Vol. 39, No. 103, April 18, 2008     /     Log Archive

A 5.2 earthquake rattled Illinois on early Friday, causing no significant injuries, resulting in relatively minor damage, and prompting politically pooped Pennsylvanians to wonder why Illinois gets all the cool stuff. Looking forward to Tuesday night's election results but somehow doubting clarity will be among them, this is the LOG newsletter for faculty, staff and friends of UW-Green Bay.

UW-Green Bay, Nicolet team up for adult learning in Northwoods
UW-Green Bay and Nicolet College in Rhinelander have formed a partnership that will make bachelor's degrees more accessible to place-bound working adults living in Wisconsin's northern counties. A new initiative will offer UW-Green Bay courses at Nicolet this fall. Those classes, combined with online courses and, in some cases, occasional trips to Green Bay for students, will encourage more Nicolet students go continue on for a UW-Green Bay bachelor's. Prof. Tara Reed of Minocqua will teach a biology course at Nicolet. Plans call for at least one course per semester at the two-year school, with the potential to add more as demand grows. Nicolet College President Adrian Lorbetske said more bachelor's degrees lead to "higher personal income, greater personal satisfaction and improved economic development for the region." For more, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-104.htm.

Brodziski wins both campus, state Student Employee of Year awards
Brittany Brodziski, a 20-year-old junior from Spencer, Wis., has won both the UW-Green Bay Student Employee of the Year Award and the Wisconsin Student Employee of the Year Award. She topped 91 other candidates from seven Wisconsin institutions in the state competition. She learned of the honors Thursday evening at a campus reception capping Student Employee Appreciation Week. Brodziski has been employed as a chemistry lab technician since the first semester of her freshman year. Her duties include set-up, takedown, managing inventory, cleaning and identifying chemicals for up to two dozen different classes that use the labs. Read more at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-108.htm.

Flavors from afar at International Dinner
Anyone can enjoy flavors from around the globe without buying a plane ticket at the International Dinner 2008 on Saturday, April 26. Doors to the University Union Phoenix Room open at 5 p.m. with the dinner and program starting at 6 p.m. The event is $13 for students and $17 for the community, faculty and staff. Dinner will include chicken curry, Greek salad, vegetable biryani, Asian-fried vegetables and baklava for dessert. Yum! It's a campus tradition. Call the University Ticket Center at (800) 328-8587 or order online at http://www.uwgb.edu/tickets.

Shepard signs memorandum of understanding with Thai delegation
A group of delegates from Thailand's Office of Basic Education visited campus Thursday to learn more about the educational system of the United States. The Thai representatives were studying U.S. models of alternative education, primarily in the K-12 levels. Chancellor Bruce Shepard signed a memorandum of understanding promising to work with the delegation to further their mission and develop a partnership with UW-Green Bay. International Education Office Director Brent Blahnik said plans are in the works to start a student exchange with Thailand, with a pilot program as early as December.

Post-9/11 comedy 'Sleeper' is coming next weekend
The UW-Green Bay theatre program presents the contemporary, single-act dark comedy "The Sleeper" over the next two weekends starting Thursday (June 24) at the Jean Weidner Theater. Set in spring 2002, the play features a suburban mom who is "shell shocked" by the new post 9/11 reality. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to her son's tutor, a handsome young man with political leanings far from her own. Look for more here in our next issue, or proceed immediately to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-96.htm.

Reminder: Veterans' benefits open house is Wednesday
Veterans can learn about what benefits and programs are available when their military service tours are over at an open house on campus Wednesday (April 23). The event aims to reach veterans who have "slipped through the cracks" regarding available benefits and services since returning to civilian life. For details, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-101.htm.

Buildup for wax: Deetz promotes encaustic painting class
Don't forget your smock and some old shoes at Prof. Kristy Deetz's encaustic painting class this summer. She'll teach new painting techniques at the "Reveal/Conceal: Process and Content in Encaustic Painting" Aug. 4-8. It's a hot wax week. Read the news release at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-100.htm.

Reading will analyze Pulitzer Prize winner McCarthy
The Sigma Tau Delta English honor society is holding a reading of a paper on Cormak McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road. Associate Prof. Bryan Vescio will conduct the reading. The paper is titled "The Road to Okay: Cormak McCarthy's Ironic Meliorism." It will be presented 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (April 23) in the Union's 1965 Room.

Correction: Master class location was wrong
Please note the correct location for the Master class with Mimmi Fulmer, soprano, UW-Madison. The class is 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 22) in Studio Arts 103 (the band room). It is not in the Jean Weidner Theatre as earlier reported.

Diener resigns as Vincent basketball coach, looks for new challenges
Former Phoenix star Tom Diener, who holds both bachelor's (1982) and master's (1992) degrees from UW-Green Bay, announced this week he is stepping down after winning five state titles in 15 years as the head boys' basketball coach at Vincent High School in Milwaukee. Known for teaching disciplined offense and hard-nosed defense, he was also celebrated as a positive influence for young men in inner city Milwaukee. Comments one former player today: ""He's a giant, not just in City basketball, but in the state of Wisconsin. He's a living role model. And for some of us, he's a hero." See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=740851.

Press-Gazette covers Sierra Club honor for UW-Green Bay
Previously announced in this newsletter, UW-Green Bay's receipt of a Power 2 Change Climate Protection award for campus's efforts on renewable energy and carbon footprint was described in the local newspaper: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/GPG0101/804180606/1207/GPGnews.

Tech analyst calls PeopleSoft a success for state
The Wisconsin Technology Network News notes says with all the state IT projects that have gone up in spectacular flames in recent years — making legislators, taxpayers and a lot of state workers angry — it's only fair to mention that one seems to be working fairly well. See http://wistechnology.com/articles/4694/.

UWM's student-election flareup
In UW-Milwaukee's student government election, an entire opposition party with 26 candidates, was removed from the ballot for student government because of election violations. See http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/04/18/26_uwm_students_get_.php.

Explosion leaves Whitewater without heat, hot water
A boiler explosion has resulted in disruptions at UW-Whitewater, including the closure of the main dining hall. See http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/apr/17/boiler-explosion-leaves-uw-whitewater-without-heat/.

By fall, they'll have artificial turf
UW-Whitewater students have voted to raise fees to pay for part of the $1.1 million cost to replace the football field's artificial turf, with the remainder to come from the school's foundation. See http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2008/apr/17/uw-whitewater-stadium-will-get-artificial-turf/.

SGA Leadership Transition Dinner upcoming
It's customary for the outgoing First Lady to show the incoming First Lady around the White House. At UW-Green Bay, students have wandered the maze of the concourse enough so they don't need the grand tour. But the incoming Student Government Association leadership will have a cordial get-together with the outgoing team on Monday, May 5. That's the date of the Student Government Leadership Transition Dinner. It starts at 5 p.m. in the 1965 Room of the Union. Send your RSVP to the Dean of Students Office by Monday, April 28. E-mail Elizabeth Meier at meiere@uwgb.edu or call 465-2152.

Brief
Dave Dettman, coordinator of information literacy and outreach at the Cofrin Library, delivered a presentation titled "Integrating Information Literacy Into the Curriculum: Deliver Models and Methods of Assessment" at the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Annual Conference.

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