Month: August 2017

  • Mediasite platform to sunset, content to be transitioned

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    Instructors may have noticed emails asking them to submit requests to have materials transferred from Mediasite. Please submit these requests at your earliest convenience. This is part of a transition process undertaken by the staff in Academic Technology Services (ATS) as well as the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) to clean…

  • Going to great depths to help freshmen move in

    Going to great depths to help freshmen move in

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    UW-Green Bay is known as an ultra-friendly place where people go the extra mile — especially when it comes to our students. This was especially apparent during Freshmen Move-in Day… when a volunteer offered to hop into a dumpster to fetch a box mistakenly thrown in by a parent. Really. We have the picture for…

  • Faculty note: Meinhardt’s work featured in new online journal

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    Just in time for some upcoming programs and art exhibits, UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Dan Meinhardt  (Human Biology, Gender Studies) has his work highlighted a new, online journal of art and science, including a collaboration with art professor Alison Gates.  

  • UW-Green Bay retirees play for scholarships

    UW-Green Bay retirees play for scholarships

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    The seventh annual UW-Green Bay Retirees Golf Outing was held August 17, 2017. In spite of a rainy forecast, 35 attendees enjoyed a gorgeous day at UW-Green Bay’s Shorewood Golf Course followed by a buffet lunch at the clubhouse. Prizes were plenty as golfers could win low- and high-gross awards in addition to an event…

  • Owners of Dental City and Nell’s Wigs and Boutique, among those to be honored at UW-Green Bay alumni recognition dinner

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    GREEN BAY –  The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is planning an evening of celebration, recognizing the accomplishments of its distinguished alumni and its outstanding recent alumni. This year’s Alumni Awards and Recognition Dinner begins at 5 p.m., Thursday, October 5 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Those honored for their distinguished achievements will be Stacey…

  • New webpages for majors and minors by Sept. 1

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    Adept web users may have noticed that some UW-Green Bay academic pages have a new look. The University’s Web Strategy Committee is currently in the process of converting all academic pages to the new global template. Text and images from Admissions handouts featuring majors and minors are being used to populate each respective landing page.…

  • Joint Finance votes on education funding, STEM facility on campus

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    Lawmakers are one step closer to finalizing a new two-year state budget. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted Monday on one of the key remaining issues: education funding. The committee also approved $1,000,000,000 for state building projects, which includes funds for a new STEM facility on the UW-Green Bay campus WTAQ covered the story as…

  • Social media can help, hurt prep athletes

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    The Fond du Lac Reporter reports on whether social media can help or hurt prep athletes, especially if they plan to play in college. Green Bay men’s basketball coach Linc Darner is quoted in the story.  

  • Volleyball team selected as conference runner-up in preseason poll

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    Coming off a strong 2016 campaign as the league runner-up in both the Horizon League regular season and conference tournament, the Green Bay volleyball team was voted second in the 2017 Horizon League Preseason Poll, the league announced last week. Defending league champion Cleveland State was tabbed the preseason favorite. For a full outlook on…

  • New phone? Change in 911 call

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    As Academic Technology Services is working rapidly to update the campus telephones (should be completed by the end of September), Public Safety reminds University personnel how to dial in an emergency: -If you have one of the new “CISCO” telephones, simply 911 to reach an emergency operator. -If you still have one of the old…