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Color Run coverage

Color Run coverage

It was a gorgeous Sunday for hosting the Color Run yesterday. More than 3,700 runners attended the biggest Color Run in Wisconsin so far this year, according to Student Life’s Grant Winslow. Besides the...

An extraordinarily colorful way to experience UW-Green Bay

An extraordinarily colorful way to experience UW-Green Bay

Totals are in: 7,400 runners and walkers registered for The Color Run at UW-Green Bay this weekend. The Color Run and campus organizers send their appreciation along to UW-Green Bay Police and more than 200 volunteers who helped make the event run smoothly. The event raises more than $7,000 for student scholarships (of which at least $1,000 will be designated for the Public Safety Scholarship), while introducing thousands of people to our beautiful campus during peak fall colors.

7,000 plus participated in the ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’

7,000 plus participated in the ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’

Final tallies are still forthcoming, but it’s estimated that close to 10,000 people enjoyed the beautiful fall day at UW-Green Bay, Sunday, September 29, as part of The Color Run festivities. More than 7,000 runners and walkers sprinted and strolled through the 3.1 miles course that highlighted UW-Green Bay’s interior — past Studio Arts, Residence Life, Kress Center, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Cofrin Library, Lab Sciences, Wood Hall and the Weidner Center.