UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 35 No. 82



New president could be named this week Wisconsin Poet Laureate ESPN, men's hoops Weidner contest winner Municipal Clerks/Treasurers makes impact downtown Need for more financial aid U.S. passports for travelers Interim director of International Education Brief	Vol. 35, No. 82 / July 21, 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. Columnist says Regents, new president face tough task Look for more news late this week on appointment of a successor to Katharine Lyall as UW System President. Regents are scheduled to interview the four finalists on Thursday. Meanwhile, pundit Tom Still makes a good point in his weekly syndicated column: The successful candidate is really going to have to be an optimist. See http://www.wisopinion.com/index.iml?mdl=article.mdl&article=379. *** * * * * Dee Sweet a finalist for Wisconsin Poet Laureate Associate Prof. Denise Sweet of Humanistic Studies is a finalist for the position of Wisconsin Poet Laureate. A selection committee is offering its recommendations to Gov. Jim Doyle. Poets under consideration are Sweet, John Lehman of Cambridge and Tom Montag of Fairwater. The successor to outgoing laureate Ellen Kort will have a charge "to serve as a herald for Wisconsin's poets and their work, to promote poetry statewide, and to enrich the lives of our citizens by sharing and encouraging the gift of poetry." Kort's three-year term is up Aug. 31. * * * * * ESPN game at home, Big Ten on road for men's basketball The Phoenix men's basketball program formally announced its 2004-05 schedule this week. An ESPN "Bracket Buster" appearance and road games against the Wisconsin Badgers and Michigan State Spartans are highlights. See http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/mbb/071904.html. * * * * * Prize winner offers testimonial for Weidner Center Becky Wendlick of Suamico, a long-time Weidner Center season ticket holder, was selected as the winner and presented with her prize package in the Earlybird subscriber renewal contest. Weidner Center folks met Becky at her workplace to deliver free tickets, a box of Seroogy's chocolates and flowers from Enchanted Florist. The winner had this to say about her Weidner experiences, "It's wonderful! To live near a city the size of Green Bay and have such a high quality performing arts center is just fabulous. My husband and I really enjoy bringing our children to the Weidner. They always get so excited to see live shows and talk about it for weeks after." * * * * * Ideas to boost downtown Green Bay? Hold a Municipal Institute every week! UW-Green Bay helped energize downtown Green Bay last week by holding most of the annual Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute at the Regency Center. We're told that the week-long conference — organized by Outreach and Extension for several hundred municipal officials from around the state — was the Regency's biggest booking for July. Conference-goers filled the Suites and spilled over to the Days Inn and Holiday Inn nearby. When they weren't pursuing continuing education, they helped the local economy in other ways, too: Bags full of Younkers merchandise served as the unofficial conference badge once attendees discovered the store's final clearance sale. * * * * *** Press-Gazette notes need for more financial aid Concerning the relative affordability of a college education these days, it's easy to get mixed signals. Federal tax breaks have had a positive impact, as recent studies show, but gains are being erased by massive state disinvestment in higher ed. The editorial page editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette tries to make sense of the trends, at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/opinion_16926051.shtml. *** * * * * Of possible interest: U.S. passports for travelers The Brown County Clerk's Office is now advertising itself as an approved agent for accepting U.S. Passport Applications, providing "one-stop shopping" with: • various Passport application forms • photography service as required • proximity to vital records, if needed Staff are available to help and will review material for completeness and supporting documentation. Service is available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Applicants will need to provide a certified copy of their birth certificate or previously issued Passport, two passport photos, photo identification (driver's license) and fees. There are special requirements for children and young teens. Total fees are under $100, payable by local check. Further questions may be directed to the county Clerk's Office at (920) 448-4000. Or visit http://www.travel.state.gov/passport_services.html. * * * * * Harris will direct International Education for 2004-05 Already announced on campus, but noted here for archival purposes and for the benefit of off-campus readers: The acting director of international education for 2004-2005 will be John "Jay" Harris. A doctoral candidate in Global Education and Social Issues at Ohio State, he coordinated the UW-Green Bay visit of Pakistani scholars earlier this year. Prof. Cristina Ortiz, director of international education, is on sabbatical for the coming academic year. * * * * * Brief Prof. Sarah Meredith, Communication and the Arts, was guest adjudicator at the 18th International Voice Competition of Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky, May 24-29, in Trnava, Slovakia. A total of 86 singers from 12 different countries participated. (Other adjudicators included Gabriela Benackova, soprano, National Opera Theater, Prague; Pia-Gunn Anckar, professor of voice, Turku, Finland; Guy Montovan, of the Opera Erfurt Germany; Henri Maier of Opera Leipzig; and the director, Prof. Eva Blahova of Bratislava, Slovakia, who was a guest artist at UW-Green Bay in October 2002.) During her May visit, Meredith taught master classes at the Prague Conservatory in the Czech Republic for four days. Meredith's trip was supported by the US Embassy, Bratislava, Slovakia. * * * * *** 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.

New president could be named this week

Wisconsin Poet Laureate

ESPN, men's hoops

Weidner contest winner

Municipal Clerks/Treasurers makes impact downtown

Need for more financial aid

U.S. passports for travelers

Interim director of International Education

Brief

Vol. 35, No. 82 / July 21, 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.

Columnist says Regents, new president face tough task

Look for more news late this week on appointment of a successor to Katharine Lyall as UW System President. Regents are scheduled to interview the four finalists on Thursday. Meanwhile, pundit Tom Still makes a good point in his weekly syndicated column: The successful candidate is really going to have to be an optimist. See http://www.wisopinion.com/index.iml?mdl=article.mdl&article=379.

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Dee Sweet a finalist for Wisconsin Poet Laureate

Associate Prof. Denise Sweet of Humanistic Studies is a finalist for the position of Wisconsin Poet Laureate. A selection committee is offering its recommendations to Gov. Jim Doyle. Poets under consideration are Sweet, John Lehman of Cambridge and Tom Montag of Fairwater. The successor to outgoing laureate Ellen Kort will have a charge "to serve as a herald for Wisconsin's poets and their work, to promote poetry statewide, and to enrich the lives of our citizens by sharing and encouraging the gift of poetry." Kort's three-year term is up Aug. 31.

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ESPN game at home, Big Ten on road for men's basketball

The Phoenix men's basketball program formally announced its 2004-05 schedule this week. An ESPN "Bracket Buster" appearance and road games against the Wisconsin Badgers and Michigan State Spartans are highlights. See http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/mbb/071904.html.

* * * * *

Prize winner offers testimonial for Weidner Center

Becky Wendlick of Suamico, a long-time Weidner Center season ticket holder, was selected as the winner and presented with her prize package in the Earlybird subscriber renewal contest. Weidner Center folks met Becky at her workplace to deliver free tickets, a box of Seroogy's chocolates and flowers from Enchanted Florist. The winner had this to say about her Weidner experiences, "It's wonderful! To live near a city the size of Green Bay and have such a high quality performing arts center is just fabulous. My husband and I really enjoy bringing our children to the Weidner. They always get so excited to see live shows and talk about it for weeks after."

* * * * *

Ideas to boost downtown Green Bay? Hold a Municipal Institute every week!

UW-Green Bay helped energize downtown Green Bay last week by holding most of the annual Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute at the Regency Center. We're told that the week-long conference — organized by Outreach and Extension for several hundred municipal officials from around the state — was the Regency's biggest booking for July. Conference-goers filled the Suites and spilled over to the Days Inn and Holiday Inn nearby. When they weren't pursuing continuing education, they helped the local economy in other ways, too: Bags full of Younkers merchandise served as the unofficial conference badge once attendees discovered the store's final clearance sale.

* * * * *

Press-Gazette notes need for more financial aid

Concerning the relative affordability of a college education these days, it's easy to get mixed signals. Federal tax breaks have had a positive impact, as recent studies show, but gains are being erased by massive state disinvestment in higher ed. The editorial page editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette tries to make sense of the trends, at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/opinion_16926051.shtml.

* * * * *

Of possible interest: U.S. passports for travelers

The Brown County Clerk's Office is now advertising itself as an approved agent for accepting U.S. Passport Applications, providing "one-stop shopping" with:

• various Passport application forms
• photography service as required
• proximity to vital records, if needed

Staff are available to help and will review material for completeness and supporting documentation. Service is available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Applicants will need to provide a certified copy of their birth certificate or previously issued Passport, two passport photos, photo identification (driver's license) and fees. There are special requirements for children and young teens. Total fees are under $100, payable by local check. Further questions may be directed to the county Clerk's Office at (920) 448-4000. Or visit http://www.travel.state.gov/passport_services.html.

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Harris will direct International Education for 2004-05

Already announced on campus, but noted here for archival purposes and for the benefit of off-campus readers: The acting director of international education for 2004-2005 will be John "Jay" Harris. A doctoral candidate in Global Education and Social Issues at Ohio State, he coordinated the UW-Green Bay visit of Pakistani scholars earlier this year. Prof. Cristina Ortiz, director of international education, is on sabbatical for the coming academic year.

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Brief

Prof. Sarah Meredith, Communication and the Arts, was guest adjudicator at the 18th International Voice Competition of Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky, May 24-29, in Trnava, Slovakia. A total of 86 singers from 12 different countries participated. (Other adjudicators included Gabriela Benackova, soprano, National Opera Theater, Prague; Pia-Gunn Anckar, professor of voice, Turku, Finland; Guy Montovan, of the Opera Erfurt Germany; Henri Maier of Opera Leipzig; and the director, Prof. Eva Blahova of Bratislava, Slovakia, who was a guest artist at UW-Green Bay in October 2002.) During her May visit, Meredith taught master classes at the Prague Conservatory in the Czech Republic for four days. Meredith's trip was supported by the US Embassy, Bratislava, Slovakia.

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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.