Month: September 2019
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Photos: UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus faculty perform Cool Chemistry show at Sputnikfest
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UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus Associate Prof. Amy Kabrhel (Chemistry), Assistant Prof. Breeyawn Lybbert (Chemistry) and Associate Prof. James Kabrhel (Chemistry) performed a Cool Chemistry show at Sputnikfest in Manitowoc on Saturday, Sept. 7. These ‘cool’ events give attendees the chance to experience explosions, color-changing solutions, solid foams, dry ice fog, fire and even more explosions. Sputnikfest celebrates the moment a…
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UW-Green Bay’s Early Bird Blitz gives incoming students a chance to win Packers tickets
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GREEN BAY, Wis.—Students applying to attend any University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus (Green Bay, Marinette, Manitowoc or Sheboygan) for any 2020 term (winter, spring, summer and fall 2020) can complete and submit their UW System online application by Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 for a chance to win tickets to the Green Bay Packers vs. Carolina…
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Faculty/staff note: SBDC’s Carr and York meet with Senator Baldwin, Sheboygan County
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Senator Baldwin visited the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 to talk with community leaders on workforce, INSPIRE, economic growth, local business successes and community needs. The Small Business Development Center at UW-Green Bay had representation by Director Tara Carr and Business Counselor Ray York.
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Packers provide field soil to ‘Tiny Earth’ UW-Green Bay/global research project
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The Green Bay Packers partnered with UW-Green Bay as part of a global research project looking to fight against the rise of drug-resistant diseases. Tiny Earth is an initiative using a global network of college students to identify new life-saving antibiotics produced by bacteria in soil. “Soil is a very rich trove of places where…
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Wisconsin schools get $35M federal grant for college readiness with help from UW-Green Bay
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More than 7,000 economically disadvantaged students across Wisconsin will receive college readiness assistance this school year after the state Department of Instruction announced Thursday that it won a seven-year $35 million federal grant. UW-Green Bay Continuing Education and Community Engagement helped secure the grant. See more via Wisconsin schools get $35M federal grant for college…
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A look back to the first (ever) day of classes
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Fifty years ago UW-Green Bay held its first classes on the new Shorewood campus. Plans had been underway since 1965 when the new campus was authorized. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in March 1968 and, the first Chancellor, Ed Weidner, set an ambitious goal to have classes begin in fall 1969. University Archives and Area…