Return to the U on WBAY
UW-Green Bay’s “Return to the U” partnership with Fox Valley Technical College continues to receive attention for its efforts to bring adults with UW System credits back to school finish their degrees. WBAY, Action...
Monthly Archive: June 2011
Walker vows to continue pressing for UW-Madison autonomy
On Monday, the Wisconsin State Journal reports, Gov. Scott Walker vowed to keep pushing for his plan to split off UW-Madison from the rest of the UW System, even after the state Legislature axed...
Reminder: Jan Hess farewell is Thursday
The staff in Public Safety reminds us that Jan Hess will be “set free” from her operations program associate duties this Thursday (June 30) with a pre-retirement gathering from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in...
Ganyard, Meyer, Sherman of HUS earn UW System grants for new courses
Three members of the Humanistic Studies faculty — Profs. Clif Ganyard, E. Nicole Meyer and Heidi Sherman — have been awarded grants from the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. With the help...
Moran, Meteorological Society host national science teachers conference
Sixty K-12 teachers from around the nation (including Alaska and Hawaii) are meeting on campus Sunday through Wednesday (June 29) for training in the basic understandings of climate and climate change. The teachers are...
More national attention for Kersten’s Darrow biography
The online version of the Wall Street Journal carried in its book-review section over the weekend a look at two new biographies of American legal legend Clarence Darrow. One of the books reviewed was...
Poetry news: Rybak and student at Madison marathon
Prof. Chuck Rybak of Humanistic Studies and creative writing student Nichole Rued were invited readers at the “19th Annual Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Marathon Poetry Reading,” held at the Olbrich Gardens in Madison on Sunday afternoon. ...
Harris, UW Sea Grant’s first Green Bay-based agent, calls it a career
A UW-Green Bay alumna and longtime clean water advocate is retiring from UW Sea Grant after nearly four decades of environmental service in and around Green Bay. Vicky Harris, who received her M.S. in...
Student interns get shoutout from Paper Discovery Center
The non-profit Paper Discovery Center located in the Fox Cities got a big boost this year from the work of UW-Green Bay student interns. The center’s newsletter offered a big thank-you to computer science...
Horizon League honor roll includes 56 Phoenix athletes
UW-Green Bay’s student athletes continue to demonstrate the academic aptitude that accompanies their athletic success. Fifty-six Phoenix athletes have been named to the 2011 Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll, including eight from men’s...
