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Vol. 37, No. 99, April 19, 2006 / Log Archive

Quite an assortment of responses to Monday's LOG intro and related coverage. One reader objected to a comparison of UW-Green Bay's campus to mythical Faber College. (Sorry, we should have referred instead to that Disney favorite, dear ol' Medfield.) Another got political and suggested it has long felt like open season on certain state employees, so why all the fuss now? And, finally, another argued we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the wild wolves option. (Suggested motto: "We Back the Pack!") Enough already. Cease fire. In real news today:

• Friday's open forum: Strategic Plan 2006-09
• Please attend the International Dinner
• Kress Center Webcam
• Another UW-Green Bay grad joins Regents
• New appointees

• UW-Green Bay sends big delegation to Rotunda
• Phoenix Bookstore pays bounty on 'banned' shirts
• Schneider VP will speak here
• Faculty/staff directory cards? Turn 'em in
• First Congressional debate is next week

• Local winners head to state History Day
• Snapshots of a historic day
• 'Hoosiers'
• Pardon our French, but 'commandez vos billets'
• Tornado drill at 13:10

• Workshop on grieving, music and more
• UW-Green Bay students showcase their art...
• ... and receive scholarships
• 'Enchanted' opening
• Final reminder on Black Hawk talk

• Earth Week still in session
• Reminder: Friday is deadline for Academic Staff development funds
• Campus Compact promotes June at Parkside
• Home for sale, near campus

Academic Affairs unveils 2006-09 Strategic Plan, holds forum this Friday
The Academic Affairs Planning Committee has released a strategic plan that will guide operational planning and budget-building in the coming year. The plan delineates specific strategies and metrics in support of four broad goals:

Goal I. To promote and invest in a culture of learning, professional development, and continuous quality improvement across all units.

Goal II. To offer academic programs and services of high quality and integrity that are flexible and responsive to the needs of the region.

Goal III. To prepare students to function as responsible citizens in an ever-changing world.

Goal IV. To acquire resources sufficient to sustain and carry out our mission.

An open forum will be held this Friday (April 21) at 2 p.m. in MAC Hall 208. The purpose is to explain the plan, discuss implications, and answer any questions. All interested faculty and staff are invited to attend the forum or to submit questions or comments electronically. Supporting material is available at the Academic Affairs planning Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/provost/aapc.htm.

UW-Green Bay international students need your help: Eat, enjoy
Plenty of tickets remain (discounted to $20 apiece for faculty and staff) for the dinner and entertainment sponsored by the International Student Club this Saturday night (April 22) at the University Union. The menu features plaintain and yucca fitters; Colombian potato salad; lomo saltado, a Peruvian beef and vegetable dish; chicken pad Thai noodles; herbed spaetzle; and salade Nicoise from France. Desserts are baklava from Greece and the Middle East, American apple pie and bizcocho tres leches (cake with three milks) from Puerto Rico. Tickets can be reserved at the Union Info Center. (Get your tickets in advance, please.) For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#international.

It's here! The Kress Events Center Webcam
Curious as to how things are going over at the Big Dig? A digital camera mounted on the roof of the old Phoenix Sports Center is keeping an eye westward, in the direction of the main Kress Events Center construction. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/webcam/kress/index.htm.

Second UW-Green Bay alumnus joins Regents
Gov. Jim Doyle announced new appointments to the Board of Regents this week and one was Mary Quinnette Cuene. A 1988 graduate of UW-Green Bay, she is a learning facilitator in the Business Technology Department at NWTC. She served as faculty president there for five years and has been on the state technical college board since 2003. "My goal is to advocate for even greater cooperation between the WTCS and the UW System for the benefit of our students and our state's growth," Cuene says. She will join Eileen Connolly-Keesler, Class of '82, and former Council of Trustees member Judy Crain on the Regents.

Other new Regents: one student, two more attorneys
Thomas Shields of UW-Oshkosh is the first appointee to the non-traditional-student slot on the Board. Also appointed by Gov. Doyle were Madison lawyer Jeffrey Bartell and La Crosse lawyer Brent Smith. For more on the new Regents, visit http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=1918.

UW-Green Bay sends big delegation to Capitol for Posters in Rotunda
Fifteen UW-Green Bay students will travel to Madison next week to participate in "Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Student Research." The students will be among 165 students from UW campuses displaying research projects at the State Capitol next Tuesday (April 25). They will share their research with state elected officials, Regents, government representatives and the public. A list of UW-Green Bay student researchers and the projects they will display is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#posters.

Phoenix Bookstore will pay bounty on foreign shirts
Those clever people at the Phoenix Bookstore want to help clean up the campus... of non-Phoenix apparel, that is. Next week, trade in your non-UWGB shirts to be donated to a local charity, and get a discount on any item in stock. Discounts are as follows:

25% — Surrender a trade-in shirt from any UW System school
20% — A trade-in shirt from a Horizon League School
10% — A trade-in shirt from any college or university

The unique sale runs Monday through Friday, April 24-28.

Schneider VP will speak, recruit on campus
Todd Jadin, Vice President of Operations at Schneider National, and an alumnus of UW-Green Bay, is looking forward to talking with current students and alumni about the many opportunities within his organization. He is also looking forward to telling the students and graduates about his professional journey with Schneider National, beginning as new graduate of UW-Green Bay, to the role he currently holds today. (Pizza and sodas will be served.)

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Place: 1965 Room of the University Union
Who: "Any alumni or graduating student that is interested in a fantastic opportunity for an entry-level management position with a growing, global organization." Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP with peacockl@uwgb.edu by Monday at noon.

Faculty/staff directory cards? Turn 'em in by May 5
Here's a reminder to the campus community — and especially to those who are leaving campus for the summer — to return your orange campus phone directory cards to Marketing and University Communication. Please check over and update, if needed, your individual listing in the current directory so your name can appear correctly, with proper title, phone number and so forth, in the next edition of our printed UW-Green Bay phone directory. Including personal home contact information — a spouse's name, home address, home telephone and home-e-mail address — in the printed directory is optional. Call Betsy at ext. 2626 or send an e-mail to bassettb@uwgb.edu if you have questions.

Congressional candidates to debate on campus April 25, May 1
UW-Green Bay will host two political debates involving candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Green. The three Democratic candidates — Steven Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall — will debate Tuesday, April 25. Republican candidates John Gard and Terri McCormick will debate Monday, May 1. Both events will be held in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union, starting at 7 p.m. With Green vacating the seat to run for governor, the 8th District campaign is receiving extensive state and national attention. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#debates.

Local winners head to state History Day contest
Headed to Madison for the statewide National History Day competition on April 29 are more than 75 middle and high school students judged outstanding at the recent regional contest at UW-Green Bay. A sampling of top topics: "Kohler Strike: Union vs. Management"... "Demands at Dempsey"... "Hortonville Strike-Binding Arbitration"... "Welcome to WWII: The Waking of Working Women"... "Manitowoc's Silent Service." For names, schools and more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#history.

Snapshots: History Day
The Northeastern Wisconsin Regional History Day competition at UW-Green Bay began in 2003 and has quickly grown to become the largest regional contest in Wisconsin. For a flavor of the April 8 displays and activity, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.

'Hoosiers' comes to Christie's big screen
Watch Jimmy Chitwood make approximately 39 of 42 shots. Marvel at Coach Norman Dale's motivational wisdom in measuring the rim height at cavernous Hinkle Fieldhouse. ("Ten feet. Just like back at Hickory.") Thrill to "Hoosiers," arguably the best sports movie ever, with matinee and evening showings Friday through Sunday (April 21-23) in the Union's Christie Theatre. For show times, click http://www.uwgb.edu/union/movies/.

Attention! Commandez vos billets avant Lundi
Indeed, as is clearly stated above, order your tickets before Monday or miss out on fine French fare at the Cultural Cuisine Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. next Thursday (April 27) in the Phoenix Room. The menu includes baked stuffed rainbow trout, chicken w/ beer, warm potato salad, potatoes w/ creamy cheese garlic sauce, beer & onion soup, butter stewed cabbage, sauteed button mushrooms w/ garlic, herbs & shallots, and chocolate eclair & onion flan. All for only $8.50 (students), $10.50 (staff), $11.50 (community). Organized by the American Intercultural Center, University Union, and University Dining Service. Pick up your tickets at the Union Info Center.

Remember not to be surprised at 1:10 p.m. Thursday
UW-Green Bay is taking part in the statewide tornado drill at 1:10 p.m. Thursday (April 20). Evacuate to a lower level, away from windows.

UW-Green Bay workshop to highlight unique strategies for grieving
Remembering the deceased and maintaining positive connections with those we have lost will be the focus of "How We Grieve: Maintaining the Connection," a workshop Thursday, April 27 at UW-Green Bay. Keynoter Paul Alexander will stress the therapeutic value of honoring and remembering the deceased in creative ways, and highlight the curative and supportive benefits of music as it relates to grieving. Other presenters include Prof. Illene Noppe, of Human Development, who will present an overview of current research. Sponsors are the UW-Green Bay Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement and the Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#grieving.

UW-Green Bay seniors showcase their art
Art students will exhibit their work in the second of two senior exhibitions opening with a reception at 2 p.m. Sunday (April 23) in the Lawton Gallery. The artists are Tiernee Horkan, Reedsburg, installation; Daniel Klewer, Muskego, paintings and sculptures; Jesse Mitchell, Green Bay, silk screens and installation; Joseph Orthober, Egg Harbor, sculpture; and James Tobias-Becker, De Pere, sculptures. The exhibit continues through commencement day, May 13.

Seven win art scholarships at UW-Green Bay
Scholarships in art have been awarded to seven students at UW-Green Bay. Three students won David L. Damkoehler Art Scholarships. They are Eric Beining, De Pere, and Casey Early-Krueger and Erica Millspaugh, both of Green Bay. Damkoehler was an area businessman and the father of UW-Green Bay Prof. David Damkoehler. The recipient of the Henry F. Hagemeister Jr. Memorial Art Scholarship is Andrew Linskens, Green Bay. The award's namesake was a member of the area art community. The Althea Steele Lederer Scholarship, honoring a former journalist who had interests in the arts, went to Johanna Winters, St. Paul, Minn. Sandi Rihn, Green Bay, won the Michael Kazar Memorial Scholarship, and Zach Roush, Schofield, received the William F. Prevetti Scholarship. Kazar and Prevetti were both founding members of the UW-Green Bay art faculty.

'Enchanted April' opens Friday
The latest offering by the award-winning UW-Green Bay theatre program is described at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#enchanted.

Final reminder on Thursday's Black Hawk talk
The Friends of the Cofrin Library sponsor a talk at 7 p.m. Thursday (April 20) in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 208 by the author of "Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America." For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006apr.htm#historian.

Earth Week still in session
As of this writing, events still to come as part of Earth Week 2006:

Wednesday, April 19, 8 to 9:30 p.m., Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 206
Presentation, "Energy and the Environment," by Eben Burnham-Snyder of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Thursday, April 20, 5 p.m., Mary Ann Cofrin Hall 210
Presentation, "Greening at the Grocery Store," by Luann Rudolph, UW-Green Bay graduate student.

Saturday, April 22 (Earth Day)
Baird Creek, starting with a 9 a.m. to noon cleanup. Volunteers can just show up at 8:45 a.m. (bring gloves) at the Triangle Hill Chalet. PEAC will sponsor an EcoFair featuring eco-friendly local businesses and organizations from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chalet. The afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. will be devoted to educational hikes and discussions. A festive end to the week's activities begins at 6 p.m. with Earth Jam in the Phoenix Club at University Union.

Reminder: Friday is deadline for Academic Staff development funds
The Academic Staff Professional Development Allocations Committee still has funding available for those who are planning to attend a professional development activity this year. Eligible proposals will be funded at no more than 50%, with a maximum of $500 per staff person per fiscal year. Requests must reach Juliet Cole no later than Friday, April 21. mailto:colej@uwgb.edu. The form can be found at: http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Documents/FormsPolicy/Benefits/ASAC/ASACApplication.doc.

Campus Compact promotes June gathering at Parkside
Our friends at Wisconsin Campus Compact notify us that "Many Voices, Common Ground" is the theme of the 12th annual national gathering of the organization Educators for Community Engagement, taking place this year June 15-17 at UW-Parkside. Watch http://www.e4ce.org/NG2006 for updates on the program, registration, and scholarships, or contact Dan Neumann, neumann@uwp.edu.

Home for sale, near campus
Does the LOG carry notices of homes for sale? Sometimes: House for sale in Schmitt Park near campus (5 minute drive), 2994 Albert Drive, priced at $174,900. Over 1800 sq. foot split-level ranch, with partially finished lower level. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Recently remodeled baths and kitchen, and many other quality updates. Central air, kitchen appliances included, great views, perennial gardens, and many mature trees. Available July 1. Contact Michael Kraft at 465-2531 (office) or 468-7165 (home).

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