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Month: December 2018

  • Speedy set-up for Mannheim Steamroller

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    Jena Richter Landers

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    What does it take to set the stage for Mannheim Steamroller Christmas at the Weidner Center? Watch this time-lapse video of load in for the show to see a condensed version of the set up. The Video was created by Paul Heim, Weidner Center Technical Director.

  • Weiner dog races and women’s basketball against the Badgers, Dec. 8

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    Editorial Student

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    The Green Bay women’s basketball team will host the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the Kress Center. The game will also feature a halftime wiener dog race and the DigiCopy Trading Cards giveaway. Green Bay Athletics and Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary (HEA) have partnered up for a Pet…

  • UW-Green Bay’s 6:30 Concert Series continues Dec. 12, with ‘Swing for the Holidays’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 6:30 Concert Series continues its season with, “(There’s No Place Like) Swing for the Holidays – Featuring the Music of Ella Fitzgerald” on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in the Weidner Center’s Cofrin Family Hall. The concert features the holiday music of Ella Fitzgerald (as…

  • Psychology students delivering punny ‘Mil-grams’

    Psychology students delivering punny ‘Mil-grams’

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    Jena Richter Landers

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    Psychology students are spreading cheer as the end of the semester approaches by delivering “Mil-grams” to fellow students. The namesake for the “grams,” Stanley Milgram, is one of the most famous research psychologists of all time. He completed the famous Milgram Experiments where we learned that most people will shock another person to death if ordered…

  • Prof. Kaye to present two short films at Neville Public Museum this Wednesday (Dec. 5)

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    Editorial Student

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    UW-Green Bay Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor Harvey J. Kaye (Democracy and Justice Studies) will be introducing two shorts films from the 1940s and discussing Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech as part of the Green Bay Film Society’s International Film Series at the Neville Public Museum, this Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. Prof. Kaye’s most recent book, “The…

  • Prof. Fermanich quoted in The Gazette on water quality

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    Sue Bodilly

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    “America’s Midwest faces worsening trouble with undrinkable well water, recreational lakes choked with toxic algae, and water treatment plants requiring budget-busting upgrades to remove pollution washing from farm fields and industries.” The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) talks with experts, including UW-Green Bay Prof. Kevin Fermanich (NAS) for a lengthy story, Treading Water: Unfocused and underfunded, Goal…

  • Communication students get first-hand media experience with Jesse McCartney

    Communication students get first-hand media experience with Jesse McCartney

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Suffice to say that Jesse McCartney went out of his way to make friends with the Phoenix during his Green Bay stay and concert at the Weidner Center last week. McCartney recorded a video message to the Green Bay volleyball team, wishing them luck at the NCAA Tournament match vs. the Badgers, and he granted exclusive…

  • Reminder: Packers History class presents to Packers

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    Sue Bodilly

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    This semester, UW-Green Bay History, Democracy and Justice Studies, and Humanities students and faculty collaborated on an exciting project to document the history of the Green Bay Packers as the franchise celebrates 100 years. Students will share their findings during a special open-to-the-public, free presentation on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 from 5 to 7 p.m.…

  • Video: UW-Green Bay students working with Sartori in Sheboygan

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Sartori Hack-It-Bracket Recap on Vimeo. Can you spot UW-Green Bay students Carol, Victoria, Tomer, Hamza, Jilliana, Misty, and James in this two-minute video? They worked on corporate innovation challenges for Sheboygan County company Sartori with The Commons on Saturday, November 17. Video courtesy of The Commons by BLNK SLATE MEDIA.

  • UW-Green Bay students work on real corporate innovation challenges

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    Editorial Student

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    Four UW-Green Bay students helped pitch their teams’ ideas at Demo Day in Milwaukee as part of The Commons Fall 2018 cohort. Students applied to the program then spent a weekend plus nine Tuesday evenings in Milwaukee working on either a real corporate innovation challenge or on a startup in order to accelerate their entrepreneurial…