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Vol.
39, No. 148, August 11, 2008 / Log
Archive
Here’s a very brief LOG roundup for Monday, Aug. 11:
• Jeffreys, Voelker, Kain and Vescio will talk Great Books
• History helper Herber is a grad
• Students on rise as entrepreneurs
• Wisconsin lags in GED success
Humanistic Studies announces chapter three of Great Books series
The Humanistic Studies academic unit at UW-Green Bay is resuming its campus-and-community Great Books literary discussion series this September. For each book, a Humanistic Studies faculty member will make a presentation and lead discussion, free and open to the general public, at the Brown County Central Library. Sessions are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Topics and presenters are:
• Sept. 9 — The writings of Thomas Aquinas on “Natural Law,” presented by Prof. Derek Jeffreys, religion and philosophy
• Oct. 14 — Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, Prof. David Voelker, history
• Nov. 11 — Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Prof Kevin Kain, history
• Dec 9 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Prof. Bryan Vescio, English
For more information, people may call the Humanistic Studies Office at (920) 465-2348. The Great Books sessions were offered for the first time last year, with both fall and spring series.
Alumna is a ‘go-to gal’ for local history
UW-Green Bay alumna Mary Jane Herber is known in De Pere and greater Green Bay as a go-to gal when it comes to local history and local people, according to a feature article in Thursday’s Green Bay Press-Gazette. Herber’s love of history led to her becoming chairwoman of the De Pere Historical Preservation Committee. Read more at: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/GPG1001/808070657/1207/GPG01.
Students to fuel next entrepreneur wave?
The online publication WisBusiness.com says the entrepreneurial spirit is rising at UW-Madison and other campuses, and not just among faculty and staff who want to start new companies. See http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=133119.
Wisconsin GED completion lags behind other states
Interesting reading: The most recent data available shows Wisconsin test-takers in 2006 were less likely than their counterparts in the other 49 states and the District of Columbia to finish the battery of five exams that makes up the GED. As a result of its 54.4% completion rate, the state had the second-lowest percentage of GED test-takers. See Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781742.
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