Vol. 36, No. 15 / September 30, 2004

Details on Michael Moore tickets

UW-Green Bay students will have first crack at tickets for filmmaker Michael Moore's Oct. 23 shows at the Weidner Center. All 4,040 tickets will be available for sale when the Weidner Center box office opens at 10 a.m. Friday (Oct. 1). Because the student Good Times Programming organization is the sponsor of the event, first-day sales will be limited only to UW-Green Bay students with valid ID numbers, either presented in person or by phone. Should any tickets remain, sales will resume at 9 a.m. Saturday through the Weidner box office (Oct. 2) for the general public. All tickets are $5 each plus $2 service and handling charge.

Clarification: University faculty, staff are considered 'general public'

UW-Green Bay faculty and staff members interested in attending one of the Michael Moore appearances on campus Saturday, Oct. 23, will be able to purchase tickets, should any remain, when sale is opened to the general public this Saturday morning. No advance sales are possible with the student-organized event.

October 16 is 'Alumnifest'

New labs and lecture halls... another new residence hall boosting the on-campus population to 2,000 students... Studio Arts renovation... it isn't the same campus that most alumni left. The UW-Green Bay Alumni Association and faculty and staff volunteers will host the second annual but expanded Alumnifest on Saturday, Oct. 16. The schedule of events:

• Golf - Shorewood Golf Course, 1-3 p.m.
A block of tee times reserved for alumni and friends at a discounted rate.

• Lab Sciences Open House, 3-5 p.m.
Science graduates especially will want to see faculty members and the new LS

• Studio Arts Open House, 3-5 p.m.
Music graduates especially will want to see faculty members and the SA changes.

• Campus Tour, 5 p.m.
Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, and other highlights.

• 'Let's Celebrate": Social and Reception, 6-7:30 p.m.
Limited cash bar; silent auction; hors d'oeuvres; Chancellor Bruce Shepard; displays of vintage UW-Green Bay photos and memorabilia.

• Music and Fun, 7-10 p.m.
An evening of swing, contemporary and jazz music - and a little Frank Sinatra tossed in - performed by a jazz ensemble made up of alumni and current students.

A cost of $5 includes the evening's events, hors d'oeuvres, and a complimentary beverage. Last year's attendees will receive an additional complimentary beverage for each alumni they bring who had not previously attended the event.

For more, or to register, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/alumni/@lumni/index.htm.

Interdisciplinarity in Action returns for second year

The Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Office initiative Interdisciplinarity in Action launches its second year with a new twist — a series of Career Conversations aimed at helping students explore career fields related to the monthly theme. Associate Dean Joyce Salisbury says Interdisciplinarity in Action showcases interesting academic work Liberal Arts and Sciences units do and work that engages students. "Career Conversations shows how this work extends into students' future — and into connecting with the community — by showing how this interdisciplinary work turns into a career," she notes. UW-Green Bay Career Services is collaborating on the Career Conversations.

Web, board, events will make 'Interdisciplinarity' themes public

The Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/lasdean, the bulletin board outside the Office at Theatre Hall 335, and events will publicize monthly themes for Interdisciplinarity in Action through April 2005. Details of many of the events will be announced as the dates approach.

Interdisciplinarity in Action themes for 2004-2005:

October
Disciplines working together to produce the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," scheduled Nov. 12, 13, 19, and 20 in University Theater.
Career Conversation: Arts and Arts Management, 1 to 1:50 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 111.

November
"Engaging Women: Changing the Face of Leadership Through Civic Involvement," conference sponsored by UW students' United Council and co-sponsored by UW-Green Bay Women's Studies, Nov. 19 - 21 at UW-Green Bay.
Career Conversation: Civic Involvement. Details to be announced.

December
Celebration of 20th anniversary year of "Voyageur" magazine, the northeastern Wisconsin history magazine, which coincides with Green Bay's 150th anniversary. Release of "Voyageur" Teachers' Edition on Wisconsin history, supported by U.S. Department of Education Teaching History grant to Prof. Andrew Kersten.
Career Conversation: none this month.

January 2005
"Voyageur" magazine, continued. Prof. Kersten will lecture on "Untold Significance: A Commemorative History of Green Bay," at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 in the Christie Theater. Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt will do the introduction.
Career Conversation: Publishing. Date, time and place to be announced.

February
Costa Rica Initiatives, joint travel-study-research effort lead by Professors Troy Abel, Public and Environmental Affairs, and Kevin Fermanich, Natural and Applied Sciences.
Career Conversation: Global Conservation. Date, time and place to be announced.

March
The UW-Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program will be featured. Activities to be announced.
Career Conversation: none this month.

April The annual student Academic Excellence Symposium on April 20 also will serve as the theme for the UW-Green Bay Founders Association spring reception.
Career Conversation: Career Services will have an open house.

'UWGB teacher Scheberle thinks outside the books'

In case you missed it earlier this week, the well-done Green Bay Press-Gazette story on UW-Green Bay Prof. Denise Scheberle is archived on our site at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm#scheberle.

'Highly Classified': Swiggum, Dimmer

We promise to get it right, this time, with the links all checked out and in good working order. Meet two more members of the Classified Staff Advisory Council, colleagues in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance... Jan Swiggum and Sharon Dimmer.

http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/swiggum.htm
http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/dimmer.htm

UW-Green Bay to induct first members of psychology honor society

UW-Green Bay has been granted a charter for Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology students. The campus chapter will induct its first members at a ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 1) in Phoenix Rooms A and B. "It is a wonderful achievement for us to get a chapter and a credit to the active and hard-working students in Human Development and Psychology, two of the campus's largest majors," said Prof. Regan Gurung, Psi Chi faculty adviser. For more, and names of 41 inductees, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#psichi.

Select ensemble, The Phoenix Chorale, earns selection for festival

The Phoenix Chorale and their conductor, Prof. William Witwer, have been invited to be the featured guest choir and clinician at the Menominee River Conference 2004 All-Conference Fall Sing held at Kingsford (MI) High School on Oct. 11. The chorale will perform several selections and then join with six area schools in a final combined selection led by Prof. Witwer.

Students Okokon and Lee will be honored at state multicultural conference

Theresa Okokon and Juny Lee are the winners of the "Changemaker" Community Service Award for the UW-Green Bay campus. The award winners will be presented a certificate and monetary award at the American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference at UW-Madison on Sunday, Oct. 10. The UW System is the primary sponsor of this conference along with active participation of all the campuses. About 400 people will attend the three-day gathering. Nominations for the UW-Green Bay "Changemakers" recognition were solicited campuswide; supporting materials were solicited from the nominees; a selection committee made the decision. Congratulations to Theresa and Juny!

University community invited to share online memories of Keith Prechter

A Webpage has been set up to allow friends and co-workers of the late Keith Prechter, the UW-Green Bay staff member who died suddenly this week at age 57, to post recollections and expressions of condolences. The messages will later be compiled and shared with the Prechter family. To visit the site, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/memorial/.

Obituary is online

For the benefit of off-campus readers who might not have seen an earlier posting, visitation for Keith Prechter is Friday (Oct. 1) from 4 to 8 p.m. at Malcore Funeral Home on University Avenue. The funeral will be 10:30 Saturday at St. Peter and Paul across Baird Street on University. The obituary is among those listed online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/records/obits.shtml.

Plan to participate in first-ever golf cart parade, Oct. 15!

As part of Fall Fest, we are bringing a new tradition to UW-Green Bay, sponsored by Shorewood Golf Course, RHAA & Residence Life. That's the message from Residence Life staff member Nicole Krebs regarding the first-ever "Golf Cart Parade" at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, outside the union. The parade route will be the walkway between the union and housing. Faculty and staff are invited to attend with their families. Or... if you advise an org, or your group or unit would like to submit an entry for the parade, you may pick up an entry form at the Community Center. The theme is: UW-Green Bay Spirit! All entries are due next Thursday (Oct. 7). For details, contact Nicole Krebs at krebsn@uwgb.edu or ext. 2962.

Fighting invasive plants: Workshop offers pointers on Oct. 9

Purple loosestrife, common reed, reed canary grass, garlic mustard and other species will be the focus when botanist Gary Fewless presents a workshop on Invasive Plant Species from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 9. For more on the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity event, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2004sept.htm#invasive.

UW-Green Bay Paper Technology Center called hopeful sign

Highly regarded business writer Tom Still takes a look at one of the region's most important economic sectors in this week's edition of the Wisconsin Technology Network report. He makes reference to the paper technology transfer center to be located at UW-Green Bay. Headlined "Wisconsin's paper industry needs technology, innovation to prosper," the story is located at http://www.wistechnology.com/article.php?id=1214.

Cultural Fair is Oct. 13, in Phoenix Room

The Sixth Annual Cultural Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Phoenix Room on Wednesday, Oct. 13. An eclectic group of performers and vendors will come together to showcase regional and international cultures. It will be a must-stop event for the Phuture Phoenix fifth graders visiting the same day. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop in at the fair wearing garments distinctive of countries they've visited, lived in, or just like to have an opportunity to wear.

Florence peace foundation representatives will visit

Representatives of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation in Florence, Italy, will continue a relationship between the Foundation and UW-Green Bay with a visit to campus Oct. 7 through 9. Prof. Sarah Meredith was an invited faculty member — and the only American — at the Foundation's International Round Table last February in Florence, and voice student Kerry Kuplic was invited to perform. It was Meredith's second year of participation. Del Bianco founded the organization after the fall of the Berlin Wall with the goal of promoting peace and integrating the former Soviet bloc nations with the West, particularly by working with youth and through activities in the arts and humanities. Del Bianco, whose business interests include hotels, made lodging available at advantageous rates to the UW-Green Bay travel-study-performance group that traveled to Florence last March. Meredith connected with the Foundation through her ties with Eastern European faculty members and institutions.

UW-Oshkosh pilots statewide project to restart UW 'stop-outs'

UW-Oshkosh is taking the lead in a project to help students who are close to graduation return to school and complete their college degrees. The "Oshkosh Graduation Project" is a pilot program aimed at college seniors who left the university in good academic standing just before completing their degrees. UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire will be next. See http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2004/r040930.htm.

UW-Sheboygan dean Hernandez takes leave for cancer treatment

A team of administrators will fill in for Ray Hernandez, dean of UW College-Sheboygan, who has returned to Houston for the removal of cancerous cells. The local coverage is http://www.wisinfo.com/sheboyganpress/news/archive/local_17982307.shtml.

Next meeting on LGBT issues is Oct. 19

The next meeting of the LGBT faculty/staff issues committee will be meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Counseling and Health Conference Room, SS 1400. The meeting is open to any faculty or staff member interested in discussing issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff in higher education as well as the UW-Green Bay campus. If interested in participating, please call or e-mail Brian Stahlkopf at 465-2343 or stahlkob@uwgb.edu.

'Teens in prison' is Teen Connection topic for Tuesday

"Welcome to My House," this year's Teen Connection program about teens in prison, will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5 on WPNE-TV 38. The show will feature six teen inmates at the Green Bay Correctional Institute, but the panel and phone banks will be set up in the new Northeastern Wisconsin Educational Television Production studio located at UW-Green Bay. One camera will be at the Correctional Institute. Warden Dan Bertrand and Frank Smith of Holy Smokers will join Charles Tubbs, head of the Division of Juvenile Corrections, and host Sula Kim on the panel. Visit the Teen Connection Web site at http://www.wpt.org/teenconnection.

No previous experience in rocketry is necessary to compete!

Sounds like a wild come-on, but it's for real. "Unique NASA Opportunity to Launch Rockets!" is how Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium is describing its Student Rocket Design Competition, an opportunity for students to design and construct rockets to compete for a $5,000 cash prize. Complete information and details on how to apply may be found at the WSGC Web site: http://www.wsgc/students/sr.asp.

Chamber of Commerce touts business luncheon on Oct. 12

Tuesday, Oct. 12, is the date for a luncheon presentation, "United States Manufacturing Initiatives," by Al Frink, the assistant secretary for manufacturing and services, the Department of Commerce. The event at the KI Center is organized by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. More details are available at http://www.titletown.org/.

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