| 
Vol.
39, No. 114, May 7, 2008 / Log
Archive
"You may need to go in the opposite direction to reach your destination." Master Po's zenlike advice to young Grasshopper (David "Kung Fu" Carradine)? Mr. Miyagi to Ralph Macchio? A catchy aphorism or empowering quote from Zig Ziglar or Stephen Covey? Nope. Replacement ceiling tiles are being installed over the library's eighth floor hallways, and that's the homemade sign telling folks to avoid the mess and go the other way. In real news today:
• Kimball is new faculty coordinator for International Ed
• Fencl will direct new Faculty Development Center
• And the website winner is...
• Passionate for peppers?
• Look for special Commencement issue
• Weidner hosts tourism event, 'Discover Green Bay' premier
• Mozart and more
• Common Theme website
• New Franken tragedy affects campus family
• More on Don Long Sr.
• Student artist in news again
• NCAA report card
• BookSalesPalooza
• Get your directory cards in. No questions asked
• No dropoffs at Mary Ann Cofrin Hall
• UW System announces finalists for UW-Madison job
• UW-Madison group says faculty flight a 'crisis'
• Shepard: Wisconsin becoming farm club for executive talent
• Student paper takes up 'training ground' issue
• Wells withdraws
• 'State workers travel despite warning'
• Bucky's Little Helper
Kimball is new faculty coordinator for Office of International Education
The Office of the Provost announces the appointment of Prof. Steve Kimball as the faculty coordinator for the Office of International Education. Kimball replaces Prof. Sarah Meredith who served with distinction in the position for the past three years. The primary role is to serve as a liaison between the OIE and UW-Green Bay faculty and teaching academic staff. A member of the Education faculty, Kimball brings to the position a wealth of experience related to international education including leading ESL initiatives in public school settings, organizing and leading study-abroad trips, organizing a trip to bring Chilean education students to campus, and also bringing a Fulbright Scholar from Jordan to UW-Green Bay. His three-year appointment begins in August.
Fencl will direct new Faculty Development Center
Prof. Heidi Fencl has been appointed to a three-year term as director of the new Faculty Development Center. The mission of the Center will be to foster faculty professional development, teaching improvement and curricular innovation. The director will take a lead in administering grant programs, promoting the value of the scholarship of teaching and learning, orienting new faculty, administering programs that recognize and reward teaching excellence, and sharing information. Fencl comes to the position with previous experience leading faculty development efforts including service as the founding director of the UW System Women and Science Program (which included a significant teacher development component for K-8 educators). She has acted as PI, co-PI or director on 11 grants directly associated with faculty development, and has strong research interests in the scholarship of teaching and learning. The Center will be supported through funds provided by the Office of the Provost.
And the website winner is...
The next UW-Green Bay website has been selected. Fine-tuning and implementation will take place over the summer with anticipation of a full rollout in time for fall semester. The prototype is posted on the redesign blog at https://blog.uwgb.edu/redesign/.
'If your passion is peppers, we do sell out quickly'
This year's NAS Heirloom Plant Sale is just around the corner. Reports sale coordinator Vicki Medland, "We have over 6,500 plants including 45 varieties of tomatoes, 30 varieties of peppers (some in limited quantities), 7 varieties of eggplants, 2 tomatillos, basil, and 1 flower. All plants are $1.50 each. Because of our extremely limited pepper supply we will only have limited quantities of a few varieties available for the staff sale. If you really want peppers you will need to come to the Saturday sale. On Saturday morning the doors open at 9 a.m. sharp, but we begin handing out numbers at 8 in the morning or earlier and people start lining up at 7, and some people get there even earlier! We always have a good selection of tomatoes for even the latest arrivals, however, if your passion is peppers, we do sell out quickly." The annual event funds student research travel and booking of guest speakers.
*******
(Confidential to faculty and staff: The employees-only pre-sale — with limited selections as noted above; it's a work perk, yes, but they need to be fair — is from 1 to 5 p.m. that Friday.)
Look for special Commencement issue on Thursday
The air will be thick with special awards and speeches, and the Kress crammed with distinguished grads, visitors and VIPs. Look for our annual pre-Commencement extravaganza edition, listing all the honorees and activities, in your mailbox Thursday (May 8).
Weidner hosts tourism celebration, 'Discover Green Bay' premier
The campus community is invited (please RSVP) to help celebrate Wisconsin Tourism Week at a special event next week Thursday (May 15) at the Weidner Center. The week kicks off with Gov. Doyle releasing the state's 2007 tourism economic impact numbers. The May 15 celebration here will include a review of 2007, the release of Packer Country's economic impact numbers, and then a very special event: Discover Wisconsin host Stephanie Klett will be on hand to introduce the syndicated TV series' newest episode, "Green Bay: Exploring Titletown!" (The show won't air publicly until later this month.) Following the screening, Klett and company will attend the hors d'oeuvres reception to follow. The evening's schedule: 4 p.m. cash bar; 4:30 p.m. program; 5 p.m. screening; 5:30 p.m. reception. RSVP to emily@packercountry.com or (920) 405-1158.
Mozart and more at spring choral concert
Mozart's "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K.339)" and the Scottish folk song "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton" are just two of the selections to be heard when the UW-Green Bay Concert Choir and Chorale perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (May 10) at the Weidner Center. Prof. Randall Meder directs. For ticket info, see http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-132.htm.
Common Theme website is up
You've heard before that the first-ever campus Common Theme is "Waging War, Waging Peace." Now a new website will tell you how to engage in the theme. Most of the events begin in fall, but you can start today with a common reading — "In the Hot Zone" by Kevin Sites, and a blog discussion. For all things Common Theme, bookmark http://www.uwgb.edu/commontheme/.
New Franken tragedy affects campus family
Harvey Naumann, the husband of Mary Naumann, is the man who was killed after getting caught in an antique plow pulled by horses on Tuesday afternoon near New Franken. Mary was on the Cofrin Library staff for 38 years prior to her retirement two years ago and was known across campus through her work in Interlibrary Loan, Reserves, and Circulation. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Mary's home address is 5057 County Hwy P, New Franken, WI 54229.
'Don truly believed a degree was a passport to the future'
A full obituary was posted today for Donald J. Long, Sr., the local business leader and UW-Green Bay supporter who died Sunday at age 80 at his Green Bay area home. As mentioned in yesterday's LOG, he co-chaired the University's first capital campaign and was a longtime volunteer and philanthropist. (He received the Chancellor's Award in 1985.) In describing his work on behalf of education, his obit noted: "Don truly believed a degree was a passport to the future." For more, click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/GPG010301/805070745/1212.
********
Don Long is survived by his wife, Darlene, and their children, as well as sisters and brothers including former UW-Green Bay staff members Geraldine Pirman and Maureen Vaessen. Visitation is at Blaney Funeral Home, 1521 Shawano Ave., from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday (May 8), with a parish wake service at 7:30 p.m. Friends may also call at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 211 N. Maple Ave., from 9:30 until the funeral at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Images/audio: As seen in the Press-Gazette! Check out Linsken's art
Another eye-catching installation by talented UW-Green Bay student artist Andrew Linsken (remember the 'straws' project?) is grabbing headlines. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reviewed his latest exhibition artwork "Emergence," a sprawling scene of ceramic action figures large and small taking up much of the center of the gallery. Lawton Gallery hours are 10 to 3 both Thursday and Friday (May 8 and 9), the two days remaining in the senior art show. Images and audio links are at: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805020590.
NCAA report card gives UW-Green Bay student-athletes high marks
UW-Green Bay athletes continue to rank well above national averages in a report that measures academic progress of student-athletes in NCAA Division I sports. The 2006-07 Academic Progress Report, released this week shows 14 of Green Bay's 15 Division I sports ranked higher than the national APR averages. Leading the pack was a perfect score of 1,000 by the women's tennis team. The NCAA measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. For more, click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-127.htm.
Reminder: Cofrin Library hosts 'Book Salespalooza!'
And just in time for summer reading! They're again featuring paperbacks and non-fiction books, along with classic record albums, video tapes and even some DVDs and CDs. Only $1 apiece, through Friday (May 9), during regular library hours. The library has received some large donations for our used book sale in the past few months, so there will be lots of titles to choose from! Shop early, shop often! Look for the sales carts.
Reminder: The Phone Directory wants you
Please return your yellow Directory Information Cards. Send them to Betsy in Cofrin Library Room 815. As always, even the most contemptible laggards will be treated with dignity and respect. Better late than never, we say.
Dropoff temporarily closed at Mary Ann Cofrin Hall
Already posted campuswide but shared here for the benefit of off-campus readers: As part of the University Union construction project, the Mary Ann Cofrin Hall vehicle drop-off area will be closed to cars May 8 through 15. Pedestrians will be able to walk from the University Union to Mary Ann Cofrin Hall as normal during this time. But no cars.
UW System announces four finalists for top job at UW-Madison
UW System President Kevin Reilly has announced four finalists for the Chancellor position at UW-Madison:
• Gary D. Sandefur, dean, College of Letters and Sciences, UW-Madison
• Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin, provost, Cornell University
• R. Timothy Mulcahy, VP for research, University of Minnesota
• Rebecca M. Blank, former dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
For details, http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2008/r080507.htm.
UW-Madison group says faculty flight reaching crisis levels
UW-Madison's Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits revealed yesterday that the number of faculty leaving the campus has worsened in the past two years; the school lost 65 faculty to outside offers between 2004 and 2006. See Wisconsin State Journal coverage at http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/284858.
Wisconsin a farm club for exec talent? Journal Sentinel quotes Shepard
The Sunday (May 5) edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel carried a lengthy article outlining the challenges the UW System will face in retaining and recruiting quality leadership. Prominently quoted is outgoing UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard. An excerpt:
"What Wisconsin does is, it offers salaries that allow people like me to try our wings as chancellors," Shepard said. "It doesn't compete for successful chancellors . . . it doesn't reward those who are successful to keep them here. We end up running a farm club for executive leadership."
The story continues to conclude that while many taxpayers and some legislators and even John Wiley regard university chancellors' pay as acceptable, the state is clearly at a disadvantage in the national market. See http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=746773 and http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=746775.
Madison student paper takes up 'training ground' issue
Three of the five resigning UW chancellors are moving on to higher paying jobs at out-of-state universities. One of them, of course, is Bruce Shepard, which might make this thoughtful piece from the Badger Herald, with additional perspective from Madison, worth a look: http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/05/07/training_ground.php.
Wells withdraws candidacy in Pennsylvania
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells withdrew his candidacy for the chancellor position of Pennsylvania State University System of Higher Education. Student newspaper coverage is at http://www.advancetitan.com/story.aspx?s=7162.
'State workers travel despite warning'
That's the headline over an AP report detailing the Department of Administration's findings that Wisconsin state employees have spent at least $900,000 on travel between January and March: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/OSH/80507009/1987.
Bucky's Little Helper? ADD drug fuels possible finals-week problems
There's growing discussion, in Madison and elsewhere, that the prescription drug Adderall is increasingly being mis-used on college campuses. See http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/284756.
|
