Vol. 35, No. 51 / March 1, 2004

Christian Akiwowo wins 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award

Plan now to attend the annual alumni awards evening on Saturday, March 20. It was announced today that Christian Akiwowo '74 will receive the Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award. A clinical psychologist, he founded Alajobi Rehabilitative Services, Chicago, in 1994, fulfilling a lifelong dream to directly impact the cycle of hopelessness facing abused and neglected children. Akiwowo, a top student and Phoenix Hall-of-Fame soccer player in the early 1970s, went on to earn a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Loyola University.

Gathering will also honor...

All members of the UW-Green Bay community are invited to attend the 2004 Alumni Awards and Recognition Dinner on Saturday, March 20, at the University Union. A 5 p.m. social is followed by a 6 p.m. dinner and a 7 p.m. awards program. The cost is $15 per person. Along with presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award to Christian Akiwowo, honors include:

— Distinguished Service Awards to retiring members of the board of directors;
— Recognition of past presidents of the Alumni Association;
— Recognition of Cornerstone Society members;
— Presentation of the Outstanding Master's Thesis.

The registration deadline is Monday, March 15. Contact Mark Brunette, director of donor and alumni relations, at (920) 465-2586, or email alumni@uwgb.edu

Pakistani educators arrive

Six members of a visiting delegation from Pakistan here to learn more about the American education system arrived safe and sound in Green Bay on Saturday. For an overview of their mission, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004feb.htm#pakistan.

What is TABOR and why should anyone care? Regents will discuss

Members of the UW Board of Regents will meet with a key legislator Thursday to discuss the so-called Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR), which is pending before the state Legislature. TABOR, which would limit annual state spending increases to the rate of inflation and population growth, will be the topic of discussion when the board's Business and Finance Committee meets with Assembly Speaker John Gard. Citing Colorado's experience with similar legislation, the UW System has expressed concern about TABOR's potential impact on higher education.

UW-Green Bay's Pletcher to address Regents on technology

UW-Green Bay's own Kathy Pletcher, associate provost for information services, will participate in a panel presentation to the Regents on transforming higher education through technology. Pletcher and other panelists will talk about how technology applications being used by students, faculty and researchers are having an impact on teaching and learning across the UW-System.

Student vocalist Covi is Young Artists finalist

Among Wisconsin Public Radio's finalists for its Neale-Silva Young Artist Competition is UW-Green Bay vocal student Kathleen Covi. The next competition is Sunday (March 7) in Madison and the winners will perform in concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the Elvehjem Museum of Art in a concert airing over Wisconsin Public Radio. Covi, believed to be the first UW-Green Bay student finalist, studies with Associate Prof. Sarah Meredith.

What's the plan? Listen, then respond

Listening sessions to inform the campus master plan will be tomorrow and Wednesday (March 2 and 3). For times and locations go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004feb.htm#plan.

Education students' survey of favorite teachers leads to conference presentation

Adjunct Education instructor Bernard Vanden Berk and UW-Green Bay pre-service teachers Carrie Richter, Stacy Scott and Vince Czahor are presenting at the Wisconsin Council of Social Studies 2004 Great Lakes Regional Conference in Madison on March 22. Their topic is How the Best Social Studies Teachers "Get Task Commitment." Forty-nine UW-Green Bay pre-service social studies teachers (K-12) interviewed "the best social studies teachers they ever had" to collect examples. The presentation is described as "interactive and lively," using a game-show format along with technology to demonstrate the importance of task commitment and how to achieve it in social studies classrooms.

Nominations? Top student researchers to present at Capitol rotunda

The Institute for Research, Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies and Provost Sue Hammersmith are promoting a great new opportunity for students to showcase their research, Posters in the Rotunda: Undergraduate Research on Display in Wisconsin's Capital. The one-day event on April 27 is intended to highlight the extent, quality, and value of undergraduate involvement in faculty-guided research projects. Students and faculty from all UW schools will have the opportunity to display their work for Wisconsin legislators in the Capitol Rotunda. If you are interested in having a particular student project highlighted and presented, visit the Institute for Research Web site (http://www.uwgb.edu/research) to view an information sheet and complete an application. Deadline is next Friday, March 12. All applications should be e-mailed to nonnl@uwgb.edu If you have any questions, please contact Lidia Nonn at ext. 2565.

Student choral concert includes preview of Italy tour

A vocal ensemble leaving soon for Italy offers a preview Saturday evening (March 6) at UW-Green Bay's spring choral concert. The 24-member Italy Tour Ensemble, comprised of the Phoenix Chorale with several members of the Concert Choir, is part of a study-travel course going to Florence, Italy during spring break March 12-20. They will perform in churches in Florence and nearby Scandicci. Their program will range from works by Palestrina to arrangements of Shaker songs and traditional spirituals, and compositions by living American composers. Director William Witwer, director of choral activities, is one of the faculty leaders for the "Tones of Florence" travel course.

Collegium Musicum returns... with music from the 1300s

A reinstituted Collegium Musicum will join the aforementioned Italy Tour Ensemble and the Concert Choir, University Chorus, combined Women's Chorus and combined Men's Chorus in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Weidner Center. The Collegium Musicum, an early-music ensemble which had been inactive at UW-Green Bay for several years, is directed by Terence O'Grady and will feature special guest faculty Catherine Henze on viola da gamba and Stefan Hall on lute. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004feb.htm#choral.

Swing Era lives at Jazz Ensemble concert

The sounds of Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Louis Prima will fill the Weidner Center when Jazz Ensemble I performs under the direction of John Salerno at the UW-Green Bay winter jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday (March 5). The UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz Ensemble will present a varied program at the concert, and there will be a special appearance by the River City Six with Zoomie. For more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004feb.htm#swing.

Good review for Moliere comedy

"UWGB cast lively, poetic in 'Tartuffe,'" said the newspaper review. Shows this week are Wednesday through Saturday (March 3-6) in the Weidner's cozy Studio Two. Call ahead for tickets. See the review at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/et_14923129.shtml.

Reminder: Weidner's 2-for-1 deal on Oxymoron

Faculty and staff can purchase two tickets for the price of one for "The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?" show at the Meyer Theatre. The special is for the 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday (March 2 and 3) shows. Mention the special code word "comedy" when ordering at 465-2217 or online at http://www.weidnercenter.com.

Boris talks about women's labor — the industrial kind

Eileen Boris, a scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara with a long and distinguished career as a historian of women's and labor issues, will speak on "The Politics of Consumption: Women Against the Sweatshop, Past and Present" at 10 a.m. Friday (March 5) in the Union's Christie Theatre. The Center for History and Social Change event is free and open to the public. For more, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004feb.htm#boris.

Nielson reads and leads from her new Helen Keller biography

Celebrate Women's History Month by joining UWGB professor Kim Nielsen at the Reader's Loft (611 George St., De Pere) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. Nielsen will read from her new biography The Radical Lives of Helen Keller.

Faculty, staff welcome to sit in on 'Counselor Day'

Faculty and staff are invited to sit in on free sessions next Thursday, March 11, as UW-Green Bay Admissions hosts Counselor Day, an annual professional development day. Sessions run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Union's Christie Theatre. "Coming to Terms with Cultural Diversity: Implications for Schools" is the topic of Prof. Angela Byars-Winston of UW-Madison's Department of Counseling Psychology in the morning. Among the other topics and presenters are:

• "Wisconsin Master Educator License," DPI consultant Linda Krantz
• "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy..." Profs. Thandeka Chapman of UW-Milwaukee and Prof. Carl Grant of UW-Madison

Look for more detail here in the next LOG, or contact Ronald Morris at ext. 2111 or morrisr@uwgb.edu.

Hungry for Outreach news? Link to its newsletter

Link to Outreach and Extension's "Slice of Outreach" newsletter at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/newsletter_archives/02-04newsletter.htm.

Reminder: 'Last Lecture' series begins with Cruz

Prof. Marcelo Cruz, first up at 'Last Lecture,' will share the most important things that he'd want people to know if given the assignment of delivering one last lecture. The Ecumenical Center sponsors and hosts this brown bag lunch series beginning this Wednesday (March 3) at 12:15 p.m. and continuing each Wednesday through the Christian liturgical season of Lent. Coffee, ice water and desserts are provided.

Reminder: Movie is 'Beckham'

Women's History Month activities begin with a free movie, "Bend it Like Beckham," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (March 2) in the Union's Christie Theatre.

Swimmers fall just short, but Hansen is meet MVP

The Phoenix men's and women's swimming and diving teams came 'oh-so-close' but both finished just short of a Horizon League championship. Wright State edged the men 778-711 and the women 802.5-783. UW-Green Bay's runner-up finish was the third straight on the women's side and the second consecutive for the men. Senior Zach Hansen was named Horizon League swimmer of the meet on the strength of two individual championships. Junior Laura Brager broke the nine-year old Horizon League record in her first place 200 backstroke swim. Congratulations to Phoenix Head Coach Jim Merner and the teams. For more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/swimdive/022804.html.

Headline makers: Crown for the women, surprising third for the men

The Phoenix basketball teams closed their regular seasons Saturday with impressive homecourt wins. The women's team (20-7, 13-3 Horizon) beat the UIC Flames and despite a rash of injuries did what they always do: win the conference title. That makes it six-for-six in the Kevin Borseth era. Read more at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_14960264.shtml. The Phoenix men, picked near the bottom in the pre-season polls, whipped Wright State to claim third place in the Horizon League. Tod Kowalczyk's team is 17-10, 11-5. For a game recap, see http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_14963801.shtml.

Winners at the gate, too

Saturday's home games — 3 p.m. at the Phoenix Sports Center and 7:05 p.m. at the Resch Center — testify to the popularity of UW-Green Bay basketball. The women's game drew a PSC-capacity crowd of 1,850, the biggest there this year. The men's 5,624 was their second-biggest gate of the season.

Twin 'triple doubles': For 35 years, nothing, until now

Talented, versatile players on winning, high-scoring teams can fill up a box score. It's a statistical oddity, then, that prior to Saturday it was believed no Phoenix player, man or woman, had ever before recorded a "triple double" by reaching 10 or more in three separate statistical categories. On Saturday Mary Kulenkamp had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and Javier Mendiburu had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

Men open tourney play Friday, on road

Saturday's win by the Phoenix men was important for the Horizon League post-season tournament. By edging out Wright State and locking up one of the top three spots, UW-Green Bay gets a bye into the second round. The Phoenix won't play until Friday (March 5) against either Butler, at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, or against Youngstown State at the UIC Pavilion. The semifinals are set for this coming Saturday and the championship will be played Tuesday evening, March 9, site TBD, with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Women: a quarterfinal home game, an amazing streak

The No. 1 seeded Phoenix women will play their Horizon League tournament opener at home, vs. either Youngstown State or Wright State, at 7 p.m. Thursday (March 4) at the Phoenix Sports Center. If history holds, the Phoenix will make it through the quarters and semis. They've been in every MCC or (now) Horizon tourney final since 1996. This year would mark the ninth straight.

A long-shot chance to host

While this is UW-Milwaukee's year to host the Horizon women's tourney at the school's Klotsche Center, an "out" in the format keeps hopes alive for the final rounds being played at the PSC. A Phoenix win and a loss to No. 7 seed UIC by No. 2 seed Milwaukee on Thursday night would move the tourney to UW-Green Bay. The semifinal round takes place Sunday (March 7), with the finals on Monday (March 8)

Stevens Point choices

Academic administrators from Colorado, Arizona and Michigan remain in the running as UW-Stevens Point narrows the field to three finalists for its chancellor position. If you're interested, go to http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2004/r040227a.htm.

Santiago is reportedly the pick in Milwaukee

UW System has just confirmed a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel report this morning that Carlos Santiago, provost of the University of Albany, is the recommendation to succeed Nancy Zimpher as chancellor of UW-Milwaukee. Coverage is at http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb04/211360.asp.

Lyall talks to Public Radio

Last Thursday's "Conversations with Larry Meiller" program on Wisconsin Public Radio featured special guest Katharine C. Lyall, president of the UW System. To try to download an audio clip file, try http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/mlr/mlr040226f.rm.

Headhunter

The UW System Board of Regents has retained the services of a search consultant as the Board seeks a successor to UW System Katharine Lyall, who will retire no later than Sept. 1, 2004. News on this is the second item down on a recent Journal-Sentinel state roundup at http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/feb04/210656.asp.

Advice from the Wall Street Journal editorial page: 'Be Smart'

Says columnist David Wessel: "If a city isn't sunny — and air conditioned — it should be smart." His WSJ piece echoes recent discussion in these parts, and includes a mention of Madison, Wisconsin. See http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB107775051757039364-INjgINjlal3nZ2maoCIbauHm4,00.html.

NASA astronauts to participate in live online chats

Teachers, students, and community members have an opportunity to pose questions about space flight to NASA astronauts Janice Voss and Daniel Brandenstein. Voss will be featured this Friday (March 5) from 1 to 2 p.m. CST and Brandenstein on Tuesday, March 16 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The chats are made possible by Space Explorers, Inc., a space education company based in De Pere founded by longtime UW-Green Bay advocate George French. To participate, go to http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/communications/chats.html prior to, or during, the scheduled chat time.

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: Thursday, March 11, from 8-9:15 AM in IS 1034
Future sessions: Wednesday, April 14, 3 p.m. in IS 1034; Tuesday, May 4, 11 a.m. in IS 1034

Please call Public Safety, 2300 (press "2"), to register

Reminder: Students work for travel expenses

Need a break from cleaning while sending students to Spring Break? Members of the student organization Campus Crusade for Christ are raising funds for a Florida conference held over Spring Break and will clean homes for a donation. Willing to help? Contact Tanya at smittr07@uwgb.edu and she will connect you with one or two students.

Chancellor's Office Hours

Today (Monday, March 1) from 2 to 3 p.m., the door is open in CL 810 if you'd like to drop in and share a question, concern or observation with Chancellor Bruce Shepard. The spring schedule is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/openoffice.htm.

Reminder: Job/Internship Fair is Tuesday

Tuesday (March 2) is the date for the Spring Job and Internship Fair organized by Career Services. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. The list of participating companies spans a variety of industries at http://www.uwgb.edu/careers/2004_Spring_Job_Fair.htm.

The Passport ID 'Department of the Month'

The Passport ID Services Office will be highlighting one department or retail operation every month that accepts Pass Point account as a method of payment. The featured department will offer a promotion during its highlighted month to encourage the use of, or purchase of additional, Pass Points in that department. The highlighted department for March is the University Information Center. Students and others who purchase $50 in Pass Points at the Center during March can choose to receive a free lanyard and ID card pouch for their Passport ID.

Briefs

Joy Benson and Sally Dresdow of the Business Administration faculty have an article published in the current issue (vol 41. No. 10, 2003) of Management Decision. The title is "Discovery mindset: a decision-making model for discovery and collaboration."

Regan A. R. Gurung of the psychology and Human Development faculty will have his article, "Psychosocial predictors of perceived prenatal stress," published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Gov. Jim Doyle has reappointed Prof. William Laatsch, Urban and Regional Studies, to the state of Wisconsin's Historic Preservation Review Board. The 15-member board consists of professionals in architecture, art, archeology, history and related fields. Among other things, members advise the state historical society and oversee the process of placing properties on the state and national Register of Historic Places.

The "Special Achievement Award" was presented to emeritus faculty members Tom and Elaine McIntosh when the Brown County Historical Society made its 2003 Historic Preservation Awards. Elaine has written two books and lectured on historic aspects of nutrition, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Tom has volunteered with the National Railroad museum, Mayor's Beautification Committee, the Historical Society's Preservation Committee and the Green Bay Botanical Garden.

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