Vol. 36, No. 83 / May 11, 2005

Donors commit to expanding Hendrickson Professorship

Longtime friends of the university Philip J. and Elizabeth Hendrickson have made a significant addition to the endowment-fund principal of their named professorship. The gift will expand the scope of the Philip J. and Elizabeth Hendrickson Professorship for Business. Chancellor Bruce Shepard thanked the Hendricksons for their gift. Its announcement is the second of three major developments this week related to the Academic Excellence phase of The Campaign for UW-Green Bay. The first involved plans for the Thomas and Judy Haevers Scholarship; the third will be announced at Commencement this Saturday with creation of the institution's newest named professorship.

Hendrickson Professorship connects students with business community

With additional proceeds available annually as a result of the new gift, the Hendrickson Professorship provides support for faculty whose work helps students understand ethics and the positive role of business in the community. Recipients are expected to provide leadership in creating opportunities for student involvement in the Green Bay area business community. The current holder is communication Prof. Philip Clampitt, Information and Computing Science, author of Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership.

Hendricksons are 'compassionate givers'

Philip is a former president and CEP of Krueger International (now KI) and a former member of the Wisconsin Board of Regents. Betsy is a master's degree graduate of UW-Green Bay and an honorary co-chair of the current capital campaign. A human-interest profile on the couple appeared in last fall's Inside UW-Green Bay magazine. Meet them at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/insidearchive/04nov2.htm#hendrickson.

McClure-Lukens is named assistant director

Barbara McClure-Lukens has assumed a new leadership role as Assistant Director for Outreach and Adult Access. She will oversee the Outreach program areas of Summer Camps, Governmental Affairs/Economic Development, PK-12 Education Outreach, Credit Outreach, Downtown Learning Center, and Learning in Retirement. Says Associate Provost Jan Thornton, "These are all successful programs with able, entrepreneurial program managers who will continue to design and deliver responsive and high quality Outreach programs. In addition to her new leadership responsibilities, Barbara also will manage a reduced number of Outreach initiatives including the UWGB Downtown Lunch series, the Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education, and Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement programs."

Joined the University in 1994

Barbara McClure-Lukens had been a program manager in Outreach since 1994. She was the UW-Green Bay nominee for the 2002 Academic Staff Regents Award for Excellence and recipient of the Wisconsin Association of UW-Extension Professionals "Friend of Extension" award in 2000. In her prior career with the Brown County Library, she earned two national awards for community programming. She served as the founding president of the UW-Green Bay Friends of the Cofrin Library, currently serves on the Green Bay Botanical Garden Board of Directors and is a trained volunteer mediator with the Mediation Center of Greater Green Bay.

Trumpeter Bhasin in major recital at Abbey

UW-Green Bay Prof. Paul Bhasin will present a trumpet recital, along with Fr. Michael Frisch on organ and acclaimed guest soprano Jennifer Kethley at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at St. Norbert Abbey, 1016 N. Broadway, De Pere. The recital is free and open to the public. The program will feature Neruda's Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat, and J.S. Bach's Cantata no. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," in addition to solo performances by Bhasin and Fr. Frisch. A UW-Green Bay student trumpet and timpani ensemble will provide accompaniment on Charpentier's "Te Deum." It's a major concert. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#trumpet.

President Reilly's report from monthly Regents meeting

Colleagues,
The Board of Regents held its May meeting on the UW-Stout campus on Thursday and Friday of last week. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about several of UW-Stout's innovative programs that are making a real difference for students, faculty and staff, and the greater Menomonie community. I wanted to update you about these campus presentations, as well as the Board's discussions on tuition policy, capital projects, and issues that affect our students and campuses.

The following news summaries provide more detail on the May 5-6 meeting.

Day One: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050505.htm
* Future looks healthy for Wisconsin Partnership Fund, Regents learn
* Business and Finance Committee
* Education Committee
* Physical Planning and Funding Committee

Day Two: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050506b.htm
* UW-Stout "TLC" helps students excel in math studies
* Reilly praises UW-Fox Valley, FVTC initiative; Highlights "Good News" from UW-Stout
* Board honors Nylander for service as interim chancellor
* Regents clarify fleet audit, letters to state
* Board meets new United Council leaders; Outgoing president reflects on term
* Board thanks UW-Stout for serving as gracious host

I do hope you'll have an opportunity to review these summaries.. Please note that live audiostreaming of the full Board sessions is also available, courtesy of UW-Extension, at http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/.

Next month, the Board of Regents will travel to Milwaukee for their annual meeting on the UW-Milwaukee campus. This meeting will include, among other items, elections for officers of the Board.

Although our students are beginning their summer breaks, I know much important work will take place on our campuses while they are away. Please feel free to share with me your questions, reactions, or suggestions. Thank you for your continued dedication to the UW System.

Regards,
Kevin

Making plans for heirloom tomato and pepper sale a week from Saturday

Heirloom plants go on sale Saturday, May 21 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for tomatoes with fruits ranging from a half-inch in diameter to two-pounders, and for peppers running the gamut from mellow to habenero-hot. Plants are $1 each. It's UW-Green Bay heirloom plant sale, which began in 1996, is returning this year after a "recess" in 2004, benefits speakers and students in the Natural and Applied Sciences academic area, and reminds everyone that bio-diversity is as close as your home vegetable garden. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#plantsale.

P.S.... Take a sneak peek

Nearly 40 varieties of tomatoes and 20 of peppers will be available at the heirloom sale. Sale coordinator Vicki Medland points those planning their gardens (and purchases) to the complete list of plants on the UW-Green Bay Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/plantsale.

Campus heirloom plant shoppers are privileged

Those who work on campus can again do their shopping for heirloom tomato and pepper plants the afternoon before the sale opens to the public. The Laboratory Sciences greenhouse will be open to campus shoppers only from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20. Enter by way of the outside door on the east side of the greenhouse. Sale coordinator Vicki Medland asks campus shoppers to please bring their own boxes. Some 7,000 tomato plants and more than 2,000 pepper plants await sale at $1 each. The sale opens to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, and continues at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 22 if plants remain.

Death of Mary Hegenbart

Some on campus will recall Mary Hegenbart, long retired from her position as a grants administrator with the Institute for Research. She died Saturday at a Green Bay hospital at the age of 82; services are Saturday at Holy Cross Church near campus. An obituary is listed online http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/records/obits.shtml.

Three UW-Green Bay Business/Accounting students earn scholarships

Prof. Karl Zehms, chair of Business Administration, shares word that the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Financial Executives Institute has awarded $500 scholarships for the 2005-06 year to three UW-Green Bay students. The recipients, all seniors in Business Administration/Accounting, are Leslie Larson of Trempealeau, Hung Nguyen of Vietnam and Justin Schroeder of Kewaunee.

Phi Eta Sigma announces scholarship

Amiee Blaisdell has been awarded the Phi Eta Sigma honor society 2005-2006 undergraduate scholarship for UW-Green Bay. Blaisdell is a junior from Summit Lake, Wisconsin.

From the Internet...

Finally, how about these subject lines from spam e-mails (mostly for phony "meds," a couple for "low-cost" loans) junking up the LOG quarantine folder this morning? Sounds like a concert bill: Subliminal Wistful...Drill Mimic... Contraceptive Hinduism... Sciatica... Cinnamon Emphysema... and Squat Clang.

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