Monthly Archive: February 2009
The Friends of the Cofrin Library Board heard an encouraging report this month about the impact of library instruction and the push to emphasize “information literacy” among students at UW-Green Bay. Kathy Pletcher, associate...
That’s the headline at the Ferris State University site over the announcement that UW-Green Bay Dean Fritz J. Erickson was earlier today named provost and vice president for academic affairs. Ferris President David L....
Campus and community are encouraged to play a round Friday (Feb 13) with “Caddy Stacks” night inside the school’s Cofrin Library. The unique mini-golf event is scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. Greens fees...
Six faculty and staff members participated in the 28th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience Saturday through Tuesday in Orlando. The delegation got a look at what other schools are doing, and also shared...
“The alumni gig in the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Jazz Fest XXXIX held Jan. 31 was the most amazing concert I’ve seen.” That’s saying a lot when it comes from veteran Press-Gazette reporter Warren...
A student-directed production of the fascinating play “Copenhagen,” which attempts to explain what happened when physicists Neils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg met one day in 1941, is presented at 7:30 p.m. today (Feb. 12)...
We’re re-running yesterday’s e-news item to list a second option for donating to the anti-cancer cause: Dr. James Hinckley, long-time team surgeon for Phoenix Athletics, is putting his locks on the line for breast...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s swimming and diving team is taking aim on a fifth straight conference title at the Horizon League Championship in Milwaukee February 25 through 28.
The other day, this newsletter noted that the Feb. 10 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education carried a story about “flagship” universities facing choppy waters, with Wisconsin as Exhibit A. We said the...
The bright, yellow daffodil is the American Cancer Society’s symbol of hope in the fight against cancer. Thanks to the work of a dedicated group of volunteers, cut daffodils bloom in bunches every year...