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Vol.
38, No. 27, November 2, 2006 / Log
Archive
This is the LOG newsletter for Thursday, Nov. 2. It is Day of the Dead in Mexico and All Souls Day in the Christian tradition, and Halloween is long gone, but Campaign 2006, too mean to die, will live and breathe another four full days. (Wanna bet that politicians keep running hatchet-job ads even after the election, through spite and force of habit?) Here now, with no commercial interruption, is the news:
• They'll be voting on campus, again
• Amendment draws interest
• CNN quotes Prof. Kraft on 'nasty' race
• Details of Nov. 8 reception to honor veterans
• Photoblog: Halloween fashions
• UW-Green Bay welcomes Jordanian visitor
• 'Health, Human Rights, Haiti' are topics for Harvard physician
• Please donate food
• 'Steps to Make a Difference' snapshots
• 'Mosaic' poster wins honors
• 'Renewable Energy 101' is Nov. 11, on campus
• Talking about bullying and children's resilience
• Bid farewell to Ginny Dell
• Ecumenical Center history
• Women's basketball exhibition
• Briefs: Fermanich, Vespia
Volunteers ensure return of polling place to campus
Tuesday's vote already has good news for UW-Green Bay students who live on campus. Their polling place will once again be an easy walk from home, at the Residence Life center. Apparently, there was doubt as to whether local election officials would again locate a ward-level site on campus... but nearly 20 student volunteers including SGA President Trista Seubert made known their interest, offering to staff the site. (The last major election, in November 2004, drew more than 1,200 voters on campus.)
Newspaper says marriage amendment has students interested
College students are taking an interest in the outcome of the ballot referendum on marriage, says the state's largest newspaper. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=526324.
CNN quotes UW-Green Bay's Kraft on 'nasty' Gard-Kagen race
Mike Kraft, professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and chair of Political Science, provides his insights in a CNN report on the 8th Congressional District race between Republican John Gard and Democrat Steve Kagen. The report was televised earlier this week on CNN. It still can be viewed on the CNN Web site. Go to http://www.cnn.com and scroll down to Politics, and then click on Video. The piece is called "Wisconsin Race Turns Nasty."
Details of Nov. 8 reception to honor veterans
All veterans — including faculty, staff and students — are invited to the Veteran Appreciation Reception at 4 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 8) in Phoenix C of the Union. The ceremony is open to all. Chancellor Bruce Shepard will present certificates of appreciation to 13 students who recently have been on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan and have returned to UW-Green Bay. "This reception is a small gesture for showing appreciation to our veterans for their service to our country," he said. The ceremony also will include comments by James P. O'Neil, a U.S. Army veteran and 1985 graduate of UW-Green Bay. For more on O'Neil, and a campus "care-package drive" for those currently deployed, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006nov.htm#veteran.
Photoblog captures clever Halloween fashions
Student intern Matt Becker took his camera to Tuesday night's student Halloween dance at UW-Green Bay. You should see what people were wearing: http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/photoblog/06gravedancers.htm.
UW-Green Bay welcomes visitor, strengthens Jordanian connection
UW-Green Bay is building on its successful "Journey to Jordan" Institute by pursuing collaborative opportunities for strengthening the relationship between the University and contacts in Jordan. This week, UW-Green Bay is hosting Dr. Eid Dirani, vice president for Humanities, Social Faculties and Community Service at the University of Jordan. Dirani is meeting with UW-Green Bay leaders and faculty Nov. 2 and 3. Representatives of the new North American Jordanian Association will visit UW-Green Bay while Dirani is on the campus. Potential activities to be discussed include teacher exchanges, international business education prospects, visiting scholars, and K-12 school partnerships. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#jordan.
'Health, Human Rights in Haiti' are topics for Harvard physician
The campus community is invited to a lecture on social inequality and disease, "From Unbearable to Bearable: Reflections on Health and Human Rights in Rural Haiti." The speaker is Dr. David Walton, a Harvard physician and member of Partners in Health, an international aid organization. The lecture, funded by a grant from the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity, takes place next Thursday (Nov. 9), at 5 p.m. in Room 114 of the Environmental Sciences Building.
Please bring a food donation
The nursing honor society — Kappa Pi Chapter at-Large of Sigma Theta Tau International — is collecting food donations for a local pantry at the door in connection with the Dr. Walton lecture at 5 p.m. Nov. 9th.
'Steps to Make a Difference' snapshots
Did you see the photos from last weekend's charity walk on campus? If not, visit the photoblog at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/photoblog/06steps.htm.
A news release announcing the results is at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#walk.
A nice-looking poster, indeed
Allison Braatz, a UW-Green Bay senior studying Communication and the Arts, has received a Regional Association of College Union's first-place graphic design award for her creative design of the Human Mosaic large-scale calendar. The piece is widely displayed across campus.
Renewable Energy 101 is Saturday, Nov. 11, on campus
On Saturday, Nov. 11, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association is presenting a workshop, "Renewable Energy 101." This workshop is co-sponsored by Natural and Applied Sciences and the Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Policy. It will begin at 8:30 am and run through approximately 4 p.m. and will take place in MAC 208 and the Winter Garden. To register, contact Dr. Patricia Terry, chair of the ES&P Graduate Program, at terryp@uwgb.edu. All are welcome.
Openings still available in conference on bullying, children's resilience
Registration is still open for a conference on helping professionals build resilience in children to deal with violence, bullying and victimization. "Children, Grief and Resilience: Helping Children Cope with Traumatic Grief in Today's World," will be held Friday, Nov. 10, at the University Union. Keynote speaker Linda Goldman is a nationally known author and grief therapist. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006nov.htm#conference.
Bid farewell to Ginny Dell
The campus community is invited to bid farewell to Ginny Dell, from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 in the Vista Room of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. Dell retired recently following a 33-year career at UW-Green Bay. She served primarily as an editor and academic/faculty "beat writer" in the Office of Marketing and Communication. Her distinguished career included a 2005 Founders Award for Excellence for academic support.
Ecumenical Center fund drive, and a little history
The Ecumenical Center has asked us to announce its 2006 Capital Fund Drive: Celebrating Our Past; Investing In Our Future. The drive returns after a ten-year hiatus and a desire to expand services keeping young adults of all faith backgrounds connected to their spirituality. Friends of the EC might be interested to know:
• The Ecumenical Center is a non-profit organization that was established more than 30 years ago by Father Richard Mauthe. Primarily a Catholic outreach program in its early stages, the EC now serves students of many backgrounds including Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Pentecostal, Reformed RCA, Presbyterian, Assembly of God, Muslim, Baptist, non-denominational, UCC, Jewish and Baha'I.
• To better meet the needs of a more diverse student population, the Center wishes to increase programs and staff and seeks the community's support in raising $100,000. "We generate 100% of our operating funds," said Jan Scoville, executive director. "A capital fund drive was executed in 1996 and that money was invested. The dividends from that initial fund drive cover only a portion of our operating costs. Additional funds are needed to add to that investment so we can expand our programs and staff."
• The Center currently employs a half-time Protestant minister, an administrative assistant and six student workers. The Diocese of Green Bay rents space from the EC for a full-time Catholic campus minister that the Diocese employs. "Catholic students are now in the minority on campus. With additional funds, we can become more inter-faith, employing additional campus ministers who work together to serve all students' needs," Scoville stated.
• "We are a large part of the community at UW-Green Bay and connect with students through fellowship, services, social justice programs and opportunities for socializing," Scoville says. "Additionally, all student organizations use our building at no charge for meetings. Outside groups also use our building and this is another source of revenue for the Center."
Anyone desiring more information about the Center can contact Scoville at 920-465-5133, or visit the Center's Web site at http://www.ecumenical-center.org.
Call ahead if you're hoping to go to Saturday's women's exhibition
Sold out for an exhibition basketball game? That's the rumor we're hearing with regard to Saturday's UW-Green Bay vs. Michigan Tech women's game at the Phoenix Sports Center. Tickets have been going fast. Maybe it has to do with Head Coach Kevin Borseth hosting half the U.P. as he welcomes his old team to town. In any event, call ahead.
Briefs
Kevin Fermanich, an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, presents "The Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Project" in the third installment of Lawrence University's four-part environmental studies lecture series "The Fox River Through Time." The address was scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 2 at 4:45 p.m. Initiated in the summer of 2003, the project is a monitoring and assessment program of the Lower Fox River that involves high school students and teachers, university students and researchers and scientists from several federal and local agencies. Fermanich was to detail the work conducted by area students involved in the project, outline recent findings regarding sediment and phosphorus runoff and export from five lower Fox watersheds and examine the sources of phosphorus in the Apple Creek watershed near Appleton as well as the urbanization impacts on Baird Creek near Green Bay. Lawrence's Web site has more at http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/public_affairs/media/release/0607/fermanich.html.
Prof. Kristin Vespia, Human Development (Psychology and Women's Studies), has three articles in the September 2006 issue of Counseling Psychology Quarterly, an international journal in her field. Vespia also served as the lead guest editor for this Special Issue focused on the scientist-practitioner training model in counseling psychology. More information and free access to the issue's editorial content can be found at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09515070.asp.
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