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	NEWS RELEASES NEWS ARCHIVE EXPERTS GUIDE FEATURED PHOTOS IN THE NEWS LOG NEWSLETTER CHANCELLOR'S FYI INSIDE MAGAZINE Marketing and University Communication UW-Green Bay, CL 815 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2626 E-mail: log@uwgb.edu How we can help Last update: 07/03/2008			Partnership means more opportunities for Northwoods employees, businesses Businesses in northern Wisconsin have seen the effects of the 'brain drain' phenomena, but officials say a new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Nicolet College should boost the number of educated workers in the state's Northwoods. More Professor, project win support for bedrock research below Brown County A UW-Green Bay faculty member is principal investigator for a project expected to yield better maps of the bedrock beneath Brown County along with valuable data on groundwater and other resources. Prof. John Luczaj leads the team that is receiving a total of $109,000 in first-year support to extend statewide mapping being done as part of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. More New offering at UW-Green Bay's summer high school music camp Registration is open for the Senior High Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp scheduled for July 20-26 at UW-Green Bay. The camp is open to students entering grades 9 through 12. The camp offers intensive musical instruction appropriate to students' skill levels with emphasis on developing individual abilities. New this year is an option to participate in musical theater instruction. More Spanish Immersion seminar will target business professionals Do you need to learn Spanish? The UW-Green Bay Spanish Immersion for Professionals program can help. Scheduled for Monday through Friday, Aug. 11-15, at the Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay, the program will provide an intensive language-learning experience in a resort setting. Registration for this popular program is still open and is due by Thursday, July 31. More Earning a bachelor's degree made easier with partnership There is still time for place-bound working adults in Wisconsin's Northwoods to start taking classes this fall toward a bachelor's degree and doing it closer to home. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Nicolet College in Rhinelander have formed a partnership that makes bachelor's degrees more accessible for adult learners in Wisconsin's northern counties. More 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 from blastoff. Registration is still available for the camp, which 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. 'A Space Experience' is scheduled Sunday through Friday, July 27 through Aug. 1. More 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. Several camp options are tailored to middle school students. Students can attend as commuters or as residents living in UW-Green Bay student housing. Camp teachers will include faculty members from UW-Green Bay and other colleges and universities and outstanding teachers from middle and high schools. More Grandparents, grandchildren can learn together at UW-Green Bay Grandparents and their grandchildren between the ages of seven and 14 can still 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, which will allow grandparents and children to explore together a topic of interest and enjoy summer activities on the scenic bayshore campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. More Grant to help sustain UW-Green Bay's First Year Seminar The University of Wisconsin System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development awarded UW-Green Bay a $37,910 grant to help sustain the University's First Year Seminar Program. Based on positive results and student success, the program has expanded to include 15 freshman seminars for the fall of 2008. More Major donations marked for Phuture Phoenix scholarships Three major donations to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Phuture Phoenix program were announced Wednesday (June 11) at a parting reception hosted by outgoing Chancellor Bruce Shepard and his wife Cyndie. Local philanthropist Irene ‘Billie’ Daniell Kress has made the first leadership gift to a $5 million scholarship fund earmarked for the Phuture Phoenix program. More Two new arts majors coming to UW-Green Bay The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Friday (June 6) approved adding two new majors at UW-Green Bay. “Design Arts” and “Arts Management” majors will be added to the 2008-09 curriculum as interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degrees. More UW-Green Bay chancellor search officially begins University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly Wednesday (June 11) officially charged a 21-member search and screen committee with the task of finding UW-Green Bay's fifth chancellor. More UW-Green Bay, city to offer U-Pass bus service for students A partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Green Bay Metro will soon allow students to ride city buses to and from campus and anywhere in between for free. A student-led initiative has led the Green Bay Transit Commission to approve a pilot program-called U-Pass-that would give students free rides just by showing a campus ID. The U-Pass program will run July 1 through June 30. Faculty and staff can also ride with U-Pass. More Weidner page continues to accept tributes The founder of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Chancellor Emeritus Edward Weidner, passed away in June 2007 at the age of 85. Weidner was the first employee of the new university in 1966 when he was appointed chancellor, a post he held for 20 years in guiding development of today's modern campus. Tributes and remembrances from UW-Green Bay's far-flung alumni base continue to be accepted. A special Web site is at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/weidner/index.htm.				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