Day: October 15, 2008
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Passing of Barb Sydow
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The UW-Green Bay family lost one of its own on Wednesday, Oct. 8, when Barb Sydow, academic department associate in the Professional Program in Nursing, passed away following a long battle with cancer. She was 72. Barb started at UW-Green Bay in September 2003 as a financial specialist. Prior to that she was the town…
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Editorial: Create partners in Great Lakes research
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A recent editorial in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel suggests UW-Milwaukee should partner its recently-approved graduate school of freshwater sciences with UW-Green Bay and other universities in the Great Lakes region. “With world population growing – and with water worries in the United States – such research is both morally right and economically viable.” Read the entire…
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Alumni by the numbers
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Spring’s commencement ceremony saw our 25,000th graduate walk the stage and receive a diploma. Director of Development Shane Kohl ran the numbers to find out the age ranges of our alumni. He notes, “It’s somewhat frightening to think one-fifth of our alums were born during or after the Carter administration. On the flip side, four…
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Get crafty
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A series of multi-colored brown bag workshops are coming up as part of the Lawton Gallery’s Craftivism exhibit. All events are free and take place in the gallery from noon to 1 p.m. (with the exception of one workshop as noted below). For more call the gallery at ext. 2271. Wednesday, Oct. 15 Alison Gates:…
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Prizes, prizes, prizes are available
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The Friends of the Cofrin Library fundraising raffle still has tickets available for $10 each. Prizes include more than $100 in UW-Green Bay campus dining points, a free campus parking pass, lunch for eight at Shorewood Golf Course, a high-end ergonomic office chair from KI, 10 rounds of free golf at Shorewood Golf Course, and…
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Jamaica travel course a new offering
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In a new education travel course, “Cultural Images in Materials for Children and Adolescents,” only the country of Jamaica will be the classroom. Students will learn about multicultural issues that emerge in schools today and become empowered to be an active “global citizen” through carefully designed activities including guided tours, visits to a Maroon Festival,…
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Notes: Draney, Medland, Said-Mohand
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Prof. Michael Draney (Natural and Applied Sciences) recently organized a 17-day, eight-person trip to Panama to survey spider and millipede populations. The trip was funded in part by a grant from the Field Museum of Natural History. The crew included Vicki Medland, associate director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity; Environmental Science and Policy graduate…
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Seminar addresses businesses preparing for disasters
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GREEN BAY — Some businesses owners don’t believe a disastrous event will happen to them and their business. And, while many equate disasters to earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks, disasters come in many forms. Fires, floods and tornados are the most common events in this part of the country, but the Ellison Bay gas explosion…