Nia hosts cultural workshop
The UW System’s Institute on Race and Ethnicity has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Nia dance and drumming group. The application was made by Juliet Cole, who works on campus as associate director...
Monthly Archive: August 2009
Newsweek, Martin on 'Fat Wars'
UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Ryan Martin, Human Development, is quoted in a current Newsweek story about “The Fat Wars” and the increasingly open derision targeted at obese Americans. The reporter asks: What is it...
Actually, it’s a tie atop the leader board: Kersten, Abbott
To clarify our articles earlier this week regarding Prof. Andy Kersten’s notable achievement in receiving his third Founders Association Award for Excellence in three years… He has actually had a hand in four awards...
Student Life helps collect Humane Society supplies
The Office of Student Life will sponsor a supplies collection for the Green Bay Area Humane Society. You’re invited to pick up a few supplies to help the Society care for lost and abandoned...
Kersten’s hand in ’06 Founders Award makes four
Photographic evidence has been discovered that establishes Prof. Andrew Kersten, a historian with the Humanistic Studies academic unit, has actually been associated with four consecutive Founders Association Awards for Excellence. That’s Kersten, back row...
‘Realizing our Sustainable Future’ next Common Theme
GREEN BAY — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Common Theme for the 2009-10 school year focuses on “Realizing our Sustainable Future.” The Common Theme is a yearlong program designed to engage the campus and...
Campus beefs up security with texting
UW-Green Bay has continued to enhance its safety and security measures as the 2009-10 school year gets under way, the Press-Gazette reports. Reporter Kelly McBride included in her article about campus safety the fact...
UW-Green Bay prepares for record-setting freshman class
GREEN BAY — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is anticipating a record-setting freshman class when the fall 2009 semester begins Thursday, Sept. 3. Preliminary numbers show the 2009-10 freshman class has 1,056 students enrolled,...
Kennedy remembered on campus for rousing rally in 2004
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the youngest member of 20th century America’s most famous political family, died Aug. 25 at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at the age of 77. Nationally, tributes are pouring...
Chancellor Harden: ‘We will emerge a greater university’
Thomas K. Harden introduced himself to the UW-Green Bay community and addressed a wide range of topics in remarks to the annual Faculty/Staff Convocation Aug. 26. “I think we’re on the precipice of great...
