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38, No. 4, August 31, 2006 / Log
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Kyra Phillips, the CNN news anchor now famous for having a confidential bathroom chat audiocast worldwide (courtesy of a lapel mike left open) over video of a President Bush speech, has an obscure tie to UW-Green Bay history. In January 1993, as an aggressive young reporter for WLUK-TV 11, she broke the story that then-Chancellor David Outcalt would be stepping down. While, at the time, we would have preferred to announce the decision a few days later, there was absolutely no thought here, none at all, that she was being a control freak or an @!#$%&#. Really. In news today:
• Freshmen move-in!
• Opening Day enrollment to have many positives
• Great Beginnings Week is Sept. 3-10
• Still time for an 'Ask Me' button
• Snapshots: New internationals get red-carpet welcome
• Chancellor reflects upon news of Frederick Baer's passing
• Legacy spans academics, the arts
• Feature story captures Baer Family's history with U
• UW-Green Bay wasn't alone
• Services are Friday
• Galapagos cruise highlights new UW-Green Bay travel offering
• Newcomer bios are on the Web
• Alumni Association cooks something up for students
• Volleyball this weekend
• Athletics pitches in on move-in day
• Five students earn Adult Degree scholarships
• Editorial on domestic partner issue
• USA Today looks at in-state/out-of-state debate
• Winnebago County rejects Extension funding cut
• Ontario university tries bash-Bush marketing
• Brief: Arendt
Freshmen move-in met with 'sincere appreciation'
Freshmen didn't have to look far for assistance when they moved into on-campus residence halls this morning (Thursday, Aug. 31). More than 120 UW-Green Bay faculty, staff and student volunteers were on hand. Glenn Gray, director of residence life, says about the move-in tradition: "We hear every year from dozens of parents their sincere appreciation for what the University does to welcome their sons and daughters to campus." About 765 freshmen, or 74 percent of all freshmen, will live on campus this fall.
P.S. — Glenn and all of the residence life staff would like to thank the faculty, staff and students who volunteered to welcome our new students, move in their belongings and ease parental anxieties.
Look for positive indicators with Tuesday's Opening Day enrollment
Excellent numbers, especially with regard to diversity but also overall demand and new-student preparedness, are expected with finalization of UW-Green Bay enrollment statistics for the first day of Fall Semester 2006. Look for a full report in Tuesday's LOG.
Great Beginnings Week (Sept. 3-10) celebrates start of a new year
Orientation events for new freshmen today include the official campus welcome at 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 31) at the Phoenix Sports Center, the Chancellor's Ice Cream Social at 7 p.m. outside the University Union, and numerous sessions addressing academic and social issues. What's more, a full range of activities during GB, or Great Beginnings Week — the first week of classes — is designed to help students connect or reconnect to the campus. Events include something for everyone: a kickball tournament, concerts, cosmic bowling, a comedian, an outdoor movie, and much more. The end of the week will feature two traditional UWGB favorites: Groovin Grounds, an acoustic series in the coffeehouse, and After Hours, the University's late-night dance club. Faculty and staff are invited to join in the fun! For the entire schedule, see http://www.uwgb.edu/focus/gb/schedule.html. Call Student Life at 2200 ext. 40 with questions.
Still time to get your 'Ask Me' button
This from the dean of Students Office: "We invite you to join in welcoming new students to our campus. Pick up a "Need Help/Ask Me" button in the Dean of Students Office (Room SS 2000) and wear it during freshman orientation on Aug. 31st & Sept. 1st and during the first week of school. Frequently students just need directions to get around campus. Let's help make their experience easier."
Snapshots: New international students get red-carpet welcome
This fall UW-Green Bay welcomes 21 new students from a dozen or so countries (Israel, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and China). The Office of International Education lined up a big day for them on Wednesday, from a meeting with Mayor Jim Schmitt to a welcome dinner at Communiversity Park. For snapshots, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/people/06intstu.htm.
Chancellor reflects upon news of Frederick Baer's passing
Green Bay business leader and philanthropist Frederick E. Baer, who died Tuesday at age 82, is being recalled far and wide as a man committed to giving back to his community, with UW-Green Bay foremost among the beneficiaries. Chancellor Bruce Shepard recalls when Baer and his wife, Patricia, were accorded a standing ovation as special guests at Faculty/Staff Convocation, in August 2005. "That was a very special moment," Shepard remembers. "It was a sincere outpouring of appreciation for their generosity to this University community over several decades." That tribute was recorded in a photograph at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/05convocation.htm#Baer.
Baer's campus legacy spans academics, the arts
The late Fred Baer and his widow, Patricia (Wood) Baer, were honored numerous times here, including last year's convocation and also spring commencement 1991, when they were presented the University's highest community honor, the Chancellor's Award. Since 1970 the Baers have given generously and continuously to UW-Green Bay — to the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts and donation of its beautiful 3,702-pipe Wood Family Organ; to the student scholarship fund, and most recently, to plans for two named professorships — one in education, one in business administration.
Family's connections to UW-Green Bay pre-date its founding
The Baer Family came by its affinity for UW-Green Bay courtesy of Patricia's father, L.G. Wood, who in the 1960s helped lead the community's drive to bring a four-year university to Green Bay. The Baers' personal story and affection for this institution were captured by feature writer Sue Bodilly in a recent issue of the "Inside UW-Green Bay" magazine. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/insidearchive/05nov1.htm#baers.
Obituary lists community causes
Few Green Bay residents ever have, or will, match the level of depth and breadth of community involvement exhibited over his lifetime by Fred Baer, who died Tuesday in Green Bay. From his obituary:
Fred provided campaign co-leadership for and participated in numerous fundraising campaigns, including the YWCA, Salvation Army, Heritage Hill, First United Methodist Church, Community Service Center, Green Bay Symphony, Cerebral Palsy, Bellin Hospital, and Brown County Association For Retarded Citizens. He co-chaired Bellin College of Nursing's $2 million endowment campaign.
Because of Fred's generosity, the Weidner Center in Green Bay has a world-class organ; St. Norbert College in De Pere has an outstanding campus mall; Bellin College of Nursing has an endowment to insure its future; students receive scholarships to support their education; health and human services organizations have facilities and services; the needy receive assistance; and museums have prospered.
Fred's civic, charitable and community service volunteer activities included: American Red Cross, Bank One Green Bay, Bank One Corporation-Milwaukee, Bellin Hospital, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Brown County Association For Retarded Citizens, Brown County Civic Music Association, Chamber of Commerce, Community Service Center, Ephraim Foundation, First United Methodist Church, Green Bay Symphony, Neville Public Museum, Salvation Army, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges, Lester G. Wood Foundation, YMCA and YWCA.
Funeral is Friday; online condolences are welcome, too
Fred Baer, who is survived by his wife of 59 years and three sons, will be remembered at services Friday (Sept. 1) at First United Methodist Church, 501 Howe St. Condolences for the Baer family may be e-mailed to MySympathies@ssfuneral home.com. His full obituary is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/GPG010301/608310594/1212.
Ecuador, Galapagos highlight new UW-Green Bay travel offering
Two travel courses to Ecuador will be available to students and community members of the Green Bay area through the UW-Green Bay Office of International Education. Prof. Marcelo Cruz will lead a course January 1-15 to the northern and southern Ecuadorean Andes, visiting two World Heritage Cities, Quito and Cuenca. The course will also take travelers into the upper headwaters of the Amazon River, exploring two Amazonian provinces and the rainforest. A new travel course offered July 19 through Aug. 2 will take students and community members to Quito and the central Ecuadorean Andes, through Humboldt's Avenue of the Volcanoes and down to the coastal port city of Guayaquil, and on a five-day cruise to the Galapagos Islands. The deadline for both travel courses is Oct. 1; for more details please contact Dr. Cruz and Cruzm@uwgb.edu or the Office of International Education.
Welcome newcomers! Search the Web
If you missed last week's convocation, or have since forgotten the name of the new faculty member who is an expert on the history of philosophy (It's Michael Jordan. That's OK. It's an unusual name), those names and bios are now online, captured forever as part of the searchable archive. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/convocation/facstaff06.htm.
Alumni Association shares beef with brand-new students
The annual Welcome-Back Cookout, a co-production of the Alumni Association and the Ecumenical Center, starts serving food at 5 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 5) at the EC, rain or shine. Mark Brunette of Alumni Relations says if the wind is blowing right (toward housing) the tempting aroma of grilled beef (hamburgers and hot dogs) will typically draw hundreds of students to attend. Alumni volunteers help host the free event as a welcome-to-UWGB gesture to new students.
Volleyball this weekend
The UW-Green Bay volleyball team (1-2) gets its 2006 home slate underway this week, as the Phoenix hosts Delaware, Drake and Kent State in the AmeriHost Inn Classic this Friday and Saturday (Sept. 1 and 2) at the Phoenix Sports Center. For game times, etc., check the volleyball site at http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/volleyball/index.asp.
Athletics pitches in on move-in day
Up on the Athletics site this morning are snapshots highlighting the participation of the women's volleyball team and the men's basketball coaching staff. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/offthefield/083106.asp.
Five students earn Adult Degree scholarships
Five students in the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Adult Degree Program have been awarded scholarships for the 2006-07 academic year:
• Elizabeth Eleanor Wyngaard Scholarship: $1,000 to Maureen O'Shea, Shawano; $500 to Judy Weshinskey-Price, Green Bay; $500 to Carly McIntyre, Green Bay.
• Patricia L. Hoppe Scholarship: $750 to Jennifer Grenke, Gillett.
• Dr. Katharine Olski Scholarship: $750 to Jill Reinke, Green Bay.
For full details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006aug.htm#scholarships.
Editorial on domestic partner issue
"UW-Madison is embarrassingly the only Big Ten school that doesn't offer domestic partner benefits." That's what a Wisconsin State Journal editorial says, in calling for change, after the highly publicized decision of a standout researcher to leave the University, at least in part over the partner policy. Click http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=96774&ntpid=1.
National attention (USA Today) for in-state/out-of-state tuition debate
USA Today has taken up the issue of higher/lower tuition for out-of-state students at public universities. Are non-rez students crowding out "natives" in some states? In Wisconsin, UW System officials insist out-of-state enrollment generates additional revenues for UW campuses, assists with a "brain gain" strategy for Wisconsin and will not displace any Wisconsin students. (In fact, they argue, non-residents subsidize additional enrollment of more in-state students). Anyway, an overview, USA Today-style, is at http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-08-30-state-universities-cover_x.htm.
Winnebago County latest to reject Extension funding cut
The County Board in Winnebago County, home to UW-Oshkosh, voted down a proposal that would have cut its UW-Extension budget in protest of a UW-Madison hiring decision. See http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/OSH0101/608290328/1128/OSHnews.
Ontario university tries Bush-bashing as admissions pitch
Heard about the fuss over Lakehead University in Ontario and its new student-recruitment web site? (It has since been taken down, apparently.) BBC coverage is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5294690.stm.
Brief
Lucy Arendt, assistant professor, Business Administration, made a presentation at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Atlanta earlier this month. The presentation was "Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision Making: Organizational Response to Legislative Mandate. Her co-authors are Daniel Alesch, professor emeritus (UW-Green Bay) and William Petak, professor emeritus (University of Southern California). The paper develops a theoretical framework for hospital organizations in California and their response to state legislation that requires seismic (earthquake) retrofit or rebuilding of their acute care hospital buildings. The research is supported by MCEER, the Multidisciplinary Center for Extreme Event Research, and NSF.
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