Education briefs News-Chronicle GREEN BAY Head Start registration is open CESA #7 Head Start is looking for families who want a preschool experience for their child. The program provides a fun and stimulating environment for children who will be three, four or five by Sept. 1 and are from low-income families. Head Start provides free bussing, meals and the opportunity for parent involvement. The half-day sessions are offered at centers located throughout the Brown County area. To apply for or to receive more information about Head Start activities contact the Head Start office, 317 N. Madison St., 430-1153. GREEN BAY Bellin College of Nursing to host campus visit The Bellin College of Nursing, 725 S. Webster Ave., will host a campus visit at 1 p.m. Friday. Anyone who has ever thought about a nursing career but were unsure about educational requirements, career opportunities, and the long-term demand for nurses are encouraged to attend. During the campus visit current trends in nursing, how to compare financial aid packages, the advantages of a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and the diverse job market for registered nurses will be explored. For reservations call 433-5803 or register on-line at www.bconedu. GREEN BAY UWGB to offer summer courses for educators Educators seeking summer learning opportunities can choose from more than 40 offerings organized by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Eight new courses include topics ranging from German language teaching methods to the universe, and teaching and learning technology to the geography and culture of the Door Peninsula. A new institute presented in partnership with the UW-Green Bay Weidner Center for the Performing Arts and the Green Bay Area Public Schools will focus on creating integrated lessons in core subjects when one of the subjects is drawn from the arts. The institute, Creating Integrated Lessons/Units in the Core Subjects is offered Aug. 4-6. Other special, week-long offerings include an American Indian Studies Summer Institute and a Space Education Academy. UW-Green Bay courses for educators align with Wisconsin standards for teacher and administrator development and licensure. Enrollment in most classes is limited, so registration at least two weeks before the start of a course is recommended. For detailed information and registration materials call 465-2480 or visit www.uwgb.edu/outreach/educ. New offerings are added throughout the year and may be found on the Web site. GREEN BAY Two UWGB teachers selected for top teachers program Dean Von Dras and E. Nicole Meyer, faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, have been chosen to participate in a UW System program aimed at supporting the development of outstanding college teachers. Von Dras, an assistant professor of Human Development (Psychology) was selected from the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows program, and Meyer, an associated professor of Humanistic Studies (French and Women's Studies), will be a Wisconsin Teaching Scholar. Wisconsin Teaching Fellows are chosen from among outstanding faculty with two to six years of full-time college teaching experience. The Fellows spend a year in intensive study of the teaching and learning process, and each one completes a scholarly project on the topic. Von Dras, who joined UW-Green Bay in 2000, has already participated in the UWGB Teaching Scholars Program for new faculty members. He won the Faculty Development Council's Creative Approaches to Teaching award in spring 2001. Much of his research and teaching on the human life span centers on older adults. Meyer's selection as a Wisconsin Teaching Scholar places her among exceptional System faculty members who are in mid-career. She began teaching at UWGB in 1991 and teaches French language, courses in general education, women's studies and world literature. Meyer won the 1999 UW-Green Bay Founders Association award for Excellence in Scholarship, and earlier received a Faculty Development Council Creative Approaches to Teaching citation. Fellows and Scholars awards run from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. The program is sponsored by the UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development. GREEN BAY Herb Kohl foundation to honor area students and teachers The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation will honor the achievements of northeastern Wisconsin students and teachers during a luncheon to be held April 3 at Preble High School. On Feb. 23 the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation announced the recipients of $1,000 Initiative Scholarships, Excellence Scholarships and Fellowships. The luncheon will recognize the accomplishment of the area's outstanding students and educators. Eighteen teacher Fellowship recipients, 18 Excellence Scholarship recipients, and 16 Initiative Scholarship recipients will be honored. The Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship was established by Herb Kohl to provide scholarships to graduating Wisconsin high school students who have demonstrated academic excellence, outstanding leadership, citizenship, community service, integrity, and other special talents. The Herb Kohl Foundation Fellowship rewards teachers who have demonstrated superior ability to inspire love of learning in their students, have motivated others, and have provided meritorious service both inside and outside the classroom. The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship was established to recognize students who have demonstrated a high level of motivation to achieve, have shown strong promise for achieving success in college and beyond, have overcome significant personal obstacles or adversity, and have not yet received other academic based scholarships. DE PERE Middle school students to present projects to Pakistani teachers St. Norbert College sophomore education students and Washington Middle School students will present their projects on flight to visiting Pakistani educators and the general public from 9-11 a.m. Thursday in the Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center at St. Norbert College.. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is hosting the teachers from Pakistan. The event is free. The presentation will demonstrate the use of technology and the Internet in teaching social studies. To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers, the St. Norbert College students have been helping middle school students research important figures in the history of flight. According to St. Norbert College Education professor Steve Correla, "The students have been studying many significant figures in the history of flight that are often left out of history textbooks." The Pakistani educators are visiting UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College to observe innovative teaching practices. DE PERE St. Norbert College to discuss career in technology St. Norbert College graduates working in the field of computing and information technology will be featured panelists in the 2004 St. Norbert College Information Technology Symposium to be held from 3-4:30 p.m. April 5 in the Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center. The symposium is free and open to the public. Participating in the discussion are alumni Jeremy Coenen, application developer, Add, Inc., Laura Weiland, researcher, Sandia National Labs, Mark Sternig, software developer, Skyline Tech., Carson Diltz, IT consultant, ZyQuest, Inc., Dave Pankratz, graduate of UW-Madison, software engineer for LUNAR Corporation/GE. The 2004 St. Norbert College Information Technology Symposium is sponsored by the Long Endowed Chair in Business. For more information, call Kathy Molnar, 403-3276. MANITOWOC Silver Lake College offers art scholarships The Department of Art at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, is again offering a week of free art classes for girls and boys from grades one through nine who would like an opportunity to create art this summer. To apply for a scholarship send or bring one original piece of two-dimensional artwork with name, grade, address and phone number on the back by April 16 to Sister Andre Du Charme, Silver Lake College Art Department, Room 5, 2406 S. Alverno Road, Manitowoc WI 54220. All art pieces will be juried by art department faculty. Scholarships will be awarded according to originality, age-appropriateness, and creativity in the age categories of grades one through three, four through six and seven through nine. Each participant in the competition will be notified of the results and will receive a brochure of the 2004 Summer Class Offerings. Winners may choose the class they prefer to attend. The program runs the weeks of July 12, 19 and 26.