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Vol.
37, No. 129, July 20, 2006 / Log
Archive
This is the Log newsletter, distributed to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. It may be what the media refers to as a slow news day on campus, but that will change soon. After all, the annual kickoff to the 2006-07 academic year (better known as the faculty and staff convocation) is little more than a month away. Now for today’s headlines.
• Reminder on Adult Degree sessions
• Press-Gazette updates Kress Center progress
• More campus construction news
• Camp for grieving kids still has openings
• Student-athletes honored for academics
• Green wants new UW hiring standards
• Newspaper's take on academic freedom
• Another view: Defend right to teach
• Briefs: Pletcher, Draney
Adult Degree Programs on campus, in region
Representatives of UW-Green Bay’s innovative and accessible Adult Degree Programs will spread the word about the programs’ offerings in a series of information sessions starting tonight. Tonight’s session is on the UW-Green Bay campus (Room 204 of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall) at 6 p.m. Additional information sessions about educational opportunities for working adults will be held July 27 in Manitowoc and Aug. 1 in Wausau. For more information, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006july.htm#adultdeg.
Kress Center progress displayed in Press-Gazette
Those of us on campus see the progress on the Kress Events Center
every day. But the Green Bay Press-Gazette recently shared
that progress with a much larger audience. To read the newspaper’s
story on the center, set to open in fall 2007, go to http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060715/GPG0101/607150465/1207.
More campus construction news
In more campus construction news, bricklaying and construction work in the plaza area between the Environmental Sciences and Laboratory Sciences buildings have led to the closure of the entrances to the two buildings from that area. No word yet on when the entrances will re-open.
Camp for grieving children starts July 31
The latest addition to UW-Green Bay’s array of summer camps is a camp for children ages 6-12 who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Registration is still open for the camp, which will take place July 31 through Aug. 4 on the UW-Green Bay campus. UW-Green Bay and Unity Hospice are partnering on the camp, known as Camp Lloyd. For more information and registration materials, call Unity at 494-0225.
Women's basketball, swimming and diving teams earn academic honors
UW-Green Bay’s student-athletes consistently show they are serious about achievement in the classroom. The latest evidence is academic recognition for the women’s basketball and women’s swimming and diving teams. A news release about the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2005-06 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll is online at http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/wbb/071806.asp. To read about academic honors for the women’s swimming and diving team, click http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/swimdive/071706.asp.
Green seeks tougher UW hiring standards
U.S. Rep. Mark Green, the Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor,
stepped up his criticism of UW-Madison and the UW System for the
hiring of Kevin Barrett to teach a course on Islam this fall. Barrett
has stirred controversy by contending the U.S. government was behind
the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Green said this week he would
press the UW Board of Regents to adopt new standards for hiring
teachers if he is elected governor. The Capital Times of
Madison has a story on Green’s ideas at http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=91494&ntpid=0.
Newspaper: Colleagues should challenge Barrett's views
The Oshkosh Northwestern said in an editorial this week
that other academics have a responsibility to challenge Kevin Barrett’s
conspiratorial views on the Sept. 11 attacks. “Educators who stay
silent in the face of a controversial lecturer do the process of
academic freedom a huge injustice,” the newspaper said. To read
the editorial, click http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060716/OSH06/607160397/1190/OSHopinion.
Political scientist says defending right to teach is necessary
In a column carried by the Green Bay Press-Gazette, UW-Madison
political scientist Donald Downs argues that principles of academic
freedom support UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell’s decision to
allow Kevin Barrett to teach this fall. Downs’ column is online
at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/GPG06/607170483/1269/GPG06.
Briefs
Kathy Pletcher, UW-Green Bay associate provost
for information services, is bringing her expertise to county and
state boards. On June 21, the Brown County Board confirmed Pletcher’s
appointment to the Brown County Library Board. On July 14, she was
re-elected chair of the state Council on Library and Network Development.
The council advises the state superintendent of public instruction
to ensure that all Wisconsin citizens have access to library and
information services.
Prof. Michael Draney, Natural and Applied Sciences,
is a co-author of an article published in the latest issue of the
journal Insect Conservation with former Environmental Science and
Policy graduate student Bruce Snyder (now a Ph.D. candidate at the
University of Georgia) and Dr. Petra Sierwald of the Field Museum
in Chicago. The title is “Development of an optimal sampling protocol
for millipedes (Diplopoda).”
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