UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 99



Summer school HR on the move A party in New York Get the Scoop! Win your own ice cream party! Reporters question salaries, workloads On the plus side... Flags at half-staff	Vol. 36, No. 99 / June 20, 2005 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. School's in for summer Today (Monday, June 20) marks the start of four- and six-week sessions being offered during Summer 2005. Look for a statistical breakdown later this week, but with aggressive course scheduling and promotion, enrollments are running well ahead of last year, with headcount and revenue projections at or near their targets. *** * * * * HR is on the move this week The Office of Human Resources, including Payroll and Benefits and Affirmative Action, is moving to its new digs, the former NAS faculty Emeriti and Space Grant offices (ES 105 and 107). The move dates are Thursday and Friday of this week (June 23, 24). There will be some disruption of services while computers and phones are moved and boxes unpacked. * * * * * An invitation to a party in New York... NYU Press and the American Foundation for the Blind send an invitation to the launch celebration for Prof. Kim Nielsen's newest book, "Helen Keller: Selected Writings" from 6 to 8 p.m. next Monday (June 27) at the American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York. The publication date coincides with the 125th anniversary of Helen Keller's birth. Nielsen edited the collection of Keller's personal letters, political writings, speeches and excerpts of her published materials from 1887 to 1968. The book includes an introductory essay by Nielsen, head notes to each document, and a selected bibliography of work by and about Keller. Most of the letters and some of the images in the book are being published for the first time. Nielsen did the research at the Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the Blind. Nielsen's biography of Keller, "The Radical Lives of Helen Keller," was published in 2004. * * * * * Get the Scoop, starting this Wednesday! Get the Scoop, sponsored by the University Union, invites one and all to take a mid-day ice cream break each Wednesday through Aug. 3. Between 12:15 and 1:30 p.m., for the low-low price of 75 cents you can get a double-scoop serving in either a bowl or cone. Flavors this year include favorites such as Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter Cups 'n' Fudge, Cookies 'n' Cream, and more! Also available this summer are healthier fat-free options as well as several flavors of sherbet. The Wednesday ice-cream specials take place on the Phoenix Rooms patio, weather permitting, or inside near the Corner Store if not. * * * * * Win your own ice cream party Be a regular customer to Get the Scoop and make sure to get your punch card stamped for a chance to win a free ice cream party, courtesy of the University Union and Sodexho Dining Service! For more information, please contact Jennifer at uupromotions@uwgb.edu. * * * * * Reporters question salaries, workloads It's state-budget season (the full Legislature begins work this week on the Joint Finance Committee's version) and the state's major newspaper is full of investigative reports on UW System spending. An administrator's paid leave is a hot media topic in Madison; see http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jun05/334693.asp. In Milwaukee, columnists Spivak and Bice unload on a heralded fine arts quartet. See http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jun05/334802.asp. * * * * *** On the plus side... Kay Plantes, an MIT-trained economist and former Dreyfus administration official, says economic conditions warrant more support for the UW System. "We do not want to wake up and wonder what happened to the educational system that once made Wisconsin and its businesses so great," she writes in a guest column for the Journal-Sentinel at http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/jun05/334962.asp. *** * * * * Flags at half-staff Flags are flying at half-staff today (Monday, June 20) to mark the funeral of Lance Corporal John Mattek Jr. of Wisconsin, who died last Monday as a result of wounds received during enemy action in Iraq. * * * * *** 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.

Summer school

HR on the move

A party in New York

Get the Scoop!

Win your own ice cream party!

Reporters question salaries, workloads

On the plus side...

Flags at half-staff

Vol. 36, No. 99 / June 20, 2005

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.

School's in for summer

Today (Monday, June 20) marks the start of four- and six-week sessions being offered during Summer 2005. Look for a statistical breakdown later this week, but with aggressive course scheduling and promotion, enrollments are running well ahead of last year, with headcount and revenue projections at or near their targets.

* * * * *

HR is on the move this week

The Office of Human Resources, including Payroll and Benefits and Affirmative Action, is moving to its new digs, the former NAS faculty Emeriti and Space Grant offices (ES 105 and 107). The move dates are Thursday and Friday of this week (June 23, 24). There will be some disruption of services while computers and phones are moved and boxes unpacked.

* * * * *

An invitation to a party in New York...

NYU Press and the American Foundation for the Blind send an invitation to the launch celebration for Prof. Kim Nielsen's newest book, "Helen Keller: Selected Writings" from 6 to 8 p.m. next Monday (June 27) at the American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York. The publication date coincides with the 125th anniversary of Helen Keller's birth. Nielsen edited the collection of Keller's personal letters, political writings, speeches and excerpts of her published materials from 1887 to 1968. The book includes an introductory essay by Nielsen, head notes to each document, and a selected bibliography of work by and about Keller. Most of the letters and some of the images in the book are being published for the first time. Nielsen did the research at the Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the Blind. Nielsen's biography of Keller, "The Radical Lives of Helen Keller," was published in 2004.

* * * * *

Get the Scoop, starting this Wednesday!

Get the Scoop, sponsored by the University Union, invites one and all to take a mid-day ice cream break each Wednesday through Aug. 3. Between 12:15 and 1:30 p.m., for the low-low price of 75 cents you can get a double-scoop serving in either a bowl or cone. Flavors this year include favorites such as Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter Cups 'n' Fudge, Cookies 'n' Cream, and more! Also available this summer are healthier fat-free options as well as several flavors of sherbet. The Wednesday ice-cream specials take place on the Phoenix Rooms patio, weather permitting, or inside near the Corner Store if not.

* * * * *

Win your own ice cream party

Be a regular customer to Get the Scoop and make sure to get your punch card stamped for a chance to win a free ice cream party, courtesy of the University Union and Sodexho Dining Service! For more information, please contact Jennifer at uupromotions@uwgb.edu.

* * * * *

Reporters question salaries, workloads

It's state-budget season (the full Legislature begins work this week on the Joint Finance Committee's version) and the state's major newspaper is full of investigative reports on UW System spending. An administrator's paid leave is a hot media topic in Madison; see http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jun05/334693.asp.

In Milwaukee, columnists Spivak and Bice unload on a heralded fine arts quartet. See http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jun05/334802.asp.

* * * * *

On the plus side...

Kay Plantes, an MIT-trained economist and former Dreyfus administration official, says economic conditions warrant more support for the UW System. "We do not want to wake up and wonder what happened to the educational system that once made Wisconsin and its businesses so great," she writes in a guest column for the Journal-Sentinel at http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/jun05/334962.asp.

* * * * *

Flags at half-staff

Flags are flying at half-staff today (Monday, June 20) to mark the funeral of Lance Corporal John Mattek Jr. of Wisconsin, who died last Monday as a result of wounds received during enemy action in Iraq.

* * * * *

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.