Vol. 36, No. 88 / May 19, 2005

Premier pick of popular peppers is pretty powerful perk

ONLY those who work on campus can take advantage of the employee perk of shopping early, from noon to 5 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, May 20), at the annual heirloom plant sale. Enter the greenhouse from the exterior door on the east side. Plants — tomatoes and peppers — are $1 each. Coordinator Vicki Medland asks that people bring their own boxes. Regular sale hours are Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tickets given out beginning at 8 a.m. The sale continues Sunday if plants remain. For a complete list, see http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/plantsale.

Thanks, GIRT applicants

The UW-Green Bay Research Council is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Spring 2005 Grants for Integrating Research and Teaching. Writes the Council: "We greatly appreciate each faculty member who submitted an application for the limited available funds and thank them for their continued effort in involving students in research and sharing those experiences with their students, in the classroom."

Research/Teaching awards for Bartell, Breznay, Gurung, Voelker

Receiving Spring 2005 Grants for Integrating Research and Teaching are:

• Prof. Denise Bartell, Human Development
"The portrayal of adolescent romantic experiences on television: reinforcing stereotypes or accurate representations?" (Awarded $975)

• Prof. Peter Breznay, Information and Computing Science
"Hardware Implementation of back-propagating artificial neural network based pattern recognizer" (Awarded $800)

• Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development
"Social Judgments: Role on Health Behaviors" (Awarded $899)

• Prof. David Voelker, Humanistic Studies
"Documenting American History: Editing Sources for the Classroom" (Awarded $950).

For more information on the Grants for Integrating Research and Teaching funding opportunity, please contact any member of the Research Council (www.uwgb.edu/rc) or the Institute for Research (www.uwgb.edu/research).

Joint Finance to consider UW System budget

The Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was scheduled to take up Gov. Doyle's 2005-07 budget proposal for the UW System at a hearing today (Thursday) in Madison. No smoke from the chimney — black, white or otherwise — with the committee yet to even take up the university budget as of 3 p.m. Watch for news in tomorrow's papers.

Jordanian scholar will join UW-Green Bay for 2005-06

Dr. Ibtesam Al-Atiyat will be a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at UW-Green Bay for 2005-2006, teaching in the social change and development and women's studies academic units. She also will present a public lecture and have other engagements in the community. Dr. Al-Atiyat presently is a lecturer at Balqa Applied University in Jordan and serves as a program officer with the Jordanian National Commission for Women. UW-Green Bay Prof. Kim Nielsen, who prepared the Fulbright grant proposal, offers additional information at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#scholar.

UW-Green Bay reorganizes, enhances international education

UW-Green Bay is reorganizing and expanding its international education program. Announced recently via a number of all-campus emails, the changes that will include a new temporary office location and new titles for Brent Blahnik, Jay Harris and Prof. Sarah Meredith are summarized in a release archived at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#international.

Web conference on 'Competitive Grant Proposals' is May 26... and free

The offices of the Institute for Research and the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, are pleased to sponsor a Grant Resource Center web conference, "Strategies for Developing Competitive Grant Proposals" on Thursday afternoon, May 26, from 12:30-2:30. Especially designed for faculty who are new to writing proposals for grants, the workshop will be conducted by Mimi Tangum, GRC Director, and Dan Riggle, GRC Program Manager. Tangum has 20 years' experience in writing grant proposals and in critiquing those of faculty in departments across universities; Riggle has 13 years' experience in working daily with federal program officers on their application processes, and he has assisted in the development and evaluation of a successful proposal that AASCU submitted to NSF for support of a project for changes to institutional mathematical sciences or mathematics education curricular changes. This GRC Web-based workshop is appropriate for faculty across the disciplines. It will include excerpts from and comments on a funded NSF Teacher Professional Continuum proposal, which provide experienced and less experienced faculty members with hands-on information, leading to greater understanding of the proposal development process. Finally, the workshop will include a discussion of a variety of review criteria that determine the ranking of proposals submitted under various federal agency programs. Registration is limited to 30 people, please call the Institute for Research at 465-2784 to reserve your place or e-mail to: nonnl@uwgb.edu.

Georgia Schroeder update

Georgia Schroeder works for UW-Extension, but many campus staff know her from when she worked in the UW-Green Bay Social Work Office in the late 1990s. In February, she and her family were involved an inner-tube accident at an Upper Peninsula ski resort. Georgia was permanently paralyzed from the chest down and her son, Cooper, 9, was killed. Two weeks ago, after 10 weeks of hospitalization and in-patient rehab, Georgia returned home. Her house has been adapted to her needs and she has been adjusting to new ways of living at home. Georgia had lunch at the Brown County Extension Office this past Monday; her friends there report she is in good spirits and is anxious to return to work. The medical staff in Green Bay was impressed with her rehab progress when she transferred from Theda Clark in Neenah to St Vincent's, where she continues outpatient rehab three days a week. Personal notes and support continue to be very much appreciated. Information on a fundraiser to purchase a vehicle for Georgia will be forthcoming.

Services for Cooper Schroeder

The Schroeder family had a small service some time ago in the hospital for Georgia's son Cooper. They have waited until Georgia is able to be a part of a service with friends until now. Visitation and services will be held this Sunday and Monday (May 22 and 23). The visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Proko Wall Funeral Home, 1630 East Mason St. The funeral is 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 501 Howe St.

There is such a thing as a free lunch

That's what lucky winners of last week's drawing as part of Employee Appreciation Week found out. Just for participating in the online University trivia contest, they won a certificate for a free on-campus meal, courtesy of Sodexho. Those winners again:

Trudy Jacobson, Marie Stephenson, Jean Wentz, Mike Kline, Sandra Bohman, Robert Howe, Donna Van Straten, Sheila Blackman

Confidential to Fox River Trail users: Relief is near

We'll give you the inside poop at a later date, but be advised that Friday, June 3, will be a day of lavatorial exultation among users of the Fox River Trail's popular Green Bay/De Pere stretch. That's when a ribbon of toilet paper will be cut (really!) to dedicate the newly constructed permanent restroom building at St. Francis Park (located, coincidentally, directly across the river from the Fort Howard Paper plant now run by Georgia Pacific). Why such interest here? No. 1, the rest station has a campus tie — it was the product of a Leadership Green Bay class nicknamed "The Outhouse Gang" that included Education and Women's Studies Prof. Sandy Stokes and raised $60,000 for the much-needed facility. No. 2, well... we just wanted to work the words "No. 1" and "No. 2" into this report. We'll waste no time in flushing loose more details of this unique example of "connecting" as they become available.

Biodiversity workshop will identify uninvited 'houseguests'

The workshop, "Arthropods in Your House?" takes place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 4 at UW-Green Bay. Prof. Michael Draney will introduce a long list of creatures that might be found in homes — centipedes, millipedes, sowbugs, spiders, springtails, silverfish, crickets, cockroaches, earwigs, termites, aphids, whiteflies, and others; along with numerous beetles, ants, wasps, moths and flies. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#arthropods.

UW-Green Bay a partner in Summer Institute on International Education

"Business and Education: A Global Partnership" is the theme of a three-day gathering in Green Bay next week (May 23-25) organized by the Wisconsin Technical College System in association with NWTC, the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and a long list of local sponsors including UW-Green Bay. Workshops and breakout sessions conducted by industry professionals will cover topics including "Cross Cultural Communication In the Workplace," "How to Open Operations Abroad," "International Career Opportunities." Registration is at http://online.nwtc.edu/summerinstitute.

Keynote speakers include Torinus, Danforth

Featured speakers for the Monday-Wednesday (May 23-25) international education conference are Vava Diamond, vice president of product management for Schneider National; John Torinus, Jr., chairman & CEO of Serigraph, Inc.; Tina Danforth, chairwoman of the Sovereign Nation of Oneida; and Berend Kamphuis, chairman of the board of governors for Alfa College. The conference takes place at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, and costs $125 per person, $27 for students.

Connecting... history and 4th-graders

There's always learning going on at UW-Green Bay: Fifty fourth-graders from Baird Elementary School were on campus Wednesday morning (May 18) to discover more about Wisconsin history. They spent time in the archives of the Cofrin Library's Area Research Center and watched a presentation in the Christie Theatre. Topics included the Black Hawk War through eyewitness accounts; changes in Green Bay as seen in original maps 1835-1982; the diaries of local immigrant families, and a dramatization of the life of Elizabeth Baird. Deb Anderson of the Cofrin Library staff plans a traveling history show next week for 4th and 5th graders at Doty Elementary in Green Bay.

Still more car talk

"Wardens' mileage policy criticized" is the headline over the latest Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story to mention the UW System vehicle issue. See http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/may05/326861.asp.

Mash, Walsh comments

Vice President Don Mash and Regent David Walsh represented the UW System earlier this week at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Audit regarding the recent audit of the state fleet. Regent Walsh's testimony is archived at http://www.wisconsin.edu/.

Committee appointed for UW-Eau Claire chancellor search

UW System President Kevin P. Reilly has appointed a 17-member search-and-screen committee to identify a Chancellor to serve at UW-Eau Claire. The committee will be chaired by Robert Hooper, UW-Eau Claire professor of geology. Wondering if someone you know from Eau Claire is on the list? See http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050517.htm.

Reminder: power outage

If you're reading this shortly after 5 a.m. Friday (May 20) from a desktop computer in either Mary Ann Cofrin Hall or the Laboratory Sciences Building, your screen is dark because of a planned electrical interruption. Try again shortly.

Lee is top bowler (at 234.71!)

Sounds like he could be a professional: Congratulations are in order for Jeff Lee, general manager for the Sodexho account here at UW-Green Bay. He was named Bowler of the Year in the Green Bay area by the Press-Gazette. In only his first full season here, he averaged an incredible 234.71 for the Aurora Healthcare team in the Green Bay Major league. There was an article in Tuesday's newspaper at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_21029261.shtml.

Theatre faculty awards scholarships awards

Announced at last Thursday's Annual Coarse Awards Banquet:

The UW-Green Bay Theatre Faculty awarded the following scholarships at the end of a successful season:
First Nighter Scholarships ($1,000): Carrie Weis and Adina Weinig
Erdmann Scholarship ($1,000): Josh Wintersteen
Kline-Heim Scholarship ($800): Donna Larsen
Merit Scholarships ($800): RJ Kenny, John Mrovka, Jessica Thiers, Zach McLain, Quinn White, Jeff Harpold
Merit Scholarships ($400): Neil Montour, Ivan Jones, Mike Laskowski, Dena Holtz
Incoming Majors ($400): Suzanne Lindner, Emily Bartos
Incoming Dance Minor ($200): Amanda Polzer

Also recognized by the faculty:
Outstanding Theatre Student(s): Erica Fuss and Johnny Yoder
Outstanding Design/Tech Student(s): Eric Klingbeil and Kelly Keiler
Outstanding Performance Student(s): DJ Weirschem and Carrie Weis

Finally, the Theatre program recognized Abigail and Avery Klingbeil as their Theatre Angels for the 2005 Academic Year.

Reminder: Softball in NCAA tourney, Friday in Madison

UW-Green Bay plays powerhouse Oregon State at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the opening game of the NCAA Division I women's softball tournament. For details, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/.

Briefs

In addition to his responsibilities with UW-Green Bay students, Prof. Kevin Collins, communication and the arts and music, had a second semester busy with activities on behalf of middle- and high school students. In all, he spoke to or adjudicated performances by about 2,500 pre-college students. In January, he conducted the Packerland Conference Honor Band comprised of 80 select Northeast Wisconsin high school students at the Door County Auditorium. In March, Collins was the featured luncheon speaker on the topic, "Developing an Artistic Approach to Life and Leadership," before the Wisconsin Key Club Conference in Green Bay. The invitation was initiated by former UW-Green Bay music camper Amanda Cellini, who felt her experiences at summer band camp gave her insight, sensitivity and leadership skills. Collins conducted 120 top high school musicians from 25 Wisconsin and Michigan High Schools in the UW-Green Bay State Bound Honor Band on campus in April. And finally, in May, Collins was a judge for the Calvalcade of Music in Colorado Springs, Colo., adjudicating performances by 33 high school and middle school bands and string ensembles.

The Green Bay Historic Preservation Awards Presentation and Program took place May 17. Featured speaker was Prof. Bill Laatsch, Urban and Regional Studies, who shared his slide "Hidden Treasures: Green Bay and the National Register of Historic Places."

Prof. Denise Sweet, Humanistic Studies, is the workshop presenter June 18 for a program called "In the Writer's Pocket." Workshoppers will gather together charms, fetishes, gadgets, pocket tools, keepsakes, family photos, old postcards and trinkets in order to locate poetic inspiration in the everyday. The workshop is hosted by the Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee.

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