Year: 2013
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Reminder: SIS to be offline, temporarily
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SIS — the Student Information System — will be unavailable from 4 p.m. Thursday, July 18, until 8 a.m. Monday, July 22. Student, faculty and staff will be unable to log in to SIS at all during this three-and-a-half-day period as the system gets an upgrade. Web applications that access SIS data such as Directory…
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You’re invited: Weidner announces Performing Arts Season this Wednesday
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The campus community is welcome for a big announcement Wednesday (July 17) evening at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., Chancellor Tom Harden and Weidner Executive Director Kate Green will host an event announcing the 2013-14 Performing Arts Season, an exciting lineup featuring Broadway, comedy, dance, family entertainment and more.…
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Snapshot: A bare-bones approach to summer learning
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To mark the mathematical but unofficial midpoint of summer, our friends in the Professional Program in Nursing suite are having some fun with “Bones,” who appears to be enjoying the season. See more.
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Bortnick concert, and PBS rebroadcast, keep Entwistle’s work interesting
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In our previous LOG, we described the success of the July 11 fundraiser concert at the Weidner Center with piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick. The show, with about 1,300 energized patrons in attendance, was taped for potential use as a PBS special. When the program airs as early as this December we are sure it will…
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Hot, green and healthful
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If you’re willing to brave the heat, head to the Student Services Plaza at noon Wednesday (July 17) for some fresh garden produce. Share the shade of the SLO Food Alliance awning by the pergola and sample the selection of produce this week that includes beets, onions, green and purple beans, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, Swiss…
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Day, Wenger, Kimball, Michell present at environmental seminar in Spain
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Profs. Emeritus Robert Wenger and Jack Day of Natural and Applied Sciences returned recently from a European trip. From June 25 to 28 they were at the University Rovira i Virgili, Campus Catalunya, in Tarragona, Spain, where they participated in the 16th Biennial Seminar on Water Resources and Environmental Management. In a special session on…
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Alumna’s no-kill shelter featured in Press-Gazette
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UW-Green Bay alumna Amanda Reitz and her no-kill animal shelter were the subject of an in-depth story on the cover of the Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Sunday (July 14) Lifestyle section. As Log readers may recall, Reitz ’08 founded Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary in 2005 while still a student at UW-Green Bay. The no-kill shelter,…
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In the news: Kauth talks private equity report with Fox 11
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Ryan Kauth, director of the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center, was featured in a Saturday (July 13) Fox 11 News story about a newly released private equity report. The Private Equity Growth Capital Council report ranks Wisconsin 14th in the nation for investment, and shows that private equity firms invested $9 billion in the…
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From the archives: Of ‘Survival U’ and a national Girl Scouts workshop
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The special collections and archives unit of the Cofrin Library came across an interesting bit of history. Did you know that “Survival U: Girl Scouts of America” was held at UW-Green Bay in 1972? (The brand-new school was getting national press at the time for its environmental emphasis, with headlines about “Eco U” and “Survival…
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Wellness Committee presents ‘Fit While You Sit’
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Already distributed to all employees, but included here for the record: The next Wellness Committee Lunch and Learn event takes place Tuesday (July 16). Chiropractor Bill Binsfield of Cornerstone Chiropractic will present health and fitness tips for the deskbound. Two identical 45-minute sessions are available, starting at 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., both in the…