Month: November 2015
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Educator Lardinois to keynote Kwanzaa this Saturday at UWGB
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, together with St. Norbert College and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, will host a Community Kwanzaa Celebration at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Phoenix Room of the University Union at UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Keynote speaker for this year’s gathering is Margaret “Toni’ Lardinois, principal of Washington Middle…
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UW-Green Bay plans panel discussion on race, colleges, communities
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A panel discussion on “Being a Minority in a Predominantly White Community while Attending a Predominantly White Institution” is scheduled to take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday (Dec. 7) at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Hosted by the University’s American Intercultural Center, the event will take place in the Phoenix Room of the…
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‘UW-Green Bay looks to expand role in community’
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That was the headline over Monday’s top-of-page-A-1 article in the Green Bay Press-Gazette following Chancellor Gary L. Miller’s meeting last week with members of the newspaper’s editorial board. The article addresses the impact of this year’s sizeable budget reductions and Miller’s hope that an administrative restructuring will enhance the University’s ability to discern and address…
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Weinschenk publishes A Citizens Guide to US Elections
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Political scientist Aaron Weinschenk, UW-Green Bay assistant professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, is the co-author of a text newly released this week by Routledge. The book, A Citizens Guide to US Elections: Empowering Democracy in America, is intended for use in undergraduate political science courses as well as readership by a general audience. Weinschenk…
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Labyrinth walk has deep significance in a year of religious turmoil
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Creating and walking a labyrinth has been a capstone activity for award-winning Prof. Regan Gurung’s freshman seminar: “Gods, Ghosts and Goblins,” each year. This year, however, it may take on just a bit more meaning, and move students a bit more deeply. “Our seminar class will be creating our own labyrinth and walking it to…
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43rd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
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The Lawton Gallery’s annual juried art exhibition is open to any student enrolled at UW-Green Bay. Consisting solely of student work in a variety of media, the recent exhibition was guest juried by Kendra Bulgrin, director of the James May Gallery in Algoma. All Lawton Gallery events are free and open to the public. Click…
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Recipients named for Chancellor’s Medallion, Leadership Award
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The Office of Student Life has announced the names of the fall 2015 award recipients for the Thirty-Fifth Annual University Leadership Awards program. The ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 in the University Union Phoenix Room, with a reception to follow. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by Dec.…
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Reminder: Faculty panel on global terrorism, post-Paris
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UW-Green Bay faculty members in global studies, political science and the humanities and arts will host a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Nov. 24) in Phoenix Room C of the Union. “Global Terrorism: The World after the Paris Attacks,” will feature presentations by Cristina Ortiz, Katia Levintova, David Coury, Dave Helpap, and Sarah…
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Reminder: Sen. Johnson visits campus
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U.S. Senator Ron Johnson will appear on campus for a town hall-style meeting as invited by student government leaders later today (Tuesday, Nov. 24) from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. in the Union’s Christie Theatre. For details, https://news.uwgb.edu/log-news/announcements/11/19/sen-ron-johnson-to-hold-town-hall-here-on-tuesday/
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A shout-out to CIT for fixing D2L glitch (on a Packers Sunday!)
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Prof. Susan Gallagher-Lepak of Nursing, who headlined last week’s anniversary lecture series with a talk on ‘E-Learning,” shared a message via email yesterday for the Log and its readers: Thanks to Josh Goldman who came into the office and worked to sort out a problem with the online learning platform (D2L) during the Packers game,…