GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host the 17th annual University of Wisconsin System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity (URSCA) on Thursday, April 19, 2018 and Friday, April 20. More than 400 young professionals and mentors from 16 UW schools will participate. Events are open to media. This annual two-day […]
The University Staff Assembly will be Feb. 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Phoenix C, University Union. A message from Chair Jan Snyder, “The UW-Green Bay University Staff governance committees are honored to serve the university staff body and to represent you in shared governance. It is our duty to share information with you […]
In a story by NBC 26, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary L. Miller discusses a potential merger proposed which would merge UW Manitowoc, UW Marinette and UW Sheyboygan with UW-Green Bay.
A story in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Oct. 12, 2017 gives some foresight into the what could be the first of many changes affecting two-year colleges in 2018 if University of Wisconsin system officials approve a merger. “Making smaller campuses in Manitowoc, Marinette and Sheboygan a part of UWGB would give students access to more […]
These days, university relations offices get many, many emails from ratings websites — some brand-new and some old and established (well, older than a few months, anyway) — congratulating us on our school’s selection to their exalted “best of…” ratings of one type or other. You take it with a grain of salt. This one […]
Members of the UW-Green Bay Faculty Senate voted unanimously at the group’s meeting on campus Wednesday, Oct. 28, to register opposition to a legislative proposal that would amend the state’s concealed-carry law to allow permitted civilians to bring guns and other deadly weapons into UW System campus buildings. The text of the resolution: WHEREAS, the […]
The UW Colleges and UW-Extension have named new regional deans for the administratively restructured two-year campus system. Martin Rudd, currently dean of UW-Fox Valley in Menasha, will also oversee UW-Manitowoc and UW-Fond du Lac. Additionally, Keith Montgomery, already dean of UW-Marathon County and UW-Marshfield/Wood County, will serve as regional executive officer for the north region […]
“As a legislative committee considers possibly merging the state’s two separate two-year systems, some politicians are questioning whether a more traditional community college model would work better for the state.” That’s the lead in an Insider Higher Ed article about the possibility of an eventual merger of some sort of the 13 two-year UW System […]
With UWGB’s 50th anniversary approaching, we are reminded that in its earliest days, for a half-dozen years before merger in 1974 or so, UW-Green Bay had administrative responsibility for the two-year campuses in Manitowoc, Menasha and Marinette. Conservative columnist John Torinus thinks the time is right (in the face of harsh budget slashing) for the […]
The University of Wisconsin System announced Wednesday the first degree programs that will be offered under its innovative UW Flexible Option starting in Fall 2013. The System is expected to be the first public university system in the nation to offer this kind of competency-based, self-paced learning option. The UW Flexible Option is designed for […]