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Day: May 29, 2019

  • UW System leaders disappointed in UW System funding

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    Sue Bodilly

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    As reported in yesterday’s state media, “The Republican-controlled state budget-writing committee extended a tuition freeze for undergraduate residents attending University of Wisconsin campuses over the next two academic years. But the Joint Finance Committee again declined to ‘fund the freeze’ and provide the UW System with state money to offset what campuses would have received…

  • Video: UW-Green Bay 2018 Alumni Award recipient, Josh Kaurich, tells his Phoenix story

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    Editorial Student

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    Josh Kaurich ’07 (Masters of Environmental Science and Policy) knew he had a lot more to give, but was unsure on how to express that. At UW-Green Bay, he received guidance on how to connect learning to life. Kaurich serves as principal for Verita Energy, LLC and founded and manages Midwest Energy Procurement Solutions, LLC.…

  • Titletown Tech handling ‘hundreds’ of entrepreneurial pitches

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay alumnus, Craig Dickman ’82 (Business Administration), says that as managing director, he’s handling “hundreds” of entrepreneurial pitches at TitletownTech. Correspondent Dan Flannery has the story for The Press Times and it is worth the read.

  • Falcon banding is Thursday, 10 a.m., Library Plaza

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The bird banders will be here to band the Peregrine falcons tomorrow (Thursday, May 30, 2019) in the plaza of the Cofrin Library. The campus community is invited to quietly watch. Mimi and Rupert are once again the successful parents of the four chicks. A bit of history can be found, here.

  • Prof. Weinschenk talks municipal elections

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Is it time time to stop holding municipal elections in Pennsylvania? The writer of this opinion piece reached all the way to Green Bay to talk to UW-Green Bay Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Political Science) about it. Lining municipal elections with big general elections boosts turnout. A study Weinschenk co-authored in 2013 concluded that “shifting an…

  • First Nations students meet with Department of Public Instruction

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    Sue Bodilly

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    On May 17, 2019, students in the First Nations Studies Seminar (FNS 391) traveled to Madison to present to officials at the Department of Public Instruction. Students in the course had spent the semester learning about state laws requiring instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized tribes and bands in…

  • Weidner Center is looking for performers for summer markets

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with On Broadway, Inc., is looking to create a roster of community musicians, singers and performers of all kinds (musicians, jugglers, dancers etc.) that would like to perform at the Wednesday Night Farmers Market in Downtown Green Bay, and at other events this summer. ​Performers will…

  • Reminder: ES to IS corridor closed

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Reminder: This week, there will be some construction work beginning in the Environmental Sciences to Instructional Services concourse corridor on the Green Bay Campus. The work will require the entire portion of this corridor to be closed off to all public travel. You will be required to walk outside this week in order to get…

  • Faculty note: Brian Sutton has short fiction publication

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Faculty emeritus Brian Sutton (Humanities, English) has been busy in retirement. “Once I retired, I was able to do certain things I hadn’t had time to do while I was working at UW-Green Bay, including volunteer work as an ESL teacher for refugees, mainly from Afghanistan (my wife’s and my winter home these days, Austin,…

  • New women’s soccer team makes its debut at Aldo Santaga Soccer Stadium

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Green Bay Glory soccer made its debut May 25, 2019 at Aldo Santaga Stadium. UW-Green Bay alumnus Chad Johnson, coach of the Women’s Premier Soccer League team was inspired by the atmosphere and an “overflowing crowd.” See more from The Press Times.