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NEWS RELEASES FEBRUARY '06
UW-Marinette Parents College Night February 28
February 23, 2006
Parents are invited to learn how they can help their children obtain a college education by attending Parents College Night at UW-Marinette Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm in T-133 of the Fine Arts Building. This information session is free and open to the public. Parents will be able to talk to current students and professors as well as Student Services staff to learn about what UW-Marinette offers.
Students can begin over 250 majors and transfer to a UW four-year campus is guaranteed. Residents of Menominee County, Michigan can also transfer to UW-Green Bay at greatly reduced out-of-state tuition costs. Bachelor's degree opportunities from UW-Milwaukee, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Green Bay and Silver Lake College are available without leaving Marinette. At UW-Marinette classes are small and taught by professors rather than teaching assistants.
Tuition is $4178 per year, about $5655 less than average tuition and room and board costs at UW four-year schools. Financial aid is available and more than half of all financial aid is in the form of grants and scholarships which don’t have to be repaid. Learn how UW-Marinette can benefit your son or daughter for a lifetime. Is a college degree worth it? A Census Bureau survey shows a college graduate can expect to earn $2.1 million working full-time between ages 25 and 64 which is nearly $1 million more over his or her lifetime than a high school graduate.
Call 715-735-4301 to register early as seating may be limited. Or register on the web at www.marinette.uwc.edu.
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Community Forum on The Brontës at UW-Marinette March 6
February 23, 2006
A Community Forum on the Victorian writers Charlotte, Anne, Emily and Branwell Brontë will be given by Dr. Jennifer and Jason Flatt at UW-Marinette March 6 at 7:30 pm in M-117 of the Main Building.
Dr. Flatt is associate professor of English and has taught English and Spanish courses at the campus since 2000. Her husband Jason is a naval architect at Marinette Marine.
The Flatts will be using the letters, novels, poems, and personal writings of the members of the Brontë family to bring to life the creativity that marks the works of these important writers. "While many people have heard of Jane Eyre or recognize the name Charlotte Brontë, they may not be familiar with the works of Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë, nor the works of their father, Patrick. All of them wrote about important topics of the Victorian Age, diving into debates on women's role in the family and society, class divisions, church issues, and politics,” says Dr. Flatt.
“What drew us to this topic,” says Flatt, “is our shared love of all things Victorian. Jason's interests in the period center on history, architecture, and antiques. For me, it's the literature. I have read and admired the Brontës' works since I was young. In graduate school, I had the opportunity to take classes focused on just their family, which led me to focus on Anne Brontë as a part of my doctoral dissertation.” The couple visited the Brontë home last summer on their honeymoon.
The Flatts plan to use period dress to create a Victorian atmosphere for their presentation. Through the "characters" of Charlotte Brontë and her husband Arthur Bell Nicholls, they will discuss the writers' works and lives.
The Community Forum, sponsored by the UW-Marinette Foundation, is free and open to the public.
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UW-Marinette will host 4 college graduate students from Japan for a two-week intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) course March 6 - 19. Three women and 1 man who are business graduates will take ESL classes at UW-Marinette weekdays from 8 am to 4 pm during their two-week stay. Host families are an integral part of their language-learning experience in the U.S. Families provide board, lodging and transportation to and from the university. Students have their own spending money and insurance. Hosting an international student is a rewarding experience for fostering friendships and cross-cultural understanding. For more information about this hosting opportunity, contact Jane Jones at 735-4343.
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Cast Chosen for TOB’s “Picnic”
February 20, 2006
Theatre on the Bay Artistic Director Dr. Doug Larche has announced the cast for the upcoming production of William Inge’s play, “Picnic,” which will be performed March 3 - 5 at 7:30 pm.
“Picnic” is the Pulitzer Prize and Critic’s Circle Award winning play about the effect two college boys, one straight-laced, the other an ex-football hero and rebel, have on two teenage girls and their mother in a small Kansas town. Josh Dake plays Hal, the dynamic and magnetic rebel. Josh LaLonde is his more subdued college roommate, Alan. The teenagers Madge and Millie are played by Becky Wagner and Vanessa Smith. Susan Vairus will take the part of their mother, Flo, who tries to protect them from problems in her own life as well as from the college boys.
Neighbor Mrs. Potts is portrayed by Bonnie Lee Popp. Amanda Rhines plays Rosemary, a hard-drinking border. Her two unmarried schoolteacher friends Irma and Christine are played by Carolyn McGuire and Jenna Cornell. Ricky Berlin takes the role of Howard Bevans, the confirmed old bachelor storekeeper who has kept Rosemary dangling for years. Tristan Schuh plays Bomber, a teenager with a crush on Madge.
Members of the production crew include assistant director Bill Blomberg, technical director Josh LaLonde, stage manager Jason Boehm, scenic designers and painters Dake and LaLonde, sound designer Ryan Lemire, lighting designer Philip Smith and costume designers Vairus and Rhines.
Tickets for “Picnic” go on sale at the box office February 27. Box office hours are 4 - 6 pm daily and to curtain time on show days. Tickets are $10 and $12. For reservations, call the box office at 715-735-4313.
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UW-Marinette Ambassadors to Sponsor Blood Drive
February 16, 206
UW-Marinette’s Blood Drive, sponsored by the Student Ambassadors, will be held on Friday, February 24 from 9 am to 2 pm in the Student Union of the Main Building.
Ninety-five percent of Americans will need a blood product in their lifetime, yet only three percent of the people who are eligible to give blood actually do. To the millions of patients who need blood every year, these blood donors are uncommon heroes. They join the ranks of firemen, police, emergency medical workers and others who give of themselves every day to help save the lives of complete strangers. They are needed now more than ever.
Please call 735-4303 to make an appointment to give blood. You may also visit www.redcrossblood.com for more information about giving blood.
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Ron Aitken Retires from UW-Marinette
February 15, 2006
Ron Aitken retired on February 15, 2006 as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at UW-Marinette, a position he has held for the past 8 years. In addition to directing the operation of the physical plant department and supervising a staff of 5, Aitken developed and implemented the program for buildings and grounds operations, did preventive and corrective maintenance and repairs, coordinated the environmental health and safety and security programs, and prepared, implemented and managed the annual state and county budgets.
Aitken was also instrumental in the timely completion of the two-year campus expansion and remodeling program. He coordinated all the office moves and construction projects in the Library, Theatre, Main and Field House buildings.
He also designed and built a number of campus enhancements including the new ticket booth in the Theatre building, the smokers' gazebo, the telephone benches, and the instructor’s desk in the main lecture hall.
“Ron has been a tremendous asset to the campus, contributing not only his mechanical skills but his sense of humor and light-heartedness to all of us. In recognition of his contributions, he was nominated for this year's Chancellor's Performance Plus award. He will be sorely missed, and we wish him much happiness and lots of laughter in his retirement.” said Dean Langteau.
“Ron has gone above all his position duties. His calm way of getting the job done is an example to not only his own department, but the entire campus,” said Jennifer Flatt, campus steering chair and associate professor of English.
In retirement, Aitken plans to keep busy with many projects at his home near Daggett, Michigan.
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Isle Royale Study Tour
February 15, 2006
Meetings for those who would like to join the upcoming Isle Royale Study Tour led by Dr. Wendel Johnson, professor of biological sciences at UW-Marinette, will be held on Monday, February 20 and Thursday, March 2 at 6:30 pm in M-117 of the Main Building on campus.
Located in Lake Superior, 70 miles from Houghton, Michigan, Isle Royale National Park is a “living laboratory and International Biosphere Reserve,” according to the Isle Royale website (http://www.nps.gov/isro/) and contains the wolf and moose population that has been the subject of the longest prey-predator relationship study to date.
Sponsored by the office of Continuing Education, the trip will take place June 5 - 10 to study island flora, fauna and geology by foot and by boat. Johnson, an experienced Isle Royale researcher and authority on small mammals, received his BS and MS degrees from Michigan State University, and his doctorate from Purdue University. There he studied under Dr. Durward Allen, originator of the famous Isle Royale moose-wolf study.
The tour includes transportation to and from Isle Royale from Houghton, Michigan, on the Ranger III as well as field trips, food and lodging while on the island. Day trips include cruises to McCargoe Cove, Daisy Farm campground, and Raspberry island along with a sunset cruise to Blake Point. The island contains 165 miles of scenic hiking trails and Johnson has planned hiking trips to Mt. Ojibway Lookout, Minong Mine, and Greenstone Ridge.
“Participants in the study tour will learn about the history of ecological studies, understand first-hand the features of a boreal environment, receive the latest information about moose/wolf research, and discuss the history and development of wilderness philosophy,” says Johnson.
The cost of the study tour is $1029 for double occupancy. For more information, contact Jane Jones at 715-735-4343 or email.
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Concessions Available for Theatre on the Bay
February 15, 2006
Concessions are available for spring and summer Theatre on the Bay and Children’s Theatre productions. Theatre concessions are an ideal way for civic groups and organizations to raise money for their projects by providing homebaked cookies and bars for audiences at theatre intermissions.
Concessions for the following productions are available:
“Picnic” March 3 - 5; “The Wizard of Oz” April 20 - 23 and 27 - 30, “Cinderella” June 1 - 4 and 8 - 11; “The Fantasticks” June 23 - 26 and June 30 - July 1 and 3; “Nunsense” July 21 - 24 and July 28 - 31.
Curtain time for the TOB productions (Picnic, Fantasticks and Nunsense) is 7:30 pm. The Children’s Theatre (Wizard of Oz and Cinderella) curtain times are 7 pm Thursday through Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays. For more information about concessions, call 735-4300.
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Auditions for The Wizard of Oz Announced
February 9, 2006
Director Jason Larche has announced auditions for UW-Marinette Continuing Education Childen's Theatre musical production of The Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen. They will be held on Thursday, February 16 from 4 pm and 7 pm in T-153 of the Fine Arts Building at UW-Marinette. Auditioners should be prepared to sing a short song and may bring accompanying sheet music if they wish. Contact Continuing Education at 735-4300 for more information.
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Marinette student part of study group in Belize
February 6, 2006
By Kurt Steidl
EagleHerald staff writer
Jordan Cross and 10 other students were grateful for the opportunity given them in Belize, so they decided to leave some things behind.
Cross, a resident of Menominee Township, and the other students, who attend eight different University of Wisconsin campuses, recently returned from a two-week trip to study the rain forest, coral reef ecology and the culture of Belize. Cross attends UW-Marinette.
The 11 students stayed at Hillbank Field Station of the Programme for Belize, an educational and conservation institution that administers a conservation area with the goal of promoting sustainable use of the rain forest.
This all is done with limited supplies, and Cross saw poverty and devastation there, so she and the remainder of the students decided to donate supplies to station.
"We had to do research projects, and we had to use a lot of their supplies," said Cross Sunday during a break from finishing an assignment for an English class. "We noticed that they had quite a lot less than what we'd expect.
Menominee Township resident Jordan Cross feeds a howler monkey in Belize. Cross, a UW-Marinette student, traveled to the country in Central America with 10 other students. She and the other students donated supplies to the research station at which they studied.
"We donated a big spotlight for them to spotlight animals when future students go to study there." The students also donated pens, pencils, notebook paper and tape.
"Some money was donated toward some books for the lady who did the tour for us at the coral reef so that she could purchase more books and research materials for other students," Cross said. Those materials are extremely expensive in the impoverished country, she added.
Cross, who will continue her education at either UW-Madison or UW-Milwaukee, spoke enthusiastically about her two weeks in the Central American country.
"It was such a good learning experience to be studying in another country," she said. "(My mom and grandma) thought it would be a good opportunity for me to see the rain forest instead of reading about it in a book.
"It was absolutely breathtaking. It was really nice." Quite a difference from when the 20-year-old began her first trip out of the country. "I was very nervous before I left," she said. "It was quite nerve-racking because if you've never been out of the country before É you hear stories."
Cross, who intends to continue her student years as a psychology major with quite possibly a criminal justice minor, enjoyed the botany class. "We stayed at Hillbank and in the rain forest. It's one of the only places in Belize that's protected, so we got to see everything straight out of nature," she said. "We saw a lot of animals living in their natural habitat instead of seeing them at a zoo."
The group learned a lot about medicinal plants, she added, and they also learned how the loss of the tropical rain forest may affect birds in Northeast Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Midwest as a whole.
Migratory patterns would change with any loss of the rain forest, she explained, and the loss would be felt in this region. Cross returned with a better understanding and appreciation of botany.
"I went, but I wasn't really interested in much of the stuff. I wanted to see the rain forest and experience another county and another culture, and I got more out of it than I expected to," she said. "It was quite amazing."
She also visited a coral reef while there, and snorkeled after learning about coral reefs.
"That was quite an experience as well," said Cross, who learned about the animals surrounding the reef. "The people were unbelievable. They were so inviting and so warm," she said. "I have never experienced a group of people so friendly in the United States. They gave everything for us. They were like our family away from home."
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North Light Film Society Meeting
February 6, 2006
The UW-Marinette art department will host a meeting of the North Light Film Society on Thursday, February 9 at 7 pm in room T-133 of the Fine Arts Building on campus. Members of the public who are independent video movie makers are invited to attend and bring their latest digital videos for screening. For further information, call prof. James LaMalfa, UW-Marinette art department, 735-4322.
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