UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 17



Audio of Regents meeting More on audit of UW staffing Final 'DebateWatch' Alumnifest Phuture Phoenix event Italian visitors arrive Italian Luncheon tickets 'Escape from Happiness' play Photos from Transylvania Classified Staff Advisory Council meeting Cultural Fair Minority recruitment efforts Gay marriage debate Weidner Center schedule Space Grant fellowship Hispanic Heritage Month Visiting Chinese scholar NCAA volleyball tickets 'Highly Classified'	Vol. 36, No. 17 / October 8, 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. Audio of Regents meeting available on Web today The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents concludes its two-day meeting at UW-Superior this morning. To listen to live streaming audio of this and future Regents meetings, click on http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/. * * * * * UW System responds to staffing audit Day One of the Regents meeting in Superior included continuing discussion of the recent Legislative Audit Bureau review of administrative staffing in the UW System. Read more about what the state auditor had to say and the Regents' response at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2004/r041007.htm. * * * * * Final "DebateWatch" at UW-Green Bay on Wednesday Campus and community members will have another opportunity to watch and discuss a Bush-Kerry debate. UW-Green Bay will be the site of a viewing and discussion of the final presidential candidate debate at 8 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 13). Prof. Scott Furlong, Public and Environmental Affairs, organized the "DebateWatch" in the 1965 Room of the University Union. More details and Prof. Furlong's comments are available at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#debatewatch2. * * * * * UW-Green Bay Alumnifest will have something for everyone Building tours, golf, music and social events will highlight the second annual UW-Green Bay Alumnifest on Oct. 16. Mark Brunette, director of alumni relations, says the event is a great way for alumni and community members to connect with UW-Green Bay. Read more about Alumnifest and look for a schedule of events at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#alumnifest. * * * * * Phuture Phoenix Day to draw more than 800 youngsters About 830 fifth-graders will bring their enthusiasm to the UW-Green Bay campus Wednesday (Oct. 13) for the third Phuture Phoenix Day, an event that encourages youngsters to pursue a college education. Fifth-graders from the Green Bay, West De Pere and Shawano-Gresham school districts will visit classrooms, residence halls, the Weidner Center and other parts of campus throughout the day. Nearly 250 UW-Green Bay students are helping out as mentors. A news release about Phuture Phoenix Day is at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#phuture. * * * * * Visitors from Italy at UW-Green Bay today through Monday Faculty, staff, students and community members will have opportunities to meet representatives from the Del Bianco Foundation in Florence, Italy, during their visit to UW-Green Bay. The visitors arrive today. The foundation's goal is to contribute to the process of developing friendship among people of different countries. UW-Green Bay has a general agreement with the Del Bianco Foundation for the exploration of collaborative potential. The University's relationship with the foundation is the result of academic connections established by Prof. Sarah Meredith, Communication and the Arts, and Prof. Derek Jeffreys, Humanistic Studies. Jay Harris in the Office of International Education has more information about the visitors and their activities in Green Bay. * * * * * Get your tickets for Tuesday's Italian Luncheon A reminder that Tuesday is the last day to purchase tickets for the Italian Luncheon, which is Friday, Oct. 15 in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union. Look for the menu and your personal invite at http://www.uwgb.edu/union/italianluncheon.html. * * * * * UW-Green Bay Theater opens season with "Escape from Happiness" A production of "Escape from Happiness" by celebrated Canadian playwright George F. Walker kicks off the UW-Green Bay Theater season Oct. 15. Other dates for the production and a description of the play can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#escape. * * * * * Photos from Transylvania featured in lecture, exhibit Photographer Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin will give an illustrated public lecture Wednesday on "Tradition and Change in Transylvania" prior to an opening of an exhibit of her photographs in the Lawton Gallery. The lecture will be at 4 p.m. in the Union's Christie Theater. Learn more about McLaughlin and her exhibit at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#romania. * * * * * Classified Staff Advisory Council meets Tuesday The next meeting of UW-Green Bay's Classified Staff Advisory Council is scheduled for Tuesday (Oct. 12) from 10 to 11 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Counseling and Health Conference Room. * * * * * UW-Green Bay Cultural Fair is Wednesday Entertainment, food and exhibits will represent many different cultures at the annual UW-Green Bay Cultural Fair on Wednesday (Oct. 13). The event in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information about the fair's featured entertainers is available at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#fair. * * * * * Press-Gazette story details minority recruitment efforts A story in the Green Bay Press-Gazette examined the commitment of UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College to recruiting minority students. The story notes that UW-Green Bay has made impressive gains in minority enrollment. Read more at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18046251.shtml. * * * * * Gay marriage debate at UW-Green Bay draws crowd, media attention The Press-Gazette also had a front-page story on Monday's debate at UW-Green Bay on the issue of gay marriage. The online version of the story can be found at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18099874.shtml. * * * * * Weidner Center has performances for all tastes Political filmmaker Michael Moore's appearance at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts may be drawing the most attention. But rock 'n' roll nostalgia, political humor and a legendary trio of folk music performers also will be at the Weidner center this month. For more information about the Weidner's schedule and ticket information, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/. * * * * * Space Grant Consortium honors astronaut's memory with fellowship The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, based at UW-Green Bay, has established a graduate fellowship to honor the memory of Dr. Laurel Salton Clark, the Wisconsin astronaut who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003. More details about the fellowship and Consortium can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#clark. * * * * * Wood carvings from Mexico featured during Hispanic Heritage Month During Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), the American Intercultural Center display case in the Cofrin Library plaza is featuring wood carvings from Oaxaca, Mexico. Sometimes known as alebrijes (fanciful creatures), the carvings were acquired in Oaxaca and two outlying towns during the summer of 2003. The exhibit is sponsored by the AIC and the Lawton Gallery. * * * * * Reminder on visiting scholar lecture Prof. Fanghua Hao, associate dean in the School of the Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, will be on campus next week as a visiting scholar. Campus and community are invited to attend her lecture Wednesday (Oct. 13) at 1 p.m. in MAC Hall 224. The lecture topic is "Non-point Pollution Simulation and Control in the Yellow River." Her visit is sponsored by the Visiting Scholars Program, a newly established cooperative program involving UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College. * * * * * Tickets available: UW-Green Bay hosts NCAA volleyball regional For the first time in its history, UW-Green Bay will host an NCAA Championship event. The University, in partnership with PMI, will host one of four NCAA Division I volleyball regionals. Game times are 5 and 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the 10, 000-seat Resch Center. This is the tournament's "Round of 16," with the winner of the Green Bay regional joining three other finalists for the Final Four in Long Beach the next weekend. Prices are $25 for adults and $8 for students. Children under 2 are free. Single-session prices are $15 for adults and $5 for students. All ticket sales are handled through the Resch Center, (920) 494-3401. * * * * * 'Highly Classified': Liz Hessler She's a program assistant III in the office of the NEW Partnership for Children and Families, she's a new grandma from Guam and somehow considers herself "pretty boring." Read more about another member of the new Classified Staff Advisory Council at http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/hessler.htm. * * * * * 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.

Audio of Regents meeting

More on audit of UW staffing

Final 'DebateWatch'

Alumnifest

Phuture Phoenix event

Italian visitors arrive

Italian Luncheon tickets

'Escape from Happiness' play

Photos from Transylvania

Classified Staff Advisory Council meeting

Cultural Fair

Minority recruitment efforts

Gay marriage debate

Weidner Center schedule

Space Grant fellowship

Hispanic Heritage Month

Visiting Chinese scholar

NCAA volleyball tickets

'Highly Classified'

Vol. 36, No. 17 / October 8, 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.

Audio of Regents meeting available on Web today

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents concludes its two-day meeting at UW-Superior this morning. To listen to live streaming audio of this and future Regents meetings, click on http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/.

* * * * *

UW System responds to staffing audit

Day One of the Regents meeting in Superior included continuing discussion of the recent Legislative Audit Bureau review of administrative staffing in the UW System. Read more about what the state auditor had to say and the Regents' response at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2004/r041007.htm.

* * * * *

Final "DebateWatch" at UW-Green Bay on Wednesday

Campus and community members will have another opportunity to watch and discuss a Bush-Kerry debate. UW-Green Bay will be the site of a viewing and discussion of the final presidential candidate debate at 8 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 13). Prof. Scott Furlong, Public and Environmental Affairs, organized the "DebateWatch" in the 1965 Room of the University Union. More details and Prof. Furlong's comments are available at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#debatewatch2.

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay Alumnifest will have something for everyone

Building tours, golf, music and social events will highlight the second annual UW-Green Bay Alumnifest on Oct. 16. Mark Brunette, director of alumni relations, says the event is a great way for alumni and community members to connect with UW-Green Bay. Read more about Alumnifest and look for a schedule of events at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#alumnifest.

* * * * *

Phuture Phoenix Day to draw more than 800 youngsters

About 830 fifth-graders will bring their enthusiasm to the UW-Green Bay campus Wednesday (Oct. 13) for the third Phuture Phoenix Day, an event that encourages youngsters to pursue a college education. Fifth-graders from the Green Bay, West De Pere and Shawano-Gresham school districts will visit classrooms, residence halls, the Weidner Center and other parts of campus throughout the day. Nearly 250 UW-Green Bay students are helping out as mentors. A news release about Phuture Phoenix Day is at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#phuture.

* * * * *

Visitors from Italy at UW-Green Bay today through Monday

Faculty, staff, students and community members will have opportunities to meet representatives from the Del Bianco Foundation in Florence, Italy, during their visit to UW-Green Bay. The visitors arrive today. The foundation's goal is to contribute to the process of developing friendship among people of different countries. UW-Green Bay has a general agreement with the Del Bianco Foundation for the exploration of collaborative potential. The University's relationship with the foundation is the result of academic connections established by Prof. Sarah Meredith, Communication and the Arts, and Prof. Derek Jeffreys, Humanistic Studies. Jay Harris in the Office of International Education has more information about the visitors and their activities in Green Bay.

* * * * *

Get your tickets for Tuesday's Italian Luncheon

A reminder that Tuesday is the last day to purchase tickets for the Italian Luncheon, which is Friday, Oct. 15 in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union. Look for the menu and your personal invite at http://www.uwgb.edu/union/italianluncheon.html.

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay Theater opens season with "Escape from Happiness"

A production of "Escape from Happiness" by celebrated Canadian playwright George F. Walker kicks off the UW-Green Bay Theater season Oct. 15. Other dates for the production and a description of the play can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#escape.

* * * * *

Photos from Transylvania featured in lecture, exhibit

Photographer Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin will give an illustrated public lecture Wednesday on "Tradition and Change in Transylvania" prior to an opening of an exhibit of her photographs in the Lawton Gallery. The lecture will be at 4 p.m. in the Union's Christie Theater. Learn more about McLaughlin and her exhibit at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#romania.

* * * * *

Classified Staff Advisory Council meets Tuesday

The next meeting of UW-Green Bay's Classified Staff Advisory Council is scheduled for Tuesday (Oct. 12) from 10 to 11 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Counseling and Health Conference Room.

* * * * *

UW-Green Bay Cultural Fair is Wednesday

Entertainment, food and exhibits will represent many different cultures at the annual UW-Green Bay Cultural Fair on Wednesday (Oct. 13). The event in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information about the fair's featured entertainers is available at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#fair.

* * * * *

Press-Gazette story details minority recruitment efforts

A story in the Green Bay Press-Gazette examined the commitment of UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College to recruiting minority students. The story notes that UW-Green Bay has made impressive gains in minority enrollment. Read more at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18046251.shtml.

* * * * *

Gay marriage debate at UW-Green Bay draws crowd, media attention

The Press-Gazette also had a front-page story on Monday's debate at UW-Green Bay on the issue of gay marriage. The online version of the story can be found at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18099874.shtml.

* * * * *

Weidner Center has performances for all tastes

Political filmmaker Michael Moore's appearance at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts may be drawing the most attention. But rock 'n' roll nostalgia, political humor and a legendary trio of folk music performers also will be at the Weidner center this month. For more information about the Weidner's schedule and ticket information, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/.

* * * * *

Space Grant Consortium honors astronaut's memory with fellowship

The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, based at UW-Green Bay, has established a graduate fellowship to honor the memory of Dr. Laurel Salton Clark, the Wisconsin astronaut who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003. More details about the fellowship and Consortium can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004oct.htm#clark.

* * * * *

Wood carvings from Mexico featured during Hispanic Heritage Month

During Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), the American Intercultural Center display case in the Cofrin Library plaza is featuring wood carvings from Oaxaca, Mexico. Sometimes known as alebrijes (fanciful creatures), the carvings were acquired in Oaxaca and two outlying towns during the summer of 2003. The exhibit is sponsored by the AIC and the Lawton Gallery.

* * * * *

Reminder on visiting scholar lecture

Prof. Fanghua Hao, associate dean in the School of the Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, will be on campus next week as a visiting scholar. Campus and community are invited to attend her lecture Wednesday (Oct. 13) at 1 p.m. in MAC Hall 224. The lecture topic is "Non-point Pollution Simulation and Control in the Yellow River." Her visit is sponsored by the Visiting Scholars Program, a newly established cooperative program involving UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College.

* * * * *

Tickets available: UW-Green Bay hosts NCAA volleyball regional

For the first time in its history, UW-Green Bay will host an NCAA Championship event. The University, in partnership with PMI, will host one of four NCAA Division I volleyball regionals. Game times are 5 and 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the 10, 000-seat Resch Center. This is the tournament's "Round of 16," with the winner of the Green Bay regional joining three other finalists for the Final Four in Long Beach the next weekend. Prices are $25 for adults and $8 for students. Children under 2 are free. Single-session prices are $15 for adults and $5 for students. All ticket sales are handled through the Resch Center, (920) 494-3401.

* * * * *

'Highly Classified': Liz Hessler

She's a program assistant III in the office of the NEW Partnership for Children and Families, she's a new grandma from Guam and somehow considers herself "pretty boring." Read more about another member of the new Classified Staff Advisory Council at http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/hessler.htm.

* * * * *

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.