Day: November 8, 2008
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Five new features at www.uwgb.edu
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This week’s ‘Top 5’ featured connections accessible on UW-Green Bay’s home page: • Giving Back: Sager scholarship solicits applicants • Alumni: Sens. Cowles, Hansen win re-election • Learning: Video of Student cast biting into ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ • Photo gallery: Election Day 2008 • Go Green student activism: ‘Steps Walk’ pays off
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Sodexo adds manager, chef to campus team
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General Manager Kevin Gilligan announces the two newest additions to the Sodexo management team on the UW-Green Bay campus. Jill Cascarano, retail manager — Jill has been working with Sodexo for 3 years as a retail manager in the Health Care Division. She also has many years in the foodservice industry. Jill is a former…
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‘Shadow of War’ symposium is free for students
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The Office of Outreach shares word that “The Shadow of War,” a symposium designed for professionals who are working with the grief-related consequences of war, will be open to UW-Green Bay students at no charge. The event on Friday (Nov. 14) carries a $90 registration fee for community members. Faculty members are asked to help…
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Distinguised IU prof keynotes faculty development event
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His name is Craig E. Nelson and he’s a professor emeritus of biology at Indiana University, a Carnegie Scholar, and a respected figure in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Nelson will keynote the 13th annual Faculty Development Conference to be held Jan. 22, 2009, in the University Union at UW-Green Bay. The theme is…
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Guest column: Dean touts Adult Degree
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More than 30 years ago, the UW System created centers on the Green Bay and Superior campuses to help northern Wisconsin residents complete bachelor’s degrees. A UW-Superior dean wrote the following column for the Wausau daily newspaper reminding people that this has been a very good thing: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20081106/WDH1018/811060777
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Wisconsin Covenant director visits campus
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Amhy Bechtum, director of the Wisconsin Covenant, visited UW-Green Bay Nov. 7 to meet with Phuture Phoenix Director Kim Desotell and Assistant Director Stephanie Cataldo Pabich. The Wisconsin Covenant shares similar goals with Phuture Phoenix by encouraging youth to continue their educations beyond high school. Bechtum’s visit was to gain ideas about how to get…
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Students host violence survivor Jendusa-Nicolai
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It was one of Wisconsin’s most horrifying and publicized crimes. In 2004, Teri Jendusa-Nicolai was beaten by her husband, bound and left for dead in a storage container in sub-freezing weather. Remarkably, she survived and is now telling her story on college campuses. Jendusa-Nicolai drew an audience to the Phoenix Room on Thursday night (Nov.…
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Wisconsin Campus Compact meeting is Nov. 20
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People who are into service learning will be interested to know that the WiCC Fall meeting is open to all and any interested faculty, staff or students. It’s Nov. 20, all day, on the campus of Madison Area Technical College. For details on the agenda, http://www.uwp.edu/departments/community.partnerships/wicampuscompact/PDFfiles/Fall08Mtg/Agenda.pdf
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Men’s soccer (6-7-5) puts four on all-Horizon
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The Green Bay men’s soccer team (6-7-5) had its 2008 campaign halted Nov. 6, as the Phoenix was bested by Detroit in penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie at soggy Santaga Stadium in a Horizon League tournament opener. On the plus side, four players were announced earlier in the day as all-Horizon honorees. (It was…