http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressreleases.html en-us Copyright © 2009 St. Norbert College Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:00:08 CDT This is a list of St. Norbert College press releases. sncXML Generator http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mediarel@snc.edu (Mike Counter) scott.crevier@snc.edu (Scott Crevier) Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:00:08 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1257 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1257 Edward J. Lamm has been hired as executive director of enrollment and marketing at St. Norbert College. Lamm, a Clintonville, Wis., native, comes to St. Norbert from Robert Morris University...
Lamm, a Clintonville, Wis., native, comes to St. Norbert from Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania, where he was assistant dean of graduate admissions.

Lamm received his bachelor of arts degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and his master of business administration program management from North Park University in Chicago.

Lamm will begin his duties at St. Norbert College on July 6.
]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:49:41 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1256 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1256 St. Norbert College is sponsoring the following AFP web conference: "Forty Ways to Maximize Fundraising Through Your Web site" Your web site has two strategic objectives -- first, to inform...
Your web site has two strategic objectives -- first, to inform the web site visitor about your organization and its mission, and more importantly, to garner support for your nonprofit.

Learn how to plan and build a site which not only has a lot for the user to see, but a lot for the user to do as well. Consider the impact of a site that offers online donations, event tickets, membership dues, e-store purchases, affiliate marketing, even in-kind donations, planned gifts, investment donations and much more.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

11:45-12:00 Networking
12:00-1:30 Web conference, lunch will be provided
1:30-2:00 Group discussion

Location: The Kress Inn conference room (located on the corner of Grant and Third, across from the F.K. Bemis Conference Center). Parking is available in the Kress Inn parking lot. For additional information or directions to the Kress Inn please visit http://www.kressinn.com/. For a campus map please visit http://www.snc.edu/map.

Cost: $30 (includes lunch)

Registration: The deadline to register for this web conference is Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 4 p.m. Register using our online registration form at http://www.snc.edu/advancement/secure/registration.html. Visa, MasterCard or check are accepted. If you pay by check, your invoice will be attached to your confirmation. Please bring your check with a copy of your invoice with you to the webconference.

Target audience: This web conference is intended for all levels of professionals including executive directors/CEOs, board members, development directors, volunteer directors, IT directors, web site administrators and other senior management

Learning objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will:

1. Know which fundraising transactions and information to include in your web site -- and how to easily incorporate them in your site (or build a new site)
2. Understand innovative techniques for maximizing the fundraising results you achieve with your web site -- many of these techniques are easy to implement (and free or low cost)
3. Hear e-philanthropy case studies whose lessons they can apply to their own nonprofit and its web site

About the presenter: Allan Pressel is founder and CEO of CharityFinders, which helps nonprofits use the Internet to further their mission. Allan was named as one of the world's leading e-philanthropy experts by the ePhilanthropy Foundation. He was given the Volunteer Service Award by President George W. Bush.

Please note that due to financial obligations incurred by St. Norbert College, no refunds will be issued for cancellations; however substitute persons are welcome to attend. ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:12:38 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1255 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1255 Ten St. Norbert College faculty are receiving 2009 summer grant awards of $1,750.00 each. The recipients are as follows: • Deborah Anderson, associate professor of biology, will work in the...
• Deborah Anderson, associate professor of biology, will work in the field at Lost Cabin, Wind River Formation in Wyoming to collect fossils for a taxonomic study. Once identified, the collected specimens will be used to determine the biodiversity levels for small mammals in this area.

• Deirdre Egan, assistant professor of English and director of American studies, will complete an article entitled "Domesticity on the Trail and in the Tale: Women's Travel Writing as Experiential Education," and will begin work on an article on the role of vocation in students' experiences of
academic service-learning.

• Wolfgang Grassl, associate professor of business administration, will research in libraries and archives, conduct interviews, and write a book-length typescript on the history and intellectual style of the Premonstratensian order.

• Sabine Hyland, associate professor of anthropology, will prepare the
introductory chapters and Quechua glossary for "Gods of the Andes: an Account of the Ancient Customs of the Natives of Peru" to be published by Penn State University Press.

• John Pennington, professor of English, will complete a full-length critical article on
Stefanie Meyer's "Twilight" series books.

• Shane Rocheleau, assistant professor of art, will construct a phone booth sized two-way mirror enclosure for use in portrait photography.

• Ashley Hill-Soderlund, assistant professor of psychology, will research and develop an upper-level developmental psychology course on adult development and aging.

• Katherine Muhs, assistant professor of mathematics, will research and develop a new course in the principles of geometry for upper elementary and middle school pre-service teachers.

• Matthew Stollak, assistant professor of business administration, will research and develop a new course that will examine the institution of employee and labor relations in the United States.

• Marc von der Ruhr, associate professor of economics, will research and redevelop the course ECON 376, International Trade to make it eligible for master's credit at Marquette University, in support of the recent agreement between Marquette University and St. Norbert College.
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:10:52 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1254 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1254 Jose De Pierola and his wife Adit del Aguila will be the special guests during the July "Conversations from St. Norbert College" television show, hosted by dean and academic vice president of the...
The couple visited St. Norbert College during the spring semester as part of an International Visiting Scholars Program sponsored by St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin -- Green Bay. The Visiting Scholars Program was formed to bring highly qualified professionals from other countries to lecture at St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin -- Green Bay. The overall objective of this program is to improve international understanding by providing opportunities to learn from visiting scholars and for them to learn from us.

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is broadcast every Friday in July, beginning July 3 at 6:30 p.m. New shows appear the first Friday of each month. The series airs on TWCT Time Warner Cable Television Channel 4 in Green Bay, Howard/Suamico, and Seymour; Channel 4 in the Fox Cities, Channel 2 in Neenah/Menasha, and on NET cable Channel 46 in Pulaski.

The show also airs on St. Norbert College Channel 5 in De Pere, Ashwaubenon and Bellevue Sundays at 10 a.m., Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

The show may also be seen on Wisconsin on Demand (WIoD), Time Warner Cable's local video on demand channel 1111. It is all local, all the time and available free to Time Warner Cable's digital cable customers in 70 communities in northeast Wisconsin.

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is also airing in Milwaukee, Marshfield, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids and Upper Michigan.

For more information on the show or to watch it online, visit the show's web site, http://www.snc.edu/communications/conversations/.

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:00:08 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1253 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1253 The Green Bay Packers will move into St. Norbert College on Thursday, July 30 with camp starting on Friday, July 31. The Packers will move out of the dorms at St. Norbert College on Friday, August...
The college doesn't host any on-field activities, but it does serve as the team base for all living arrangements, transportation and meals, including continental breakfast, dinner and snack.

For a complete rundown of their practice schedule and more go to http://www.packerstrainingcamp.com/.

The Packers have held their summer training camp at St. Norbert College for 52 years, the longest such relationship between a pro football team and a college in the NFL.

--St. Norbert College Packers Training Camp History--
Then President of the Packers, Russ Bogda, and then head Coach Lyle Blackburn first approached St. Norbert College in the spring of 1957. At the time the Packers were headquartering at UW-Stevens Point. In the summer of 1958 Coach Scooter McClean and his staff brought the Packers to the St. Norbert campus Frank J. Sensenbrenner Residence Hall living quarters, to various classrooms for training sessions and to the dining facilities on the river bank hall now called Dennis M. Burke Hall.

Over the 52 years various halls have been used but the string of successive summers at St. Norbert College has NEVER been broken. Contractural agreements were completed with St. Norbert College by President Dominic Olejniczak, successor to Russ Bogda, who had retired due to illness. The first pre-season at St. Norbert College coincided with the first Packer schedule of games in the present Lambeau Field. In 1959, newly appointed head Coach Vincent Lombardi confirmed the summer camp location and formed a friendship with father Dennis Burke, O. Praem. Succeeding coaches and Packer Presidents over the years have found the facilities to their liking.

--About St. Norbert College--
St. Norbert College is a Catholic, Norbertine liberal arts college known for its academic excellence, focus on international awareness, and leadership and service opportunities. Founded in 1898 by Fr. Bernard Pennings, O.Praem., a Norbertine priest, St. Norbert College provides an education that is academically, personally and spiritually challenging. U.S. News & World Report's guide to "America's Best Colleges," ranks St. Norbert College among the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. The college has also been named to the Templeton Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges and has been named one of "The Best in the Midwest" by Princeton Review magazine.
]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:00:08 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1252 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1252 St. Norbert College is teaming up with the Green Bay Packers to co-sponsor a national conference on sport and society next spring, resulting from a first-of-its-kind partnership between an NFL team...
The academic conference will be titled "A Mirror of our Culture: Sport and Society in America." Sessions will be offered both on the St. Norbert College campus and at Lambeau Field.

"We look forward to working with St. Norbert College on this very unique conference," said Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy. "The college has been a great partner of the Packers for more than 50 years by hosting our players and coaches at training camp, and now we're excited to work with them in this new endeavor."

Experts from around the world will converge on northeast Wisconsin to present their papers. As well as the academic presentations, the May 26-28, 2010, conference will feature an exhibit area for publishers, a gallery exhibition and a film festival.

The event is the brainchild of Michael Marsden, dean of the college and academic vice president. Marsden says, "St. Norbert College, with one of the best Division III athletic programs in the country, is partnering with the Green Bay Packers, one of the most storied National Football League franchises in the country, to co-host a national conference on sport and society. It will bring together academics who study sport from many different disciplinary perspectives, with sports professionals."

For more information on the "Sport and Society" conference, contact Karen Cleereman, conference administrative coordinator, at sportandsociety@snc.edu or (920) 403-3777. For a conference overview go to http://www.snc.edu/sportandsociety.
]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:00:08 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1251 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1251 The St. Norbert College Children's Center begins its 30th year as a licensed center this October. Its childcare and pre-K program are open to the public. The children's center is located on the lower...
There are currently fall pre-K openings from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. The pre-K program is for four and five-year olds and is a five-day-a-week program developed as a model for the training of future teachers studying in the college's top-ranked education program. Full oversight is guaranteed. The St. Norbert College Children's Center has high adult to child ratios. This is the perfect alternative to four-year-old kindergarten according to Bonnie Lueck, director of the Children's Center.

For more information about the St. Norbert College Children's Center contact director Bonnie Lueck at (920) 403-3013 or bonnie.lueck@snc.edu. The web site for the Children's Center is http://www.snc.edu/childrenscenter.
]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:53:15 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1250 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1250 The popular outdoor summer concert series, "Knights on the Fox," returns for its seventh season on the St. Norbert College campus next month. The five-week series is held Tuesday evenings beginning...
The concert series features live music in a casual atmosphere along the banks of the Fox River. Carry in your own picnic--or purchase sandwiches, hotdogs, popcorn, ice cream, bottled water or soda on site. The picnics begin at 5:00 p.m., followed by the concerts from 6:30-8 p.m.

Come by land or by water, as the docks at the Thompson Marina will be open. Ample parking is available in the lots off of Third Street, with handicapped parking in the lot near Old St. Joseph Church. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and join us for another summer of great music and fun.

"Knights on the Fox" is sponsored by Belmark, Inc. William Buerschinger, Midge and Bob Ebben, Chuck Geurts and Theresa Rosik-Geurts, John and Kathy Lochner, Pomp's Tire Service, Inc., Ryan Funeral Home & Crematory The Tess Families, Edward and Sally Thompson, Town and Country Electric, a division of Faith Technologies, Inc. and Mary Watermolen. St. Norbert College thanks these special sponsors, without whom this free public concert series would not be possible.

2009 "Knights on the Fox" schedule:

Tuesday, July 14
Boogie and the YoYo'z (All the hits you know and love)
MC: Dee Geurts-Bengtson, St. Norbert College

Tuesday, July 21(alumni and children's night)
Randy Peterson
MC: Tom Kunkel, president, St. Norbert College

Tuesday, July 28
Talk of the Town
MC: Mike Walsh, mayor, City of De Pere

Tuesday, August 4
Sam & Ruby
MC: Chelsea Faase, St. Norbert College alumna and director of the Girls Leadership and Development Series

Tuesday, August 11
Let Me Be Frank Productions
MC: Jim Schmitt, mayor, City of Green Bay

Concerts will be canceled in the event of rain. For more information, contact the Office of Communications at (920) 403-4011 or visit http://www.snc.edu/communications/events/.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:07 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1249 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1249 The St. Norbert College music department will hold its annual Summer Band Camp in the Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts at St. Norbert College beginning Monday, June 15 and ending Friday, June 19. ...
The camp features daily rehearsals, sectionals and master classes with St. Norbert instrumental music faculty, as well as area band directors and professional musicians. Optional activities include jazz bands and other music activities. The final concert will be held at Walter Theatre on Friday evening, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will include performances by the camp wind ensemble, concert band, and the Green and Gold Jazz Ensembles.

The registration fee is $135.00. Each day begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 1 p.m. Applications are available from area band directors or by contacting the

St. Norbert College music department at 920-403-3112.
]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 10:38:03 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1248 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1248 Church Hill Classics (CHC), a leading manufacturer in the collegiate diploma frame industry, has announced the five winners in their "Frame My Future" Scholarship Contest which were chosen from over...
Sara's entry, as shown below, will be posted along with the other winners' and finalists' entries on the company's diplomaframe.com web site at http://www.framemyfuture.com.

She said, "I was never the kid that was afraid of going to the dentist. In fact I was quite the contrary, because I loved the feeling of cleanliness on my teeth when I left. I would always leave with a sense of pride knowing that I had no cavities in my mouth, which meant no fillings. To me my mouth felt so fresh and pretty that I would walk out of the office smiling and showing off my pearly whites to who ever would look. I want other children and adults to experience that same feeling I always had when I left my dentist. That is why I chose to make a scene depicting me working on a patient as a dentist. It is my goal to get a degree in biology and then go onto dental school. Who knows in the future I could be your dentist, just look for the red nail polish beneath the gloves. Open wide."

Establishing this scholarship contest has enabled CHC to give back to students interested in pursuing their dreams of a college education. The "Frame My Future" Scholarship awarded five winners, each with a $1,000 scholarship. In January, CHC also added a bonus for the entry receiving the most votes. The Grand Prize Winner's college/university for the 2009-10 school year will receive a matching $1,000 donation for the school's scholarship endowment fund, in their name!

The "Frame My Future" Scholarship Contest is the first of CHC's ongoing annual scholarship program awarding a Grand Prize winner and their college or university $1,000 each, and four Winners $1,000 scholarships. The contest was established to give back to students interested in pursuing their dreams of a college education. Students were asked to submit a "creation" on an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper that expresses what they hope to achieve in their personal and professional life after college. The space was used to create a photograph, essay, collage, drawing, painting, or other creative pieces. The entry needed to communicate: This is how I "Frame My Future." Submissions were accepted from September 2008 through March 2009.

Students in college now and those who are college bound in 2010 are encouraged to view the winners' and finalists' entries on the CHC web site, http://www.diplomaframe.com and to consider submitting an entry in next year's contest, which begins in the fall of 2009.]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 13:17:48 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1247 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1247 Robert Pyne has been named the new director of the Peace and Justice Center at St. Norbert College effective July 1. Pyne taught at the Dallas Theological Seminary for 17 years. He then...
Pyne taught at the Dallas Theological Seminary for 17 years. He then became director of leadership development for African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries (ALARM). ALARM focuses on reconciliation, peace-building and human rights training. Pyne spent the majority of his time in Africa conducting training for pastors and community leaders.

Pyne said he applied for the directorship of the Peace and Justice Center because he wanted to remain an advocate for those who are powerless and voiceless.

As an important organization within the college's mission and heritage division, the Peace and Justice Center at St. Norbert assists the college in improving the conditions that promote human dignity and the establishment of a more just society. Their primary endeavor is to help prepare and engage students to serve as ethical and dynamic agents of change in their local, regional, national and global communities.

Pyne takes over for Sr. Sally Ann Brickner, a faculty member teaching in the education and peace and justice disciplines, who spent eight years as director of the Peace and Justice Center. Brickner was named first vice president for her religious community, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross in Green Bay. She will continue to teach at St. Norbert College.
]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 13:08:18 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1246 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1246 Mark Selin, associate director of admission, Milwaukee regional representative, has won the admission Professional of the Year award. The annual award was presented to Selin by the...
The annual award was presented to Selin by the Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC) at its annual conference in Green Bay on Thursday, May 21.

The award honors a college or university admission professional who exemplifies excellence and dedication to serving the needs of students in the transition from high school to college.

Selin has been at St. Norbert College for 11 years. He is currently WACAC co-chair of membership and co-chair of conferences. He previously served as WACAC president elect.

Selin was recently appointed to the governance and nominating committee of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).

His three-year term starts in September.
]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 13:04:06 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1245 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1245 Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best selling author and television commentator, will be the special guest during the June "Conversations from St. Norbert College" television...
Johnson holds a master's degree in American history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is now the Knight Chair at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

After serving for three years as a first lieutenant in artillery during the Korean War, Johnson began his newspaper career in 1956 as a reporter for the Wilmington News-Journal. In 1966 he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished national reporting of the civil rights struggle in Selma, Ala. At its May commencement ceremony, St. Norbert College awarded Johnson, who was the commencement speaker, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in recognition of his lifelong service to journalism and American political thought, along with his many other personal achievements.

Johnson has reported on virtually every major national and international news event in the past four decades and he is the author of many books about the American political and cultural landscape. He appears regularly on the PBS-TV programs "Washington Week in Review" and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is broadcast every Friday in June, beginning June 5 at 6:30 p.m. New shows appear the first Friday of each month. The series airs on TWCT Time Warner Cable Television Channel 4 in Green Bay, Howard/Suamico, and Seymour; Channel 4 in the Fox Cities, Channel 2 in Neenah/Menasha, and on NET cable Channel 46 in Pulaski.

The show also airs on St. Norbert College Channel 5 in De Pere, Ashwaubenon and Bellevue Sundays at 10 a.m., Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

The show may also be seen on Wisconsin on Demand (WIoD), Time Warner Cable's local video on demand channel 1111. It is all local, all the time and available free to Time Warner Cable's digital cable customers in 70 communities in northeast Wisconsin.

"Conversations from St. Norbert College" is also airing in Milwaukee, Marshfield, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids and Upper Michigan.

For more information or to watch it online, visit the show's website, http://www.snc.edu/communications/conversations/.
]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 14:22:23 CDT http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1244 http://www.snc.edu/communications/pressrelease/?s=rss&i=1244 St. Norbert College is offering guided campus tours and giving students and their families a chance to meet with staff from the admissions and financial aid departments during Wisconsin Private...
Students and families are invited to tour St. Norbert College and visit classrooms, residence halls, and other facilities with knowledgeable guides. Individual tours, including a meeting with an admission representative, can be scheduled each weekday during Private College Week and on a limited basis on Saturday, July 18.

If you would like to visit St. Norbert College during Wisconsin Private College Week you are encouraged to make an appointment. For more information call 1-800-236-4878.

The Office of Admission is also open throughout the summer and offers campus visits, as well as application fee waivers, on a daily basis to all prospective students considering St. Norbert College.
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