Day: December 9, 2015
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UW-Green Bay’s Kaye will deliver commencement address
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A faculty member with a national reputation as an author, historian, essayist and political analyst will deliver the commencement address at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s winter graduation ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 19. Prof. Harvey J. Kaye has chosen the theme “This Generation has a Rendezvous with Destiny” for his remarks to graduates and guests…
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UW-Green Bay games studies students host video brawl for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay games studies students raised nearly $800 for the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in a creative initiative they termed “UWGB Jingle Brawl 2015.” Throughout the day, students hosted various video game tournaments, held a raffle, demonstrated tabletop games, monitored community play-throughs, and gave away prizes. Admission was free and the event was…
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Business grad will receive Outstanding Student Award at UW-Green Bay
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Emily Blaha of Sturgeon Bay has been chosen the December 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Student Award presented by the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association. The Business Administration senior with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in design arts will receive her diploma at UW-Green Bay’s mid-year commencement ceremony scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec.…
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School Supply Drive
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The UW-Green Bay Holiday Parade Committee won the Mayor’s Award for best float originality in the 2015 Green Bay Holiday Parade, but the real winners were local children who benefited from the campus donations of school supplies collected by the committee. UW-Green Bay’s committee themed its float “Every time a bell rings, a Phoenix gets…
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Philosophers’ Café: We have nothing to fear but…
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The next UW-Green Bay Philosophers’ Café has an exceedingly timely topic: “The Perception of Risk.” Epidemiology expert Sue Mattison, UW-Green Bay’s dean of the College of Professional Studies, will be the discussion leader for the gathering from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 9) at St. Brendan’s Inn, 234 S. Washington St. in downtown Green…
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Meinhardt’s Dec. 16 talk co-sponsored by Pride Center
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Faculty member Daniel J. Meinhardt will speak at 7 p.m. next Wednesday (Dec. 16) in the Christie Theatre of the University Union. His topic will be “The Spectrum of Sex: A Personal Journey from Curious Scientist to Activist Artist.” Meinhardt is a board member of the Fox Valley group Positive Voice (http://www.pvinc.org/), which supports the…
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Nursing’s Gallagher-Lepak writes on ‘Music and Dementia’
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Susan Gallagher-Lepak, professor of Nursing, shared insights on the value of music to individuals with dementia in the Dec. 8 edition of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Her article, headlined “Powerful gift for people with dementia: Music,” describes research from a recent issue of the scientific journal Brain about the resilience of the brain with musical…
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Kaye talks Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ on HuffPost Live
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UW-Green Bay Prof. of Democracy and Justice Studies Harvey J. Kaye did a lively seven-minute segment on “HuffPost Live” Tuesday morning. When host Caroline Modaressy asked him whether Donald Trump’s latest furor is just another calculated stunt by the bombastic presidential candidate and TV personality, Kaye didn’t disagree — “As he likes to say about…
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Faculty note: Russ leads graduate seminar at Bordeaux
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Prof. Meir Russ of the Cofrin School of Business recently (Nov. 30 through Dec. 4) presented a graduate seminar at the “International Seminar” week at the KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France. His topic was “Ideation – New idea development and management.”
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Statewide survey leads Phase Two of UW System planning process
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With a listening session tour of the state complete, Phase Two of the UW System’s strategic planning process has arrived. It’s an open, online survey gauging public opinion on the common ideas identified through a series of 13 strategic planning listening sessions held around the state. The online survey, available through Dec. 14, can be…