Month: December 2015
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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…
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Psyched up for presentation day: ‘Methods’ class turns students into researchers
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UW-Green Bay’s Research Methods in Psychology class is a crucial part of the psychology curriculum that teaches students — usually in their sophomore or junior year — about the scientific basis for psychological knowledge. At UW-Green Bay, students learn by doing. In fact, every psychology student is expected to complete an entire research project and…
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Grant of $441,000 from Great Lakes will fund internships for UWGB students
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GREEN BAY — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has been awarded a three-year, $441,324 Career-Ready Internship Grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation to create nearly 250 new paid internships over the 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years. The grant will be used to create paid internships for juniors and seniors who don’t receive…
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Artist in residence: Brittanie Bondie and moon light
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A colleague calls our attention to the work of Brittanie Bondie, a recent MFA graduate of the University of Florida in photography, who is spending the academic year as artist-in-residence at UW-Green Bay through generous support from the 1923 Fund. Bondie is teaching and working on a new creative project using the light of the…
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Kaye invited to present at FDR Library for 75th anniversary
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More prestigious acknowledgment for UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye: The Democracy and Justice Studies faculty member has been invited as one of two featured speakers for a Wednesday, Jan. 6, event at the FDR Presidential Library in New York marking the 75th anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” inaugural address in 1940. The program,…
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Great Books: Fernández-Meardi on Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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Association Prof. Hernán Fernández-Meardi will lead a discussion of Paulo Friere’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed as part of Humanistic Studies’ Great Book Series at the Brown County Library on Tuesday (Dec. 8) at 6:30 p.m. In his critically acclaimed work, Friere advocates for a pedagogy that empowers students as producers of knowledge.
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Faculty note: Cruz is presenter at UW-Milwaukee program
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Marcelo Cruz, associate professor of Urban and Regional Studies, is among the roundtable leaders today (Friday, Dec. 4) at the “New Approaches to Latin American Studies” conference hosted by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee. His topic is “Challenges for Regional Planning in the 21st Century: the Case of Cantón Tena…
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Psychology program hosts ‘PSI Talks’ on Monday
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The Psychology program invites any and all to the “PSI Talks” at 7 p.m. this Monday (Dec. 7) at the Weidner Center’s Fort Howard Hall. The gathering the PSI Talks, an open, free event on December 7th, 2015: 7:00 PM in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. Associate Prof. Ryan Martin, the program chair, says…
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Passing of former librarian Andy Zinkl
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Word has been received that Andy (Andrew R.) Zinkl passed away in September at a rehabilitation center in Milwaukee at the age of 73. Zinkl joined the staff of the University Library at UW-Green Bay in 1974 and served as a reference librarian for nearly 25 years, retiring in 1997. He was active in the…