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New Phoenix get FOCUSed
Knockout nature photos, right here
Cool, wet weather have you down? Campus photographer Eric Miller has a fine photo gallery showing UW-Green Bay in all its late May glory. He has flowering trees and shrubs, wildlife including a snapping turtle, great egret and water spider, and a rainy day overview from the Cofrin Library that looks like one of those [...]
Close-ups: A campus that blossoms all year round
UW-Green Bay is both beautiful and bountiful. Walking, biking or rolling on the tree-lined pathways, golfing at Shorewood Golf Course, taking in the incredible sunset views at Communiversity Park — each activity is well worth your time. This beautiful campus is encircled by the 290 acres of the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum, which provides ready access [...]
Great Grants: Center for Public Affairs hosts inaugural community training
UW-Green Bay’s Center for Public Affairs held its inaugural community training session Wednesday, May 22, engaging more than three-dozen participants in a daylong session on grant writing. “Grant-Writing Strategies: A Skill Building Workshop” featured grants expert Joe Gaunt, who has won millions of grant dollars for public broadcasting projects and educational, religious and health care [...]
Phuture Phoenix phun: Photos from annual spring reception
Our friends (phriends?) at Phuture Phoenix gathered to celebrate another great year Tuesday (May 28), joining together for the program’s annual spring reception in the Grand Foyer of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy delivered keynote remarks for the event, which also included updates and reflections [...]
Phun photos: Phuture Phoenix hosts annual reception
UW-Green Bay’s signature college attainment program celebrated another successful year May 28, hosting its annual spring reception in the Weidner Center’s Grand Foyer. The Phuture Phoenix event offered attendees the chance to reflect on program milestones and hear from supporters and staff. Mark Murphy, president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, offered the evening’s [...]
Great grad garb: Commencement fashions and more
With more than 650 similarly clad grads taking over the Kress Events Center May 18, many soon-to-be alumni were eager to showcase their individuality through dress. From customized caps to sparkly shoes and special sashes, they showed their stuff before a packed commencement house. Our gallery below has a look at their fashions, along with [...]
Alumni and friends give refreshing lift to marathoners
It was all hands on deck for alumni volunteers this weekend, starting with enthusiastic greetings for more than 675 new UW-Green Bay graduates just minutes after Commencement, Saturday, May 18. On Sunday, May 19, the Alumni Association members, their family and friends, provided encouragement and hydration to more than 10,000 participants in the Green Bay [...]
Grad achieves dual goals of earning diploma, walking to receive it
For new UW-Green Bay alumna Jennifer Ulrich, crossing the stage during spring commencement ceremonies was doubly meaningful. There was the achievement of earning her degree in Psychology, something for which she’d worked long and hard. Then there was the way she physically accepted her diploma, standing — and walking — her way across the Kress Events Center stage.