UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 36 No. 90



UW System budget Chancellor's message to campus Budget news release Budget session audio Fleurant recovering Phoenix softball Commencement speeches online Weidner educational series Grants workshop International ed UW retention rates examined Brief	Vol. 36, No. 90 / May 23, 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. Joint Finance Committee takes up UW System budget Tuesday The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to consider the University of Wisconsin System budget during a meeting at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 24. The committee is working its way through state agency budgets and expects to forward its recommendations to the full Legislature by the end of the month. * * * * * Chancellor says additional cuts would have "serious impact" at UW-Green Bay In an e-mail message today to the campus community, Chancellor Bruce Shepard said word out of the Capitol is that the UW System may face budget cuts beyond what Gov. Jim Doyle proposed in his 2005-07 budget plan. The following is the text of the Chancellor's message: Colleagues: As I have said on numerous occasions, I want to keep you as informed as possible about developments in the 2005-07 state budget process. Tomorrow, the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee will take up the UW System budget. This 16-member committee has been working on the governor's budget for months - holding public hearings and now voting on the budgets of specific state agencies. The committee is expected to send its recommendations to the Assembly and Senate by the end of the month. We are hearing from our contacts at the state Capitol that the Joint Finance Committee is likely to recommend additional cuts in the UW System budget - cuts that go beyond those proposed by Gov. Doyle. Any additional cuts could have further serious impacts on the services UW-Green Bay and other campuses in the System deliver. We, our many local supporters, and others across the state are delivering that message to the committee as it prepares to vote on the UW budget. UW-Green Bay today is issuing a news release that provides details on the impact of past and potential budget cuts on our campus and region. You can read the release later today on our Web site. Updated information will be posted on our budget Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/budget/index.htm as the information becomes available to us. We are also expecting that you will be able to follow, tomorrow, the Joint Finance Committee's discussion of and action on the UW Budget on the web: a LOG announcement will provide details. I'd like to close by offering my usual cautionary note that when things look good they never turn out quite that well, and when things look bleak they never turn out quite that badly. Thanks again for all you do on behalf of Green Bay's University of Wisconsin. Bruce * * * * * News release provides more detail about effects of potential cuts As the Chancellor noted in his statement, the University is issuing a news release today with more detail about how UW-Green Bay has been impacted by a series of budget cuts. The cuts move in the opposite direction from what Northeastern Wisconsin needs at a time of economic transition, the Chancellor says in the release. The news release is available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#budget. * * * * * Audio of Joint Finance Committee meeting is online Audio of the Joint Finance committee meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, can be accessed online at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lfb/jfc.html. Once at the committee Web site, click under "In Session." (A note of caution: The committee has a history of straying from its posted schedule. In other words, action on the UW budget and budgets of other agencies may be postponed until a later time or date.) * * * * * Prof. Fleurant recovering well after weekend bypass surgery Prof. Ken Fleurant, secretary of the faculty and academic staff, is recovering well after undergoing double bypass surgery over the weekend. His wife, Paula, reports that there was no damage to the heart muscle and that Ken already is demonstrating the sense of humor the campus community knows well. He is expected to be out of intensive care by tonight or Tuesday and home from the hospital by the end of the week. Please check with the Fleurant family to find out when he will be ready to greet visitors. * * * * * Phoenix softball team caps memorable season The UW-Green Bay softball team's season came to end Saturday, but not before the team posted the most significant win in the program's history. Head Coach Jean Rivett's team ended the season with a 27-18 record, a Horizon League tournament championship and a first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. In its tournament debut, the Phoenix knocked off highly rated Oregon State in an exciting 1-0 game. Read more about the "storybook" season of the Phoenix softball team at http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/softball/052105.asp. * * * * * Commencement speeches available online Featured speeches from UW-Green Bay's 2005 spring commencement are now available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm. Prof. Bill Laatsch gave the commencement address, and Sylvia Malcore was the graduating class speaker at the May 14 commencement ceremonies held at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. * * * * * Press-Gazette features Weidner educational series A story on the Green Bay Press-Gazette's School Zone page today notes that registration for the Weidner Center's 2005-06 daytime educational series is off to a fast start. The story by Warren Gerds can be read online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_21115949.shtml. * * * * * Openings remain for grants workshop There are still a few remaining spots for the Web-based workshop, "Strategies for Developing Competitive Grant Proposals," to be held in MAC-137 Thursday, May 26, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Call the Institute for Research at 465-2784 or e-mail nonnl@uwgb.edu to reserve your place. * * * * * Article describes 'makeover' in international education The Green Bay Press-Gazette picked up on changes in UW-Green Bay's international education program, which previously have been detailed in the LOG and in a news release. The Press-Gazette story is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_21100891.shtml. * * * * * Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance analyzes UW retention rates The Madison-based Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance recently issued a report on its analysis of second-year retention rates at University of Wisconsin campuses. A Wisconsin State Journal story on the report is online at http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=40935&ntpid=5. * * * * * Brief Prof. Anne Kok, Social Work, will speak as part of the luncheon panel Tuesday (May 24) at "Business and Education: A Global Partnership, "a three-day gathering in Green Bay 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. The event is being held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. * * * * * 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.

UW System budget

Chancellor's message to campus

Budget news release

Budget session audio

Fleurant recovering

Phoenix softball

Commencement speeches online

Weidner educational series

Grants workshop

International ed

UW retention rates examined

Brief

Vol. 36, No. 90 / May 23, 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.

Joint Finance Committee takes up UW System budget Tuesday

The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to consider the University of Wisconsin System budget during a meeting at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 24. The committee is working its way through state agency budgets and expects to forward its recommendations to the full Legislature by the end of the month.

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Chancellor says additional cuts would have "serious impact" at UW-Green Bay

In an e-mail message today to the campus community, Chancellor Bruce Shepard said word out of the Capitol is that the UW System may face budget cuts beyond what Gov. Jim Doyle proposed in his 2005-07 budget plan. The following is the text of the Chancellor's message:

Colleagues:

As I have said on numerous occasions, I want to keep you as informed as possible about developments in the 2005-07 state budget process. Tomorrow, the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee will take up the UW System budget. This 16-member committee has been working on the governor's budget for months - holding public hearings and now voting on the budgets of specific state agencies. The committee is expected to send its recommendations to the Assembly and Senate by the end of the month.

We are hearing from our contacts at the state Capitol that the Joint Finance Committee is likely to recommend additional cuts in the UW System budget - cuts that go beyond those proposed by Gov. Doyle. Any additional cuts could have further serious impacts on the services UW-Green Bay and other campuses in the System deliver. We, our many local supporters, and others across the state are delivering that message to the committee as it prepares to vote on the UW budget.

UW-Green Bay today is issuing a news release that provides details on the impact of past and potential budget cuts on our campus and region. You can read the release later today on our Web site. Updated information will be posted on our budget Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/budget/index.htm as the information becomes available to us.

We are also expecting that you will be able to follow, tomorrow, the Joint Finance Committee's discussion of and action on the UW Budget on the web: a LOG announcement will provide details.

I'd like to close by offering my usual cautionary note that when things look good they never turn out quite that well, and when things look bleak they never turn out quite that badly. Thanks again for all you do on behalf of Green Bay's University of Wisconsin.

Bruce

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News release provides more detail about effects of potential cuts

As the Chancellor noted in his statement, the University is issuing a news release today with more detail about how UW-Green Bay has been impacted by a series of budget cuts. The cuts move in the opposite direction from what Northeastern Wisconsin needs at a time of economic transition, the Chancellor says in the release. The news release is available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2005may.htm#budget.

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Audio of Joint Finance Committee meeting is online

Audio of the Joint Finance committee meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, can be accessed online at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lfb/jfc.html. Once at the committee Web site, click under "In Session." (A note of caution: The committee has a history of straying from its posted schedule. In other words, action on the UW budget and budgets of other agencies may be postponed until a later time or date.)

* * * * *

Prof. Fleurant recovering well after weekend bypass surgery

Prof. Ken Fleurant, secretary of the faculty and academic staff, is recovering well after undergoing double bypass surgery over the weekend. His wife, Paula, reports that there was no damage to the heart muscle and that Ken already is demonstrating the sense of humor the campus community knows well. He is expected to be out of intensive care by tonight or Tuesday and home from the hospital by the end of the week. Please check with the Fleurant family to find out when he will be ready to greet visitors.

* * * * *

Phoenix softball team caps memorable season

The UW-Green Bay softball team's season came to end Saturday, but not before the team posted the most significant win in the program's history. Head Coach Jean Rivett's team ended the season with a 27-18 record, a Horizon League tournament championship and a first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. In its tournament debut, the Phoenix knocked off highly rated Oregon State in an exciting 1-0 game. Read more about the "storybook" season of the Phoenix softball team at http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/softball/052105.asp.

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Commencement speeches available online

Featured speeches from UW-Green Bay's 2005 spring commencement are now available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/thenews.htm. Prof. Bill Laatsch gave the commencement address, and Sylvia Malcore was the graduating class speaker at the May 14 commencement ceremonies held at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

* * * * *

Press-Gazette features Weidner educational series

A story on the Green Bay Press-Gazette's School Zone page today notes that registration for the Weidner Center's 2005-06 daytime educational series is off to a fast start. The story by Warren Gerds can be read online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_21115949.shtml.

* * * * *

Openings remain for grants workshop

There are still a few remaining spots for the Web-based workshop, "Strategies for Developing Competitive Grant Proposals," to be held in MAC-137 Thursday, May 26, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Call the Institute for Research at 465-2784 or e-mail nonnl@uwgb.edu to reserve your place.

* * * * *

Article describes 'makeover' in international education

The Green Bay Press-Gazette picked up on changes in UW-Green Bay's international education program, which previously have been detailed in the LOG and in a news release. The Press-Gazette story is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_21100891.shtml.

* * * * *

Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance analyzes UW retention rates

The Madison-based Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance recently issued a report on its analysis of second-year retention rates at University of Wisconsin campuses. A Wisconsin State Journal story on the report is online at http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=40935&ntpid=5.

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Brief

Prof. Anne Kok, Social Work, will speak as part of the luncheon panel Tuesday (May 24) at "Business and Education: A Global Partnership, "a three-day gathering in Green Bay 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. The event is being held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center.

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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.