UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 25



Award for Phuture Phoenix Phuture Phoenix photos Employee Drive results Employee Drive raffle winner Alumni/Employee Challenge Classical guitarist UWGB jazz groups UW System works on brain gain Brown-bag basketball lunch No Dunst, but Heinz More LOG coming Briefs	Vol. 36, No. 25 / November 1, 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. Phuture Phoenix receives state diversity award The Phuture Phoenix program has received state recognition for its efforts to encourage students to complete high school and pursue a college education. The Office of State Employment Relations and the State Council on Affirmative Action awarded Phuture Phoenix the first annual Ann Lydecker Award for Education. The award recognizes innovative practices to promote diversity. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard and his wife, Cyndie, who serves as director of Phuture Phoenix, accepted the award in a ceremony at the State Capitol. For more on the award and Phuture Phoenix, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#diversity. *** * * * * Photos from fete for Phuture Phoenix Snapshots are on-line from Thursday's big day at the State Capitol and the ceremony in which the Phuture Phoenix program was lauded for promoting diversity and education. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/04lydecker.htm. * * * * * The final Employee Drive numbers are in...kind of... Shane Kohl, director of Annual Giving, reports that the latest Employee Drive figures show more than $29,800 has been raised through the faculty and staff campaign (up nearly 15% over last year) from 191 donors. Of those 191, a total of 47 increased their gift over last year, and an impressive number (50 employees) made first-time gifts through the Employee Drive. Shane also sends word that employee drive gifts — and, in fact, all gifts — are always welcome. For more information, contact Shane at ext. 2018. * * * * * Thirsty? One lucky employee drive raffle winner can help You'll remember that as an incentive to invest in the Employee Drive this year, the Founders Association, in partnership with Sodexho, was offering one lucky winner drinks for a year (or the equivalent of 180 of the most expensive Starbucks 20oz drinks Sodexho has to offer). The lucky and, if she so chooses, hyper-caffeinated winner is...Kathy Pletcher, associate provost for information services. Thanks flow out to Kathy and everyone who made a gift through the Employee Drive this year. * * * * * Third annual Alumni/Employee Challenge — the 'old-timers' win again The UW-Green Bay Alumni/Employee Challenge has come to a close and it looks like it will be another 12 months of gloating for the alums of the 1970s. For the third year in a row, alums who remember the days of options and concentrations had the highest participation rate in this year's Employee Drive. Here's a look at how the numbers stacked-up: 1970's: 65% participation rate 2000's: 37% participation 1980's: 35% participation 1990's: 33% participation Thank you to everyone who made a gift this year...and Go Phoenix! * * * * * Birthday gift by alumnus brings classical guitarist for free concert tonight Classical guitarist Manuel Rubio will present a concert, "Music of the Old and New Worlds," at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, Nov. 1) in the Union's Christie Theatre. The public is invited to the free event. Rubio presently is dean of the Guitar Department at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. Rubio's visit to Green Bay is sponsored by guitar-maker and retired chiropractor Frederico Sheppard, who says it is his present to the community on the occasion of his own birthday on Nov. 1. Sheppard came to the U.S. from Mexico at age 16 and moved from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin in the 1970s to attend UW-Green Bay. He developed an interest in guitar making during that time and has continued to study and pursue the craft. For more, read http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm. * * * * * UWGB jazz groups perform on Wednesday Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday (Nov. 3) in the Weidner Center. Jazz Ensemble I, directed by John Salerno, will open their part of the program with "Caravan" and "Route 66." Faculy member Paul Bhasin directs II. They'll perform funk, swing and contemporary jazz numbers by composers such as Benny Golson, Duke Ellington and Thad Jones. Details? See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#jazz. * * * * *** UW System works on brain gain The Green Bay Press-Gazette took a look at UW System efforts to graduate more students and have them stay in, or return to Wisconsin, in Sunday's edition. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18363599.shtml. *** * * * * Remember! Brown-bag basketball lunch is Tuesday The 19th annual Brown-Bag BasketBall Lunch organized by that great Phoenix fan, Prof. Bill Niedzwiedz, is scheduled for noon Tuesday (Nov. 2) in Alumni Room A in the University Union. Faculty and staff, men and women, men's and women's fans, all are invited to bring their lunches and questions about the upcoming season. As always, the guests are the two head coaches (Kevin Borseth and Tod Kowalczyk). * * * * *** No Dunst, but Heinz boys draw a crowd Last Thursday's LOG ONLine announcement about that day's celebrity caravan wasn't totally accurate — popular actress Kirstin Dunst missed the trip — but other actresses and John Kerry's two stepsons drew a crowd of about 250 to an outdoor program near MAC Hall. The News-Chronicle covered it and got students' opinions at http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=128308. *** * * * * To be continued tomorrow... Sorry, not enough time to share the many other news items clogging our Inbox. We need to rush home to answer more pre-recorded candidate calls. Look for another issue of the LOG ONLine, and your news, tomorrow. * * * * * Briefs Ron Ronnenberg, director of Financial Aid, presented "Imaging and Workflow: Forget about the Paper Chase" at the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 26, 2004. As a result of his presentation he has also been asked to present at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFA) Conference in New York in Spring, 2005. Brenda Amenson-Hill, assistant dean for Campus Life, and Mike Stearney, assistant dean for Enrollment and Academic Services, presented with summer intern Sara Hladilek at the Regional National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 2, 2004. The presentation was "Speaking with One Voice: Developing a Comprehensive Parental Communication Plan." * * * * *** 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.

Award for Phuture Phoenix

Phuture Phoenix photos

Employee Drive results

Employee Drive raffle winner

Alumni/Employee Challenge

Classical guitarist

UWGB jazz groups

UW System works on brain gain

Brown-bag basketball lunch

No Dunst, but Heinz

More LOG coming

Briefs

Vol. 36, No. 25 / November 1, 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.

Phuture Phoenix receives state diversity award

The Phuture Phoenix program has received state recognition for its efforts to encourage students to complete high school and pursue a college education. The Office of State Employment Relations and the State Council on Affirmative Action awarded Phuture Phoenix the first annual Ann Lydecker Award for Education. The award recognizes innovative practices to promote diversity. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard and his wife, Cyndie, who serves as director of Phuture Phoenix, accepted the award in a ceremony at the State Capitol. For more on the award and Phuture Phoenix, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#diversity.

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Photos from fete for Phuture Phoenix

Snapshots are on-line from Thursday's big day at the State Capitol and the ceremony in which the Phuture Phoenix program was lauded for promoting diversity and education. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/04lydecker.htm.

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The final Employee Drive numbers are in...kind of...

Shane Kohl, director of Annual Giving, reports that the latest Employee Drive figures show more than $29,800 has been raised through the faculty and staff campaign (up nearly 15% over last year) from 191 donors. Of those 191, a total of 47 increased their gift over last year, and an impressive number (50 employees) made first-time gifts through the Employee Drive. Shane also sends word that employee drive gifts — and, in fact, all gifts — are always welcome. For more information, contact Shane at ext. 2018.

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Thirsty? One lucky employee drive raffle winner can help

You'll remember that as an incentive to invest in the Employee Drive this year, the Founders Association, in partnership with Sodexho, was offering one lucky winner drinks for a year (or the equivalent of 180 of the most expensive Starbucks 20oz drinks Sodexho has to offer). The lucky and, if she so chooses, hyper-caffeinated winner is...Kathy Pletcher, associate provost for information services. Thanks flow out to Kathy and everyone who made a gift through the Employee Drive this year.

* * * * *

Third annual Alumni/Employee Challenge — the 'old-timers' win again

The UW-Green Bay Alumni/Employee Challenge has come to a close and it looks like it will be another 12 months of gloating for the alums of the 1970s. For the third year in a row, alums who remember the days of options and concentrations had the highest participation rate in this year's Employee Drive. Here's a look at how the numbers stacked-up:

1970's: 65% participation rate
2000's: 37% participation
1980's: 35% participation
1990's: 33% participation

Thank you to everyone who made a gift this year...and Go Phoenix!

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Birthday gift by alumnus brings classical guitarist for free concert tonight

Classical guitarist Manuel Rubio will present a concert, "Music of the Old and New Worlds," at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, Nov. 1) in the Union's Christie Theatre. The public is invited to the free event. Rubio presently is dean of the Guitar Department at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. Rubio's visit to Green Bay is sponsored by guitar-maker and retired chiropractor Frederico Sheppard, who says it is his present to the community on the occasion of his own birthday on Nov. 1. Sheppard came to the U.S. from Mexico at age 16 and moved from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin in the 1970s to attend UW-Green Bay. He developed an interest in guitar making during that time and has continued to study and pursue the craft. For more, read http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm.

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UWGB jazz groups perform on Wednesday

Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday (Nov. 3) in the Weidner Center. Jazz Ensemble I, directed by John Salerno, will open their part of the program with "Caravan" and "Route 66." Faculy member Paul Bhasin directs II. They'll perform funk, swing and contemporary jazz numbers by composers such as Benny Golson, Duke Ellington and Thad Jones. Details? See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#jazz.

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UW System works on brain gain

The Green Bay Press-Gazette took a look at UW System efforts to graduate more students and have them stay in, or return to Wisconsin, in Sunday's edition. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18363599.shtml.

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Remember! Brown-bag basketball lunch is Tuesday

The 19th annual Brown-Bag BasketBall Lunch organized by that great Phoenix fan, Prof. Bill Niedzwiedz, is scheduled for noon Tuesday (Nov. 2) in Alumni Room A in the University Union. Faculty and staff, men and women, men's and women's fans, all are invited to bring their lunches and questions about the upcoming season. As always, the guests are the two head coaches (Kevin Borseth and Tod Kowalczyk).

* * * * *

No Dunst, but Heinz boys draw a crowd

Last Thursday's LOG ONLine announcement about that day's celebrity caravan wasn't totally accurate — popular actress Kirstin Dunst missed the trip — but other actresses and John Kerry's two stepsons drew a crowd of about 250 to an outdoor program near MAC Hall. The News-Chronicle covered it and got students' opinions at http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=128308.

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To be continued tomorrow...

Sorry, not enough time to share the many other news items clogging our Inbox. We need to rush home to answer more pre-recorded candidate calls. Look for another issue of the LOG ONLine, and your news, tomorrow.

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Briefs

Ron Ronnenberg, director of Financial Aid, presented "Imaging and Workflow: Forget about the Paper Chase" at the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 26, 2004. As a result of his presentation he has also been asked to present at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFA) Conference in New York in Spring, 2005.

Brenda Amenson-Hill, assistant dean for Campus Life, and Mike Stearney, assistant dean for Enrollment and Academic Services, presented with summer intern Sara Hladilek at the Regional National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 2, 2004. The presentation was "Speaking with One Voice: Developing a Comprehensive Parental Communication Plan."

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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.