Daily Archive: August 18, 2009

Garden as teaching tool

Garden as teaching tool

The 1,200-square-foot garden outside the University Union is both a new teaching tool and a tribute to UW-Green Bay’s eco roots, its creator told the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “I wanted to use it as...

Online condolences for Okon

Online condolences for Okon

Private funeral services were set in Mayville for Joshua Okon, 21, the UW-Green Bay student who died Aug. 12 as the result of a fall from the roof of the university library. Investigators described...

Furch was ‘Night Wave’ sculptor

Furch was ‘Night Wave’ sculptor

Funeral services are scheduled later this week for Frank “Bud” Furch, who died Aug. 13, at age 81. He was a Chicago-area environmentalist, musician, yachtsman and sculptor working in bronze, chrome, fiberglass and other...

Kraft reflects on Gov. Doyle

Kraft reflects on Gov. Doyle

Political Science Prof. Mike Kraft reflected on the likely legacy of two-term Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, who announced this week he would not seek re-election in 2010. Kraft told WFRV (CBS, Channel 5) that...

Trombley on Urban Food

Trombley on Urban Food

Christina Trombley, director of the Small Business Development Center, continues to be visible, media-wise, as an advocate for the Urban Food Project for Downtown Green Bay. She was interviewed Tuesday on the topic by...

Faculty note: Meredith Livingston

Faculty note: Meredith Livingston

Prof. Sarah Meredith-Livingston, of the music faculty and the Arts and Visual Design academic unit, attended the 2009 Wesley Balk Opera-Music Theater Institute held on the Augsburg College campus from June 20-July 12 in...

Campus garden raises awareness

Campus garden raises awareness

The 1,200-square-foot garden outside the University Union is a new teaching tool added to campus, its creator told the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “I wanted to use it as kind of a focal point …...