UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 9



Downtown Learning Center photos Downtown Learning Center open house 4E on Learning Center Stories on campus-related items Union director to leave Union interim director Ricky Skaggs discount Classified Staff Advisory Council Art Agency garage sale Garage sale donations Reception for Thai visitors 'Justice' series discussion Art faculty at Neville show New courses for educators UWGB Downtown Lunch H.Y.P.E. partnership Students selected for H.Y.P.E. Newspaper story on H.Y.P.E. WPR celebrates American Indian Museum Athena deadline extended Phoenix Hall of Fame Italian Cultural Cuisine Littig celebration Goeden farewell Campus life events Name change New hours for ARC Briefs	Vol. 36, No. 9 / September 16, 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. Snapshots of today's Downtown Learning Center celebration Images from today's public opening and ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the Downtown Learning Center can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm. * * * * * YOUR new Downtown Learning Center, free Did you know that UW-Green Bay's new Downtown Learning Center in Washington Commons is available free to faculty, staff and students using the space for University activities, discussions, meetings, projects, programs and classes? You do now. Find out more by attending the open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday (Sept. 20). Count on refreshments and a learning experience. Hosted by Outreach and Extension. * * * * * Fourth Estate addresses downtown connection An excellent cover story on today's Fourth Estate student newspaper offers an overview of the new Downtown Learning Center and the tie-in with "Connecting learning to life." See http://www.uwgb.edu/4E/. * * * * * Call Tuesday a 'read' letter day Some would call it a blitzkrieg. Others, still under the influence of Monday Night's Packers victory, would more likely describe it as a 'blitz,' a media blitz. Regardless , it's positive coverage — and lots of it, of late — for UW-Green Bay. Tuesday's Green Bay Press-Gazette ran six stories on campus-related items, and the News-Chronicle addressed two additional topics, as well. Here they are, with links: Page A-1 — UWGB students socialize over corn, Packers http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17800268.shtml C-6 — UWGB students have a lot in Commons http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_17791428.shtml D-3 — (Gerds column) 'Jazz and Glass' celebration adds luster to Weidner http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/life_17738011.shtml C-1 — Phoenix shifts focus to local talent http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_17796964.shtml B-1 — Littig ends long run behind the scenes http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17789009.shtml B-2 — Two years later, future of educational TV in region looks brighter http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17789016.shtml UW-Extension commits to Green Bay-made public TV shows http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=127565 College students help run the polls http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=127548 City plans entrepreneur conference http://www.gogreenbay.com/page.html?article=127566 (In this last one, about at event designed to tout Green Bay's rating as one of America's top cities for small business Chancellor Shepard joked the new event was at attempt to "battle an inherent Wisconsin modesty that bothers me at basketball games.") * * * * * Union director Anne Buttke to leave UW-Green Bay After a distinguished 20-year career working in college unions and in the University of Wisconsin System, University Union Director Anne Buttke is leaving UW-Green Bay. Buttke, director of the University Union since 1997, is resigning to spend more time with her family. She joined UW-Green Bay in 1992 as assistant director of Student Union operations and was appointed Union director in July 1997. "This is a very difficult decision for me because I love UW-Green Bay and have been privileged to work in an enriching and rewarding profession," she said. "But at this time I want to refocus all of my time and energy to meet the needs of my family, and want to do so without sacrificing the needs of the Union." Buttke will continue full-time at UW-Green Bay until Sept. 30 and will assist with a transition plan on a part-time basis through October. "We wish Anne well and thank her for her many contributions during 12 years of exceptional service to UW-Green Bay," said Tom Maki, vice chancellor for business and finance. * * * * * Murphy named interim director of Union Dan Murphy will serve as interim University Union director while a search for a permanent successor to Buttke proceeds, Vice Chancellor Maki said. Murphy currently is manager of Passport I.D. and financial services at the Union. * * * * * Weidner Center offers faculty/staff deal on Bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs The Weidner Center has announced reduced ticket prices for Saturday's (Sept. 18) show at 7:30 p.m. by nine-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Levels A&B will be discounted $10 off the previously priced $29 and $25 tickets. Call ext. 2217 or purchase in person at the box office. Discounts for groups of 15 or more are offered at ext. 2808. Ricky Skaggs? See http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/season_info/0405shows/02_RickySkaggs.htm. * * * * * 'Highly Classified!' New feature starts today We start a new monthly feature in today's LOG featuring the biographies of Classified Staff Advisory Council members. Says the Council, "We feel it is important you know who is on the Council working on your behalf." This month's feature is on Bill Ahnen. Go to http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/ahnen.htm. * * * * * Garage sale! Art Agency! One day! Wednesday! This one sounds fun, somehow: The student group Art Agency is holding a garage sale next Wednesday, Sept. 22, in the Studio Arts cafeteria. The proceeds will go towards having a display case built for an artwork by Brian McCutcheon (a A2 visiting artist last spring) that Art Agency is donating to the university. * * * * * Does your garage hold any treasures? Organizers of next Wedneday's Art Agency garage sale are looking for donations of any items you think college students, faculty and staff would be interested in purchasing. All items can be dropped off next Tuesday in the metals studio (SA C112) or very early (the sale starts at 8 a.m.) Wednesday morning. * * * * * Campus community invited to event by and for Thai visitors Visiting Thai faculty members Assistant Professor Waraporn Tragoonsarit and Teacher Wipawee Iemworamate will give an illustrated lecture on "Thai Buddhism and Society," and will be guests at a reception following on Thursday, Sept. 23. The lecture is at 4 p.m. in Phoenix Room C, and the reception is scheduled at 4:45 p.m. in the 1965 Room in University Union. The two faculty members from King Mongkut's University of Technology in Bangkok have been at UW-Green Bay since the beginning of September. They received a grant to travel to the U.S. to learn about the educational system and chose UW-Green Bay because Teacher Wipawee was a student in a graduate seminar taught by Prof. Derek Jeffreys during a grant-sponsored year as a visiting professor in Thailand in 1998-99. The visiting faculty members teach psychology and social sciences in Thailand. They leave Green Bay on Sept. 25 and will spend week in Chicago before returning home. Their lecture and reception at UW-Green Bay are sponsored by the Office of International Education and the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. * * * * * Second in series of 'Justice' public discussions is Sept. 22 The second in the series of public discussions on Justice, War and Peace organized by Professors Andrew Fiala and Hye-Kyung Kim is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Brown County Public Library. "Justice, Torture and Human Rights" is the topic, and the presenters include UW-Green Bay faculty members Derek Jeffreys and Clifton Ganyard, and the Rev. John Wehling of St. Matthew Orthodox Church, Green Bay. After the short presentations, attendees will be invited to join a general discussion. The series is supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council which in turn receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. * * * * * UW-Green Bay art faculty represent at Neville Members of the UW-Green Bay art faculty will be among 35 artists exhibiting their work at the Neville Public Museum's 60th Art Annual Juried Exhibition through Nov. 7. UW-Green Bay artists involved in the exhibition are Profs Christine Style, Curt Heuer, David Damkoehler and Prof. Emeritus Robert Pum. Thirty-eight works of art by 35 artists were selected for the exhibition from nearly 300 entries by 38 artists. * * * * * New courses for educators illustrate variety Half a dozen new topics have been added to the line-up of fall courses offered for educators by UW-Green Bay. The new selections include courses in space flight history, using the "six traits" in writer's workshops, working with emerging writers, middle school reading workshops, Door County Peninsula geology, and Earth and space science. Specifics are available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/educ or in the latest press release at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#educators. * * * * * More connecting downtown, today Worth noting, although we're too late for lunch: The "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" series started up again today (Sept. 16), with Kim Nielsen's presentation on "The Radical Lives of Helen Keller" — also the topic of Nielsen's recently published book. Look for more coverage, later. * * * * * What's all the H.Y.P.E? A new downtown partnership aimed at youth Downtown H.Y.P.E. (Harnessing Young Professionals' Energy), a partnership made up of Downtown Green Bay, Inc., the Young Professionals Network and UW-Green Bay Outreach and Extension, is forming to bring together young people from throughout the community to experience downtown, form relationships with business and community leaders, and represent young people's viewpoints to government officials. The project is made possible by a Continuing EDvantage grant from UW-Extension's Division of Outreach and E-Learning. For more, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#hype. * * * * * UW-Green Bay, SNC, NWTC students selected for the effort A group of 24 — a collective group of students from UW-Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, St. Norbert College — and members of the Young Professionals Network will be selected Sept. 30 for H.Y.P.E The committee will be charged to answer three questions: Where are the young professionals in community activities, boards and committees? What is the future of Green Bay's downtown? How do we stop the "brain drain" and begin to achieve "brain gain"? Potential participants may sign up online at http://www.ypnetwork.com. * * * * * Press-Gazette hypes H.Y.P.E. "Downtown renewal is a youth movement." That's the headline over a very well-reported story on H.Y.P.E in today's business section of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_17822647.shtml. * * * * * WPR salutes Smithsonian's American Indian Museum Wisconsin Public Radio celebrates next week's historic opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indians on the National Mall in Washington D.C. with a special broadcast. We Are Still Here, a one-hour program looking at the relationship between today's American Indian and the opening of the museum. The show will be broadcast on WPNE, 89.3 FM, Green Bay, today (Sept. 16) at 9 p.m., and on WHID, 88.1, at 5 p.m. Friday (Sept. 17). * * * * * Athena deadline extended Based on member feedback, the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline for Athena Award to September 27. The award will be presented at the Chamber's Annual Meeting and Recognition Bash, scheduled for October 22 at the Weidner Center. Download a nomination form online at http://memberinfo.titletown.org/gbchamber2/awards/default.asp. * * * * * Save the date for the Phoenix Hall of Fame The 2005 Phoenix Hall of Fame banquet is scheduled for Friday, February 18 in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. * * * * * Come to Italian Cultural Cuisine — bring an amica Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 15 is the time and date for you and your friend(s) (amica) to attend the first Italian Cultural Cuisine lunch. On the menu is Italian chicken and bowtie alfredo with broccoli and red peppers; penne and Italian sausage with marinara sauce, baby carrots and mushrooms vegetable; and rotini covered with pesto cream sauce, yellow squash, zucchini, and green andred peppers, and more! Nancy Blanchard Watts will provide music on her harp. Cost is $8 for students, $9.50 for /staff, and $10.50 for community members. Tickets go on sale Sept. 27 at the University Information Center. * * * * * Reminder: Littig celebration Help Eileen Littig, 30-year director of NEWIST/CESA 7, celebrate her retirement from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 at the CESA 7 offices, 595 Baeten Road, Green Bay (near Ashwaubomay Park). * * * * * Farewell , Chad Stop by the International Center and give extend best wishes to Chad Goeden as he heads to the Ukraine to teach English. His last day is this Friday (Sept. 17). * * * * * It's busy around here Worth noting, whether you attend these events or not, or whether you know students who are going or not, is the ambitious series of campus life events this week, and throughout September. Flamenco Guitarist AnnaMaria's concert, InterVarsity's Brewer trip/picnic, charter fishing on Lake Michigan, OrgSmorg, Fall Leadership Development, Foxy Lady cruise, Cultural Plunge to the Oneida Reservation, Brewers vs. Astros Game, LeaderFest, and more! * * * * * A cousin sends word of her name change... The University of South Carolina Spartanburg, founded in the late 1960s at almost exactly the same time as UW-Green Bay, has changed its name to the University of South Carolina Upstate. The name reflects local vernacular for the Piedmont region at the far northwest corner of the state. * * * * * Reminder: Note new hours in Area Research Center Cofrin Library's Area Research Center and Special Collections have changed hours to "better meet needs expressed by clients." New hours are: Monday: 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday: 12:30 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. * * * * * Briefs Prof. David Coury, Humanistic Studies and German, is the author of a book just published by Mellen Press, "The Return of Storytelling in Contemporary German Literature and Film — Peter Handke and Wim Wenders." The book is part of Mellen's series on German Literature and Film. Coury's study of the work of author Handke and filmmaker Wenders also has been the basis for papers and presentations, and for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cincinnati. Coury joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in 1995. Prof. William Witwer, director of choral activities/ associate professor of Communication and the Arts, was recently appointed to the repertoire and standards committee for youth and student activities of the American Choral Directors Association north central region (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota). In addition to writing articles for the region's journal, Melisma, Witwer will help with planning the 2006 NCACDA Convention in Omaha, Nebraska. A journal submission by Regan Gurung, associate professor of Human Development and Psychology, was recently accepted for publication. "Does matching teaching and learning styles optimize learning?" will appear in the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching. * * * * * 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.

Downtown Learning Center photos

Downtown Learning Center open house

4E on Learning Center

Stories on campus-related items

Union director to leave

Union interim director

Ricky Skaggs discount

Classified Staff Advisory Council

Art Agency garage sale

Garage sale donations

Reception for Thai visitors

'Justice' series discussion

Art faculty at Neville show

New courses for educators

UWGB Downtown Lunch

H.Y.P.E. partnership

Students selected for H.Y.P.E.

Newspaper story on H.Y.P.E.

WPR celebrates American Indian Museum

Athena deadline extended

Phoenix Hall of Fame

Italian Cultural Cuisine

Littig celebration

Goeden farewell

Campus life events

Name change

New hours for ARC

Briefs

Vol. 36, No. 9 / September 16, 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.

Snapshots of today's Downtown Learning Center celebration

Images from today's public opening and ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the Downtown Learning Center can be found at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.

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YOUR new Downtown Learning Center, free

Did you know that UW-Green Bay's new Downtown Learning Center in Washington Commons is available free to faculty, staff and students using the space for University activities, discussions, meetings, projects, programs and classes? You do now. Find out more by attending the open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday (Sept. 20). Count on refreshments and a learning experience. Hosted by Outreach and Extension.

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Fourth Estate addresses downtown connection

An excellent cover story on today's Fourth Estate student newspaper offers an overview of the new Downtown Learning Center and the tie-in with "Connecting learning to life." See http://www.uwgb.edu/4E/.

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Call Tuesday a 'read' letter day

Some would call it a blitzkrieg. Others, still under the influence of Monday Night's Packers victory, would more likely describe it as a 'blitz,' a media blitz. Regardless , it's positive coverage — and lots of it, of late — for UW-Green Bay. Tuesday's Green Bay Press-Gazette ran six stories on campus-related items, and the News-Chronicle addressed two additional topics, as well. Here they are, with links:

Page A-1 — UWGB students socialize over corn, Packers
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17800268.shtml

C-6 — UWGB students have a lot in Commons
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_17791428.shtml

D-3 — (Gerds column) 'Jazz and Glass' celebration adds luster to Weidner
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/life_17738011.shtml

C-1 — Phoenix shifts focus to local talent
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_17796964.shtml

B-1 — Littig ends long run behind the scenes
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17789009.shtml

B-2 — Two years later, future of educational TV in region looks brighter
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17789016.shtml

UW-Extension commits to Green Bay-made public TV shows
http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=127565

College students help run the polls
http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=127548

City plans entrepreneur conference
http://www.gogreenbay.com/page.html?article=127566

(In this last one, about at event designed to tout Green Bay's rating as one of America's top cities for small business Chancellor Shepard joked the new event was at attempt to "battle an inherent Wisconsin modesty that bothers me at basketball games.")

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Union director Anne Buttke to leave UW-Green Bay

After a distinguished 20-year career working in college unions and in the University of Wisconsin System, University Union Director Anne Buttke is leaving UW-Green Bay. Buttke, director of the University Union since 1997, is resigning to spend more time with her family. She joined UW-Green Bay in 1992 as assistant director of Student Union operations and was appointed Union director in July 1997. "This is a very difficult decision for me because I love UW-Green Bay and have been privileged to work in an enriching and rewarding profession," she said. "But at this time I want to refocus all of my time and energy to meet the needs of my family, and want to do so without sacrificing the needs of the Union." Buttke will continue full-time at UW-Green Bay until Sept. 30 and will assist with a transition plan on a part-time basis through October. "We wish Anne well and thank her for her many contributions during 12 years of exceptional service to UW-Green Bay," said Tom Maki, vice chancellor for business and finance.

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Murphy named interim director of Union

Dan Murphy will serve as interim University Union director while a search for a permanent successor to Buttke proceeds, Vice Chancellor Maki said. Murphy currently is manager of Passport I.D. and financial services at the Union.

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Weidner Center offers faculty/staff deal on Bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs

The Weidner Center has announced reduced ticket prices for Saturday's (Sept. 18) show at 7:30 p.m. by nine-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Levels A&B will be discounted $10 off the previously priced $29 and $25 tickets. Call ext. 2217 or purchase in person at the box office. Discounts for groups of 15 or more are offered at ext. 2808. Ricky Skaggs? See http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/season_info/0405shows/02_RickySkaggs.htm.

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'Highly Classified!' New feature starts today

We start a new monthly feature in today's LOG featuring the biographies of Classified Staff Advisory Council members. Says the Council, "We feel it is important you know who is on the Council working on your behalf." This month's feature is on Bill Ahnen. Go to http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/ahnen.htm.

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Garage sale! Art Agency! One day! Wednesday!

This one sounds fun, somehow: The student group Art Agency is holding a garage sale next Wednesday, Sept. 22, in the Studio Arts cafeteria. The proceeds will go towards having a display case built for an artwork by Brian McCutcheon (a A2 visiting artist last spring) that Art Agency is donating to the university.

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Does your garage hold any treasures?

Organizers of next Wedneday's Art Agency garage sale are looking for donations of any items you think college students, faculty and staff would be interested in purchasing. All items can be dropped off next Tuesday in the metals studio (SA C112) or very early (the sale starts at 8 a.m.) Wednesday morning.

* * * * *

Campus community invited to event by and for Thai visitors

Visiting Thai faculty members Assistant Professor Waraporn Tragoonsarit and Teacher Wipawee Iemworamate will give an illustrated lecture on "Thai Buddhism and Society," and will be guests at a reception following on Thursday, Sept. 23. The lecture is at 4 p.m. in Phoenix Room C, and the reception is scheduled at 4:45 p.m. in the 1965 Room in University Union. The two faculty members from King Mongkut's University of Technology in Bangkok have been at UW-Green Bay since the beginning of September. They received a grant to travel to the U.S. to learn about the educational system and chose UW-Green Bay because Teacher Wipawee was a student in a graduate seminar taught by Prof. Derek Jeffreys during a grant-sponsored year as a visiting professor in Thailand in 1998-99. The visiting faculty members teach psychology and social sciences in Thailand. They leave Green Bay on Sept. 25 and will spend week in Chicago before returning home. Their lecture and reception at UW-Green Bay are sponsored by the Office of International Education and the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Second in series of 'Justice' public discussions is Sept. 22

The second in the series of public discussions on Justice, War and Peace organized by Professors Andrew Fiala and Hye-Kyung Kim is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Brown County Public Library. "Justice, Torture and Human Rights" is the topic, and the presenters include UW-Green Bay faculty members Derek Jeffreys and Clifton Ganyard, and the Rev. John Wehling of St. Matthew Orthodox Church, Green Bay. After the short presentations, attendees will be invited to join a general discussion. The series is supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council which in turn receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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UW-Green Bay art faculty represent at Neville

Members of the UW-Green Bay art faculty will be among 35 artists exhibiting their work at the Neville Public Museum's 60th Art Annual Juried Exhibition through Nov. 7. UW-Green Bay artists involved in the exhibition are Profs Christine Style, Curt Heuer, David Damkoehler and Prof. Emeritus Robert Pum. Thirty-eight works of art by 35 artists were selected for the exhibition from nearly 300 entries by 38 artists.

* * * * *

New courses for educators illustrate variety

Half a dozen new topics have been added to the line-up of fall courses offered for educators by UW-Green Bay. The new selections include courses in space flight history, using the "six traits" in writer's workshops, working with emerging writers, middle school reading workshops, Door County Peninsula geology, and Earth and space science. Specifics are available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/educ or in the latest press release at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#educators.

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More connecting downtown, today

Worth noting, although we're too late for lunch: The "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" series started up again today (Sept. 16), with Kim Nielsen's presentation on "The Radical Lives of Helen Keller" — also the topic of Nielsen's recently published book. Look for more coverage, later.

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What's all the H.Y.P.E? A new downtown partnership aimed at youth

Downtown H.Y.P.E. (Harnessing Young Professionals' Energy), a partnership made up of Downtown Green Bay, Inc., the Young Professionals Network and UW-Green Bay Outreach and Extension, is forming to bring together young people from throughout the community to experience downtown, form relationships with business and community leaders, and represent young people's viewpoints to government officials. The project is made possible by a Continuing EDvantage grant from UW-Extension's Division of Outreach and E-Learning. For more, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#hype.

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UW-Green Bay, SNC, NWTC students selected for the effort

A group of 24 — a collective group of students from UW-Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, St. Norbert College — and members of the Young Professionals Network will be selected Sept. 30 for H.Y.P.E The committee will be charged to answer three questions:

Where are the young professionals in community activities, boards and committees?
What is the future of Green Bay's downtown?
How do we stop the "brain drain" and begin to achieve "brain gain"?

Potential participants may sign up online at http://www.ypnetwork.com.

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Press-Gazette hypes H.Y.P.E.

"Downtown renewal is a youth movement." That's the headline over a very well-reported story on H.Y.P.E in today's business section of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_17822647.shtml.

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WPR salutes Smithsonian's American Indian Museum

Wisconsin Public Radio celebrates next week's historic opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indians on the National Mall in Washington D.C. with a special broadcast. We Are Still Here, a one-hour program looking at the relationship between today's American Indian and the opening of the museum. The show will be broadcast on WPNE, 89.3 FM, Green Bay, today (Sept. 16) at 9 p.m., and on WHID, 88.1, at 5 p.m. Friday (Sept. 17).

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Athena deadline extended

Based on member feedback, the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline for Athena Award to September 27. The award will be presented at the Chamber's Annual Meeting and Recognition Bash, scheduled for October 22 at the Weidner Center. Download a nomination form online at http://memberinfo.titletown.org/gbchamber2/awards/default.asp.

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Save the date for the Phoenix Hall of Fame

The 2005 Phoenix Hall of Fame banquet is scheduled for Friday, February 18 in the Phoenix Room of the University Union.

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Come to Italian Cultural Cuisine — bring an amica

Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 15 is the time and date for you and your friend(s) (amica) to attend the first Italian Cultural Cuisine lunch. On the menu is Italian chicken and bowtie alfredo with broccoli and red peppers; penne and Italian sausage with marinara sauce, baby carrots and mushrooms vegetable; and rotini covered with pesto cream sauce, yellow squash, zucchini, and green andred peppers, and more! Nancy Blanchard Watts will provide music on her harp. Cost is $8 for students, $9.50 for /staff, and $10.50 for community members. Tickets go on sale Sept. 27 at the University Information Center.

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Reminder: Littig celebration

Help Eileen Littig, 30-year director of NEWIST/CESA 7, celebrate her retirement from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 at the CESA 7 offices, 595 Baeten Road, Green Bay (near Ashwaubomay Park).

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Farewell , Chad

Stop by the International Center and give extend best wishes to Chad Goeden as he heads to the Ukraine to teach English. His last day is this Friday (Sept. 17).

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It's busy around here

Worth noting, whether you attend these events or not, or whether you know students who are going or not, is the ambitious series of campus life events this week, and throughout September. Flamenco Guitarist AnnaMaria's concert, InterVarsity's Brewer trip/picnic, charter fishing on Lake Michigan, OrgSmorg, Fall Leadership Development, Foxy Lady cruise, Cultural Plunge to the Oneida Reservation, Brewers vs. Astros Game, LeaderFest, and more!

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A cousin sends word of her name change...

The University of South Carolina Spartanburg, founded in the late 1960s at almost exactly the same time as UW-Green Bay, has changed its name to the University of South Carolina Upstate. The name reflects local vernacular for the Piedmont region at the far northwest corner of the state.

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Reminder: Note new hours in Area Research Center

Cofrin Library's Area Research Center and Special Collections have changed hours to "better meet needs expressed by clients." New hours are:

Monday: 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday: 12:30 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Briefs

Prof. David Coury, Humanistic Studies and German, is the author of a book just published by Mellen Press, "The Return of Storytelling in Contemporary German Literature and Film — Peter Handke and Wim Wenders." The book is part of Mellen's series on German Literature and Film. Coury's study of the work of author Handke and filmmaker Wenders also has been the basis for papers and presentations, and for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cincinnati. Coury joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in 1995.

Prof. William Witwer, director of choral activities/ associate professor of Communication and the Arts, was recently appointed to the repertoire and standards committee for youth and student activities of the American Choral Directors Association north central region (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota). In addition to writing articles for the region's journal, Melisma, Witwer will help with planning the 2006 NCACDA Convention in Omaha, Nebraska.

A journal submission by Regan Gurung, associate professor of Human Development and Psychology, was recently accepted for publication. "Does matching teaching and learning styles optimize learning?" will appear in the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching.

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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.