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Vol.
39, No. 51, January 3, 2008 / Log
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Early results just in from the Pixley Precinct... Eb Dawson, Ralph Monroe and Fred Ziffel appear ready to declare for Mr. Haney, perhaps because of persuasive media ads, while undecideds are predictably breaking for Hank Kimball... Stay tuned. (We like Iowa, but wasn't their caucus system a 1960s creation of absurdist TV producers Paul Henning and Sherwood Schwartz?) We digress. In real news today:
• The passing of former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus
• Flags at half-staff
• UW-Green Bay ties
• Reilly: Dreyfus a technology advocate
• Phoenix women won't go head-to-head with Packers
• Snapshots: Crew carries 'the big map' to new home
• Display was gift from alumnus
• The new view in the 8th Floor lobby
• Academic Staff funds
• WiCC news
• 'Persistence, genius mix for chemist'
• Katharine Lyall's new book
• 'People of the year' have strong UW System representation
• Editorial: 'focus on job growth'
The passing of former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus
Lee Dreyfus, a member of the UW-Madison faculty and chancellor at UW-Stevens Point before resigning to run for governor, died Wednesday at age 81. Known for his red vest and barnstorming campaign, he won election in 1978 as a Republican who promised to "let the people decide" on taxes. He served one four-year term and was later a member of the UW Board of Regents. There is a superb story online at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=703029.
Flags at half-staff
Gov. Jim Doyle has ordered that all flags of the United States and of Wisconsin fly at half staff at state facilities until sunset on the day of the former governor's funeral. "Lee Dreyfus was one of a kind," Doyle said. "He led us, educated us, entertained us, all at the same time. He showed us that politics do not have to be harsh or overly partisan."
Dreyfus weighed in at time of Weidner passing
Lee Dreyfus was one of the Wisconsin notables who publicly expressed sympathy and shared reflections when founding UW-Green Bay Chancellor Ed Weidner died in June 2007. The two had sparred for a time in the early 1970s over the merger of the state teachers colleges (which included Stevens Point and then-Chancellor Dreyfus) and the University of Wisconsin (with which Green Bay and Weidner were aligned). Weidner continued as chancellor through 1986, which included the Dreyfus term as governor.
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The statement released by Dreyfus upon Weidner's passing last June:
"Ed and I were in a pitched public battle over merger. Despite that battle, we never lost our personal friendship. That's unusual. Most people take these things personally. Ed never did. This was a man who was very warm, but he had to be close to you before he'd show it. When you were a friend of Ed's, you were a friend for life. His legacy is that he established a standard that has carried through today. That initial chancellor is crucial."
Reilly says Dreyfus a pioneer in pushing technology
"Few people have made such varied and lasting contributions to the University of Wisconsin System and the State of Wisconsin," says System President Kevin P. Reilly, in a written statement upon the death of Lee Dreyfus. "His legacy as a scholar, chancellor, and communicator continues to inspire everyone who desires to further higher education... On behalf of the UW System, I offer our deepest sympathies to the Dreyfus family." Reilly noted that Dreyfus was a popular professor of speech and broadcasting at UW, a former general manager of WHA-TV, and an advocate for technology in extending the university's reach and fulfilling the promise of the Wisconsin Idea.
Phoenix women elect not to tackle Packers, head-to-head
Because announcement of a late-afternoon start time for the Jan. 12 Packers home playoff game put it in direct conflict with that day's Green Bay women's basketball's game against Youngstown State at the Kress Events Center... there has been a change. Green Bay Athletics has decided to adjust the tip-off time to noon central. For details, see http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/010308aaa.html.
Snapshots: Crew carries oversize geographic display to new home
It was a job well done by a campus Operations crew to move the large watershed display from the eighth-floor elevator lobby of the David A. Cofrin Library to its new home in the Gathering Room of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. The move took place Friday, Dec. 28. The crew carried the "extremely heavy," six-by-ten-foot, glass-topped display down six flights of stairs to the plaza level of the library before transporting it by cart to Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. The piece was donated to the University in 1992 by creator Gary Lapacz, a 1978 regional analysis graduate who hand-crafted the impressive landscape model depicting the Green Bay watershed, much of Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For photos of the move: http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.
More on the display (from an April 29, 1991 issue of the LOG)
"...the work illustrates the intimate link between human activity and the health of the bay. Lapacz created the model to help raise regional consciousness and concern for a holistic, ecosystems approach to avoid and solve environmental problems. ...(he) used a hard-shell epoxy surface over a sculpted polystyrene foamboard. The relief contours accurately reflect U.S. Geological Survey topographical maps. The wooden frame of the display includes spruce sides, oak corners with walnut buttons, pine handrails and ironwood tree stump legs. The model was dedicated in spring of 1991 and moved to the eighth floor lobby of the Cofrin Library shortly thereafter.
What now?
The tabletop model is the centerpiece of the Gathering Room just inside Mary Ann Cofrin Hall's main canopy entrance, fitting in nicely with surrounding environmental displays and the nearby Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. As for the space vacated in front of the large window at the library's eighth-floor lobby, tentative plans are to continue to leave ample room as a gathering place for tour groups and sunset gazers, with the possible addition of a small seating arrangement, as well.
Academic Staff funds available here
The Academic Staff Professional Development Allocations Committee announces that it has limited monies still available to assist academic staff in attending professional development meetings & programs. Please go to the following links for more information —
http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Documents/FormsPolicy/Benefits/ASAC/ASACFunding.doc
http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/Documents/FormsPolicy/Benefits/ASAC/ASACApplication.doc
Funding is available for up to 50% of the total cost, not to exceed $500. Total funding provided is subject to availability and may be less than requested. Submit to: Zach Voelz (Mac Hall C338) by the last Friday of each month. If you have any questions, please contact a member of this year's committee: Kristy Aoki (Chair), Zach Voelz, Kelly Kramp, Andy Speth, and Amy Van Oss.
Important news regarding WiCC/DPI pre-K-16ers
And if you instantly know what all that means, you also no doubt recognize the significance of the fact that Wisconsin Campus Compact is putting on a Feb. 20 "Institute on Service-Learning and Citizenship." For details on the conference, http://www.wicampuscompact.org.
'Persistence, genius mix for chemist'
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel continues its very informative series about cutting-edge thinkers and researchers in our state. UW-Madison professor Laura Kiessling, builds synthetic molecules that imitate and influence organic molecules. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=701726.
Newspaper reacts to thesis of Katharine Lyall's new book
An editorial in the La Crosse newspaper addresses questions about the UW System's future raised in former UW President Katharine Lyall's new book, The True Genius of America at Risk. See http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/12/29/opinion/editorial/00ourview1228.txt.
Newspaper's 'people of the year' have strong University representation
An editorial in the state's biggest newspaper lists UW-Madison stem-cell researcher James Thomson, public-university philanthropists John and Tashia Morgridge, Philanthropist Michael Cudahy, and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago as the state's people of the year. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=702235.
'Put the focus on job growth'
That was the headline over a Christmas-week editorial in the Wisconsin State Journal discussing the future of the state economy and the importance of investing in the UW System: http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=264041.
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