Vol. 39, No. 26, October 29, 2007 / Log Archive
Confidential to those who pitilessly mocked Thursday's intro with its apparent mistake identifying this past Sunday (Oct. 28) as Fall-Back Weekend: Yes, it was technically wrong... but only if you dance to The Man's tune and unquestioningly obey the new order postponing the return of Central Standard Time until November. You see, Baby Boomers will never concede that "our times" — and the 1966 Uniform Time Act that served us so well — are anything but the "best times." The way the sun gods intended. In news today:
Shepard: UW-Green Bay thanks community for recent milestones
Chancellor Bruce Shepard offered a slimmed-down version of this month's Chancellor's FYI message in a guest column printed in Sunday's Press-Gazette. The message: The Kress Center and Growth Agenda are only the latest examples of how the people of Northeastern Wisconsin have stepped forward at critical times to support their university.
AP report on UW System 'growth agenda' highlights Green Bay, Oshkosh
An Associated Press story earlier today (Monday, Oct. 29) describes how "The University of Wisconsin System is about to get bigger." The report leads with mention of UW-Milwaukee research, the two-year UW Colleges and ambitious plans to serve more undergraduates at UW-Green Bay and Oshkosh.
Countdown to Kress Grand Opening this Saturday
An open house, family fun and a formal ribbon cutting are in store this Saturday (Nov. 3) at the brand-new Kress Events Center. Tours are free; all seats for the women's basketball exhibition game are $5 each. Check out the calendar of activities, photo gallery and more, at the Kress Grand Opening Web site.
Video: 'From PSC to KEC'
If you haven't yet visited the Kress Grand Opening Web site, worth the trip is a four-minute video history that revisits the old Phoenix Sports Center and tells the story of its transformation to state-of-the-art facility. Starring Lyle Bruss, Marilyn McCarey, Brian Gold, current students and the voice of Shane Kohl.
University offers recent alumni a free trial membership
Those who paid segregated student fees toward Kress Events Center construction but graduated before the facility came online are getting a special deal: a free fitness membership for the period Jan. 1 - Aug. 31, 2008. The offer is the University's way of celebrating the Kress grand opening year and thanking grads from December 2000 through this May. "Pre-fee" alumni get a small discount.
The return of WGBW!
The call letters WGBW are back, this time as a student-run, Internet-based station. We'll tell the full story in our next issue, but the station debuted Monday (Oct. 29). In fact, if you clicked here before 6 p.m. Monday, you would have heard a live interview with honored guest Bruce Shepard talking to station manager Jason Habeck on the very first broadcast, at http://www.uwgb.edu/wgbw/.
Tuesday workshop touts 403(b) program for retirement, tax savings
Faculty and staff are invited to learn how to save "cut taxes today and invest for the long term" at the following special workshop:
UW Tax-Sheltered Annuity 403(b) Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
1965 Room, University Union
Have you been putting off starting a 403(b) account? Not sure what that is? Not sure what funds to choose? Saving for the future is important! Come and learn about the basics of investing and this supplemental retirement savings plan. Terry Lauber, UW System TSA Program staff, will help you understand the benefits and basics of investing and how the TSA simultaneously reduces your tax bill and helps you prepare for your retirement. She'll discuss the basics of asset allocation and what to look for when you choose your investments. The session lasts approximately one hour with time for questions. It is especially intended for new investors and for those not yet enrolled in the TSA Program, but those with established accounts who have not ever attended a presentation may find it beneficial as well. TSA events are free and open to all UW employees and their families.
Fermanichs to discuss watershed project in Neville 'Great Lakes" series
"Water Quality and Your Great Lakes Watershed" is the topic this Thursday (Nov. 1) from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Neville Public Museum in downtown Green Bay. UW-Green Bay's own Kevin and Jill Fermanich will present on the Great Lakes watersheds, focusing on the Lower Fox River region. They'll describe the watershed monitoring project and how local schools are helping to monitor the health of the watersheds by surveying amphibians, birds, and aquatic insects. The Neville is hosting free weekly lectures to complement its current exhibit, "The Great Lakes Story."
Reminder on Upward Bound pizza coupons
The Upward Bound Parent Involvement Group is selling Papa Murphy's coupon cards. $20 worth of coupons for only $5. Proceeds go directly into scholarship funds for low-income and/or first generation college bound students. Stop by SS1905 to purchase yours.
UW-Green Bay students to trick or treat for food, not candy
This Halloween, UW-Green Bay students will be trick or treating for food donations in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. Students participating in the project will each display a neon-colored sticker that says "Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat." Each non-perishable food item collected will be donated to Paul's Pantry. The effort is organized by the student chapter of Circle K. For more on the story, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2007oct.htm#fooddonate.
Phoenix Bookstore promises 'Spooktacular Savings'
The Phoenix Bookstore is putting on a special clothing sale Wednesday (Oct. 31), in the Union's Phoenix Room C, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. What's more, customers in costume who shop up that day at the The Phoenix Bookstore in their Halloween costumes will receive 10% off any clothing and gift items. ("Hi, I'm Clark Kent, a mild-mannered editor.")
Union advertises 'Batty Bash' and 'Gravedancers Ball'
For the young at heart... the University Union this Wednesday (Oct. 31) is promising Unionwide trick-or-treating. Guess the candy corn at the info center... try the witches' brew at the Phoenix Club... Leona Cloud Commons has cookie decorating at 1 p.m. and the REAL Spider Man from 1 to 2 p.m... a student group calling itself the SciFi Collective says it's having a Halloween themed meeting this Wednesday from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Christie Theatre (now that sounds spooky).
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We'll see if we can scare up some post-event photos later this week from Wednesday's annual Gravedancers Ball, a UW-Green Bay tradition. The theme this year is "'80s & '90s Dance Party" from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Phoenix Room.
A truly Superior fright
... would come if the underdog UW-Superior men's basketball team can hang with the D-1 Green Bay Phoenix until the end. They'll tip off the exhibition season at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 31) over at the Resch Center. Athletics is offering a free bus ride, a free Green Bay Basketball t-shirt, and $1 hot dogs and sodas for any students who make the crosstown trip.
The 'Edgar Allen Poe Bake Sale'
The student Sigma Tau Delta chapter is advertising The Edger Allen Poe Bake Sale Spectacular this Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Garden Café alcove. "Don't miss all the spooky deals on Brownies, Cookies and More!"
Regent Jesus Salas resigns over immigrant issue
Regent Jesus Salas resigned from his position on the Board of Regents last week in protest over omission from the state budget of a tuition policy he says was needed to help immigrants. See http://www.madison.com/tct/news/253387.
WPR applies for broader coverage
Wisconsin Public Radio has applied for eight new radio station licenses, which would further expand its coverage in some of the state's more rural communities. Listen at http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/news/news071025ms.rm.
Group of alumni pledges $85 million to UW business school
UW-Madison's School of Business received the largest single gift ever given to the campus from a small group of alumni: the $85 million gift also prohibits the school from being named for any donor or entity for 20 years. http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=253628&ntpid=5
Journal Sentinel editorial: Diversity and the 'competitive edge'
A newspaper editorial reminds UW System campuses to work even harder to attract students of color to the university; many chose to attend campuses outside the UW System to pursue their higher education. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=676093.
Joe Gow's low-cost event
New UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow earned publicity for personally donating nearly $8,000 toward the cost of his inauguration ceremony, an amount that covers the entire cost of the ceremony that had not already been covered by other donations.
UW-Madison requires transfer students to take part
Of interest to some on campus: The Office of New Student Programs at UW-Madison recently updated its policies to require all students transferring to the university to attend an on-campus SOAR orientation program prior to enrolling for courses. See http://www.news.wisc.edu/14318.
Senior Resource Fair is Nov. 7
Student Life sends word that the Fall Senior Resource Fair will be held at the Weidner Center Grand Foyer on Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fall graduates can register for commencement and pick up their tickets. They will have the opportunity to purchase caps and gowns, and their formal cap and gown portrait taken on the spot. (Or from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Phoenix Room A over at the Union.) Information on staying connected with peers after graduation, as well as info tables on car insurance, apartment rentals, establishing credit, auto loans, checking accounts, credit card use, and student loan consolidation, live entertainment and refreshments will also be available. For further information, please contact Sheila Carter at the Office of Student Life 465 2200 ext. 43.
Relaunch of Horizon League Network
The Horizon League is promoting the re-launch of the Horizon League Network under its own Web site at http://www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv. Registration is free, and new features are promised.
Switchfoot/Relient K concert tickets are scarce
Saw an all-campus posting recently that said concert tickets for the big Switchfood/Relient K concert to christen the Kress Center on Saturday night, Nov. 10, were going fast; only a few dozen left. Call ext. 2405 for details.
Visiting analyst will examine affordable housing, Brown County
Campus and community are invited to join business leaders, community leaders, elected officials, builders, realtors, developers and interested citizens for a new discussion of "Housing for the Future in Brown County" as well-known urban planner David Rusk returns to the area. Rusk will update an analysis he offered nearly three years ago, and will discuss how Green Bay is faring in light of national trends. The event will be held on Thursday, November 8 at the Quality Inn & Suites, 325 S. Washington St., Green Bay, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., with Rusk's keynote, the first showing of a new workforce-housing video, and discussion of a model neighborhood development. An hors d'oeuvres supper is at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 6 to 7 p.m. Q&A with Rusk. (Admission is free, but those intending to stay for supper and the Q&A are asked to pre-register.) The event is hosted by Joshua, a faith-based interdenominational social justice coalition in Brown County. Faculty member Lora Warner and several UW-Green Bay alumni are active members of Joshua's Workforce Housing Task Force. For more, see http://www.joshua4justice.org/.
Briefs
Karen Lacey, senior lecturer in Human Biology and director of Dietetic Programs, was the keynote speaker and facilitator at two recent workshops for dietitians in the state that focused on implementing the American Dietetic Association's Standardized Nutrition Care Process for which Lacey has been a national leader in developing and implementing. On Oct. 12 she conducted a daylong workshop in La Crosse titled "Implementing the Nutrition Care Process," sponsored by the La Crosse Area Dietitians. On Oct. 19 the Madison District Dietetic Association hosted its fall workshop on the Nutrition Care Process where Karen again was the featured speaker.
The American Council of Learned Societies has selected two books by Prof. Kim Nielsen (Social Change & Development, History, and Women's Studies) for inclusion in the ACLS Humanities E-Book site (http://www.humanitiesebook.org/). Both The Radical Lives of Helen Keller and Helen Keller: Selected Writings are now available electronically, augmented by video and audio clips, links to additional primary documents, and external Web sites. Readers can also move from one book to the other on the site, clicking from The Radical Lives of Helen Keller biography to the appropriate writings by Keller in Selected Writings.
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