Vol. 39, No. 132, June 20, 2008     /     Log Archive

Today, Friday, June 20, is national "Take Your Dog to Work Day" as declared by somebody or another (www.takeyourdog.com/) who apparently believes there's not already enough barking, yapping and hierarchical rump sniffing in today's American workplace. Didn't bring your dog? Neither did we, but you can still get a treat by sitting up, taking a paws and wolfing down this week's news:

UW-Green Bay gets $38,000 UW grant for First-Year Seminars
The UW System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development has awarded UW-Green Bay's "Establishing, Maintaining and Optimizing First-Year Seminars" project an Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant for the 2008-09 school year. The amount of the grant is $37,910. The OPID initiative is designed to expand the scope of programs that have moved institutions forward with important new strategies for enhancing teaching and focusing on student learning. UW-Green Bay will use the grant to sustain its First Year Seminars program, which is targeted at improving retention, socialization and preparation for college courses. Select courses were designed to shrink class sizes and enhance freshman ties to the University. The grant will help program developers create a workshop to train faculty at other UW System schools, establish a web site for the program and create a comprehensive faculty development handbook.

Passing of Paul Davis
Paul D. Davis, UW-Green Bay's first director of development who had supervisory responsibility for development, alumni relations, news and public relations, the Founders Association and various major public events, died June 1 in Bothel, Wash. He was 85. Davis joined the new UW-Green Bay on Sept. 1, 1968, as a special assistant to the founding chancellor. He had worked previously in development and public relations positions with Brown University and the New College. Davis concluded his UW-Green Bay career in 1980. He and his wife, Phoebe, a staff psychologist at the county's mental health center, joined the Peace Corps and served in Belize. They later took up residence in Morelia, Mexico, where they lived until Phoebe's death in 1994. Paul Davis is survived by a sister, brother and two children: Brenda, of Boston; and Dwight, of Kirkland, Wash.

Bookstore closing for inventory
The Phoenix Bookstore will be closed for inventory from Wednesday, June 25, to Friday, June 27. Textbook purchases will remain available at the returns door.

Reminder: Sandy Deadman retirement gathering
Sandy Deadman, director of Academic Advising, is retiring after nearly 33 years with UW-Green Bay. Please join the Academic Advising Staff for a gathering 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in Student Services 1600. Submit your memories or well wishes at http://www.uwgb.edu/advising/sandy/.

We're sorry. If you'd like to make a call...
Students living in on-campus housing can bring a wall phone with them, but it will probably serve better as a paperweight than a communication device. UW-Green Bay is following a collegiate trend across the country — disconnecting in-room phone service from student dorms and apartments. With 96 percent of students using cell phones, "it's not feasible to offer (landlines) at their expense when they're not using them," Director of Residence Life Glenn Gray told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (A limited number of landlines per building will remain.) See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=762168.

UW-Oshkosh has big cleanup following flood
The UW-Oshkosh campus was hit hard by heavy rains June 12 that flooded parts of the city and much of central Wisconsin. Seven buildings were "significantly damaged" by flooding and 11 others had limited damage. The River Center, a conference center on campus, had almost nine feet of water in its basement, submerging 10 vehicles and damaging transformers, mechanical equipment and virtually all of the contents of the building to beyond repair. Other buildings that received significant damage had two to three inches of water in basements. Read more at: http://www.uwosh.edu/news/?p=976 or http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880618151.

Union, Sodexho, Student Life invite you to cookout
For the low price of $2.75, you're invited to a Summer Cookout on Thursday (June 26), from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the campus quad area between the library and union. You'll have your choice of hamburger or hotdog, with chips and soda! Look for Get the Scoop ($1) for dessert!

Save the date: Classified Staff Fall Conference in September
"You may not want to think about Fall yet, but we know how quickly schedules fill up. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for the 2008 Classified Staff Fall Conference, to be hosted by UW-Green Bay's Classified Staff Advisory Council on Friday, September 26 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year's conference theme is "Planting the Seed" and it will be held in the newly renovated University Union. More details will be coming later this summer, so watch your mail and e-mail. You can also check for updates on our website at http://www.uwgb.edu/classified/announcements.htm."

Space still available at Grandparents' U
Grandparents and their grandchildren between the ages of 7 and 14 can share their love of learning at the two-day Grandparents' University at UW-Green Bay. Space is filling up quickly, but registration is still open for the July 24-25 event. Grandparents' University offers six courses from among four different "majors." The course list:

Alison Gates, Fiber Arts
Kristy Deetz, Painting Fantasy Maps course
Karen Lacey, Nutritional Science
Thomas Erdman, Furs, Feathers and Scales
Peter Breznay, Designing Video Games
Bill Shay, Creating Your Family's Web Page

UW parents seek safety report cards
The unsolved murder of a college student in Madison, a string of robberies near Marquette University and other assaults in Milwaukee have some parents at summer orientation sessions downstate inquiring about student safety. Read the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=763772.

Jazz on the Bay camp returns
Starting Sunday (June 20), Jazz on the Bay, a unique combination of jazz ensembles and vocal jazz and gospel styles, will host more than 80 students from around the state for a summer camp on campus. The camp lasts through next Saturday. The camp's final concert is at 9 a.m. Saturday (June 28) in the University Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-151.htm

Senior High Summer Art Studio Camp
More than 125 students in grades 8 through 12 from all over the state converge in the Studio Arts Building next week to 'do art!' UW-Green Bay is hosting Summer Art Studio Camp throughout the week. Students have selected one class they will focus on all week. The culminating event is the public art show in the Lawton Gallery, 5 p.m. Friday (June 27). http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-150.htm

Camp artwork to head downtown
The Summer Art Studio has teamed up with the Einstein Project's "Butterflies & Friends on Parade" to create a butterfly that will join the 32 other art pieces now on display along the Fox River in downtown Green Bay. All of the high school artists at the camp will have the opportunity to collaborate on the creation of a large sculptural butterfly. The piece will incorporate several media in the design of the butterfly, including painting, assemblage and sculpture. Pictures and descriptions of the artwork already on display can be seen here: http://www.einsteinproject.org/einstein/eventsnews/butterflies+on+parade/parade+map/default.asp

Yet another useful reminder on e-mail, the workplace and 'paper trails'
E-mail and other electronic communications have dramatically changed the contemporary legal landscape. By one estimate, the major cost of a lawsuit today comes from sorting through e-mails and other electronic documents to determine which ones are relevant. NPR carried a recent piece at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91363363.

Fiscal Year 2008 cutoff reminders
As thoroughly detailed in an all-campus e-mail earlier this week listing cutoff dates to ensure that expenses be charged to Fiscal Year 2008:

Accounts Payable Vouchers, Friday, June 20
Stores Orders, prior to Monday, June 23
MDS (Material Distribution Services) charges, posted by Tuesday, June 24
Procurement Card Charges, posted by Friday, June 27
Salary Cash Transfer Requests by Monday, July 7
Chargebacks/Transfers: by Friday, July 11, 2008

UW-Green Bay grad hones chops in 'Kung Fu Panda'
With the new DreamWorks animated movie Kung Fu Panda getting decent reviews and doing good box office, it's worth noting again that theatre grad April Struebing (class of 1996) is a production manager with the studio. A Warren Gerds column in the Press-Gazette talks about her "Panda" work at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/GPG0705/806010678/1261/GPG05.

Appleton paper says fellow students shouldn't get full bill for vet benefit
If the residents of the state of Wisconsin want to give military veterans free tuition to University of Wisconsin schools, says the editorial page of the Appleton Post-Crescent, their fellow students shouldn't be the only ones paying the bill. See http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/APC0602/806190563/1531/APC06.

No Steam
That's right. Sorry, but the pop/rock group Steam didn't really exist. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" was a throwaway b-side recording by a guy named Garrett Scott, and long story short, when it became a 1969 No. 1 hit and sports-stadium anthem they made up a band after the fact. (Actually, the real purpose of this "No Steam" note is to remind you that, because of routine maintenance, there will be no steam service and hence no hot water for 12 hours beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, June 20. Call Facilities Management at ext. 2394 if you're all steamed up about that.)

Brief
Ellen Rosewall, associate professor of Arts Management, was recently reelected as President of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association, following her election by the members of Wisconsin Public Radio to a second 4-year term to the WPRA Board.

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