UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 82



National EPA competition Environmental Design Studio students, faculty National history competition Media covers economic initiative Horizon softball tourney Horizon golf tournament Coach of the year Art scholarships	Vol. 36, No. 82 / May 10, 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. Design students going to national EPA competition A seven-student team from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will go to Washington, D.C. next week to compete as finalists in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's first annual P3 Award event on the National Mall. The students, all enrolled in the UW-Green Bay Environmental Design Studio, will exhibit their sustainable plan for the Baird Creek watershed in eastern Brown County, which has been the studio's primary project since September 2004. The UW-Green Bay team is among 65 university teams across the country whose entries the EPA judged "best student scientific designs for sustainability." The top six projects will receive up to $75,000 each to actually carry out the project they are proposing. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#epacompete. *** * * * * Students, faculty names Students in the spring semester Environmental Design Studio are Elizabeth Bishop, Kristen Hodek and Melissa Volk, Green Bay; Erin Heise, Omro; Suzanne Kohlmann, De Pere; Christopher Schanz, Sussex; and Kathryn Ten Haken, Sheboygan. UW-Green Bay students got "on track" in the competition when Environmental Design Studio faculty members David Damkoehler of communication and the arts, and Ronald K. Baba of urban and regional studies, submitted the project proposal to the EPA P3 competition last fall and earned a $10,000 grant. * * * * * UW-Green Bay sends five young people to national history competition Remember National History Day on campus a few weekends ago, as hosted by UW-Green Bay, Prof. Andrew Kersten and the library's Deb Anderson? The results are in, and an impressive five student projects from schools in Ashwaubenon, Appleton, Manitowoc and Sheboygan have been chosen to advance to the National History Day contest June 12-16 in College Park Maryland. One of the projects was "Soldiers' Letters: Experiencing War Through Their Words," and others involved the Pony Express, POWs, McCarthyism, and Hmong history. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#history. * * * * *** Newspaper coverage for economic initiative "Group creating economic gauge" is the headline today over a Green Bay Press-Gazette story describing efforts to connect Business Administration Prof. Meir Russ, Outreach and Extension and various local entities in developing a periodic report card on economic development. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_20896568.shtml. *** * * * * Phoenix softball is hosting Horizon League Championship The games will be played at the Ashwaubenon Sports Complex across town, but the hometown advantage still resides with the UW-Green Bay women's softball team. The second-seeded Phoenix will host the 2005 Horizon League Softball Championship. Their first game is at the early hour of 9 a.m. Thursday (May 12) vs. Wright State. For directions, ticket prices, game times and more, click http://horizonleague.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/05-softbl-championship.html. * * * * * Golf: good individual finishes Junior Eric Mabee of Ripon shot 71-74-74 and finished second and freshman Carson Solien of Madison took fifth with 74-74-73 as the Phoenix men's golf team finished in third place overall in last week's Horizon League tournament in Ohio. For full results, see http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/golf. * * * * * Golfer and coach of the year UW-Green Bay senior Jason Hill was named the Horizon League's golfer of the year after posting the low scoring average among league players this season. Phoenix head coach Shaun Rezachek earned Horizon League coach of the year honors, as voted by league coaches, for the first time in his career. * * * * * Seven students win art scholarships Seven UW-Green bay students have won art scholarships for the 2005-2006 academic year. Receiving David L. Damkoehler Scholarships are Leah Lindsley and Erica Millspaugh, both of Green Bay, and Ana Seroogy of Algoma. Daniel Klewer, Muskego, won the Henry Hagemeister Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The Althea Steele Lederer Scholarship went to Osmara Baumgardt-Vielma of Merida City, Venezuela. Two scholarships honor former UW-Green Bay art faculty members. The Michael Kazar Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Casey Early-Krueger, Green Bay. Johanna Winters, St. Paul, Minn., won the William Prevetti Scholarship. * * * * *** 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.

National EPA competition

Environmental Design Studio students, faculty

National history competition

Media covers economic initiative

Horizon softball tourney

Horizon golf tournament

Coach of the year

Art scholarships

Vol. 36, No. 82 / May 10, 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.

Design students going to national EPA competition

A seven-student team from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will go to Washington, D.C. next week to compete as finalists in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's first annual P3 Award event on the National Mall. The students, all enrolled in the UW-Green Bay Environmental Design Studio, will exhibit their sustainable plan for the Baird Creek watershed in eastern Brown County, which has been the studio's primary project since September 2004. The UW-Green Bay team is among 65 university teams across the country whose entries the EPA judged "best student scientific designs for sustainability." The top six projects will receive up to $75,000 each to actually carry out the project they are proposing. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#epacompete.

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Students, faculty names

Students in the spring semester Environmental Design Studio are Elizabeth Bishop, Kristen Hodek and Melissa Volk, Green Bay; Erin Heise, Omro; Suzanne Kohlmann, De Pere; Christopher Schanz, Sussex; and Kathryn Ten Haken, Sheboygan. UW-Green Bay students got "on track" in the competition when Environmental Design Studio faculty members David Damkoehler of communication and the arts, and Ronald K. Baba of urban and regional studies, submitted the project proposal to the EPA P3 competition last fall and earned a $10,000 grant.

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UW-Green Bay sends five young people to national history competition

Remember National History Day on campus a few weekends ago, as hosted by UW-Green Bay, Prof. Andrew Kersten and the library's Deb Anderson? The results are in, and an impressive five student projects from schools in Ashwaubenon, Appleton, Manitowoc and Sheboygan have been chosen to advance to the National History Day contest June 12-16 in College Park Maryland. One of the projects was "Soldiers' Letters: Experiencing War Through Their Words," and others involved the Pony Express, POWs, McCarthyism, and Hmong history. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#history.

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Newspaper coverage for economic initiative

"Group creating economic gauge" is the headline today over a Green Bay Press-Gazette story describing efforts to connect Business Administration Prof. Meir Russ, Outreach and Extension and various local entities in developing a periodic report card on economic development. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/biz_20896568.shtml.

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Phoenix softball is hosting Horizon League Championship

The games will be played at the Ashwaubenon Sports Complex across town, but the hometown advantage still resides with the UW-Green Bay women's softball team. The second-seeded Phoenix will host the 2005 Horizon League Softball Championship. Their first game is at the early hour of 9 a.m. Thursday (May 12) vs. Wright State. For directions, ticket prices, game times and more, click http://horizonleague.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/05-softbl-championship.html.

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Golf: good individual finishes

Junior Eric Mabee of Ripon shot 71-74-74 and finished second and freshman Carson Solien of Madison took fifth with 74-74-73 as the Phoenix men's golf team finished in third place overall in last week's Horizon League tournament in Ohio. For full results, see http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/golf.

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Golfer and coach of the year

UW-Green Bay senior Jason Hill was named the Horizon League's golfer of the year after posting the low scoring average among league players this season. Phoenix head coach Shaun Rezachek earned Horizon League coach of the year honors, as voted by league coaches, for the first time in his career.

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Seven students win art scholarships

Seven UW-Green bay students have won art scholarships for the 2005-2006 academic year. Receiving David L. Damkoehler Scholarships are Leah Lindsley and Erica Millspaugh, both of Green Bay, and Ana Seroogy of Algoma. Daniel Klewer, Muskego, won the Henry Hagemeister Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The Althea Steele Lederer Scholarship went to Osmara Baumgardt-Vielma of Merida City, Venezuela. Two scholarships honor former UW-Green Bay art faculty members. The Michael Kazar Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Casey Early-Krueger, Green Bay. Johanna Winters, St. Paul, Minn., won the William Prevetti Scholarship.

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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.