash

Rain or shine, the city of Green Bay's 150th birthday bash and parade go on this Saturday (Aug. 14) at Leicht Memorial Park on the west end of Main Street's Ray Nitschke Bridge. Scheduled to perform at one of the park's stages will be the Nia African dance troupe from UW-Green Bay, at 11 a.m. Free carriage rides leaving from the Meyer Theatre, plenty of food and drink, bed races, games, and historical re-enactments are also part of the fun.

* * * * *

Another UW System chancellor departs

This time, it's William Messner, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, who ends his tenure on Aug. 31 to accept the presidency of Holyoke Community College in western Massachusetts. There's more on line at http://www.wisinfo.com/heraldtimes/news/archive/local_17209003.shtml.

* * * * *

Finally, a golf-watching tip

If you happen to be watching golf on TV this weekend — given all the hype, it will be hard not to — look for familiar faces, especially along the rope lines on Hole No. 2. We're told a contingent from the Green Bay area including folks from UW-Green Bay (Franz, Pums and others) will be stationed there as volunteer marshals and "Quiet, please" crowd hushers.

* * * * *

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.