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September Continuing Education Classes at UW-Marinette
September 7, 2005
The following classes have been scheduled to begin in September by the Office of Continuing Education at UW-Marinette.
Certified flight instructor Jason Lauzer will offer a Ground School course. The class is a prelude to flight training for a private pilot’s license. It will be offered for 8 sessions on Tuesdays, Sept. 13 to Nov. 1 from 6:15 - 8:15 pm. The cost of the class is $79 plus the book.
Brigitta Dannberg, a native of Sweden, will teach a beginning Swedish course on 6Wednesdays, Sept. 21 to Oct. 26 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. The cost of the course is $39.
Hon. William Hupy, Judge of Probate Court for Menominee County, will offer a course in “Latin for the 21st Century.” The class will meet for 6 Thursdays, Sept. 22 to Oct. 27. Students will learn Latin grammar fundamentals, simple vocabulary and phrases in use in modern English. The cost of the course is $39.
Eight-week introductory computer classes in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access will be taught by Sam Hogan.
Microsoft Word will meet on Mondays from Sept. 19 to Nov. 7. The class will focus on creating, editing and formatting documents and multi-page reports as well as creating newsletters and using mail merge.
Microsoft Excel will be taught Tuesdays, Sept. 20 to Nov. 8. Students will learn how to use spreadsheets, calculate sums and work with formulas and functions as well as embedding two- and three-dimensional charts.
Microsoft PowerPoint will meet on Wednesdays, Sept. 21 to Nov. 9 to learn the basics of creating slide presentations using design templates, adding graphics, animations, embedded and linked objects among others.
Microsoft Access will be taught Thursdays, Sept. 22 to Nov. 10 and cover basic database functions, queries, forms and reports, relationships, sorting and filtering, as well as using logical operators and performing calculations.
Hogan has taught computer science and applications at the high school, technical college and university level. He earned his masters degree in computer science at UW -Madison.The computer classes meet from 6 -8 pm. The cost of each class is $89 plus the book
For more information on these and other Continuing Education classes, contact Jane Jones at UW-Marinette, 735-4343 or email jjones@uwc.edu.
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Pow Wow Planned for Fall Convocation
September 7, 2005
MARINETTE—Common Ground: the words evoke many meanings and lead one to dig below the surface—literally, to land held in common; figuratively, to a place where mutual understanding smoothes over differing viewpoints.
The full title of the Francis Hardy Center for the Arts traveling exhibit at UW-Marinette, Spies Lib-rary and Stephenson Library, “Seeking and Finding Common Ground,” suggests a search for solutions to problems facing inhabitants of this place called earth, the ground on which humans live and share space with other creatures, great and small.
Native American culture, with its traditions of respect and care for the earth are a prominent part of the exhibit such as thechildren’s book entitled “The Water” by students in the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Turtle School On yote a-ka tsi Thwatilihuny-nitna.
Respect for the earth also figures prominently in the works of the keynote speaker, Denise Sweet, a member of the White Earth Ojibwa Band who has put her feet where her words are in such projects as the Protect the Earth Journey, walking from the Red Cliff Chippewa Reservation on Lake Superior to the state Capitol in Madison to garner support for a constitutional amendment to protect air, water and other forms of common property, a legislative proposal called the “Seventh Generation Amendment” which refers to common Native American practice of protecting resources for seven generations in the future.
In keeping with the spirit of the Common Ground exhibit, members of the Menominee Nation and other tribes will hold a Pow Wow on the UW-Marinette campus grounds, land which once supported Native American bands along the bay, according to archeologist, Dr. Tom Pleger.
The public is invited to a pre-pow wow feast at 4:00 pm. The cost for reservations before Sept. 21 is $10 for adults and $8 for students with ID and children under 12 years of age. Tickets at the door are $12 and $9. Reservations can be made by calling 715-735-4300.
The pow wow will begin at 7:00 pm on the field house grounds and is free and open to the public. The drum groups will be the Wolf River Singers, Nanapowe Singers and Duck Creek Crossing. Veterans of the Menominee Nation will be the honor guard in attendance.
Fall Convocation features State Poet Laureate
September 7, 2005
MARINETTE—Many of you will have seen the Common Ground art exhibit, on loan since July 1 from the Francis Hardy Center for the Arts in Ephraim, Wisconsin, and displayed at the Stephenson and Spies Public Libraries as well as at the UW-Marinette Gallery.
Combining art, poetry and science, the exhibit focuses on the beauty and fragility of the environment. It is also the anchor for UW-Marinette's Fall Convocation scheduled for September 28 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the campus at its present site.
The art and science exhibits highlight the UW mission to provide education in the liberal arts, that is, the arts and sciences, which the Marinette campus has been doing for the past 40 years on Bay Shore Street and for 30 years before that as the UW Extension Center at Marinette.
The Convocation will begin at 11:00 am in the Herbert Williams Theatre with Wisconsin State Poet Laureate Denise Sweet’s keynote address. Sweet is an Anishinnaabe (Ojibway) poet, and Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies at UW-Green Bay. She was named State Poet Laureate in 2004.
Sweet has published five poetry books, many individual poems, fiction and essays, and was one of five U.S. writers sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to attend the First World Congress of Indigenous Literatures of the Americas in Guatemala City. Sweet’s poem Constellations is part of a permanent installation (etched in granite corridor walls) at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee.
Afternoon presentations will feature speakers from the Common Ground exhibit. Concurrent sessions at 1:00 pm include cultural geographer Geri Weinstein-Breunig speaking on “Wisconsin Waters: A Wealth of Stories,” and engineer John Hippensteel of Lake Michigan Wind & Sun, LTD, on “Renewable Energy Basics.”
The 2:00 pm sessions will feature Victoria Harris, water quality habitat specialist with the UW Sea Grant Institute, on “The Ups and Downs of Great Lakes Waters: Quantity and Quality,” and Dr. Roger Kuhns, geologist, ecologist, writer and musician, on “The Great Lakes Water: A Delicate Balance Between Use and Environment.”
All presentations are free and open to the public with funding provided by grants from Wells Fargo Bank, the Lyn and Roger Derusha Family, Nicolet Bank, the Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, UW Colleges, and the UW-Marinette Foundation.
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Continuing Education language courses begin Sept. 20
September 12, 2005
UW-Marinette Continuing Education will offer three beginning language courses on Tuesdays, from September 20 to October 25. Maria Kirsch will teach the 6-week sessions in Spanish, German and Greek in Room M-107 of the Main Building. Kirsch, a native of Greece, is fluent in all three languages and currently teaches Spanish for credit at the campus.
Spanish for Beginners will meet from 5:30-6:30 pm, German for Beginners from 6:45 - 7:45 pm, and Greek for Beginners from 8 -9 pm.
The cost of each course is $39.00. To register, contact Jane Jones at 735-4343 or email jjones@uwc.edu. Web registrations are also possible at www.marinette.uwc.edu/cedcourses.html. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
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New Faculty and Staff at UW-Marinette
September 12, 2005
MARINETTE—New faculty and staff at UW-Marinette this fall include Sangeeta Nelson, Associate Lecturer in Mathematics; Sarah Bird, program assistant for Continuing Education, Jeanne Limberg, program assistant/receptionist, Janet Sbar, athletic director, and George Hayes, Men’s Head Basketball Coach.
Nelson received her Master of Science Degree in Mathematics from Marquette University, Milwaukee in 2004 and a Master of Science Degree Mathematics M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Raj) India, previously. She also completed her course work for her doctorate in mathematics at Marquette University. She has taught at both the university and high school level. Nelson is an accomplished painter and and a national chess player of India., where she won the University Championship, Championship of State of Rajasthan, India, and competed in the nationals.
Bird received her associate degree from UW-Marinette in 2005. Following attendance at the California College of Health and Sciences, she graduated from the Wisconsin College of Cosmetology and has held her cosmetologist license for almost 10 years. She has also taught at the Village Cooperative Preschool in Menominee.
Jeanne Limberg has worked as cashier, teller, receptionist, payroll personnel, and manager of a local credit union. She is a Marinette native who has attended Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and numerous professional development workshops.
Janet Sbar, who has been an instructor in the physical education department since fall, 2004, assumed the duties of the athletic director this fall. Sbar received her bachelor’s degree in Education, with a major in Physical Education, and master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sbar has taught bowling, tennis, volleyball, and weight training at the campus. As athletic director, she is responsible for scheduling games, hiring coaches and scheduling referees among other duties.
George Hayes retired in July, 2004, after 21 years as an administrative principal at Merryman Elementary School. He also taught 5-6 grade and was an assistant principal in the Pulaski area for 14 years. Hayes’ coaching experience includes the Marinette H. S. freshmen boys basketball for 3 years and various other Marinette/Pulaski 4-8 grade basketball teams. Hayes’ son, John, played basketball for the UW-Marinette Buccaneers as a freshman and sophomore from 2001- 2003. For the past 8 years George has served the community on the Marinette City Council and was the president for two years in 2003 and 2004.
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September 28 Convocation at UW-Marinette Focuses on Environment
September 13, 2005
Inspired by the Common Ground art exhibit currently on display at UW-Marinette, the Stephenson Public Library and the Spies Public Library, UW-Marinette’s September 28 Convocation “Common Ground: 40 Years of Liberal Arts on the Bay Shore” will host speakers from the original exhibit as well as Denise Sweet, Wisconsin State Poet Laureate to celebrate it’s 40th anniversary as a campus at its present site.
Associate professor of humanistic studies and advisor for the American Indian Studies minor at UW-Green Bay, Sweet has published five poetry books, a long list of individual poems, fictional writing, and essays in various periodicals. Named State Poet Laureate in 2004, she was one of five U.S. writers sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to attend the First World Congress of Indigenous Literatures of the Americas in Guatemala City. Her poem "Constellations" is part of a permanent installation (etched in granite corridor walls) at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee. Her keynote talk, “Poetry is an Agent for Change” is scheduled for 11 am in the Herbert L. Williams Theatre. Background reading for her presentation is National Endowment for the Arts chair Dana Gioia’s essay “Can Poetry Matter” available on the web at http://danagioia.net/essays/ecpm.htm.
Afternoon concurrent sessions on the environment include four presenters from the original Common Ground exhibit on display last year at the Francis Hardy Center for the Arts in Ephraim, Wisconsin.
At 1 pm, Geri Weinstein-Breunig will present “Wisconsin Waters: A Wealth of Stories.” As a cultural geographer, and principal of Cultural Waters, Inc., Weinstein-Breunig works with government agencies, nonprofit and community organizations to protect watersheds by connecting people’s cultural values to environmental conservation and stewardship. Weinstein-Breunig has 21 years experience in public land management and citizen stewardship. She has held positions as Director of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Park; Director of Forestry and Natural Resources, New York City; and Director of Landscape Policy, Chicago Park District. For urban and rural land trusts, Cultural Waters, Inc. has successfully developed funding initiatives for river protection; developed a multi-cultural and multi-generational advocacy for river restoration; and written cultural histories of the relationship over time between people and the river or stream in their community. Weinstein-breunig earned her MS in geography from UW-Madison and is currently pursuing a doctorate at UW-Milwaukee.
Also at 1 pm, Roger Kuhns will present “The Great Lakes Water: A Delicate Balance Between Use and Environment" Kuhns earned his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Minnesota and has worked around the world in over 65 countries as a geologist and ecologist. He lived in South Africa for 8 years, and has published dozens of scientific papers. He also worked as a news director for a weekly newspaper and a radio station in Door County, and was elected to the Door County Board of Supervisors. As lead scientist and grant writer for “Finding Common Ground,” he hopes to increase peoples’ awareness of challenges to the Great Lakes ecosystem. Kuhns is currently working with Applied Ecological Services (Brodhead, WI), and completing a screenplay about musicians.
At 2 pm, John Hippensteel will present “Renewable Energy Basics.” Hippensteel is president of Lake Michigan Wind and Sun, Ltd., located in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. LMWS is a 24-year-old design and build engineering firm specializing in renewable energy systems. Hippensteel is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin and received his Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology. LMWS specializes in solar thermal, solar electric, and wind energy. In addition to local and national projects, Hippensteel has traveled worldwide, doing equipment commissioning, installation and training for projects in Korea, Inner Mongolia, Northern Ireland and Mexico. In Inner Mongolia Hippensteel trained Chinese utility engineers in wind monitoring as part of a United Nations project. He is committed to the development and employment of clean renewable energy systems from both environmental and social perspectives.
Also at 2 pm, Victoria Harris, Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Specialist, will present "The Ups and Downs of Great Lakes Waters--Quantity and Quality.” Harris holds a B.S. in Ecosystems Analysis and Environmental Management and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Ms. Harris has been involved professionally in water resource research, planning and management for over twenty-five years. She is the past president of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, has published widely on water quality and habitat issues related to Lake Michigan, Lower Green Bay and Fox River restoration, and currently works for the UW Sea Grant Institute.
The day’s celebrations will end with an evening pow wow starting with a 7 pm grand entry by an Honor Guard of Menominee Nation Veterans. Lead dancers will be Llewelyn (Menominee/Oneida) and Danielle (Ho-Chunk) Tucker. The Drum Groups include Wolf River Singers (Menominee Nation); Nanapowe Singers (Stockbridge-Munsee/Mohican Nation); and Duck Creek Crossing (Oneida Nation). The pow wow will be held at the field house grounds or inside the field house in case of rain.
All presentations and pow wow are free and open to the public with funding provided by grants from Wells Fargo Bank, the Lyn and Roger Derusha Family, Nicolet Bank, the Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Wisconsin Public Service, UW Colleges GISE Program , UW System Institute for Race and Ethnicity, and the UW-Marinette Foundation. The original Common Ground Art Project was funded by grants from the Peninsula Arts Assoc., the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, and the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, Inc.
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UW-Marinette Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Pow Wow
September 7, 2005
An evening pow wow will be held at UW-Marinette to celebrate its 40th anniversary as a campus at its present site Wednesday, September 28 from 7 - 9 pm. Two previous pow wows were held at the campus in 1998 and 2000. “We are very pleased that our Menominee Nation friends will be helping us celebrate this special occasion for the campus,” said campus dean Paula Langteau.
The pow wow, which will be held at the field house grounds at the corner of University and Shore drives, will feature an honor guard of Menominee Nation Veterans who will lead the grand entry at 7 pm. Three drum groups, the Wolf River Singers, the Nanpowe Singers, and Duck Creek Crossing will provide the music for the dancers. Lead dancers will be Lewellyn and Danielle Tucker.
The pow wow is free and open to the public which means observers are not limited to the sidelines. Many dances invite all to participate. "One of the best things about a pow wow is the rhythm," said Art Holman, husband of UW-Marinette associate professor of English Katherine Holman, both of whom have attended many pow wows. "The drum beat has the same rhythm as a heart beat and so it’s hypnotic, entrancing, and makes you want to move with the rhythm of the beat. The whole body moves with it and all those people together, it doesn’t matter who they were before the dance started, they are one group dancing in a circle," said Holman.
A special pre-pow wow feast will be held from 4 - 7 at the UW-Marinette cafeteria. Catered by Scoops Sports Cafe, the menu will include buffalo stew, venison stew, wild rice, corn soup, fish soup, smoked fish, squash, Indian bread, fry bread, pumpkin pie and coffee or tea.
The cost of the feast is $10 for adults and $8 for students with ID and children under 12 years of age if reserved by September 21. Tickets at the door will be $12 and $9. Reservations can be made by calling UW-Marinette at 715-735-4300. Proceeds from the feast will go towards the UW-Marinette Foundation for student scholarships and other campus programs.
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UW-Marinette Forum on Space: The Final Frontier October 3
September 13, 2005
Prof. James LaMalfa will present a Community Forum at UW-Marinette for those interested in the future of transportation. “Space: The Final Frontier” will be presented Monday, October 3 at 7:30 pm in M-117.
The forum, which is free and open to the public, is based on LaMalfa’s photos taken at the 2005 Experimental Aircraft Convention and Fly-in at Oshkosh’s Whitman Airfield held the last week in July this past summer.
LaMalfa’s presentation will include slides of “new products in private aviation, unusual homebuilt aircraft, restored ‘warbirds’ (military aircraft), shots of the air show, and finally, as a finale, photos and discussion of the private space flight project called the X-Prize won by Burt Rutan, from Scaled Composites located in Mojave, California.”
LaMalfa said Rutan, who has been designing and building aircraft for the last 30 years, won the $10 million X-Prize by designing the first civilian spaceship, flying it 62 miles into “near space,” and getting the crew back safely. The sponsor of the X-Prize was Paul Allen, co-owner of Microsoft. “Rutan put up $20 million. So they spent $20 million to win $10 million ,but they also made history,” said LaMalfa.
LaMalfa said he was able to get photos of the spaceship coming into Whitman Field on its way to the Smithsonian Institute. “That particular model will never fly again. It’s next to the Spirit of St. Louis now. Both are pioneering aircraft,” said LaMalfa.
“As a result of winning the X-Prize,” said LaMalfa, “Rutan was contracted by Virgin Atlantic Airlines, owned by Sir Richard Branson, to build 3 more spaceships and start commercial service into space by 2008. Private venture, no government money. I saw history being made and I have photos of it,” said LaMalfa.
“Tickets for a 25-minute space flight are $200,000 and they have already sold a ton of them,” added LaMalfa. “They have plans for hotels in space and space tours.”
LaMalfa has published an article with photos in World Air News out of Durban, South Africa, and Midwest Flyer, a Wisconsin magazine. Both periodicals are available in the UW-Marinette library.
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UW-Marinette Forum on New Mexico’s Wilderness Areas” October 5
September 30, 2005
In southeast New Mexico lies Otero Mesa, America's wildest remaining grassland. At over 1.2 million acres (nearly the size of Delaware), “Otero Mesa offers some of the most pristine Chihuahuan Desert Grassland left anywhere in the world,” says Nathan Small of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.
Small will speak on the “Lands of Enchantment: Protecting the Grasslands of Otero Mesa and Wilderness in New Mexico” Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 pm, in the field house classroom, F-108.
The forum is free and open to the public. Small is on a tour of the upper midwest to raise awareness for Otero Mesa and other New Mexican wilderness areas.
Otero Mesa is part of a long list of Western wild public lands that may be open to oil and gas drilling, according to Small. “The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is committed to keeping Otero Mesa wild and free. Successful since 2000, this campaign now needs strong national support to ensure federal protection for this national treasure,” says Small.
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