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Vol.
38, No. 125, June 25, 2007 / Log
Archive
A letter-to-the-editor in Sunday's Milwaukee newspaper facetiously asked whether the beer delivery guy in those popular TV commercials — the guy who grumbles about $12 cheeseburgers while repossessing beer from the coolers of merchants deemed too chi-chi to handle his working-class beverage — is planning a ballpark raid anytime soon. After all, the same bottle of beer there goes for a pricey $6.25. Food for thought on a hot summer day. In real news today:
• Changes made to Rose/Wood plans
• Movement on the eighth floor
• Meacham a finalist for top literary award
• Major award for Wolf on Great Lakes Research
• Keep your eye on the bat(s)
• Safety Task Force on Tuesday
• Reminder: Fergus Hughes retirement
• Plan now for the 4th: Give blood
• They'll take your blood this week, too
• Sobering reminders: Flags
• Peace in Wisconsin/Minnesota reciprocity squabble
• Reciprocity at a glance
• Some colleges say 'no' to college guide
• 'Campus bank card deals need Regent oversight'
• Senate Dems vow to tweak state budget
• Resolution in assault case
• Briefs: Gurung, Haynie, Marin
Changes made to plans for renovated Rose/Wood halls
As the $6.7 million project to remodel Rose Hall and Wood Hall continues to gain support in the state budget process, plans for occupying the renovated buildings are being revised. Initial plans called for moving administrative offices from the eighth floor of the Cofrin Library to the third floor of Rose Hall. Under the revised plan, the third floor of Rose Hall likely will be renovated for additional faculty offices in anticipation of the University's Growth Agenda needs. Administrative offices will remain on the Cofrin Library's eighth floor for the near future. Library services will gain space on the seventh floor of the Cofrin Library when Social Work and the NEW Partnership for Children and Families move to the renovated Wood Hall. Areas on the first floor of Rose Hall also will be used by the library for archival purposes. The Rose/Wood Hall renovation project is included in the 2007-09 capital budget. However, the construction timeline has not yet been finalized.
Movement on the eighth floor
In related news, numerous offices on the eighth floor of the Cofrin Library will find new homes this summer. University Advancement's annual giving, donor/alumni relations, and major gifts and government relations offices are moving from CL 830 down the hall to CL 823 (formerly home to the Office of Planning and Budget). Some Business and Finance staff members then will occupy the office suite in CL 830, which had been used by Advancement. The moves begin this week.
Prof. Meacham was finalist for top literary award
UW-Green Bay faculty member Rebecca Meacham was one of five finalists (out of 800 entries) for the prestigious 2007 Literary Gift of Freedom Award for Women Fiction Writers. The national award is presented by A Room of Her Own Foundation, which works to spotlight the important creative work of female artists and writers. Meacham, of Humanistic Studies, is the author of the acclaimed "Let's Do," a collection of short stories about ordinary Midwesterners who cope with various calamities. Her next project is a novel that re-imagines the characters and events of the Peshtigo Fire. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007june.htm#literary.
Major award for Prof. Wolf on Great Lakes Research
The International Association for Great Lakes Research, at its May 2007 gathering, honored UW-Green Bay Prof. Amy T. Wolf and former grad student Bradley M. Herrick for the year's top research. Wolf was given the association's 2006 Chandler-Misener Award for most outstanding article in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. The article, titled "Invasive Plant Species in Diked vs. Undiked Great Lakes Wetlands," was published in volume 31, Number 3 during late 2005. Wolf and Herrick assessed seven pairs of wetlands on Lake Huron (Saginaw Bay) and Lake Michigan (the west shore of Green Bay) and concluded that nutrient-rich diked wetlands were comparatively more vulnerable to invasive species including purple loosestrife and reed canary grass. (Undiked wetlands have their own invasive problem with phragmites, a.k.a. common reed grass). The IAGLR award is made on the basis of originality, contribution and presentation. To see the abstract, click http://www.iaglr.org/jglr/db/view_contents.php?pub_id=2326&mode=view&table=yes&topic_id=&mode=toc&volume=31&issue=3.
Every day is Bat Day with new Arboretum monitoring station
Prof. Bob Howe, director of the Cofrin Arboretum, shares news that the UW-Green Bay campus is one of five localities where the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has erected a solar-powered bat monitoring station. Located in the Arboretum's Bayshore Woods, the station will monitor bat activity during every evening of the year — including winter, when bats occasionally wake up if the weather is warm enough. Information from the recorder will be uploaded to a shared web site where data on Wisconsin's bats will be available for researchers and educators. Howe calls it a "groundbreaking project" that could create new opportunities for student research.
Shepard, Governor's Campus Safety Task Force meet Tuesday
Tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, June 26) the UW-Milwaukee campus will be the site for a meeting and public forum of the Governor's Task Force on Public Safety. Chancellor Bruce Shepard is co-chair. Watch for media coverage.
Reminder: Hughes retirement reception
The retirement reception for Fergus Hughes takes place Tuesday (June 26) at the Weidner Center Grand Foyer, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Plan now for the 4th: Give blood
The local Red Cross reports the blood supply for most types is now less than a three-day cushion and is only expected to dwindle the closer it gets to the 4th of July holiday. That's why they're inviting us to Super Donor Days blood drive 2 to 8 p.m. next Monday (July 1) and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday (July 3) at Shopko Hall. Free child care, a chance to win a football autographed by Green Bay Packers lineman Cullen Jenkins, free music downloads, pizza from Green Bay Pizza Company and ice cream from Good Humor Breyers. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome. To make an appointment online, click http://www.givebloodgivelife.org. Or call 1-800-448-3543.
They'll take your blood this week, too
Out of town next week? The Red Cross offices at 2131 Deckner Ave. are open this week, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 6 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.
Sobering reminders: Flags at half-staff
The faxes come with enough regularity, and the summer LOG schedule is just irregular enough, that we've sadly fallen behind on posting notice of flags at half-staff for Wisconsin service members killed in action, or peace officers in the line of duty. From the last month or so, we honored:
Sgt. Tyler Kritz, U.S. Army
Kenosha Seriff's Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr.
Sgt. First Class Scott Brown, U.S. Army
Sgt. First Class Jesse Albrecht, U.S. Army
Border war averted: Wisconsin, Minnesota reach deal on tuition
Officials from Wisconsin and Minnesota expressed satisfaction Friday that the two states were able to reach a tentative agreement that would maintain their current tuition reciprocity agreement without charging more to students or taxpayers. See http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/06/23/0706230213.php.
Reciprocity at a glance
From a UW System Administration summary sheet:
• There are no changes for the 2007-2008 academic year. Further, students enrolled during the 2007-08 academic year will continue to operate under the "old" agreement as long as they remain continuously enrolled and graduate within 4 years.
• Students who will first enroll in the fall of 2008 or thereafter will be charged the higher of the tuition rates of either the campus they are attending or the comparable school in their home state. This primarily impacts Wisconsin students attending Minnesota universities.
• There will be no impact on the net amount Wisconsin students attending Minnesota Universities will pay, and there will be no increase in the amount that the State of Wisconsin will pay. To accomplish this, the agreement establishes a mechanism for Wisconsin to redirect a portion of its annual payment from the State of Minnesota to Minnesota universities. The university payments will cover the difference between the amount a student would have paid under the old agreement and the amount assessed under the new agreement. This Wisconsin Reciprocity Supplement means students will pay the same amount as under the old agreement. By redirecting a portion of its annual payment from the State of Minnesota to Minnesota universities, the State of Wisconsin will not pay anything additional.
Some colleges say 'no' to U.S. News college guide
Nearly 80 higher education institutions will no longer participate in U.S. News and World Report's annual college rankings, citing the lack of rigor with which the rankings are compiled and the potential harmful effects on educational priorities. Check http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/education/20colleges.html?ref=education.
'Campus bank card deals need Regent oversight'
A Racine Journal-Times editorial suggests the Board of Regents should examine UW System campuses' ID/Debit card agreements with private banks: http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/06/25/opinion/22098267.txt.
Senate Dems vow to tweak state budget
Members of the state Senate say they will work to include a tuition waiver for military veterans admitted to graduate school and health insurance for domestic partners of state workers in their version of the biennial budget. Click http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=623678.
15-month sentence, deportation for conviction in assault
Citing an expected deportation, Circuit Court Judge Donald Zuidmulder sentenced a Peruvian national to 15 months in prison and 45 months of supervised release for sexually assaulting a woman Sept. 9. Gilmer Gutierrez-Marapi, 33, offered the victim a ride as she walked near Dousman Street and drove her to an area of the University on Nicolet Drive. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070620/GPG0101/706200630/1207.
Briefs
Regan A. R. Gurung (Hum Dev & Psychology), Aeron Haynie (Hum Studies & English), and Ryan Martin (Hum Dev & Psychology) all have presentations accepted for the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) meeting to be held in Sydney, Australia this summer.
Gurung, R. A. R., Haynie, A., & Chick N. (UW-Colleges). Signature pedagogies and practices in the disciplines.
Gurung, R. A. R., Martin, R., Creasey & Jarvis (both of Illinois State). Code of conduct: Internationalizing the ethics of SoTL.
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