Month: December 2015

  • Faculty note: Shariff publication

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    Ismail Shariff, Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Studies, has published a book titled “Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts and Principles for the High School Curriculum.” Printed by CAT Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of W.W.Norton, the book can be found by its ISBN number, 978-1-50226-673-8215.

  • Meet Dan Terrio, Adult Degree graduate

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    The latest issue of the The Flame, the newsletter of the Adult Degree Program, carries a profile of Interdisciplinary Studies and Teaching and Learning graduate Dan Terrio ’12 and ’14. A former resident of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican reservation near Shawano, he has worked as a youth development manager for the Greater Green Bay Chamber and,…

  • Textbook buyback is under way

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    The Phoenix Bookstore is reminding students (and those who work with students) that it’s time to keep textbooks on campus and put cash in their pockets by bringing current and past semester textbooks to the store.  Bonus buyback coupon good for 20% off your apparel and gift purchase AND double Phlash Rewards points.  December 15-18:…

  • Flu vaccine still available

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    The Counseling and Health Center, SS1400, is offering Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (trivalent) to all Faculty/Staff and Students by appointment only. Set up your appointment by having your campus ID# or Faculty/Staff ID# available, (it’s the one on your ID card that starts with 6017200… then only need the last 9 digits), then calling the Counseling…

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    UW-Green Bay releases list of December 2015 grads

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    Chancellor Gary L. Miller will preside at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 2015 fall/winter commencement ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, in Cofrin Family Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The ceremony will honor students who have applied to graduate in December or at the end of the interim session in…

  • Reminder: Submissions wanted for MLK Day posters, poetry, essays

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    The 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Committee invites submissions to its annual poster, essay and poetry competition. The contest is open to all students enrolled in a Brown County institution of higher education, as well as all school-age children (K-12) living or attending school in Brown County. Entries must reflect the…

  • Essay by Theatre, Arts Management grad argues for value of humanities

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    Chris McDermott, a 2009 graduate in Theatre and Arts Management and former student of Ellen Rosewall and Susan Frost, had an essay published recently at the Arts and Humanities in the 21st Century Workplace website. In it, he argues the arts are vital to vigorous capitalism. http://ah21cw.com/2015/12/the-importance-of-mission-and-steam-in-business-today/

  • TV success preempts college degree… until now

    TV success preempts college degree… until now

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    As a junior in high school nearly 50 years ago, Tom McCarey couldn’t have known that getting a part-time, entry-level position in the production department at WBAY-TV would be the start of a long and distinguished broadcasting career. By the time he retired from WBAY two years ago, he had been a television news journalist…

  • Regents approve more dynamic administrative model for UW-Green Bay

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    The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted Friday (Dec. 11) to approve a UW-Green Bay request for the first major restructuring of academic administration at the University in two decades. “I am extremely pleased the Board has supported our proposal to reorganize,” said UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary L. Miller. “This will help our ability…

  • Garbe receives Radder Memorial honor

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      Receiving the Whitney Radder Phenomenal Role Model Award winner for UWGB’s Phuture Phoenix program is Riley Garbe, a UWGB mentor at Franklin Middle School. Garbe was nominated by Franklin Phellow Autumn Beukema, who said of Garbe, “He has shown outstanding work at Franklin and has such a passion for this program. He has gone…