Yearly Archive: 2014

Misplaced gun greets restroom user

Misplaced gun greets restroom user

An employee of UW-Green Bay’s contract dining service began and ended a mid-day visit to a University Union bathroom Friday with a surprising discovery. He found an unattended loaded gun in a stall in...

This week at the Garden

This week at the Garden

Tuesday, Dec. 16 Entrée:    Mexican Tuesday Soups:     Chef’s Choice Wednesday, Dec. 17 Entrée:    Roasted Turkey Breast with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Soups:     Curry Carrot (Vegetarian), Chicken Noodle Thursday, Dec. 18...

Slideshow: Celebrating mid-year commencement

Slideshow: Celebrating mid-year commencement

Our student photographers had plenty of smiling faces to pick from in capturing images before and after UW-Green Bay’s December commencement at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Dec. 13. About two-thirds of the 500 or so graduating seniors elected to take part in the ceremony, which drew a near-capacity crowd of 2,000 to the Weidner’s Cofrin Family Hall.

Slideshow: December ’14 commencement ceremony

Slideshow: December ’14 commencement ceremony

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary Miller shook plenty of hands and handed out hundreds of diplomas Saturday (Dec. 13) at the Weidner Center. He also presented an honorary doctorate to UW-Green Bay community advocate Ginny Riopelle. The University 45th mid-year commencement was the first for Miller since he arrived on campus in August.

Text of Riopelle doctorate presentation

Text of Riopelle doctorate presentation

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay awarded an honorary doctoral degree to community advocate Virginia (Ginny) Riopelle during the University’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Riopelle, a...

Student urges classmates to welcome diversity

Student urges classmates to welcome diversity

Graduating class speaker Florencia Gutierrez, who emigrated from Argentina at the age of 9 thanks to her parents’ search for a more promising future, told her classmates at UW-Green Bay mid-year commencement to be...

New HIMT program awards first degree

New HIMT program awards first degree

Christian Krah of Green Bay crossed the Weidner Center stage during Saturday’s mid-year commencement to accept the first bachelor’s degree awarded through UW-Green Bay’s new Health Information Management and Technology program. The program launched...