Monthly Archive: December 2011
Tonya Filz of Appleton has been selected to receive the December 2011 Outstanding Student Award presented by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association. She will receive the award Friday, Dec. 16, at a student awards program.
Biology Prof. Angela Bauer was troubled by a pattern she had seen in her Introduction to Human Biology classes. Even among students with similar academic preparedness, Caucasian students outperformed multicultural students by a significant margin. Bauer set out to close the “achievement gap.”
On the second floor of the University Union at UW-Green Bay, visitors are greeted by a faux fortune-telling machine that resembles the creepy, magical “Zoltar” from the Tom Hanks comedy “Big.” There’s a story there, and it has to do with students wanting to promote their recent and highly popular “Psychic Fair.”
Three finalists for the position of Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies will be interviewed Dec. 14-16 on campus. The candidates are: » Prof. Angela Bauer, Human Biology » Prof....
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has adopted a new policy which sets parameters on the hiring of retired employees. The policy is effective immediately with approval this week (Dec. 8) by Chancellor Thomas K....
A plan to reinvigorate the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts has continued to draw media attention, this time by way of a column from Tony Walter of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Walter’s piece...
We know about the one down in public safety — nice decorating touch: a pair of handcuffs — and we plan to do a little photo gallery the week of Dec. 12. Know of...
Don’t forget to sign up for the 16th Annual Faculty Development Conference to be held Jan. 20 in the University. The Faculty Development Conference will be a half day with the addition of a...
Reminder: UW-Green Bay Webmaster Bridget Bishop will lead an informational session on blogging with WordPress, the blog platform used at UW-Green Bay, from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 13) in IS 1129 (General Access Computer...
The people from the Phoenix Bookstore managed to wangle a pre-season visit from Santa Claus for purposes of promoting the store’s holiday sale, last week. Santa also toured campus to meet with various students...