Year: 2013
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Rookie of the year: Student earns Red Cross award after getting start on campus
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A UW-Green Bay student who got involved with the American Red Cross of Northeast Wisconsin by joining our campus club has been named the organization’s “rookie of the year,” earning kudos for her enthusiastic volunteerism. Jennifer Pederson recently was honored “for her exceptional work and dedication” after she “hit the ground running after being recruited…
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FDR and HJK, together at last
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We’ve carried more than a few links to national blog posts this past year as UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye, Democracy and Justice Studies, is increasingly visible as a scholar of Roosevelt and the New Deal. (Kaye is soon to publish a book on FDR and his vision of the “Four Freedoms.”) That’s why we…
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Reminder on parking-pass purchases
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The 2013-14 annual parking decal will remain $94. (We hope our community readers notice that, despite our acres of ample parking, faculty and staff do pay for the privilege.) Anyway, to reiterate the all-campus email, employees who’d like to pay for their decals via payroll deduction should return their form to the Bursar’s Office by…
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Matthew Fleurant: Inspired family to re-direct philanthropy to nursing, healing
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Matthew Fleurant, age 4, is thinking more about his next video game session than the chain of events set in motion by a near-fatal accident last October. That’s OK. His family — including grandparents Paula (above) and Ken Fleurant — tell the story not for his benefit but in gratitude to the first responders and…
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UW-Green Bay offers Spanish Immersion for Professionals summer course
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Necesita usted aprender Español? Do you need to learn Spanish? The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Spanish Immersion for Professionals program can help. Scheduled for Monday through Friday, Aug. 5-9, at UW-Green Bay, the program will provide an intensive language-learning experience for all levels of Spanish language learners. The Spanish Immersion for Professionals program is designed…
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New video: Grandparents’ U celebrates record year of learning, fun
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Grandparents’ University at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay welcomed a record 204 participants July 11-12 for multigenerational learning — along with plenty of fun. The annual summer camp offers a fun chance for grandparents and grandchildren to bond, organizers say, while also offering younger attendees a taste of college life.
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Campus golfers plan second annual ‘UWGB Convocation Open’
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They’re billing it as the “2nd Annual UWGB Convocation Open” to be held the day after convocation on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 29, at our very own Shorewood Golf Course, and it sounds like fun. The format for this social outing will be a three- or four-person scramble, so golfers of all abilities are…
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Go, SLO! Press-Gazette story features student gardens, including ours
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We’ve told you here recently about some of the fresh and delicious offerings from UW-Green Bay’s SLO Food Alliance, which in recent weeks has been selling veggies during the Wednesday lunch hour (tomorrow, too!). SLO Food got some ink in Tuesday’s (July 16) Green Bay Press-Gazette, with reporter Patti Zarling taking a look at student-managed…
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Online order form for business cards
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Here’s a timely reminder to faculty and staff that there’s an online ordering form for requesting business cards. The start of the new fiscal year is often a busy time for re-ordering, and for new faculty and staff just joining the University. See www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/services/business-cards.asp.
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Former De Pere, UW-Green Bay star Ritchie tells story to TV-11
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A month after graduating from UW-Green Bay with a degree in Business Administration and completing an all-conference career as one of Phoenix women’s basketball’s best players ever, Adrian Ritchie was approached by WLUK-TV 11 Sports for an interview. And it wasn’t really about sports. Instead, Ritchie was asked if she wanted to share thoughts on…