Month: July 2012
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Reminder: Single-show Weidner tickets on sale July 20
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Tickets for all 2012/13 Performing Arts Season events at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Weidner Center for the Performing Arts go on sale Friday, July 20, at 11 a.m. Currently, tickets for events in the Performing Arts Season are on sale via subscription, with customers selecting five or more events to qualify as a subscriber…
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‘Romeo’ slideshow: Prof-turned-playwright opens new musical comedy
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The curtain lifts July 12 at the Weidner Center on the world premiere of “Searching for Romeo,” an original musical comedy penned by UW-Green Bay English Prof. Brian Sutton. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Jean Weidner Theatre, with an additional performance added at 2 p.m. Saturday (July 14) in…
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Alumna is finalist for nation’s highest math, science teaching honor
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A two-time UW-Green Bay alumna is among five finalists for a prestigious national teaching award, the state Department of Public Instruction announced Tuesday (July 10). Sheila Kohl, a sixth-grade teacher at West De Pere Middle School, is among those vying for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor…
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The buzz: Wolf to present talk on native bees
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Our own Amy Wolf, Natural and Applied Sciences, will share her bees expertise during an adult class Tuesday, July 10 at the Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road. Wolf’s talk, titled “Native Bees: Busy, Benevolent & Beautiful,” will include information on the ecological importance of native bees and the declining population of European honeybees,…
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Wojta to suit up for WNBA team
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Former UW-Green Bay accounting student and basketball player Julie Wojta is expected to be in uniform today (Tuesday, July 10) for the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx when the team visits Tulsa for a mid-day (11:30 a.m.) tipoff. Wojta was called up because of a series of injuries and signed to a short-term contract. Read…
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Human Mosaic wants to promote your diversity activity for 2012-13
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The Campus Life Diversity Task force is again looking for those programs, lectures or events you would like to promote to the campus in their brochure “The Human Mosaic.” “The brochure promotes a wide array of campus diversity programs in a way we hope appeals to UW-Green Bay students and will increase your attendance as…
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In the news: Zapf weighs in for story on kids and guns
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Human Development Prof. Jennifer Zapf was among the experts weighing in for a Monday (July 9) Green Bay Press-Gazette story on how young is too young for kids to learn about and handle firearms. The piece takes a look at the Family Shooting Academy, a local public shooting range that plans to offer a family…
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Huffington Post: Kaye says FDR’s 1936 radicalism would be perfect for 2012
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Harvey J. Kaye, UW-Green Bay professor of Democracy and Justice Studies, is the author of a piece at the Huffington Post political website. In it, he hearkens back to what he calls “the most radical speech ever given by an American president,” the June 1936 acceptance speech Franklin Roosevelt delivered at the Democratic National Convention…
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Update: Packers/UW-Green Bay standout Terry honored as up-and-comer
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Former NFL linebacker and current Packers front-office executive Tim Terry is in the news again. (You’ll remember we featured Terry last December when he finished his Master’s in Management at UW-Green Bay, see story). A New York area magazine recently named Terry to its list of “40 Under 40” achievers among African-American professionals, corporate executives…
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Reminder: Volunteers sought for Move-in Day
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Move-in day for new freshmen takes place as part of the FOCUS Orientation program each fall. This year, move-in day is Thursday, Aug. 30. Residence Life is requesting volunteers to assist students in a variety of capacities. Without fail, families and students say their interaction with helpful University volunteers is a highlight of their welcome-to-campus…