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Vol.
39, No. 71, February 15, 2008 / Log
Archive
Whether you're reading this Friday evening, first thing Monday morning or sometime in between, we guarantee this particular issue to be newsy, highly readable and 99.9 percent Obama-free. (Maybe we were too cautious in predicting a huge turnout and scared some folks off, but it was still a big event. We'll have plenty of photos and video links in our next issue.) In news now:
• Optimism, despite deeper budget hole
• New lab toddles toward reality
• Engineering deal
• Photo gallery: Student Services makeover looks like a million
• Winter bird feeding
• Kingfisher Farm: wildlife, shoreline, cheap rent
• Professors discuss Vladimir Putin
• Call for faculty scholarship on teaching and learning
• ESPN-U for Kress, Phoenix
• There will be blood
• Black Student Union highlights culture
• 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'
• UW-Green Bay takes state residence hall honors
• Messaging system put to the test at NIU
• Reilly expresses sympathy
• UW-Green Bay awards scholarships to three Liberal Arts essayists
• 'Serving Veterans with Disabilities in Higher Ed'
• Call for Proposals: 'Closing the Achievement Gap'
• Feb. 28 reminder: academic night with the Phoenix
• A creampuff diet, guilt-free
• 'UW-Madison should raise its chancellor pay'
• Reilly outlines Growth Agenda Action Steps
• WPR coverage of System's plan
• Doyle names Vásquez to Regents
• This time, traveling circus comes to SNC
State budget hole deeper, but Chancellor remains optimistic
Wisconsin's budget faces a $650 million shortfall this biennium due to a slowing economy, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported Wednesday. At UW-Green Bay, Chancellor Bruce Shepard noted that Gov. Jim Doyle says the UW System will not be targeted for reductions; Shepard says funds for the first phase of the Growth Agenda should come through as planned.
Press-Gazette coverage is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/GPG0101/802140707/1207.
Announcement expected on University's new toddler-development lab
Look for a formal announcement Monday regarding establishment of a new research laboratory at UW-Green Bay. The lab, headed by first-year Human Development faculty member Prof. Jennifer Zapf, will open the doors on Green Bay's first in-depth study of how children learn the meaning of words. We'll have details — including a communitywide appeal to enroll children ages 18 months through 3 years in the project — in our next LOG.
Also to be announced: a new pre-engineering deal with NWTC, Stout
A signing ceremony is scheduled next week for a new partnership involving UW-Green Bay, UW-Stout and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The idea is to "create new engineering opportunities in manufacturing and long-lasting benefits for our students." Details in our next issue.
Photo gallery: Student Services makeover looks like a million
The newly remodeled, visitor-friendly Student Services Building held an open house earlier this month. Judging from the big smiles and bright/airy surroundings, it looks like the new baby (Congratulations, Mike Stearney!) is a success. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/08ssopenhouse.htm.
Thursday's downtown lecture: Tough winter, and backyard bird feeding
February can be "the cruelest month" for songbirds according to the speaker at the next UW-Green Bay Downtown Third Thursdays Lecture Series at noon Thursday (Feb. 21) in Suite 110 of the Baylake Bank City Center, 301 N. Adams St. "A Backyard Winter Oasis for Feeding Birds" is the topic for NAS adjunct assistant professor Vicki Medland. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-30.htm.
Kingfisher Farm offers cheap rent, wildlife paradise on Lake Michigan
UW-Green Bay is now soliciting proposals for a resident manager at Kingfisher Farm, a University-managed natural area approximately four miles northeast of Cleveland along Lake Michigan in Manitowoc County. The property's 60 acres include lake shoreline, a high-quality mesic forest, restored prairie and a custom-built residence with innovative ecological design features. The property is maintained as a natural area for student research and as habitat for native plants and animals, particularly migratory birds. The resident manager is expected to maintain grounds in the vicinity of the house and to provide a welcoming atmosphere for student researchers and other visitors. Pets are not permitted. Monthly rent of only $800 is negotiable in light of other contributions to the conservation and educational goals of the property. Proposals for the resident manager position should include:
— brief resume of the applicant(s)
— maximum acceptable monthly rental payment
— if acceptable monthly rental payment is less than $800, a proposal describing contributions to the academic mission of UWGB or to conservation of the Kingfisher Farm natural features.
Review of proposals will begin on March 1. The house will be available for occupancy by April 1, 2008 or possibly earlier. Agreement will be for a period of up to five years. Send application to Dr. Robert Howe, Director, Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, UW-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 or via e-mail at hower@uwgb.edu.
The topic is Vladimir Putin: Profs. Sherman, Levintova lead discussion
Two UW-Green Bay faculty members will host a forum dedicated to Russian President Vladimir Putin from 2 to 4 p.m. next Friday (Feb. 22) in MAC Hall 103. The program will include screening of two documentaries and an informal discussion of Putin's rise and consolidation of power, as well as the implications for democratic development in Russia and, ultimately, for U.S. foreign policy. Leading the discussion will be Profs. Heidi Sherman (Humanistic Studies and history) and Katia Levintova (Public and Environmental Affairs and political science). For further details, contact forum organizer Sherman at 465-5146.
Call for faculty scholarship on teaching and learning
Have you subjected your teaching and your students' learning to systematic study? Have you written it up/presented it at a conference? A group of UW-Green Bay Teaching Scholars is working on creating a resource for all faculty who do such work to facilitate collaborations and to make campus work on teaching and learning easily accessible. Please send any written reports of your work on teaching and learning (published or unpublished) including the titles of talks you have given on the topic, to Regan A. R. Gurung (gurungr@uwgb.edu), co-director, UW-Green Bay Teaching Scholars Program.
New Kress Center, Phoenix women get national shot on ESPN-U
On Saturday (Feb. 16), the Green Bay Women's Basketball team will play Butler in a 3 p.m. game at the Kress Events Center. (That is, presuming they were able to clean up in time after Friday's big event.) The Butler game is being cablecast nationally by ESPNU.
There will be blood... on Election Day
UW-Green Bay's student-athletes are running their final blood drive of the academic year on Tuesday (Feb. 19) — yes, Election Day — from 9 to 3 in the Phoenix Rooms. Walkups are possible, or contact Megan Elfering at elfemj03@uwgb.edu.
Black Student Union highlights culture in Heritage Month events
"Black Like Me: A Montage of Black Culture" is the theme for Black History and Heritage Month events scheduled by the campus Black Student Union. Observances start with participation in a Black Heritage Tribute Night at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15 at Teaosity at 2621 S. Oneida St., and in the race awareness workshop, "Life as a Minority and a Majority," scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the Christie Theater.
Heritage Month events continue with:
• Monday, Feb. 25, 5 p.m., Christie Theater — Showing of the mid-1960s film, "Black Like Me," based on the non-fiction book of the same title written by white journalist John Howard Griffin, who passed as Black and kept a journal of his experiences.
• Tuesday, Feb. 26, noon, Phoenix Rooms, University Union — "Black Like Me: A Montage of Black Culture," a program featuring poems, music and re-enactments.
• Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5 - 7 p.m., American Intercultural Center — "X vs. King," a discussion and comparison of the thinking and styles of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moderated by Buffy Ruffin, AIC multicultural adviser.
• Thursday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m., Ecumenical Center — Soul Food luncheon, free and open to all.
Reminder... 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'
More than a song, this health and wellness program is open to all faculty, classified and academic staff. Lifestyle coach Jane Birr and dietician Carmen Gorniak present "Don't Worry, Be Happy," from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in Phoenix B of the University Union. The program is sponsored by the Academic Staff Programming Committee and the Employee Assistance Programming Committee. Please RSVP to Sue Bodilly, bodillys@uwgb.edu, for planning purposes.
UW-Green Bay delegation takes state residence hall honors
The Wisconsin United Residence Hall Association hosts an annual student leadership conference every February. Just back from that event, RHAA and the 2008 conference delegation is fielding congratulations from UW-Green Bay's Office of Residence Life and others for their award-winning showing. Honors included the Program of the Year Award for "Gaydar"; the Top 10 Program Award for "Who Moved My Cheese?"; the Small School Display Award; and the Small School Spirit Award.
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The UW-Green Bay student delegation to the state residence hall association conference was Naomi Hoffmaster, Kim Rieckmann, Cassie Heizler, Mike Roderique, Brian Bar, Ryan Birdsall, Kervin Blanke, Shannon Buerosse, Sara Winkler, Matt Walton, Jason Wettengel, Ryan McConnell, Ellen Domine, Angela Vonckx, Kortney Jenks, and Dan Keiser. Jess Knox was also in attendance as Vice President of WUHRA.
Up-to-the-minute messaging system put to the test at NIU
The Chicago Tribune offers coverage of Thursday's horrific shooting at Northern Illinois University. That coverage includes a description of how the university's alert system functioned. See http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-niu-security_15feb15,0,6664175.story.
President Reilly releases statement
UW System President Kevin Reilly on Friday released a brief statement of sympathy and support for our NIU neighbors: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2008/r080215.htm.
UW-Green Bay awards scholarships to three Liberal Arts essayists
Three students have been recognized for the quality of their submissions to the annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition. Essays by Jennifer M. Schmitz, Benjaman R. Schmidt, and Rebecca Hoffman have been forwarded to be considered at the state level by the UW System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts, sponsor of the competition. The UW-Green Bay finalists will be receiving $500 tuition scholarships on this campus. Two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded at the System level. The Log will carry more details, and links to the essays, as the competition continues.
'From Combat to Classes: Serving Veterans with Disabilities in Higher Ed'
It's an audio conference scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27th from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Counseling & Health Conference Room (SS 1400). "This must-attend session is packed with expert guidance to help you develop and implement policies that address the multi-faceted challenges of educating former soldiers. You'll get practical advice on how to support them, along with specific accommodations to help those with the signature wounds of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and amputations."
If interested in attending or for additional information, contact Lynn Niemi at niemil@uwgb.edu or call 465-2849. Sponsored by the Disability Services Office.
Call for Proposals: Major grants for 'Closing the Achievement Gap'
The goal of Closing the Achievement Gap, the new grant program administered by the UW System's Office of Academic Diversity and Development, is to develop and support programs that are effective in promoting institutional change to foster access and excellence for historically underrepresented populations. A total of $300,000 will be available for academic year 2008-09 to fund projects in the following categories:
Start-up Grants for Emerging Needs;
Grants to Further Implement Existing Initiatives; and
Evaluation Grants.
For 2008-09, it is expected that a half dozen or so awards will be made in the range of $10,000 to $75,000 per project. Successful proposals will result in programs that are replicable with explicitly documented activities and evidence-based outcomes. Particular attention will be given to models, programs and strategies with demonstrated success in closing gaps in achievement in the areas of access, retention and graduation. For additional information and forms, go to http://www.uwsa.edu/oadd/grants/index.htm. Although the System deadline is April 18, all completed proposals must arrive in the Provost Office, c/o Tim Sewall, by Friday, April 4.
Feb. 28 reminder: Cheer on the Phoenix, honor student-athletes
Student-athletes who earned a spring or fall 2007 gpa of 3.5 or better will be recognized during a halftime ceremony at the Phoenix-UIC men's basketball game at the Resch Center on Thursday, Feb. 28. All UW-Green Bay faculty, staff and classified staff members are invited to attend the game as guests of the athletic department, and to be recognized collectively for their contributions. Deadline for getting two tickets each is next Wednesday (Feb. 20) from Marilyn McCarey at mccareym@uwgb.edu or 465-2625. Additional tickets are at the special rate of $8 each.
P-G column advises creampuff diet, guilt-free, for Phoenix men
Mike Vandermaus, sports editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, weighed in with a positive and interesting state-of-the-program column following last Saturday's close loss by the Phoenix men's basketball team to No. 10 Butler. To heck with high-profile non-conference games and RPI-boosting scheduling, he seems to be saying, more wins and fans would follow if the program backs away from this year's rugged non-con schedule. See http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/GPG07/802100675/1273.
'UW-Madison should raise its chancellor pay'
Flat out, that's what the editorial page of the Appleton Post-Crescent says about the recent Regent vote: http://www.appletonpostcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/APC0602/802130581/1036/APCopinion.
Reilly outlines "Growth Agenda Action Steps" to Regents
Highlighting last week's Board of Regents meeting in Madison was the presentation by System President Kevin P. Reilly of ten proposed initiatives that will support the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin — the University's effort to produce more college graduates, stimulate job creation and strengthen Wisconsin communities.
Those action steps:
1. Commit to a coherent set of learning outcomes and values for all UW baccalaureate graduates
2. Create the UW Dual Transcript
3. Accelerate transformation of knowledge capacity into high-paying jobs and economic vitality for Wisconsin
4. Model inclusive excellence in our education and employment
5. Offer UW New Pathways Degrees to Wisconsin's underserved adult population
6. Build a Wisconsin KnowHow2GO Network, enlisting undergraduates as ambassadors to schools and kids
7. Collaborate with PK-12 community to enrich college preparation and expand college offerings in high school
8. Expand UW-Madison Connections Program
9. Ramp up operational excellence and efficiency to focus more resources on the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin
10. Establish New Wisconsin Idea Public Policy Forums that bring the University's best research to bear on Wisconsin's biggest challenges.
There's more at http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2008/r080207.htm.
WPR coverage of System's growth plan
The text version is archived with the date Feb. 11. The clip is also online. Try http://www.wpr.org/news/newsheadlines.cfm or http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/news/news080211bb.rm.
Doyle names Vásquez to Regent chair once filled by Salas
Jose F. Vásquez, chief executive officer of the Felician Sponsored Ministries-Milwaukee, will fill the Board of Regents seat once filled by Jesus Salas. Vásquez's appointment to the Board is effective through May 1, 2009. See http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/02/12/doyle_names_new_memb.php.
Hillary at SNC
Congratulations to our friends at St. Norbert College on landing what is sure to be a hectic but exciting weekend. It has been announced that the other leading Democratic presidential contender, Sen. Hillary Clinton, will host a town hall meeting at Schuldes Sports Center this Sunday (Feb. 17). The doors will open at 12:30 p.m., with the meeting from 2 to 4 p.m.
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