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Vol.
38, No. 21, October 12, 2006 / Log
Archive
In the news today:
• '50 You Should Know' includes Katers, Russ, McCartney and Meredith
• Timely topic for Outreach: children, trauma
• Noppe research factors into book
• Kersten's new book looks at labor, AFL impact
• From blues to Renaissance... faculty 'amateurs' rock
• Historic Preservation board meets here Friday
• Laatsch is a co-host
• De Pere neighborhoods and Rouse Simmons shipwreck
• Employee Drive update...
• Why give?
• WPT will carry film of Style exchange tonight (Oct. 12)
• Speech by Iraq vet
• Items sought for 'care packages' for students on active duty
• Historical Perspectives on NFL football
• Furlong to speak on 2006 elections
• Friday is deadline for next round of Ac Staff funds
• Questions about development funds?
• Four-star review for 'Tres Vidas'
• Remember: Wednesday is 'Black. White.'
• Jamaican Luncheon
• Men's soccer has highest ranking since 1992
• Basketball forecast: very good
• You're cutting it close
• New and improved from UW System
• UW-Madison goes Googley
• 'Stash' opening tonight
• 'Prairie,' too
• First choral concert
• A civil political discussion
• Brief: Emmons
This just in: UW-Green Bay faculty are 'People You Should Know'
We just got the e-mail a moment ago... haven't had time to give it more than a quick scan... but the Bay Business Journal publication has just released its list of "50 People You Should Know." And UW-Green Bay faculty appear early and often on the list. John Katers, Meier Russ, Don McCartney and Sarah Meredith were selected for the honor. Star student intern Justin Rebman was another name we saw, along with a couple of alumni and community-board types. Nice recognition, at http://memberinfo.titletown.org/gbchamber2/advertising++sponsorship/bay+business+journal/thanks50.asp.
A timely topic for Outreach workshop: children, grief, trauma
A Nov. 10 workshop at UW-Green Bay, "Children, Grief and Resilience: Helping Children Cope with Traumatic Grief in Today's World," figures to draw significant attention and enrollment, given recent news headlines. Keynote speaker is Linda Goldman, an author and grief therapist from Chevy Chase, Md., who was part of the response team after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Sponsors include Outreach, the Social Work programs at UW-Green Bay and Oshkosh, and the UW-Green Bay Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#resilience.
Sidenote to grief conference: Noppe research factors into book
UW-Green Bay Human Development Prof. Illene Noppe is a contributor to workshop keynote presenter Linda Goldman's latest book, Raising Our Children to Be Resilient. Goldman's book features a section on Noppe's research, "Adolescents' and Teachers' Responses to September 11: A Qualitative Study." Noppe is the founding faculty member of the Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement, primary sponsor of next month's workshop.
Kersten's new book on AFL re-examines labor organization's impact
A new book by UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten challenges readers to reconsider the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and its influence on 20th century history. Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II, released this month by New York University Press, examines the AFL's contributions to wartime labor relations, its opposition to the "open shop" movement, its divided support for fair employment and equity for women and African American workers, its battles with the Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO), and its attempts to refashion American society after the war. It is Kersten's third book. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#kersten.
From blues to folk, jazz to Renaissance... faculty 'amateurs' rock
The Friends of the Cofrin Library gets such a great response to its Lyrical Lunchtime programs — featuring faculty/staff musicians with day jobs unrelated to music — that they're doing something a little different this fall. Instead of one super-concert... a series of mini-concerts:
• Mike Draney and Vicki Medland, old-time folk music
Common Grounds Coffeehouse
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Noon to 12:45 p.m.
• The group Rough Draft, featuring Brian Sutton, Emily Cothern, Stefan Hall, and Craig Hanke, jazz, pop, and show tunes
Common Grounds Coffeehouse
Wednesday, Oct. 25
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
• Wyndesong, with Lynn Walter, Catherine Henze, Kathie Ryerson, Kathy Takahashi, Barb Ottum, Kit Woessner, and Pat Viet, director, Renaissance music
Common Grounds Coffeehouse
Tuesday, Oct. 31
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Andrew Austin, blues
Common Grounds Coffeehouse
Wednesday, Nov. 8
12:15 to 2 p.m.
All programs, of course, are free and open to the public.
UW-Green Bay to host state Historic Preservation board on Friday
The University Union will play host to the quarterly meeting of the state Historic Preservation Review Board on Friday (Oct. 13). The meetings are open to the public, and of possible interest to state and local history buffs. The Review Board consists of citizens appointed by the governor to assess nominations for both the state and federal registers of historic places. They also advise the state historical society and approve grants for historic preservation. Tomorrow's sessions:
• 9 to 11 a.m., Architecture Committee, Phoenix A/B
• 9 to 11 a.m., History Committee, Alumni B
• 10 to 11 a.m., Anthropology Committee, Alumni A
• 11 to 11:45 a.m., Full Review Board Meeting (to ratify committee action), Phoenix A/B
• 12:15 p.m., Review Board Business Meeting, Phoenix A/B
Laatsch is member of preservation board
UW-Green Bay Prof. William Laatsch, a faculty member in geography and Urban and Regional Studies, has served on the state Historic Preservation Review Board for two decades. The special Green Bay meeting represents this year's scheduling of at least one of the four meetings outside of Madison.
On the agenda: De Pere neighborhoods and Rouse Simmons shipwreck
Among items of regional interest to be considered during Friday's meetings:
• Full Review Board, 11 a.m., action on nominations for historic districts including two De Pere neighborhoods: Randall Avenue, and the N. Michigan/N. Superior area.
• Anthropology Committee, 10 a.m., the Rouse Simmons shipwreck in Lake Michigan, Manitowoc County.
UW-Green Bay Employee Drive update...
With a few days remaining in the UW-Green Bay Employee Drive, the numbers continue to add up. At least 108 donors (including six new donors and 43 donors who have increased their gifts) have pledged more than $23,300 to benefit students. Have questions on the Employee Drive? Feel free to contact Director of Development Shane Kohl at ext. 2018 or check out the Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/employeedrive/.
Employee Drive Question #4: Why should I donate to UW-Green Bay?
Each of us receives many requests for charitable support. The decision to make a gift certainly is a personal one. Your gift helps further the mission that we all work to fulfill each day. In addition, gifts from employees help demonstrate that those closest to the University believe in its mission and are willing to support it financially. Employee giving is an extremely important component of our case for support that we share with those outside of the University when asking for their gifts.
WPT will carry film of Style exchange tonight (Oct. 12)
A film of events during the WP&S/WAAM Japan Exchange last fall will air on WPNE-TV 38 tonight (Thursday, Oct. 12) as a segment of the "In Wisconsin" program beginning at 7 p.m. UW-Green Bay Prof. Christine Style was a key player in arranging and hosting the Japanese artists for the Wisconsin Painter's & Sculptors / Wisconsin Artists in All Media project last October. She and others are planning their own trip, to Japan, for October 2008.
Speech by Iraq vet will highlight campus program on Nov. 8
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, Nov. 8. That's when UW-Green Bay will hold its annual reception honoring the men and women of the University who have served their country in the armed forces. The event starts at 4 p.m. in Phoenix Room C of the University Union. James O'Neil, a UW-Green Bay alumnus who has spent three tours of duty in Iraq, will be the featured speaker. Chancellor Bruce Shepard also will make some remarks and present certificates of appreciation to students who have been on active duty and have returned to UW-Green Bay.
Items sought for 'care packages' for students on active duty
Also this year, UW-Green Bay is collecting items for care packages to send to students and others from the University community serving in the armed forces who are deployed overseas. Requested items include: AT&T international calling cards, paper and pens, snacks (sunflower seeds, shelled peanuts, gum, hard candy, soup, fruit), instant coffee, energy bars, hand sanitizers, magazines, books, games and puzzles, cards and letters, toiletries (toothpaste, mouthwash, soap, shampoo, conditioner, floss, baby wipes, chapstick, detergent, foot powder), and powdered drinks. For more information about the care packages, contact Elaina Koltz in the Office of the Registrar by phone at 465-2065 or by e-mail at koltze@uwgb.edu.
Author/alum will offer Historical Perspectives on NFL football
An expert on the growth of the NFL and the Green Bay Packers will speak on "How Did Pro Football Become So Big?" on Monday (Oct. 16) at 2 p.m. in the Christie Theater. Speaker Craig Coenen is a 1992 UW-Green Bay grad who is now an assistant professor of history at Mercer County Community College, Trenton, N.J. (Incidentally, the tentative title of his next book project is "Hail Mary to the Chief: The Presidency, Football, and the American Character.") For more on his Historical Perspectives Lecture Series appearance, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#football.
Furlong to open downtown series with talk on 2006 fall elections
Who will control Congress? How will President Bush's remaining term shake out? UW-Green Bay political scientist Scott Furlong kicks off a new downtown lecture series Thursday, Oct. 19 when he shares his insights on the 2006 fall elections. His presentation, "The Political Winds are a-Changin'...Or Perhaps Not," is from 11:15 to 11:55 a.m. at the Baylake Bank Learning Center, 301 N. Adams. The talk is free, but registrations are required due to space limitations. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#elections.
Friday is deadline for next round of Ac Staff development funds
The UW-Green Bay Academic Staff Professional Development Allocations Committee is happy to announce that funds are available to assist academic staff in attending professional development meetings and programs. The next deadline for receipt of requests is Friday (Oct. 13) and the following deadline is November 10. For more information on how to secure up to $500 in funding, please refer to the ASAC Application and ASAC Funding Information located at http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Documents/FormsPolicy/Benefits/ASAC/ASACApplication.doc.
Questions about development funds?
Contact any member of the Allocations Committee: Marlys Brunsting(chair), Lynn Niemi, Anne Seidl, Kristy Aoki, or Zach Voelz.
Four-star review for 'Tres Vidas'
Warren Gerds of the Press-Gazette loved this week's multi-cultural, Human Mosaic presentation of "Tres Vidas" by a touring troupe. Check the review at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/GPG0505/610110644/1267/GPGent.
Remember: Wednesday is date for reality, 'Black. White.'
Renee Sparks and Carmen Wurgel from the cast of the FX network reality television show "Black. White." will speak Wednesday (Oct. 18) at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Room. Their show featured two families who "switched" races through elaborate make-up and dialect coaching. For more on this "Human Mosaic" series program, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#blackwhite.
Last day to buy tickets for the Jamaican Luncheon is Oct. 17
"If you haven't been down to pick them up the University Ticketing and Information Center, you will want to do that today or tomorrow. You are guaranteed to have fun. There will be five UWGB students playing Caribbean background music on the saxophone, flute, drums, guitar and bass guitar. The students are: Rod Israeli, Stephany Israeli, Adam Snippen, Zacfh Grusznski and Tracy Pachan. We give out some fun door prizes. Hope you can make it."
Men's soccer has highest ranking since 1992
With a 10-3 overall record and playing for first place in the Horizon League, the Phoenix men's soccer team hosts one of its biggest games in years at 7 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13). The Phoenix now ranks 7th in the Great Lakes Region coaches' poll. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/msoccer/101006.asp.
Basketball forecast: supposed to be good
The UW-Green Bay men's basketball team has taken great motivation in recent years from being picked to finish near the bottom of the Horizon League by the "experts," and then exceeding expectations. This year is different. The preseason poll has them No. 2. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/mbb/101006.asp.
The women, as always, are No. 1. See http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/wbb/101106.asp.
You're cutting it close on Bosses' Day
University Dining Services asks us to remind you, presumably all you blank-bussers out there, that today is the final day to order online at http://www.uwgb.edu/union/bossday.asp.
New and improved from UW System: The Web
The UW System is launching a new and improved Web site that they hope users will find more inviting and intuitive, and easier to navigate. Here's what they tell us about it:
Simplified homepage: http://www.wisconsin.edu.
Audience-based links have been added under "Access for You," including frequently requested information for Students & Family, Faculty & Staff, Alumni & Friends, and more.
Improved UW System Administration page: http://www.uwsa.edu.
Looking for the UWSA page? Click on "Offices" on the homepage, which will take you to the UW System Administration Offices page. In addition to primary offices and a dropdown providing quick access to all UWSA offices, you'll find links for employees and other helpful resources.
Cleaner, brighter design:
Each page features consistent navigation and footer information. Striking photographic images showcase the work of our faculty, staff, and students.
Faster loading:
Pages download more quickly and templates conform to current accessibility guidelines.
Improved maintenance:
Changes and updates to the Web site — small or large — will be quicker and easier.
We do hope you like what you see! The Web development team will be fine-tuning the site over the next few weeks, so please let us know what you like, and what suggestions you have for improvement. Send your feedback to webmaster@www.uwsa.edu.
UW-Madison goes Googley, joins online book program
UW-Madison has announced its recent agreement with Google to join the Google Books Library Project. Wisconsin's initial and primary efforts will be the digitization of, and access to, works that reside in the public domain. A news release with details is at http://www.news.wisc.edu/13010.html.
'Stash' opening tonight in Lawton
Chicago artists Marc Fischer and Nance Klehm visit campus today Thursday (Oct. 12) for a gallery talk at 5 p.m. opening their Lawton Gallery "Stash" exhibit of unusual art. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#stash.
Reminder: 'Voice of the Prairie'
UW-Green Bay's award-winning theatre program opens its season with "The Voice of the Prairie" at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Oct. 12), with seven shows through Oct. 21. For dates and details, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#prairie.
Reminder: First choral concert is Saturday evening
The student Concert Choir and Phoenix Chorale will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 14) at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006oct.htm#choral.
P.S., you missed it: actual, civil political discourse
They agreed on a few issues, disagreed on a few more, but the candidates for Wisconsin's 1st Senate District seat all received warm applause and congratulations afterward for what was generally a civil, thoughtful discussion at noon today (Thursday) in the Union's Alumni Room. Prof. Terri Johnson was the moderator as Alan Lasee (R), Charlie Most (D) and Jill Bussiere (Green Party) staked out their positions. About 40 people attended.
Brief
Carol Emmons (COA/Art) is featured in an exhibition celebrating UW-Milwaukee emeritus faculty members Frank Lutz and Tony Stoeveken. Each chose a former student for the exhibit, and Emmons was selected by sculpture professor Lutz. Emmons will exhibit two works. Timeline is a 24-foot blackboard with a neon timeline ranging from her arrival at UWM to the present, and juxtaposes contemporary events with samples of her work from the same years. Surveying Enlightenment: Charting the Continuum is a mixed-media, room-sized participatory installation exploring how one might locate oneself at the intersection of fortune, space, and pedagogy that constitutes the educational experience. The exhibition is at UW-Milwaukee's INOVA/Fine Arts Center galleries (2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., 2nd floor) and runs from October 20 - November 18. The public opening reception with the artists is Friday, October 20 from 5 - 8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 5 p.m.
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