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Vol.
38, No.15, October 2, 2006 / Log
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Called to our attention: A natural sciences professor at UW-Green Bay posts a piece (http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/TIDES.HTM) on ocean tides and their historical significance to events such as the Boston Tea Party, and before you know it a columnist for "The Voice of Interior Alaska" is quoting it to his own readers far, far away (http://newsminer.com/2006/09/25/2244/). Two observations: The Internet surely has expanded the reach of today's public intellectuals... and it also has made column writing a good deal easier at places such as the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. In news today:
• Weidner marks 40th anniversary
• Picture this: Welcome, new employees
• More on Wednesday's 'Boys in Crisis' talk
• High attention to low crime rate
• Snapshots: Maier dedication
• An Employee Drive update
• Does private support really make a difference?
• More on Maier: Recognition for University Communication staff
• Author took hard look at higher education
• Maier's 'Crisis' on library shelves here... and elsewhere
• Friends host 'Lakes and Rivers of Old Wisconsin' on Tuesday
• 'Tres Vidas' promises stirring stories of Latina women
• P-G calls summer 'Journey to Jordan' a nice success
• Volunteer Fair is Oct. 11
• Policies listed all in one place
• Van Koevering earns WMU alumni honor
• Results of students' 'Food Security' surveys to be released
• What universities can do
• Employers come to campus for job/internship fair
• Goal-a-game Okoampa leads red-hot Phoenix soccer
• Body recovered in river at La Crosse
• Top Regent stumps for Systemwide growth agenda
Happy 40th, Dr. Weidner!
Wish happy anniversary to Chancellor Emeritus Edward Weidner this week. On Saturday, he (and we) mark the 40th anniversary of his formal appointment as first employee and Founding Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Said his boss at the time, UW President Fred Harvey Harrington, on Oct. 6, 1966: "Our search has produced an outstanding man for this important position. He has the scholarly and the administrative ability, the drive and flexibility that leadership of this undertaking requires..." Only 45, Weidner would prove Harrington right. If you'd like to send Ed and Marge Weidner greetings or congratulations, they're in our campus phone book, or reachable by e-mail at osggg@netnet.net.
Picture this: Welcome, new employees
Human Resources, taking another step to fully welcome new additions to the UW-Green Bay faculty and staff, has posted short bios and photos of this year's arrivals. Not everyone has a photo (most do), but almost everyone has a bio. It's great for putting faces to names. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/NewEmployees.htm.
More on Wednesday's 'Boys in Crisis' talk at fall conference
We've already told you here about the Institute for Learning fall conference and the high level of interest in author Paul Slocumb's "Boys in Crisis" address. Slocumb will deliver his keynote remarks at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 4) in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. Also notable this year:
• The Green Bay Boy Choir will perform at 6:50 p.m., just prior to Slocumb's address.
• New is a grad-level, one-credit option in conjunction with the Fall Conference.
• Slocumb will lead an interactive workshop for educators at UW-Green Bay and a parent/community workshop at the Neville Public Museum on Thursday.
For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2006sept.htm#institute.
Press-Gazette pays high attention to low crime rate
UW-Green Bay's size and location contribute to its low rates of on-campus crime, and the biggest decrease in recent years have come with a reduction in the number of vehicle break-ins. Those and other angles are explored in a front-page story, "Crimes at UW-Green Bay continue to be low," at
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/GPG0101/610020480/1978.
Snapshots: Maier dedication draws former colleagues back to campus
There was a healthy delegation of veteran and retired faculty members on hand last week when a plaque was unveiled and the first-floor lounge in the Laboratory Sciences building named for Robert H. Maier, UW-Green Bay's first vice chancellor. Founding Chancellor Edward Weidner, Maier's wife, Jane, and Chancellor Bruce Shepard spoke. For a look, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.
The Employee Drive numbers so far...
Two weeks into the Employee Drive...and the numbers continue to build. Director of Development Shane Kohl reports that more than 75 employees, including 5 first-time donors and 35 employees who increased their gift over last year, have already contributed to the 2006 Employee Drive campaign. Total raised so far...$18,500+. Still haven't made your gift? Just click on http://www.uwgb.edu/employeedrive to learn how.
Employee Drive Question #2: Does private support really make a difference?
Yes it does! Look around campus and you'll see many of the brick-and-mortar benefits of contributions from faculty, staff, community and alumni. The Kress Events Center, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Cloud Commons, the Weidner Center, the Lambeau Cottage, the Lenfestey Courtyard, the list goes on and on. But just as important as buildings are the gifts that directly benefit the students within them. Hundreds of students on campus today, and thousands of alumni across the globe, have received scholarships made possible by gifts to the Employee Drive. Don't think your gift doesn't matter...it really does make a difference!
More on Maier dedication: Recognition for Sampson, Martinson, Matzke
A surprise element of last Thursday's dedication of the Robert H. Maier Student Lounge was Mrs. Jane Maier's announcement of an additional, sizeable gift to the University and the scholarship fund bearing her late husband's name. Mrs. Maier said the gift was in gratitude to UW-Green Bay staff members who aided in the posthumous publication of her husband's manuscript. The donation was made in the names of Christopher Sampson, director of University Communications (editing), Steve Martinson (graphic design) and Nancy Matzke (project management and print purchasing).
UW-Green Bay's first vice chancellor took hard look at higher education
The book is titled Crisis in Ivy and Ivory: Improving American Higher Education. It is the work of Dr. Robert H. Maier, who drew upon four decades' experience as a chief academic officer for public universities in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Arizona to offer an unblinking critique of American higher education. He analyzed trends in institutional management practices and the roles of administration, lawmakers, community boards, faculty, students and others at the close of the 20th century, and shared strategies for improvement. (There are no specific "local" references; any anecdotes are cloaked.) Maier finished his manuscript just before his death last October; he had returned to the Green Bay area following his retirement from East Carolina University in 1999.
Copies are on library shelves here... and elsewhere
Several copies of the book Crisis in Ivy and Ivory are now available in the Cofrin Library collection, on the Library's new-book shelves on the 3rd floor initially, and eventually, in the regular book stacks. Library processing coordinator Deb Strelka tells us the call number assigned is LA227.4 .M345 2006X.
Copies of Crisis in Ivy and Ivory, self-published by the Maier family, will be distributed to the Library of Congress, The Wisconsin Historical Society, the libraries at the University of Wisconsin as well as East Carolina University and the University of Arizona (where he previously worked), the Institute for Higher Education Policy, the United States Department of Education, and the libraries at Bowling Green, Drexel, George Washington and Northwestern universities, all of which have degree-granting programs in higher education. Actually, once it is catalogued into the system, copies may be borrowed by virtually any library patron, anywhere, because of this University's membership in WorldCat, the global book-finding system.
Friends host 'Lakes and Rivers of Old Wisconsin' on Tuesday evening
Reminder: The local Heritage Players troupe comes to the Union's Christie Theatre at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 3) with "Waterways — the Lakes and Rivers of Old Wisconsin in Story and Song." The script and numbers such as "Pinery Boy," "Lost on the Lady Elgin" and "Red Iron Ore" are drawn from state history including the archives of the Cofrin Library's Area Research Center. The Friends of the Cofrin Library is the host. The show is free and open to the public, with donations accepted.
'Tres Vidas' promises chamber music, stirring stories of Latina women
At 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2006 the Core Ensemble — a chamber music trio of cello, piano and percussion — will accompany featured stage and screen actress Georgina Corbo in performing the new music/theatre/history work Tres Vidas at Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center. Tres Vidas (Three Lives) celebrates the life, times and work of three significant Latin and South American women: the mercurial painter Frida Kahlo of Mexico, peasant activist and massacre survivor Rufina Amaya of El Salvador and the pioneering feminist poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina. The campus visit is sponsored by Organizacion Latino Americana, Student Life and the American Intercultural Center in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Diana Borrero Lowe, ext. 2021, has details, or click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/.
Press-Gazette calls summer 'Journey to Jordan' a nice success
A U.S. State Department grant made it possible for UW-Green Bay to help high school students study language and culture in Jordan this summer. Jay Harris, Anne Kok and former Fulbright exchange visitor Ibtesam al-Atiyat had key roles. A local newspaper recap is at
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060929/GPG0101/609290565/1978.
Volunteer Fair is Oct. 11; students, others encouraged to attend
The annual UW-Green Bay Volunteer Fair will be held on Wednesday, October 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. The Volunteer Fair, coordinated by the Office of Student Life, brings representatives from over 50 area service agencies to campus to highlight their need for volunteers. It is a great way for students to learn about opportunities for volunteering and service in the greater Green Bay community. Students, faculty and staff are all invited. Faculty members requiring students to attend the fair for course credit may request that Student Life have a staff member available to sign attendance vouchers. Please contact the Student Life office at 465-2200, ext. 40 if you would like this service.
Policies listed all in one place
Sheryl Van Gruensven, HR director, distributed an e-mail to all employees last Friday, as required by laws on annual notification. We repeat these policies here today, and archive them forever, as an additional service.
Campus Security Report http://www.uwgb.edu/publicsafety/DPSweb/AnnualSecurityReport2006.pdf
Drug Free Environment Policy http://www.uwsa.edu/hr/drug.htm
Equal Opportunity Policy and Complaint Procedures http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/aaeo/ComplaintProcedures.htm
Sexual Harassment Policy http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Policies/SexualHarassement/sexualharass.htm
Consensual Sexual Relationship Statement http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Policies/Consensual/index.htm
Family and Medical Leave Act http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Documents/FormsPolicy/Policy/FMLA/YourRightsUnderFMLA.pdf
Americans With Disabilities Act http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Policies/ADA/index.htm
Acceptable Use Policy http://www.uwgb.edu/compserv/Policies/AcceptableUsePolicy.htm
Policy on Threats and Violence http://www.uwgb.edu/publicsafety/violence_threats/index.htm
Van Koevering earns distinguished alumni award at WMU
Former UW-Green Bay professor Thomas E. Van Koevering, Manitowoc, has been selected to receive the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Mallinson Institute for Science Education at Western Michigan University. In 1965, the Ph.D. in Science Education was among the very first doctoral degree programs inaugurated at Western Michigan, and Van Koevering was the very first graduate. He had a 30-year career at UW-Green Bay; in addition to his teaching and publishing activities, he became known for community outreach in science and environmental education. For more, click http://www.wmich.edu/science/.
Results of students 'Food Security' surveys to be released
UW-Extension is a sponsor of World Food Day local activities on Oct. 16. Highlights include a 10 a.m. press conference featuring presentation of the annual "Food Security in Brown County" report. The survey is compiled by Extension educator Karen Early (a UW-Green Bay grad) with the help of current Social Work students and others. Results highlight the perceived reasons for food insecurity, strategies used to make ends meet, health problems, employment, home ownership and helpful actions to improve the situation.
Power of the People: Universities
Another activity on World Food Day (Oct. 16), will be a local meeting, lunch and viewing of the film "Power of the People: Universities Fighting Hunger." Taking place at the local UW-Extension offices on Bellevue Street, the program begins at 11 a.m. The simple catered lunch, available for $7 per person, is provided by Asian Express, a micro-enterprise from the United Hmong Community Center Shared Commercial Kitchen. Pre-registration is required. Contact the Brown County Ag Office, 1150 Bellevue St., Green Bay (920-391-4614).
Employers come to campus for this Wednesday's job/internship fair
Already broadcast campuswide but repeated here for the record: More than 70 employers will be on-campus Wednesday (October 4th) for the Fall Job and Internship Fair sponsored by Career Services, taking place 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms. Students can learn more about organizations, network with employers for full-time and internship opportunities, and learn more about what they can do with their majors. Students, faculty and staff alike are encouraged to attend.
Goal-a-game Okoampa leads red-hot Phoenix soccer team
Senior forward Joshua Okoampa is now ranked sixth among NCAA Division I scorers with 11 goals and four assists. His team (8-3-0 overall, 2-0-0 Horizon League and winner of three straight) returns home to host Butler Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and Wright State Sunday at noon at Santaga Stadium. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/athletics/msoccer/100206.asp.
Body recovered in river at La Crosse
A body believed to be that of a missing UW-La Crosse student was found earlier today in the Mississippi River near downtown. The search had drawn statewide attention, and refocused discussion on a number of apparently similar incidents over the last decade. See http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/10/02/breakingnews/00lead.txt.
Top Regent stumps for Systemwide growth agenda, lower tuition
Low-income students have been affected most by steep tuition increases due to cuts in state support for the UW System; Board of Regents President David Walsh is encouraging the state to provide funding for the UW's plan to increase the number of Wisconsin residents who have four-year college degrees. See what he said in La Crosse recently at http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/09/29/news/z00regents0929.txt.
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