Humanities grad is first black officer
A UW-Green Bay graduate became the first black police officer in the city’s history. Solomon Ayres, 31, graduated from UW-Green Bay in 2003 with a degree in Humanistic Studies. He minored in history. “I...
Monthly Archive: August 2009
Business plan education grants available through SBDC
Green Bay – The Entrepreneurial Training Program offered by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Small Business Development Center is accepting applications for its upcoming courses in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay. The Entrepreneurial Training...
Print phone books coming soon
The 2009-10 UW-Green Bay Faculty/Staff Directory (no students in this one) should be back from the printer in about a week. When it arrives, we’ll let you know. And please patronize the on-campus advertisers...
Backyard Bash at the EC
On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Ecumenical Center and the Alumni Office are co-sponsoring a “welcome to the new school year” picnic in the backyard of the Ecumenical Center. There will be plenty of food,...
New faculty, staff ID cards required
Attention all faculty and staff members. It’s about time to get your new ID card. All university faculty, academic and classified staff members, and LTEs with an old ID card (the ones with the...
Humanistic Studies returns with Great Books discussions
GREEN BAY — The Humanistic Studies academic unit at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is resuming its campus-and-community Great Books literary discussion series in September. For each book, a Humanistic Studies faculty member will...
UW-Green Bay getting some play for being ‘military friendly’
Making the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s daily digest of college news and notes was the fact that UW-Green Bay has been named one of the top “military friendly schools” by G.I. Jobs magazine. Right there with...
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
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
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...
