Month: December 2015

  • Dietetics Club Gingerbread Houses

    Dietetics Club Gingerbread Houses

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    Four detailed gingerbread houses created by the Dietetics Club have added a festive touch to the hallway between the Laboratory Sciences and Environmental Sciences buildings. Click to advance slideshow or view the album on Flickr. – Photos by Dan Moore, Marketing and University Communication

  • Video: Graduates reflect on time at UW-Green Bay

    Video: Graduates reflect on time at UW-Green Bay

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    Graduates Deanna Ashmann, Laura Leigh and Timothy Zietz share their thoughts ahead of the Fall 2015 Commencement ceremony. “I feel really proud and I’ve really been looking forward to the day for a long time.” — Laura Leigh “This day is very meaningful to me. It just is the exclamation point on a lot of…

  • Video: Kaye urges grads to embrace America’s history

    Video: Kaye urges grads to embrace America’s history

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    Harvey J. Kaye, a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professor of Democracy and Justice Studies with a national reputation as an author, historian, and political analyst, drew a standing ovation at the close of his commencement address to the university’s December 2015 graduating class. Kaye addressed a capacity audience of more than 2,000 students, friends, families,…

  • Tip of the cap to Class of ’15 fashion

    Tip of the cap to Class of ’15 fashion

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    As always, creative individuals among the nearly 450 graduates eligible to take part in mid-year commencement Dec. 19 at the Weidner Center took advantage of the opportunity to express themselves through mortarboard art. Click to advance slideshow or view the album on Flickr. – Photos by Dan Moore, Marketing and University Communication

  • Kaye to grads: For a better America, remember our history

    Kaye to grads: For a better America, remember our history

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    A faculty member with a national reputation as an author, historian, and political analyst rallied UW-Green Bay’s fall/winter 2015 graduates to do their patriotic part to rediscover American democracy and make the nation “freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before.”

  • December ’15 Commencement: Day in photos

    December ’15 Commencement: Day in photos

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    An audience of 2,000 joined several hundred faculty, staff and dignitaries in celebrating the achievements of the fall/winter 2015 graduating class at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 19). About 450 students were eligible to participate in the program at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Chancellor Gary L. Miller (at…

  • Business grad Blaha addresses classmates

    Business grad Blaha addresses classmates

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    Emily Blaha of Sturgeon Bay had a big day in the spotlight Dec. 19 as class speaker for UW-Green Bay’s 2015 fall/winter commencement at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Blaha addressed a near-capacity audience of more than 2,000 in her brief remarks, which included an inspirational message for her graduating classmates, with three…

  • Home to Houston with a BSN

    Home to Houston with a BSN

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    Nursing Program graduate Teresa Talmadge met UW-Green Bay Nursing Prof. Susan Gallagher-Lepak for the first time (in person, at least) prior to mid-year commencement Saturday (Dec. 19) at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Talmadge, of suburban Kingwood, Texas, near Houston, made her first trip to the UW-Green Bay campus this weekend to receive…

  • Website redesign launches Dec. 21

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    In an effort to continually improve UW-Green Bay’s web presence, Web Services rolled out top-level pages of a newly developed University website beginning Monday (Dec. 21).  Users will notice the fresh look and improved usability. A commitment to “responsive design” — automatically providing users an attractive and comprehensible site for all devices from laptop to…

  • Drake announces UW-Green Bay’s Mattison as provost-designate

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    Congratulations to Sue J. Mattison, dean of the College of Professional Studies, whose appointment as provost of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, was announced this morning (Friday, Dec. 18) by Drake President Marty Martin. Her appointment will take effect in summer 2016. For Mattison, it’s a return to her home state, as she served…