Education briefs & notes News-Chronicle GREEN BAY Hawk researcher will lead workshop at UWGB Thomas Erdman, curator of the Richter Museum of Natural History at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will present a workshop on Wisconsin hawks from 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 17 at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity located in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Suite 212 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Erdman has been a raptor researcher and bander for more than 30 years. He is director of the Little Suamico Ornithological Station where more than 1,000 hawks and owls are trapped and banded each year. He has done research on the population dynamics of woodland nesting hawks, especially northern goshawks. Erdman has also been involved in forest planning for raptors in the national forest in the western Great Lakes region. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required. For reservations call 465-5032. DE PERE Westwood Elementary to hold registration for West De Pere schools West De Pere Public Schools will hold registration for all children who will turn 4 years old on or before Sept. 1 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 9 at Westwood Elementary School, 1155 Westwood St., De Pere. Parents should bring their child's birth certificate and immunization record to the registration. Spring screening appointments will be scheduled at this time. Also, children who will be attending kindergarten in the fall and have not been registered should also be registered at this time. Notes Amie Bressers, a 2003 graduate from De Pere, won an award in the 2003 Indiana Collegiate Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. She wrote an award-winning article for The Torch, Valparaiso University's student newspaper. Danah Karnowski, a senior at Pulaski High School, has been selected as the 2003-2004 local DAR Good Citizen Award winner. This leadership award is given annually to a student who exemplifies dependability, service, patriotism. leadership and involvement in school and community activities. Other finalists selected by the nomination committee were Robert Bialozynski, Pamela Crear, Matthew Drzewiecki, Mindy Gohr and Paula Matuszak. This award is sponsored by the Jean Nicolet Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter of De Pere/Green Bay. Area students and 11 members of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay have been admitted as new members into the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi at the university. Phi Kappa Phi recognizes achievement in all disciplines. UWGB organized a chapter of the 106-year-old organization in 1997. New student members: Green Bay: Jean Achterberg, Maribeth Braspennickx, Kathleen Charles, Yuliya Dolgaya, Mary Ann Dupont, Ann Eckenrod, Nicholas Grimm, Eric Grunseth, Charlotte Kilmer, Jeanine Mead, Marilou Melcher, Janalee, Nelson, Neil Sandhu, Louis Sutto, Rachael Verhaagh, Cheryl Vermuelen, Renee Wesolowski, Johnathon Yoder De Pere: Andrea Longlais New faculty members: Professor David Coury, humanistic studies/German; Jeffrey Entwistle, communication and the arts/theater; Fritz Erickson, dean of professional and graduate studies; Sue K. Hammersmith, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; professor V.M.G. Nair, natural and applied sciences/biology; professor Illene Noppe and professor Lloyd Noppe, both of human development/psychology; professor Terence O'Grady, communication and the arts/music; professor Laura Riddle, communication and the arts/theatre; professor Donna Ritch, human biology/biology; and professor Sandra Stoks, education/women's studies.