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Vol.
38, No. 107, May 10, 2007 / Log
Archive
Gorgeous day! A DNR web page tells us we're at the height of the spring bird-nesting season and that Friday is National Keep Your Cat Indoors Day. From a conservationist perspective, shouldn't every day be keep-your-house-cat-indoors day? Unless it's during the fall hunting season. (Just kidding. Sort of.) In real news today:
• Humanitarian Del Bianco to get honorary doctorate
• We're among first to partner with Foundation
• Commencement highlights
• Chen earns grant for fingerprinting project
• Photos: Spring!
• Reminder: UW System inclusivity point person
• Yes, Mother's Day cookbooks are still available
• Among friends of the University, Hendricksons rank near the top
• Betsy is former UW-Green Bay staffer, Adult Degree architect
• Phil a former Regent
• Get your info here, register now for Summer Camps
• NASA astronaut Brandenstein at Space Camp
• 'Jazz on the Bay' has new feel
• Spanish Immersion Camp
• Yes, Grandparents' University is back
• Outreach unveils summer courses for educators
• BOR at Madison
• Cowles: 'More oversight of IT projects is needed'
• 'Wisconsin Covenant' gets some press in Wausau
• UW-Oshkosh shoots for the moon
• Good grades in NCAA's annual academic report
• Reminder: Banquet for Bennett, Johnson, Hammerle is Saturday
• Softball seeks NCAA bid
• Golf finishes a solid second
• Discount tickets now for USA Volleyball team at Resch Center
Humanitarian Del Bianco to receive honorary doctorate
UW-Green Bay will award an honorary doctoral degree Saturday (May 12) to Paolo Del Bianco of Florence, Italy. Del Bianco is a humanitarian, entrepreneur and philanthropist who, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, devoted energy and finances to promoting peace, understanding, and the integration of the former Iron Curtain countries into the West. He established the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, which he named for his father, and arranged for students and faculty from former communist countries to travel to Florence, a world arts capital. The Foundation has since extended its reach to Asia, the Far East and the United States.
UW-Green Bay among first to partner with Foundation
Chancellor Bruce Shepard said UW-Green Bay wanted to become the first American university to honor Paolo Del Bianco with an honorary doctoral degree. "Mr. Del Bianco brings charisma, passion and warmth to his work," Shepard says. "He is truly a memorable leader and inspiration to us all." UW-Green Bay was among the first American universities to develop a collaborative agreement with the Foundation, and has a lengthening history of exchanges and joint initiatives. For details, see the item part way down the news page at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/.
Commencement highlights, at a glance
• Details: Saturday, May 12, 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ceremonies at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts
• Graduates: Largest class ever, with more than 600 students eligible to receive degrees.
• Milestone: Presentation of 1,000th master's degree in University history. (First two were granted in December 1975.)
• Commencement speaker: William Gollnick '81, chief of staff of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.
• Student speaker: Brittany Brunner, psychology and human development, Shawano.
• Outstanding Student Award recipient: Wendy Berth, human biology and psychology, Chilton.
• Emeritus status granted: Fergus Hughes, human development and psychology; and Peter Kellogg, humanistic studies and history.
• Graduating class members representing 10 countries around the world — in addition to the U.S. — and four Native American sovereign nations: Bulgaria, Canada, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Ghana, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mexico, Panama, South Vietnam, Chippewa-Cree, Menominee, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, Puerto Rico.
• Degrees awarded at 11 a.m. ceremony: Accounting; Biology; Business Administration; Elementary Education; Human Biology; Individual Major; Interdisciplinary Studies; Nursing; Social Work; All Master's Degrees.
• Degrees awarded at 2:30 p.m. ceremony: Associate of Arts Degrees; Art; Chemistry; Communication; Communication and the Arts; Communication Processes; Computer Science; Earth Science; Economics; English; Environmental Policy and Planning; Environmental Science; French; German; History; Human Development; Humanistic Studies; Information Sciences; Mathematics; Music; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Public Administration; Social Change and Development; Spanish; Theatre; Urban and Regional Studies.
• Chancellor's Award Recipients: Bernie and Alyce Dahlin and Patrick and Ann Murphy
• Honorary doctorate: Paolo Del Bianco
• Regents representative: Eileen Connolly-Keesler, Class of 1982
Prof. Chen receives grant for crime-fighting fingerprint project
A UW-Green Bay faculty member has received a technology advancement grant for research into a process for recovering fingerprints from wet, dirty surfaces. Franklin Chen, assistant professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, was awarded a WiSys Technology Advancement Grant of $18,207 for his research project, titled "Material and Method Developments for Lifting and Processing Latent Fingerprints from Salt-Covered Vertical Wet or Dry Surfaces." Applications? During a five-month span in Green Bay in winter, for example, fewer than one-fourth of the vehicles stolen and recovered could be processed for fingerprint recovery due to moisture, salt and dirt. Chen's process modifies and creates sol-gel solutions to lift prints off of such surfaces. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007may.htm#grant.
Photos: warm weather
Today's "PhotoBlog" offers a look at studying outdoors, a Lambeau Cottage cookout and some frisbee golf (yeah, we know, "Frisbee" is a registered trademark of the Whammo corporation, but summer's here, we're living dangerously... so none of that "disc golf" stuff.) Anyway, snapshots at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/photoblog/07spring.htm.
Reminder: UW System inclusivity point person will visit Friday
Here's a reminder to folks interested in LGBTQ and certain climate issues: Lisa Beckstrand, the new director of the UW-System Inclusivity Initiative for LGBTQ People, will visit campus for a Q&A session Friday (May 11) from 11 a.m. to noon in the MAC Hall 301 Vista Conference Room. Open to all.
Yes, Mother's Day cookbooks are still available
(And the idea is that you'll cook for Mom, and not vice versa.) The Classified Staff Advisory Council cookbook is still available at the Phoenix Bookstore for the low, low price of $10. It's a fundraiser for a worthy cause, so buy, cook and eat.
Among friends of the University, Hendricksons rank near the top
The Philip B. and Betsy J. Hendrickson Community Center will be formally dedicated at 4 p.m. Monday (May 14). Members of the campus community are invited over to show their appreciation. Here's why: The Hendricksons have provided extraordinary support to a broad range of academic and student life initiatives at UW-Green Bay. Phil and Betsy are charter members of the Founders Association, and continue to make annual gifts to enhance student scholarships and academic excellence. They were early and enthusiastic supporters of the Phuture Phoenix program, the Chancellor's Scholarship Fund, the University Education Endowment and the Phoenix Fund. They made leadership gifts toward construction of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts and, later, its Chihuly chandelier. Mostly recently, Betsy agreed to serve as honorary chair of UW-Green Bay's Capital Campaign; the Hendricksons made a generous philanthropic donation to the new Kress Events Center opening this fall. "We think it is important to reciprocate the wonderful opportunities we've been given so that other people can enjoy some of the same advantages," Betsy says. In 1987 they created one of the University's first named professorships with a major gift for the Philip J. and Elizabeth B. Hendrickson Professorship for Business.
P.S. — Betsy a former UW-Green Bay staffer, student and Adult Degree architect
Betsy Hendrickson worked for the UW's two-year branch campus in Green Bay at its initial temporary home near East High School and later at the Deckner center. In the mid-1970s, her children grown, she worked in staff positions at what had become the four-year UW-Green Bay. For the Office of Educational Research, she began an important study exploring why adults do or do not return to college. Her work had a role in shaping creation of University Without Walls and Extended Degree (now Adult Degree Programs). It also became her thesis; she completed her UW-Green Bay master's degree in Environmental Arts and Sciences in 1979.
P.S. II — Phil Hendrickson a former Regent
Betsy and Phil Hendrickson have each served in leadership positions for UW-Green Bay or statewide higher education. Betsy served on Founding Chancellor Edward Weidner's community advisory board, and she was a founding member of the Chancellor's Council of Trustees. Phil served on the Founders Association board of directors. He was a member of the UW Board of Regents, and president of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational Education.
Get your info here, register kids now for UW-Green Bay Summer Camps
Middle School Music Camp is mid-July
Students entering grades 6 through 9, the Middle School Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp July 15-21, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#msmusic
Senior High music starts July 22
Senior High Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp, July 22-28, students entering grades 9 through 12, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#hsmusic
New: 'Total' Guitar
Total Guitarist Camp, July 29 through August 3, entering grades 8-12, at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#guitar
First week of Summer Art Studio is for middle schoolers
Middle School Summer Art Studio scheduled for June 17-22, students entering grades 6 through 9, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#msartstudio
Senior art includes many options
Fashion design-wardrobe, computer animation and printing ingenuity art are just three of the classes available to at High School Summer Art Studio, June 24-29, grades 8 through 12. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#hsartstudio
What's more, NASA astronaut Brandenstein will be Space Camp guest
Students entering grades 7 through 12 can conduct space science experiments, participate in neutral buoyancy training, use a solar telescope, navigate via GPS, meet an astronaut, and have many other space-related experiences at the Space Experience Summer Camp July 29 through August 3 at UW-Green Bay. Special guest Daniel Brandenstein, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, will be one of the presenters. Click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#space.
Still more summer fun: 'Jazz on the Bay' has new feel
Students entering grades 8 through 12 can sign up for the new Jazz on the Bay summer music camp June 24-30. UW-Green Bay jazz faculty artists and camp co-directors, John and Chris Salerno, are touting a one-of-a-kind jazz experience for instrumentalists and vocalists. With a multitude of jazz styles and musical genres to choose from, students will have performance opportunities seldom seen in school programs. The experience will combine vocal jazz ensembles with jazz ensemble instrumentalists, as well as featured tunes from each type of ensemble. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#jazzcamp.
Not to mention: Spanish Immersion Camp for grades 7-12
Students who want to learn or perfect their knowledge of Spanish and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world can do so at the Spanish Immersion and Culture Camp from July 29 through August 3 at UW-Green Bay. It's an intensive program with beginning, intermediate or advanced tracks for students in grades 7 through 12. Learn more http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#spanishcamp.
Yes, Grandparents' University is coming back, by popular demand
Look for more info in next week's Log but mark your calendars (if you are, or know of, a grandparent with grandchildren between the ages of 7 and 14) for July 26 and 27. Or click now at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007apr.htm#gpu.
Outreach unveils summer courses for educators
UW-Green Bay is offering more than 40 learning opportunities for Northeastern Wisconsin educators this summer. Among them are new offerings including a writing workshop for teachers, a course on lesson planning in socio-emotional learning and a weeklong Spanish immersion opportunity. The courses help teachers and administrators pursue license renewal and attain of professional goals. It's a long, varied list:
Spanish for Educators 1; • Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners; • Book Club...en espanol; Developing Good Comprehension Habits in All Readers; • Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences for Students through Literacy, Literature, and Arts Integration; • Boys in Crisis; Teaching Exceptional and At-Risk Students Through Fine Arts Activities; • Aspergers Syndrome: Strategies for Solving the Social Puzzle; • Teaching Biological Principles with Plants; • Astronomy in the Elementary School; • Teaching Wisconsin Wildlife; • American Indian Studies Summer Institute; • Classroom Instruction That Works; • Technology for Teaching and Learning; • Electronic Portfolios: Powerful Professional Improvement Tool; • Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being Together; • PowerPoint: Present with Pizzazz; • Artistry for Learning: The Research-Based Components of the Developmental Process of Tribes Learning Communities; • Lesson Planning in Socio-Emotional Learning; • Facilitating and Assessing Writing Using the Six+1 Traits; • Writing Workshop for Teachers; • Assessment of Writing Using the Six Traits; • Summer Instructional Technology Academy; • Leaderhood: Inspired Leadership for Today's Workforce; • Introduction to Understanding By Design; • Assessment Literacy: A Practical Approach to Classroom Assessment;• Learning Basic Skills in Sign Language 1; • Learning Basic Skills in Sign Language 2; • Beginning Guitar; • Intermediate Guitar; • Differentiated Instruction; • Introduction to Differentation and Gifted Education; • Classroom Management Strategies for ALL Students; • Einstein Academy 1; • Western Geology for Teachers; • Spanish Immersion for Professionals; • Literacy Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities; • Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners; • Conflict Resolution; • Basic Active Learning Strategies; • Supervision of Student Teachers and Web Page Creation and Editing
For dates and details, start at http://www.uwgb.edu/educationoutreach.
Live! From Madison! The May BOR!
The Board of Regents meeting will be webcast this week from Madison via audio and video streaming at Friday, May 11, 9 a.m. until noon. Follow the drama, the color, the pageantry at http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/.
'More oversight of IT projects is needed'
State Sen. Robert Cowles (a UW-Green Bay alumnus) contributed a guest column to the Press-Gazette, vowing to move forward after an audit of the state's recent woes with information technology projects: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/GPG07/705090586/1269/GPGopinion.
'Wisconsin Covenant' gets some press in Wausau
Beginning today, eighth graders across the state will have the opportunity to sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a program wherein participating students who meet certain academic and nonacademic standards will be guaranteed admission to a Wisconsin college or university, and even financial aid if they need it. Interesting to read the quotes at http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/WDH0101/705090556/1581/WDHnews.
Oshkosh shoots for the moon in awarding honorary doctorates
UW-Oshkosh has authorized up to 13 honorary doctorates this spring for women who trained as NASA astronauts (but were never allowed to fly) in the 1960s. It's getting a lot of publicity. See http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/APC0101/705070522/1003/APCnews.
Good grades in NCAA's annual academic report card
All UW-Green Bay men's and women's athletics teams received passing grades in the 2005-06 Academic Progress Rate (APR) report which was released by the NCAA last week. The report covers a span of three academic years ending with the 2005-06 school year. The tennis teams led the pack among Phoenix squads, ranking in the top 10 percent nationally. See http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/genrel/042707aab.html.
Reminder: Banquet for Tony, Ben, Carol is this Saturday
UW-Green Bay men's basketball stars Tony Bennett and Ben Johnson, and founding women's coach Carol Hammerle, will share the spotlight at the UW-Green Bay Athletics Hall of Fame induction banquet this Saturday evening (May 12) at the new Swan Club in De Pere. Tickets are $25. Call Marilyn McCarey at (920) 465-2625.
Softball heads to Cleveland with automatic NCAA bid on the line
The UW-Green Bay women's softball team (17-21, 9-7) takes aim at an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament in Cleveland this week at the 2007 Horizon League tournament. A late-season surge landed the Phoenix the No. 3 seed, and an opening-round game today (May 9) vs. No. 6 Butler. Late results: Looks like it will be the loser's bracket path to the title in the double-elimination format. Click http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/051007aaa.html.
Golf finishes a solid second at Horizon
UW-Green Bay finished second out of seven teams, trailing only conference winner Detroit, at last week's Horizon League Championship. Travis Meyer finished in a tie for fourth place, individually. The team finish was UW-Green Bay's best since 2001. See http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/wigb-m-golf-body.html.
Discount tickets now for USA Volleyball team at Resch Center June 1
Volleyball fans on campus and in the community are getting excited about Olympic-caliber volleyball coming to the Resch Center in Green Bay on June 1 and 2, 7 p.m. both nights. It will be USA vs. Japan in World Cup matches. Our sources tell us there's a special ticket price promotion being run until May 11, with single-night tickets for $12 and two-night tickets for $20. (Closer to the event, it's $15 and $25). To get the special offer, go to the Resch Center Box office, or Ticketstar — www.ticketstaronline.com or 1-800-895-0071, and supply the promotional code VBALL07.
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