Vol. 39, No. 135, June 25, 2008     /     Log Archive

Our familiar formatting is (mostly) back! We'll blame the drab look of our previous issue on transition to new software — still learning the ins and outs — but it's also worth noting that not so long ago EVERYTHING, from company newsletters to Hemingway, came that way, in good old no-frills black on white... With that, Nick began to write again. The memories of that other time were fading. He wrote good words, strong words. The muffled click-clack of keys signaled another newsletter was near...

Teaching grants for Johnson, Noppe, Nelson and Vespia
We neglected to mention this earlier, but here goes: Four faculty members have received Teaching Enhancement Grants awarded by the University's Instructional Development Council. The grants are for $1,000 each. Recipients of the spring 2008 awards were Profs. Warren Johnson, Human Biology; Illene Noppe, Human Development and psychology; Amanda Nelson, Human Biology; and Kristin Vespia, Human Development, Women's Studies and psychology. Their proposals ranged from attendance at professional conferences to, in Noppe's case, development of a conference presentation and teaching symposium on death education and counseling. The grant program is intended to assist faculty members in enhancing their teaching skills or developing innovative teaching strategies.

June 30th is closing date for 2007-08 Founders Association contributions...
Your support of scholarships and academic programs through the UW-Green Bay Founders Association helps attract and retain outstanding students, faculty and staff. Please be sure your gift counts this year by making your contribution by Monday, June 30th. For more information on giving, contact Shane Kohl at x2018 or via e-mail at kohls@uwgb.edu.

Allegations force resignation of UW-Parkside's new chancellor
UW System President Kevin P. Reilly has accepted Dr. Robert Felner's resignation as the next chancellor of UW-Parkside. Following a public national search, Felner was recommended as chancellor on May 22, and the UW System Board of Regents approved his appointment on June 5. Felner informed UW System leaders on June 22 of a criminal investigation at the University of Louisville that involved his College of Education and Human Development. With UW-Parkside Chancellor Jack Keating scheduled to step down at the end of July, the UW System has begun to formulate new plans to provide interim leadership for that campus. http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2008/r080624.htm

Rep. Nass calls for delaying UWGB, UWRF chancellor searches
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities Chair Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) — long an outspoken critic of the UW System — applauded its quick reaction to the news of the Louisville investigation. But he said the chancellor searches at UW-Green Bay and UW-River Falls should be delayed until the system figures out what went wrong at Parkside, reporter Erica Perez writes in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Clearly the search and screen committee as far as I'm concerned has failed," Nass told the paper. "Personally I feel they've got to put the brakes on." As of today, there has not been any change to the timeline put forth to find the next UW-Green Bay chancellor. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=765774

Search committee undecided on search firm
The UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search and Screen Committee hasn't yet decided if it will or will not use a search firm in its quest to find the University's fifth chancellor. The committee met for the first time two weeks ago, on June 11, and will meet next on Friday (June 27). UW-Parkside's search and screen committee used the executive search firm EFL Associates. Neither UW-Madison nor UW-Whitewater used the company to find its new chancellors.

Countdown to 'A Space Experience' blastoff at UW-Green Bay nears
"A Space Experience," a summer camp offered on the UW-Green Bay campus, is just a month away. Registration is still available for the camp, which runs Sunday-Friday, July 27 through Aug. 1 and offers students entering grades seven through 12 opportunities to experience aspects of astronaut training, a chance to learn from aerospace professionals and research scientists, and meet a guest astronaut, Colonel Mark Lee, a veteran of four space flights who has logged more than 13 million miles in space. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-154.htm.

Registration is open for UW-Green Bay Middle School Music Camp
Students entering grades 6 through 9 in fall can enroll now for the Middle School Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp July 13-19 at UW-Green Bay. Prof. Kevin Collins is the camp director. The upper middle school band conductor is Scott Wright, faculty member in clarinet at the University of Kentucky and formerly a faculty member here. For more, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-153.htm.

Bollant completes staff with Divilbiss, Flunker
Somehow, in the year-end rush, we failed to note here that UW-Green Bay women's basketball coach Matt Bollant has announced the addition of Mike Divilbiss as an assistant coach and Kari Flunker as the program's director of basketball operations. Divilbiss (pronounced duh-VIL-bus) had a successful run as a head coach, most recently with the Division I Idaho Vandals. Flunker is a Florence (Wis.) native who was a two-time NAIA Division II All-America first-team player for Cedarville (Ohio) University. See http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/060608aaa.html.

And they're called 'twitterers,' not twits
When a business columnist for the state's largest newspaper starts writing about the business applications of Twitter — "Hi, whatcha all doin?" "Typing at a keyboard" — it's a clear tweet that Twitter has a following. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=765641.

Briefs
Karen Dalke, a lecturer in Social Change and Development, is active with the Cats Anonymous Inc. nonprofit organization in Green Bay. Members hold their annual dinner/dance fundraiser in May but plan awareness and fundraising events throughout the year including brat fries this weekend at Cub Foods West. The group's mission centers on nonlethal reduction of the feral cat population in Northeastern Wisconsin by way of the Trap-Neuter-Return method.

Jan Thornton, associate provost, served as leader of a citizens group that has been nominated to receive a Wisconsin Lake Stewardship Award as presented by the Wisconsin Association of Lakes, the state DNR and UW-Extension. Thornton was volunteer chairperson for the Gibson Island Project, a million-dollar campaign to purchase for preservation a 25-acre parcel on the Cloverleaf Chain of Lakes near Clintonville. The project ranks among the largest citizen-led conservation acquisitions of its kind in the region. The nomination for the annual state award is active for two years, with consideration for the spring 2009 and 2010 award ceremonies.

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