Daily Archives: December 2, 2019
12/02/2019 - Weidner Center offering Cyber Week specials
The Weidner Center is offering various Cyber Week specials. Some notable offers include all tickets priced at $15 for “Swing for the Holidays: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite” on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. This offer is valid until Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 p.m. Another Cyber Week offer is $15 off all main […]
12/02/2019 - Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: ‘Green Bay Nutcracker Ballet’ same, different, colorful, more | wearegreenbay.com
Year 14 for Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organizations’ “Green Bay Nutcracker Ballet” is the same as but as different as the previous 13. Same: Music (Peter Illych Tchaikovsky), place (Meyer Theatre), artistic director (Timothy Josephs), set (Jeffrey Paul Entwistle), Sugar Plum Fairy (Randi Osetek) and styles of colorful costuming, among other elements. Different: Roles performed by […]
12/02/2019 - UW-Green Bay alumnus expands basketball training facility – The Press
When Ashwaubenon graduate and former UW-Green Bay men’s basketball star Ryan Borowicz opened The Driveway basketball training center in June 2016, he was already thinking about expanding. A little more than three years later, the 8,600-square-foot addition is a reality. The Driveway, located at 1220 Flightway Drive in Hobart, is a unique training facility for […]
12/02/2019 - UW-Green Bay Habitat for Humanity chapter collects used holiday lights for ReStore’s recycling program | nbc26.com
Are you looking for an easy way to give back this holiday season? You may want to consider donating your old holiday lights. Whether it’s a broken bulb, a wrecked wire or you just don’t need them anymore, the Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity ReStore will gladly take your used Christmas lights. See more […]
12/02/2019 - Reminder: Innovation in Aging Competition, register by Dec. 13

WiSys’ Innovation and Aging Competition held a Reverse Pitch Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 20 to kickstart the Innovation and Aging student idea competition. The event served as a springboard for interested student groups. The forum included brief “pitches” from organizations, community members and interested students about specific problems and challenges associated with aging. Audience members then […]
12/02/2019 - WEDC, UW System team up to help businesses launch internship program | Insight Publications
Ask employers their biggest worry and the usual answer is “finding enough talent.” Ask the same question to college students near graduation and “finding a job” is their reply. The University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. hope to solve both concerns with the Talent Generator, a new online tool designed to […]
12/02/2019 - Green Bay women’s basketball defeats nationally ranked Syracuse in overtime thriller
Green Bay took the floor at the University of Victoria Saturday evening against No. 18 Syracuse in the third-place game of the Greater Victoria Invitational. It was Green Bay’s third game of the tournament and second-consecutive against a nationally ranked opponent. Green Bay was able to force overtime after a half-court shot from Lyndsey Robson […]
12/02/2019 - UW-Green Bay Professor Meacham nominated for Pushcart Prize
UW-Green Bay Prof. Rebecca Meacham (English, Humanities and Women’s and Gender Studies) was nominated by the literary journal Gigantic Sequins for the Pushcart Prize for her short nonfiction piece “Feather Rousing.” Meacham was selected as one of five pieces by the journal to be nominated for this award. The piece was written in residence at Write On, […]
12/02/2019 - Green Bay men’s basketball defeats Montana State on the road
Thanks to a total team effort with a 61-percent shooting night and a career-high 28 points from freshman Amari Davis, Green Bay burned past Montana State on the road on Saturday night at Worthington Arena in Bozeman, winning 98-72 to open its four-game road swing. Five players scored in double-figures, helping the Phoenix (3-4) to enjoy its […]