Slideshow: Phuture Phoenix Day I, 2015
The first of two Phuture Phoenix Days this fall brought 950 fifth-graders from across Northeastern Wisconsin to the UW-Green Bay campus on Oct. 13 for a full day of tours, activities and fun. The...
Monthly Archive: October 2015
Alumni Choir, early director return for 50th Anniversary Choral Concert
The University of Wisconsin Green Bay Music program will mark Alumni Days and the school’s golden anniversary with a celebratory choral concert at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.
Psychology conference an EPIC success
On Saturday, October 10, the UW-Green Bay Psychology faculty hosted 40 educators from throughout the Midwest, for the first ever 2015 Excellence in Psychology Instruction Conference (EPIC). Serving on the planning committee were Professors...
Soprano from Mexico takes top prize at International Vocal Competition on campus
The International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition lived up to the “international” part of its name over the weekend at the Weidner Center’s Fort Howard Hall. The top six prizes went to vocalists from...
Gerds covers vocal competition
It’s a competition that showcases the beauty of the Czech-Slovak repertoire while giving promising young singers a serious opportunity to pursue big-time career success in opera and classical music. Local arts critic Warren Gerds...
Great Books series resumes with Kain on Dostoevsky
The Great Books discussion series organized by the Humanistic Studies academic unit continues Tuesday (Oct. 13) when European and Russian history specialist Kevin Kain of the faculty will lead discussion of Dostoevsky’s Notes from...
Your rights vs. my freedoms: a Philosophers Café
This month’s edition of Philosophers Café convenes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 14) at Kavarna coffeehouse in downtown Green Bay. David Duquette, professor and associate dean at St. Norbert College, will help...
Entwistle is next ‘Last Lecturer’
Prof. Jeff Entwistle is the second speaker in UW-Green Bay’s special 50th Anniversary Last Lecture Series. The veteran faculty member will address the topic “We All Need Theatre in Our Lives and in Our...
Faculty note: Vandenhouten publication
Christine Vandenhouten, associate professor of Nursing, co-authored an article in the September/October 2015 issue of the journal Public Health Nursing about the results of a national study exploring motivators and barriers for obtaining the...
Faculty note: Weinschenk interviews
Political scientist Aaron Weinschenk, assistant professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, is becoming a go-to guy, nationally, for expertise on low voter turnout. Last week, he joined a faculty expert from Ohio State and...
