‘Red Sky at Morning’ will be Common Theme reading
Note to those of you who want to get a jump on the 2009-10 Campus Common Theme: Red Sky At Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment, by James Gustave Speth, is...
Daily Archive: June 8, 2009
Kraft essay on green energy draws national attention
The other day we matter-of-factly reported on a Florida newspaper reprinting an essay by Prof. Michael Kraft, Public and Environmental Affairs. Turns out, it was just the tip of the iceberg. Kraft writes several...
Kaye to make return visit to Bill Moyers’ Journal
Prof. Harvey Kaye will return to the Bill Moyers’ Journal news program on PBS to discuss the 200th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s passing. Paine, America’s “first great radical,” is a favorite subject of Kaye,...
BBC quotes Kaye on Paine, too
Prof. Harvey Kaye’s description of Thomas Paine — “Possibly the most influential writer in modern human history” — led a BBC News Magazine story about the so-called “father of the American revolution.” Monday (June...
Press-Gazette: Carillon recalls Weidner's love of music
Marge Weidner said she cried last month when she first saw and heard the new campus carillon, which is dedicated to her late husband and founding UW-Green Bay Chancellor Ed Weidner. The carillon, located...
Harden pays tribute to 1967 history, and founding chancellor
In his remarks Saturday, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Thomas Harden praised Edward Weidner’s legacy and said he was honored to have his first major event as chancellor be the carillon dedication. The new chancellor quoted...
Odds and ends from dedication day
James Weidner spoke at Saturday’s ceremony with words and wardrobe recalling his grandfather’s memory — the son of Ellen and the late Gary Weidner wore colorful neckwear and a t-shirt bearing Ed’s likeness… The...
Marge Weidner’s remarks
As one of the family representatives to speak, Ed’s widow and second wife, Marge Weidner, noted his love of carillons during their many travels, thanked donors for their generous support of the project, and...
Columnists: International program reaches across campuses, community
A guest column written by Prof. Emeritus Robert Wenger and St. Norbert College Prof. Melanie Brown shared the story of how the International Visiting Scholars Program reaches across campuses and the community. “In the...
Plan now for ice cream, starting next Wednesday
Here’s a scoop: The traditional summer “Get the Scoop!” ice cream deal resumes next Wednesday, June 17, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., on the Phoenix Room Patio outside the University Union (and adjacent to...
