Monthly Archive: August 2009

Alumna has art ‘links’

Alumna has art ‘links’

After Tiger Woods wins a golf event, he might have a desire to go out and paint the town red. When UW-Green Bay graduate and artist Karen J. Lee has a brush in her...

Back to school for teacher training

Back to school for teacher training

Thirty-six Northeastern Wisconsin elementary schoolteachers went back to school this summer… as students, themselves. Through a grant-funded seminar at UW-Green Bay, the teachers learned how to better incorporate science-teaching methods into daily classroom activities,...

TV 2: Colleges prepare for H1N1

TV 2: Colleges prepare for H1N1

Colleges nationwide are preparing for the start of the fall semester and a possible return of the H1N1 virus. Local colleges, including UW-Green Bay, are no exception. WBAY reporter Sarah Thomsen talked to officials...

Tango tickets go on sale Friday

Tango tickets go on sale Friday

This just in: Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango,” which recently wrapped up its third Broadway run, will hit the Weidner Center for one night only, on Sunday, Oct. 4. The touring show promises fourteen world-class...

Colleges gear up to serve GIs

Colleges gear up to serve GIs

Area colleges are scrambling to accommodate changes in benefits available for a new generation of military veterans, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. A Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect Aug. 1, which requires veterans to...

Schachtner a pro in Europe

Schachtner a pro in Europe

Former UW-Green Bay men’s basketball star Mike Schachtner is heading to Europe to play professional basketball. The 6-foot-9 forward from Somerset signed with the Kapfenberg Bulls in Austria. He is the fifth-leading scorer in...