Month: September 2018

  • Comedian Ron White is attracting media attention

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    One of the comedians featured in “Blue Collar Comedy” will be in Green Bay. Ron “Tater Salad” White, will return to the Weidner Center with his new stand-up show, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. White has three Gammy nominations, a Gold Record, two of the top rated one-hour specials in Comedy Central history…

  • Fox 11 coverage: UW-Green Bay’s Weidner Center celebrating 25 years

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    Some national celebrities made it back to help the Weidner Center celebrate 25 years. Fox 11 spent some time at the Weidner Center, previewing the concert. Watch here. Michelle McQuade Dewhirst and Kelli Strickland were interviewed.

  • Phoenix Friday and Five-Dollar Fridays for faculty and staff

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    Back by popular demand is a celebration of all things Phoenix on the Green Bay campus. Every Friday, Chartwells is supplying free coffee in the Garden Cafe for anyone wearing their Phoenix or UW-Green Bay gear. In addition, all faculty and staff are invited for $5 lunch at the Marketplace inside Leona Cloud Commons (valid…

  • gBETA has a free accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots

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    The gBETA free accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots is open for applications for their Fall 2018 Northeast Wisconsin cohort. The program is capped at five teams and requires no fees and no equity. Email Leslie Weissburg at Leslie@gener8tor.com for further details and her upcoming office hours on campus. Participating companies receive: ·  Access…

  • Eagle Herald Extra mentions UW-Green Bay in fate of former hospital building

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    Some developers have looked at the former Bay Area Medical Center on Shore Drive, Marinette, but its future has not been determined, the Marinette County Board of Supervisors was told Tuesday. Hospital administrator Ed Harding said when the City of Marinette agreed to annex the 90 acres for the new facility, “they said ‘sure, but what…

  • Women’s basketball gets an experienced Big Ten graduate transfer

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    The Green Bay women’s basketball program has announced the addition of graduate-transfer Carly Mohns, who will be eligible to play immediately in 2018-19. Mohns graduated from Iowa in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management and has begun working on her master’s degree (Applied Leadership for Teaching and Learning) at UW-Green Bay…

  • Reminder: Nominations being taken for honorary doctorates

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    The UW-Green Bay Awards and Recognition Committee is charged with the task of finding appropriate nominees for honorary doctorates. The Board of Regents will award the following: -LL.D (Doctor of Laws) – customarily awarded to a person distinguished in service to learning, the state, and the common good of society; -SC.D (Doctor of Science) –…

  • High-definition video board coming to Kress Center

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    Already serving as one of the premiere venues in the Horizon League and in the state of Wisconsin, the Kress Center will be getting a dramatic digital upgrade in the coming weeks with a high-definition video board and digital scorer’s table debuting this season. Fans of Green Bay basketball and volleyball, along with future graduates…

  • Drop-ins welcome at CATL to refine courses in Canvas

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    The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) will hold drop-in sessions for instructors who would like help designing or refining their courses in Canvas, the successor to D2L. These sessions will take place every Friday during the Fall semester from 9:30 to 11a.m. in IS 1004. Please contact CATL with any questions…

  • National Geographic Live – Beauty and the Bizarre to come to Weidner Center on Wednesday, Oct. 24

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    Come see the world up close at the National Geographic Live — Beauty and the Bizarre on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Biologist turned photographer Anand Varma will share dramatic, bizarre and beautiful images that reveal the secret world of the miniature life around us. Purchase tickets.