On behalf of everyone in Public and Environmental Affairs — happy holidays to all our colleagues, students, alumni and friends. Have a wonderful holiday season and a restful winter break!

Professor Scheberle’s new book Environmental Heroes, Villains and the Rest of Us challenges each of us to think more deeply about our roles in environmental protection. In doing so, the book explores several notable cases, including the release of tons of methyl isocyanate gas in Bhopal, India; asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana; the BP oil spill and mountaintop removal in West Virginia. It also explores famous and everyday environmental heroes and the impact they have made in protecting the environment. We cannot wait to read the book!

Dear students in PA, EPP, and Political Science programs !

Our next semi-annual Open House where we share strategies for success in the program and beyond has been scheduled! During our Spring 2012 Open House gathering, you will get information about program requirements, double-majoring, internships, certificates, teaching and research opportunities, tips for applying to graduate school, including Law Schools, information about getting involved on campus, and much more. You will meet most of the faculty members in the PEA Department and will have a chance to ask us any questions you might have. This event is for all students, but it is particularly helpful for those of you who just signed up for one of our majors or minors. There will be lots of informal conversations and friendly advice. And some light refreshments will be served.

Please join us on Monday, January 30, 4-5PM in Alumni A/B rooms of the University Union (next to the Cafeteria).

Professor Levintova will spend parts of next academic year participating in the long-running program designed to promote scholarship of teaching and learning across UW campuses. Her particular research project will investigate the meaning of sustainability as defined by students participating in the UWGB semi-annual Global Summit. For more details about the WTFS programs and the projects it promotes, please click here.

In the last year our colleague, professor Lora Warner has been busy working on the project that involved measuring several indicators of the quality of life in our immediate region. Prof. Warner and Ashley Heath of the Center for Public Affairs, UWGB, just completed the final phase of the project, which recieved extensive local press coverage. Congratulations on successful completion of the project from all of us in PEA!

Dear PEA Alumni, as this year’s donations campaign gets under way, please consider contributing to the PEA Endowed Scholarship. Faculty members established this scholarship in 2009 and all of us contribute to it. This fund provides annual scholarships for our outstanding students, who make us all very proud and represent our department and university so well. The guidelines for awarding scholarship are described below and, if you scroll down, you can read about recent recipients of this award, all clearly outstanding students who go on to even more impressive achievements. You can select PEA Endowed Scholarship from the list of endowed scholarships at UWGB.

Thank you so much in advance! Together we can preserve tradition of academic and public service excellence that our department is so proud of.

Our tradition of community involvement continues with the work of prof. Niedzwiedz. Last year, prof. Niedzwiedz’s map of Vietnam became the focal point of the LZ Lambeau state-wide event, held here in Green Bay. This and his other life-long achievements in serving our community were recognized with our University’s highest honor during the Fall 2011 Convocation. Congratulations, Bill!

Dear students in PA, EPP, and Political Science programs !

Our next semi-annual Open House where we share strategies for success in the program and beyond has been scheduled! During our Fall 2011 Open House gathering, you will get information about program requirements, double-majoring,  internships, certificates, teaching and research opportunities, tips for applying to graduate school, including Law Schools, information about getting involved on campus, and much more. You will meet most of the faculty members in the PEA Department and will have a chance to ask us any questions you might have. This event is for all students, but it is particularly helpful for those of you who just signed up for one of our majors or minors. There will be lots of informal conversations and friendly advice.

Please join us on Monday, September 12, 4-5PM in Phoenix A Room of the University Union (next to the Common Grounds coffee shop).

This April, EMBI (led by profs. John Stoll of PEA and John Katers of NAS) is organizing several exciting events in conjunction with the Earth Day, observed around the globe this month. The centerpiece of the program is the Green Innovations 2011, an annual symposium during Earth Week. UW-Green Bay’s Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) is hosting the two-day seminar Wednesday and Thursday, April 20 and 21, in the University Union. The theme is “Waste or Wasted Opportunity.”  For more details, including the list of speakers, click here.

And on April 20, EMBI is sponsoring Wisconsin premiere  of the award-winning documentary DIVE! Living Off America’s Wasteat 7 p.m. on April 20 in the Phoenix Room inside the University Union, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The screening is free and open to the public. For more details, see UWGB coverage of the event.

Tom will be a part of the UWGB team, which also includes Prof. Kris Vespia, Prof. Christine Smith (both of Human Development Department), Jeff Willems (office of Residence Life), and Mai Lo Lee (American Intercultural Center). The presentation, scheduled for this Friday, April 15, will discuss organizational details of the Ally Conference and its role in achieving  inclussiveness and promoting tolerance and diversity on college campuses. Tom was actively involved in organizing the Ally Conference during the Fall 2010 semester.