Monthly Archive: September 2013

7,000 plus participated in the ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’

7,000 plus participated in the ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’

Final tallies are still forthcoming, but it’s estimated that close to 10,000 people enjoyed the beautiful fall day at UW-Green Bay, Sunday, September 29, as part of The Color Run festivities. More than 7,000 runners and walkers sprinted and strolled through the 3.1 miles course that highlighted UW-Green Bay’s interior — past Studio Arts, Residence Life, Kress Center, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Cofrin Library, Lab Sciences, Wood Hall and the Weidner Center.

Thinking globally, writing locally

Thinking globally, writing locally

Students, faculty, staff and visitors are being invited to consider global issues of poverty and development and react — pen in hand, on the spot — to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals on...

Faculty note: Kain in Leipzig

Faculty note: Kain in Leipzig

Historian Kevin Kain of the Humanistic Studies faculty was an organizer of, and presenter at, an interdisciplinary and international conference Sept. 19 and 20 at the Centre for Area Studies at the University of...

Faculty note: Meacham

Faculty note: Meacham

Faculty author Rebecca Meacham, associate professor of Humanistic Studies, has two new flash fiction pieces (and a postcard) appearing in the online journal Wigleaf, which spotlights pieces of a thousand words or fewer. Additionally,...

Faculty note: DaPra

Faculty note: DaPra

An interview with Tara DaPra, associate lecturer in English Composition and Humanistic Studies, appears on the blog of the American Literary Review. The piece addresses her approach to writing and teaching and especially memoir...

UW-Green Bay gears up for fun, busy Color Run

UW-Green Bay gears up for fun, busy Color Run

The UW-Green Bay campus will get a little more colorful Sunday (Sept. 29) morning, when some 7,000 participants are expected to descend on campus for a bright and beautiful running event. The Color Run...