Monthly Archive: August 2009
GREEN BAY — An internationally known space expert will help teach the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay online graduate course for educators, the History of Spaceflight. The course is being co-taught by renowned science journalist,...
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...
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,...
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...
It looks like both sides — union and corporate — are using the media to express their points as Mercury Marine decides if it will consolidate facilities and move out of Fond du Lac,...
The date is Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the University Union. The order of ceremonies: 8 a.m. — Breakfast, Leona Cloud Commons dining room 9 a.m. — Formal Program, Phoenix Room Welcome, recognition of distinguished...
Over 700 freshmen will arrive at Residence Life on Monday (Aug. 31) with their belongings and often their families in tow. The rush beings at 8 a.m. and typically subsides by about 12:30 p.m....
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...
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...
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...