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Vol.
39, No. 15, October 1, 2007 / Log Archive
This is the LOG newsletter, where we're following closely the situation in Europe with the Belgian separatist movement. (Dutch speakers in Flanders want to split from the French-speaking Walloons.) Diplomats should try the "Green Bay Solution." Here, DeJardins and LeFebvres fill the Brussels phone book a few miles north and VanDenLangenbergs and VandeHeys dominate around Little Chute a few miles south, linked by a cosmopolitan neutral zone where accents blend in a rich booyah, tulips blossom and everybody gets along. As long as the Packers are winning, an' so? Hey, here now the news:
• Communitywide Challenge means a deal for you on compact fluorescents
• Here's how your household can help
• Energy savings... and more...
• Coffee with Bruce
• Friday workshop
• 'You' tells Meacham's story
• Kersten explains Green Bay political history
• Burns' 'The War' is flawed masterpiece, Kaye writes
• Noll services
• Innovations in Instructional Development
• Workshop: 'Extraordinary Experiences' in grieving
• Dunham adds second show
• A good blood drive
• Job/internship fair for students
• Taco Tuesday
• UW leaders, Regents, students all agree: Cuts would be bad
• Cap Times endorses bargaining proposal
• Isthmus profiles Nass
• Embarrassment? Or not?
• Regents: Don't hand other students the bill on vets' tuition
• Big-time soccer
• Regents at River Falls
• Reminder on railroading program
Go green, go compact-fluorescent, and help UW-Green Bay win the Challenge
Get your CFLs here — with instant $2 rebates — and never leave campus!
CFLs, or Compact Fluorescent Lights, are at the heart of a communitywide contest encouraging employees/members of major businesses and organizations to reduce energy use by buying Energy Star-qualified bulbs. The Greater Green Bay CFL Challenge will make awards to organizations whose people buy the most bulbs, have the greatest percentage of participants, or have the greatest number of participants. Rebates are instant. Instead of buying your bulbs, filling out the forms, and waiting for your check to arrive in the mail, Focus on Energy and the Greater Green Bay Sustainability Task Force have partnered for instant rebates so you pay only $1.15 to $2.00 (price includes tax) depending on wattage.
Here's how you and your household can help
Want to help UW-Green Bay win the Challenge and reaffirm its green credentials?
(1) Download, print and complete the order form provided by this web link: http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/SGB/forms/bulbSALEcoupon_final.pdf. Completed order forms should be dropped off at the Bursar's Office, Cashier window (SS 1700) before October 12 — the right side of the form should be kept for your files. DO NOT INCLUDE PAYMENT AT THIS TIME. Please note the limit of 12 bulbs per person.
(2) An all-campus email notification will be sent once a vendor is awarded by Focus on Energy. You will then need to bring cash or a check made out to the vendor to the Bursar's Office, Cashier window.
Energy savings... convenient delivery... eco-friendly disposal...
Experts estimate that the average homeowner, by changing five light bulbs to Energy Star units, will save $35 annually in electricity costs... Members of the campus Sustainability Committee will deliver your bulbs to your office when they arrive.... In conjunction with the communitywide initiative, Focus on Energy will announce a recycling center so that used CFLs can be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner... For more information, contact Dean Rodeheaver, Campus Sustainability Coordinator (ext. 2039).
Coffee with Bruce is Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Our calendar lists Tuesday (Oct. 2) as another date for one of the Chancellor's "Coffee with Bruce" drop-in conversation hours with faculty and staff. Time is 8 to 9 a.m.; the location the Common Grounds Coffee House.
Friday workshop is also part of Institute's fall conference
Featured speaker Tom Guskey will follow up his Thursday night keynote address, "Practical Ways to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners," with a workshop for educators this Friday (Oct. 5) as part of the Institute for Learning Partnership's ninth annual Fall Conference at UW-Green Bay. Guskey is a professor of educational policy and evaluation at the University of Kentucky. The conference is sponsored by School Specialty, Inc. For details, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007sept.htm#partnership.
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Headquartered at UW-Green Bay, the Institute for Learning Partnership is a collaborative effort to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Partners include UW-Green Bay, technical colleges of Northeastern Wisconsin, CESA 7, CESA 8, St. Norbert College, education associations, the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Partners in Education program, and many other entities.
'You' magazine tells story of Meacham's writing success
"You" magazine, a Gannett Wisconsin monthly publication, profiles UW-Green Bay Prof. Rebecca Meacham and her success as a fiction writer. The article in the magazine's latest issue provides the background story about Meacham's award-winning short-story collection, "Let's Do."
To read the profile of Meacham, associate professor of Humanistic Studies, click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/GPG0101/70925164/0/GPG0902.
Kersten helps Press-Gazette explain Green Bay political history
UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, Social Change and Development, says Green Bay has succeeded not only because of the vision of its leaders, but also because of their political will. Kersten is a key source in a Green Bay Press-Gazette story about the political history of Green Bay.
The story by Press-Gazette editorial writer Terry Anderson is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/GPG0101/710010469/1207/GPGnews.
Burns' 'The War' is masterpiece, but has important omissions, Kaye writes
UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye, Social Change and Development, describes "The War," Ken Burns' ambitious documentary about World War II, as a masterpiece of oral history. However, Kaye writes, Burns ignored political ideals that motivated Americans to fight the war. Kaye's review appears in the online version of "The Guardian," a British political newspaper. The final segments of "The War" will be shown on National Public Television, including WPNE-TV, Channel 38 in Green Bay, at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
To read Kaye's review, click http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/harvey_j_kaye/2007/09/what_ken_burns_missed.html.
Burial Tuesday for Prof. Emerita Noll
Burial will take place Tuesday (Oct. 2) in Red Wing, Minn., for Associate Prof. Emerita Lorraine Noll, who died last week at age 75. Services were held Monday in Two Rivers. Noll received the Founders Association Award for Excellence in Community Outreach in 1993 for her work as a nursing educator.
For a full obituary, see
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070929/GPG010301/709290532/1212.
The topic: 'Innovations in Instructional Development'
Here's another reminder that the Instructional Development Council will host a brown-bag presentation titled "Innovations in Instructional Development" on Friday, Oct. 26, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Open to the entire University community, the event will feature four professors whose work won 2006-2007 Instructional Development honors:
• Aeron Haynie on "Teaching the Culture of Food"
• Peter Breznay on "Hands-on Teaching of Digital Electronics in a Comprehensive Liberal Arts College"
• Jill White on "Designing Introductory Courses for Engagement - Backwards"
• Uwe Pott on "Scientific Inquiry in the Biology Lab"
They 'see' dead people, it's not all that unusual, and counselors can help
Registration is open for a one-day workshop at UW-Green Bay on Friday, Nov. 9, for professionals who work with people who have experienced loss. "Grief and the Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved: Continuing the Bonds with Your Deceased Loved One" will touch upon the phenomena experienced by a mourner who believes he or she has had a sign or contact from a deceased loved one. Keynote presenter Louis LaGrand is a certified grief counselor, a SUNY professor emeritus and a member of the debriefing team for the TWA Flight 800 disaster. The workshop offers continuing education credits for social workers, licensed professional counselors, and funeral directors. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007sept.htm#bereaved.
Funny guy doubles workload, and the dummies don't complain
Ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham and his stable of sidekicks have added a second show (3 p.m.) for Saturday, Nov. 17, because of strong demand. To buy, go to the Weidner Center site at http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/Calendar.htm.
Sept. 25 drive was bloody splendid
Members of the UW-Green Bay Circle K service club send thanks for the big response to the American Red Cross blood drive last Tuesday (Sept. 25). Lines were long at times, but the upside was that it was the biggest blood drive on campus in five years, we're told, with 71 pints collected. The next date is Thursday, Nov. 29.
Fall job/internship fair for students is Wednesday
The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is the new location for the annual Fall Job & Internship Fair. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 3). To see a list of organizations registered to "recruit" at the Fair, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/careers.
Back by popular demand: tacos
The people in charge of food announced last week the return of Taco Tuesdays! Bowing to media pressure and popular demand, they resumed the popular Garden Café (and Cloud Commons) special on Sept. 25.
UW leaders, Regents, students all agree: Cuts would be bad
UW System President Kevin Reilly, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, Regents Colleene Thomas and Thomas Shields and every leader of student government in the UW System all wrote letters last week to the Legislature's budget conference committee. Their warning: Budget cuts undermine quality. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=668475.
Cap Times endorses right-to-choose proposal
Madison's Capital Times newspaper issued an editorial last week calling on legislators to allow UW System faculty and academic staff the choice to collectively bargain. See one view of the matter at http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/09/27/0709270352.php.
Isthmus sits down with UW critic Nass... and his adviser
State Rep. Steve Nass has been reliably critical of the UW System. Being chair of the Assembly's education committee gives him some clout. The excellent Madison newsweekly Isthmus tried recently to find out what motivates his politics. Interesting reading at http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=8991.
Embarrassment? Or not?
Hats off to the little weekly newspaper in Tomah, Wis., which took a different line than the big boys in articulating why a late state budget might be an inconvenience for some and irritation for many, but not necessarily an embarrassment or crisis. Click http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2007/09/28/opinion/01edbudget.txt.
Regents: Don't hand other students the bill on vets' tuition
In a guest column, UW System Regents Michael Falbo, Tom Loftus and David Walsh urge the state Legislature to fully fund the Wisconsin GI Bill, which would grant military veterans full tuition remission at a UW System institution: http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/other/index.php?ntid=248570.
Big-time soccer atmosphere is back!
The sound was loud, the action fast, the bleachers largely filled as a crowd of about 1,000 took in Saturday night's Ohio State/Green Bay men's soccer game. The Phoenix won 1-0 in OT to knock the Buckeyes out of the national Top 25. Freshman J.C. Banks is getting conference and national recognition. See http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/100107aaa.html.
Live from River Falls: The Board of Regents
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents takes its act on the road this month, holding its two-day meetings at the campus of UW-River Falls in far western Wisconsin. We'll have agenda items and webcast details listed in Thursday's newsletter.
Reminder on railroading
The Friends of the Cofrin Library invites you to enjoy the Heritage Players' performance of "Riding the Rails: Songs & Stories of Railroading in Old Wisconsin" at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 2) in the Phoenix Room. For details, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/logarchive/logarchive39/2007sept24.htm#friends.
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