Year: 2013
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‘Sturgeon Moon’ film by UW-Green Bay grads screens tonight
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The documentary “Sturgeon Moon” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, July 10) as part of the Neville Public Museum’s natural resources series. The film is largely the work of two UW-Green Bay graduates: director Alex Zacarias, owner of 3N Productions, and Dean Thomas, an award-winning producer and director formerly with Wisconsin Public Television…
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Slideshow: Carmichael farewell
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Campus and community turned out Tuesday, July 9, for a reception honoring Beverly Carmichael, UW-Green Bay’s assistant chancellor for university advancement. Carmichael is departing in mid-July to take a similar position with her undergraduate alma mater, Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla. Speakers praised Carmichael and her success in friend- and fund-raising, helping launch the…
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Grandparents’ University, opening Thursday, will have record participation
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Grandparents’ University, the innovative multigenerational summer camp experience at UW-Green Bay, will have a record-setting number of grandparents and grandkids ready to have some fun and learn new things during this year’s camp, which runs Thursday and Friday (July 11 and 12). More than 200 grandparents and grandkids are scheduled to take enjoyable, hands-on classes…
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Reminder: Please forward Willems your ‘Human Mosaic’ activities
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The Diversity Task force is again looking for those programs, lectures or events you would like to promote to the campus in our 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 well as…
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In the news: Gerds column covers Sutton’s play, NYC festival shows
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We told you here recently that Associate Prof. Brian Sutton is bringing his original musical, “Searching for Romeo,” to the New York Music Theatre Festival for three staged readings later this month. On Tuesday (July 9), WFRV critic-at-large Warren Gerds posted a full-length column about the play, and Sutton’s journey, on the station’s homepage. LOG…
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Live from the Weidner: Bortnick on ‘Good Day Wisconsin’
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Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick appeared live on Good Day Wisconsin Tuesday, July 9, speaking with WLUK, Fox 11’s Rachel Manek ahead of his Thursday (July 11) concert at the Weidner Center. Bortnick’s trip to Green Bay is his first, he told Manek during two segments shot live from the Weidner Center stage. A big football…
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Wojta wraps up short stay with WNBA’s Silver Stars
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It’s the here-today-gone-tomorrow life of a professional basketball player. As expected, the San Antonio Silver Stars waived former UW-Green Bay star Julie Wojta last week once some of the team’s injured players returned to health. The 2012 All-America selection played three games with the Silver Stars as an emergency roster fill-in, gaining valuable experience. See…
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UW-Green Bay admits first Master of Science in Nursing students
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Professional Program in Nursing has announced that 19 registered nurses (RNs) have been accepted to the first cohort in the new online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Leadership and Management in Health Systems program. Living in 16 cities and six states across the country, with undergraduate degrees from four…
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‘Romeo’ road show: Sutton takes original play to NYC theatre fest
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Associate Prof. Brian Sutton’s original musical, “Searching for Romeo,” met with great local acclaim last summer, playing four sold-out performances to positive reviews at the Weidner Center. A year later, Sutton is taking his show on the road after “Romeo” was selected to be performed as a staged reading during the New York Musical Theatre…
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Jeffreys essay part of PBS look at solitary confinement
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Associate Prof. Derek Jeffreys’ essay on solitary confinement is linked to a PBS “POV” program that premieres at 9 p.m. tonight (Monday, July 8) and will be shown throughout the month of July. The documentary, “Herman’s House,” is about Herman Wallace, who has served 40 years in solitary confinement in the Angola prison in Louisiana.…