Vol. 39, No. 73, February 19, 2008     /     Log Archive

In honor of the Academy Awards this coming Sunday,
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UW-Green Bay partners on new engineering program with Stout, NWTC
Students from Northeast Wisconsin will be able to earn a manufacturing engineering degree locally under an agreement signed today by leaders from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, UW-Green Bay and UW-Stout. During the news conference at NWTC's Manufacturing Technology Center, the college announced its new manufacturing engineering technology associate degree to be offered in collaboration with UW-Green Bay. Graduates of the new two-year program will be able to transfer to pursue their bachelor's in manufacturing engineering from Stout, with the third and fourth years taught by Stout faculty in Green Bay. The program prepares students to be involved with the production process from product design and automated systems through post-sale service. To see the full news release, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-37.htm.

Media coverage of new engineering 2+2
The daily newspaper covering the city of Menomonie made a big deal out of the new 2+2 transfer agreement that will boost UW-Stout's manufacturing engineering program by creating a pipeline to better serve Northeast Wisconsin. Under the program, NWTC students would take advanced mathematics and physics classes at UW-Green Bay during their first two years before transferring to the state's only manufacturing engineering program. Click http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news_local.asp?id=BFPV13K7ADV.

Snapshots from a well-attended ceremony
Said UW-Green Bay's Bruce Shepard, "(This) is an excellent example of how our universities and technical colleges can work together for the benefit of our state's citizens." For photos from Tuesday's well-attended announcement, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/photoarch/events/08engineering.htm.

Slovakian composer's visit includes world premieres with Civic Symphony
Slovakian composer and music scholar Egon Krák will travel to Green Bay for the world premiere of two of his compositions with the Green Bay Civic Symphony on March 8 at the Meyer Theatre. Krák will visit under the auspices of the Norbert College-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program founded in 2003. Krák was the first scholar to benefit from the program and made his first visit to Green Bay at the time the two institutions created the venture. He wrote one of the two compositions on the March 8 program in gratitude to the two institutions and to the Civic Symphony. For more on the concert, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-33.htm.

Concert just part of Krák's itinerary
Egon Krák of the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava will also visit UW-Green Bay in March during just over two weeks in town as visiting scholar. He will visit music classes here and at St. Norbert College, attend international education classes at St. Norbert and Ripon Colleges, and make a visit to Gibraltar High School in Door County.

Wednesday's Human Mosaic workshop anticipates minorities as majority
"Life as a 'Minority' and a 'Majority': An Inclusive Perspective" runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 20) in the Union's Christie Theater. It's the first in a series of Race Awareness Workshops at UW-Green Bay. Workshop organizers note that the country will enter uncharted territory around the year 2050 when whites become a minority. Presenter Gema Garcia is on the staff of the Multicultural Center at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Members of the response panel include Prof. Emeritus Peter Kellogg; Mai Lo, multicultural adviser; Erik Farley, assistant dean of students for multicultural affairs at Lawrence University; and Patrick Delabrue and Kathy Koehn, both students at UW-Green Bay. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-31.htm.

UW-Green Bay student researcher earns spot at Montreal thanatology conference
Congratulations to Erika Linzmeier, an undergraduate research assistant to Prof. Illene Noppe, on winning a scholarship to attend the 2008 Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, in Montreal. Linzmeier earned the ADEC Student Initiative Committee Scholarship on the basis of her work with Noppe and Prof. Ryan Martin on projects including the College Student Grief National Study.

Big turnout expected for Spring Job and Internship Fair
Nearly 90 employers (an impressive turnout!) are registered to attend the Fair set for next Wednesday (Feb. 27) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Weidner Center. To see a list of organizations registered to recruit students and alumni for full-time jobs and internship positions, view: http://www.uwgb.edu/careers/2008_SJIF.htm.

'StartupNation' founders to keynote Entrepreneur's Connection event
Brothers Jeff and Rich Sloan, seasoned entrepreneurs and founders of StartupNation(r) will be the keynote presenters at the Green Bay Area Entrepreneur's Connection conference scheduled from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at The Meadows at 827 Kepler Dr., in the I-43 Industrial Park. The conference has been held annually since 2004 when "Inc." magazine named Green Bay the No. 1 medium-sized city in America for doing business. UW-Green Bay's Business Development Center is among the co-sponsors. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-35.htm.

UW-Green Bay degree for tech grads is topic in Sturgeon Bay
An information session about the newest UW-Green Bay bachelor's degree — one specifically designed for technical college graduates — will be held at 6 p.m. next Tuesday (Feb. 26) at the NWTC campus in Sturgeon Bay. Eric Craver of the UW-Green Bay Adult Degree Programs Office will explain the Bachelor of Applied Studies (B.A.S.) degree and answer questions. Know anyone from Door County who might be interested? For details, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-34.htm.

'Families of Distinction' include at least two with UW-Green Bay ties
The YWCA, UnitedHealthcare and WBAY TV-2 are honoring the 2008 Families of Distinction at an awards dinner on March 11, at the Radisson. During a live television broadcast, the families of David and Joy Marie Doersch, Larry and Kay Ferguson, Timothy and Susan Nixon, C. David and Nancy Stellpflug, and Dr. Kevin and Cindy Wienkers will be honored for community contributions. Attorney Tim Nixon '87 is an adjunct instructor, and Susan is a current student. Larry Ferguson is a member of the Chancellor's Council of Trustees and a longtime supporter.

UWO students face higher fees for sports complex
Both UW-Oshkosh's Student Association House and Senate were scheduled to vote this week on a request for an additional $700,000 in segregated fees, over three years, to help complete the Oshkosh Sports Complex. The Fond du Lac newspaper has coverage at http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/FON0101/302140037/1985.

UW-Madison gets presidential honor for service
UW-Madison was one of six schools named to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll; the award recognizes schools' efforts to provide community service opportunities to students. See http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/02/14/university_makes_pre.php.

Ripon offers bicycles to new students who shun cars
Saying it wants to avoid building more parking lots, Ripon College will give those students who promise not to bring cars to campus a Trek mountain bike, a helmet, and a lock. See http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_FREE_BIKES_WIOL-?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-02-13-13-54-05.

See you Thursday
Student-run Phlash TV was a big winner at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student conference... Aileen Yingst will be part of history Friday with the next Mars Rover mission... and student recipients of Cofrin NAS research grants are preparing to present on an array of topics. We'll have details in our next issue, Thursday.

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