Vol. 39, No. 140, July 17, 2008     /     Log Archive

Just a short LOG newsletter this afternoon. Have to hurry home to paint our faces, wedge into those unforgiving rubber Bat-tights and join our friends in line for the first showing of “The Dark Knight.” In real news today:

Prof. Dolan lands $285,000 EPA grant for Great Lakes phosphorus analysis
Natural and Applied Sciences Prof. David Dolan will lead a team of researchers to compile data from throughout the Great Lakes states and Canada to determine just how much phosphorus is entering the world’s largest surface supply of fresh water. Dolan, a statistics specialist, has received a $285,463 grant from the EPA to lead the analysis with UW-Green Bay students, the UW Sea Grant Institute and partners from Tufts University in Massachusetts, ecosystem modeler LimnoTech Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., and a private systems analyst who will maintain the database. Believed by some to be largely under control, phosphorus has resurfaced as a Great Lakes concern with regard to aquatic weeds, algae blooms and overall water quality. See more at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-164.htm.

Kagen visits campus Monday to host Financial Aid discussion
Congressman Steve Kagen will be on campus 11 a.m. Monday (July 21) to talk about student loans and sources of financial aid for current or future higher education students. Financial aid specialists from UW-Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and St. Norbert College will also be on hand to answer questions about the options available for education financing. The event is open to the public. It will be held in Phoenix Room A of the University Union.

Haynie, Swan, Jeffreys, two alumni featured in You Magazine’s ‘Top 25’
Those with UW-Green Bay ties are well represented among the Green Bay-area women featured in the second annual “25 to Know” issue of You Magazine distributed by Gannett Wisconsin Media. Spotlighted as noteworthy women for “various contributions to our community” were:

• Aeron Haynie, associate professor, Humanistic Studies
• Jane Swan, academic adviser
• Celestine Jeffreys, alderperson and member of chancellor search committee
• Ursula Bunnell ’92, director of client services, Golden House
• Beth Sheedy ’88, boutique owner, Suamico village president

Snapshots: Mrs. Doyle visits campus, Upward Bound
Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle was on the UW-Green Bay campus Tuesday (July 15) to visit with students in the Upward Bound pre-college program. She shared a pro-higher education message and touted the Wisconsin Covenant. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm.

Holiday Meltdown? That’s what it says here
Various Union outlets, the Shorewood Golf Course, Student Life and Sodexho are touting “Holiday Meltdown” — sounds like a sort of December-in-July celebration — for Monday through Thursday (July 21 to 24). There’ll be special offers all week long. Activities from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. include cookie decorating in the Garden Café on Monday, “Little Tree Air Freshener Decorating” in the Garden on Tuesday, and Get the Scoop ice cream with the Jana Holland Duo on the Phoenix Patio on Wednesday. (There’s a Paul’s Pantry food drive Thursday with canned goods accepted at the Garden Café.)

Janesville woman wins UW-Rock ‘educational makeover’
That fine newspaper, the Janesville Gazette, tells the story of Tammy Wakefield, 41, who once dreamed of being a police officer but is now bound for a teaching career after winning something called the “Extreme Educational Makeover.” The scholarship prize allows her to attend UW-Rock County. See http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2008/jul/14/janesville-woman-wins-educational-makeover/.

AP headline: ‘Colleges grapple with binge drinking’
An Associated Press analysis of federal records reveals that 157 college-age adults between 18 to 23 years old died from alcohol poisoning between 1999 to 2005. See full story at http://www.kenoshanews.com/article_comments/view_comments.php?articleNum=3215409.

UW-Extension names new provost/vice chancellor," Capital Times, July 17.
Christine Quinn, with professional experience at Winona State and UW-Stout, has been named the new provost and vice chancellor for UW-Extension: http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/296656.

UW-Madison’s Wiley joins WISCAPE
On July 1, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley joined WISCAPE as a senior scholar, a zero-dollar appointment that will be part of his post-retirement plans. WISCAPE is the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education at UW-Madison. This fall, Wiley will also join the faculty of the LaFollette School of Public Affairs and become part-time, interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.

A possible Fairest in our midst
News from county fair season in America’s Dairyland: Kimberly Schmitt, a 20-year-old junior English major at UW-Green Bay, is one of 10 finalists to become the 2008 Dodge County Fairest of the Fair, the Watertown Daily Times reported. Schmitt, of Lowell, Wis., has studied abroad in London. She hopes to return there to work in the publishing and editing field and become a published author, according to the paper. Fairest of the Fair judging will take place Aug. 13. http://www.wdtimes.com/articles/2008/07/15/news/news2.txt.

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