Vol. 38, No. 145, August 23, 2007     /     Log Archive

Somebody asked us if the Log has a catch phrase or motto. How about... "We're 24-7 about 2420!"... or maybe "The Log: Connecting You to Connecting U!"... or even the green-leaning "No trees were killed in the production of this Log." Hmmm. We'll let you know. In the meantime, we'll be prosaic and go with "Well, It's Time To Send Out a Newsletter Again. Serving You Since 1969." Enjoy.

Veteran educator Schaal is new director at Institute for Learning
Staff member Richard Schaal has been named director of the Institute for Learning Partnership at UW-Green Bay. He assumes his new duties Aug. 27. Schaal succeeds John Crubaugh, who is retiring after serving as the Institute's director since 2001. The Institute for Learning Partnership brings together educators from area K-12 school districts, universities and colleges, and business and community leaders to improve learning for all students in pre-kindergarten through grade 16. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/

Annual Search and Screen info sessions in September
Annually, the Office of Human Resources and Affirmative Action, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, provides a Search and Screen process update. The purpose of the update is to familiarize those who are regularly involved in Search and Screens with procedural changes precipitated by changes in business practices, policies and user suggestions. Two sessions will be offered. The dates, times and location are: Thursday, Sept. 20 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and Friday, Sept. 21 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Both sessions will be held in IS 1034. The sessions are open to those involved at all levels of the Search and Screen Process.

Nesberg was a founding faculty member
Lloyd Nesberg, who was a founding faculty and staff member when UW-Green Bay was new, died last Sunday at his Wrightstown home. He was 87. Nesberg was both an instructor and assistant dean/student adviser at the Green Bay center campus in the 1950s and '60s; he resumed full-time teaching of psychology when the University unveiled its first four-year offerings in September 1967, and served on the committee that helped shape the new College of Community Sciences. He was a native of Bergen, Norway, who served this country during World War II as a medic with the 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team in the South Pacific. Private services were held. A full obituary was archived at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/GPG010301/708210556/1212

Heritage Hill Herald remembers EWW
Seen in the September issue of the Heritage Hill Foundation's newsletter was a short tribute on the passing of UW-Green Bay's founding chancellor, Edward W. Weidner, who died in June. The item expressed sympathy to the family and noted that Weidner served on the Foundation Board and once co-chaired a capital campaign on behalf of the state historical park, which is located in Allouez along the Fox River.

Door landscaping biz rocks with Small Business Development
A recent article in a trade webzine puts the spotlight on entrepreneurs Deb Olsonoski and Avery Hoosier, both hearing impaired, for starting a natural-stone landscaping service in Door County. They enrolled in a 12-week business-plan course offered by UW-Green Bay's Small Business Development Center. The rest is a pretty good story, at http://www.wenportal.org/success/display.aspx?Id=105

Prof. Laatsch, the Field Museum, and 100 great maps
What more could you want? Treat your inner cartographer and map-loving soul to a day-long excursion to the Field Museum in Chicago. Prof. Bill Laatsch will lead the Nov. 10 trip to view the "Maps" exhibit and pieces created by traders and navigators, Ptolemy and Leonardo da Vinci, J.R.R. Tolkien to Internet pioneers. Outreach has details at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/events/maps/

Sense of urgency on state budget impasse? Think November
There's a nice analysis piece in Milwaukee's 'Shepherd Express' explaining that state legislators won't start feeling the budget heat until October or November, when cities, counties and school districts have to set their property-tax rates. Click http://www.shepherd-express.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-08-23&-token.story=178111.113121&-token.subpub=

Some Republicans write pro-UW messages
A recent Wisconsin State Journal editorial notes that at least a couple of rank-and-file Republican legislators have gone public with concern that their own party's Assembly budget might harm their local UW campuses. See http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=206517&ntpid=1

Reminder: D2L workshop is next week
It's one of the hottest trends in education. Last fall, nearly 300 courses on the UW-Green Bay campus were enhanced with the Desire2Learn (D2L) course management system, and numbers are growing. The Learning Technology Center will be offering introductory training for all interested faculty and staff on Aug. 29 and 30. To sign up, visit http://www.uwgb.edu/learntech/Workshops/.

'One college ranking we can live without'
The Appleton Post-Crescent commended the absence of Wisconsin universities from the Princeton Review's list of top "Party Schools." See http://www.appletonpostcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/APC0602/708210606/1036/APCopinion

All new University employees must complete this
The New Employee Safety Orientation and Emergency Response Training requirement can be met in one of two ways:
    Attend a training session. Training sessions will be offered on the following dates this Fall
o Thursday, August 30 from 8-9:30 AM in IS 1034
o Thursday, September 27 from 1-2:30 PM in IS 1034
o Tuesday, November 13 from 3-4:30 PM in IS 1034
o Registration is not required.
    Complete on-line New Employee Safety Orientation and Emergency Response Training. Employees wishing to complete the required training with this option should contact Jane Rank, rankj@uwgb.edu, and request enrollment in the on-line D2L course.

This is not an annual training requirement. Employees who have completed the training in the past do not have to attend again.

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