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Year: 2013

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    More on Faculty Development Conference keynoter: ND’s Walvoord

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    Christopher Sampson

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    UW-Green Bay’s 18th annual Faculty Development Conference will be held Jan. 24, 2014 at the University Union at UW-Green Bay. This year’s theme is “Assessment as a Tool for Change.” The keynote address, Assessment in Higher Education: Useful, Sensible, Feasible, and Acceptable to Accreditors will be given by Barbara E. Walvoord, Ph.D., professor emerita from…

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    UW-Green Bay commencement, by the numbers: Nearly 450 set to graduate

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    Kelly Moore

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will welcome nearly 450 new alumni at the conclusion of fall semester 2013, many of whom will celebrate by participating in commencement ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. As of Wednesday, Dec. 11, 449 students have…

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    Alumnus Dickman is Saturday’s UW-Green Bay commencement speaker

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    Christopher Sampson

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    Business entrepreneur and UW-Green Bay graduate Craig Dickman will deliver the commencement address when his alma mater holds its mid-year graduation ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday (Dec. 14) at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. At least 435 UW-Green Bay students are eligible to receive degrees. Chancellor Thomas K. Harden will preside at…

  • Close-ups: A peek outside your parka is worth it

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The weather outside is, well, frightful (but still beautiful). Campus photographer Eric Miller and interns Cheyenne Makinia and Chanel Aries captured the essence of early December at UW-Green Bay, proving that even though it is unusually cold this week, a peek outside the parka to enjoy one of the Midwest’s most beautiful universities is well…

  • Student creates app for better, faster calculations

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Need a quick calculation? UW-Green Bay student Shawn Snyder has an app for that. It was something Snyder never thought he would be able to say — at least in reference to his own application for a precision-based calculator. But now the UW-Green Bay senior can use the popular catchphrase in a personal way, having…

  • UW-Green Bay accepts record Packers gift for scholarships

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    Christopher Sampson

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    A crowd of more than 6,500 at the Phoenix men’s basketball home game on Dec. 7 applauded the announcement of a Green Bay Packers Foundation gift of $250,000 to the UW-Green Bay scholarship fund. Taking part in the center-court ceremony during the game’s first timeout were representatives of the Packers and the Foundation including, from…

  • UW-Green Bay earns bid to college theatre ‘playoffs’

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    Christopher Sampson

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    Terrific news for our friends from UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance and UW-Green Bay Music — their production of Avenue Q, the Musical has been selected to be performed Thursday, Jan. 9 at the American College Theatre Festival in Saginaw, Mich. The hilarious, puppet-infused, not-for-kids musical is fresh off a successful three-day, four-show run that…

  • Alumni rising: Recent grad Boss lights way for others in new career

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Every day is a holiday for Chiara Boss and every door jingle is a gift. The recent UW-Green Bay graduate is the volunteer and resource coordinator for Green Bay Habitat for Humanity Restore — a retail operation that profits from donated building materials and home improvement items to benefit the Greater Green Bay Habitat for…

  • UW-Green Bay’s Kersten appointed dean at University of Idaho

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    Christopher Sampson

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    The University of Idaho announced Friday that Andrew Kersten has been appointed dean for the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. Kersten will begin his new duties June 29, 2014. He serves currently as UW-Green Bay’s associate provost for academic affairs and director of graduate studies. He has been a member of the faculty…

  • Prof. Kaye on national radio today to talk ‘America’s radical spirit’

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    Christopher Sampson

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Prof. Harvey J. Kaye of Democracy and Justice Studies will be interviewed on the nationally syndicated Thom Hartmann Radio Show during the 4 p.m. CST hour today (Monday, Dec. 9). He’ll be talking about his views regarding the “radicals-at-heart” makeup of this nation’s citizens. Additionally, Kaye will appear as a guest at 10 a.m. CST…