Billie Kress: Phuture Phoenix kids ‘deserve a chance’
Green Bay philanthropist Irene “Billie” Daniell Kress remembers going to an early organizational meeting for what would become the Phuture Phoenix program.
Daily Archive: October 16, 2008
The Capitol Insiders
‘Never shy away from an opportunity — you never know where it will lead.’ A decade ago Jamie Kuhn ’95 and Tim Casper ’95 were a formidable one-two punch as president and vice-president atop...
Phuture Phoenix Day
The Phuture Phoenix program has benefited more than 5,000 fifth-graders since its inception in 2003, but it also provides invaluable experience to hundreds of UW-Green Bay undergraduates who spend the entire day with the...
Packing a Punch
Many of the images are sobering. Yet they also show students engaged and energized. Here is a photo essay with multiple views of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances and lectures in late September and early October...
Special events feature nationally known playwright, actress
Playwright Jules Tasca will be on hand for a pre-show talk with the audience starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 17), before that night’s performance of “The Balkan Women.” At noon Saturday (Oct. 18)...
UW-Green Bay Faculty & Staff Campaign
The Faculty & Staff Campaign ends next week! (sort of): Just a quick reminder that while this week is the official “final” week of the 2008 UW-Green Bay Founders Association Faculty & Staff Campaign,...
Announcing new Phoenix Bookstore hours
Members of the campus community, perhaps only now adjusting to the new location in the Union, are advised that the Phoenix Bookstore has new hours, too: Monday – Thursday: 8 am – 6 pm...
Reminder: Returning unsold textbooks Oct. 31
UW-Green Bay faculty are asked to announce to their classes that the bookstore will begin the process of returning unsold copies of textbooks starting Oct. 31. Students should buy any needed textbooks before that...
Say it ain’t so, Joe… the end of golf season?
That’s what it says here. The End of Golf Season Sale is now on at Shorewood. You can get 25 percent off all food, beverages, and merchandise while supplies last. You may also get...
Journal-Sentinel offers preview of NCAA graduation report
The Oct. 15 issue of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel carried a story quoting NCAA President Myles Brand as saying student-athlete graduation rates are up, nationwide. The J-S story also shares numbers on Wisconsin schools… and...
