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Day: May 18, 2020

  • Media covers furloughs and campus openings, extensively

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay was in the news last week with news about extended furloughs and plans by the campus to open July 1: UW-Green Bay Extends, Expands Employee Furloughs, WIXX, May 14 UW-Green Bay extends, expands employee furloughs to almost 700 employees; will begin to reopen campus July 1, Green Bay Press Gazette, May 14 UW-Green…

  • Annual Veggie and Plant Sale is this Wednesday; Prof. Meyer has salsa

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A mini Heirloom Plant Sale is going to be held at Stone Silo Prairie Gardens, 2325 Oak Ridge Circle, De Pere, Wednesday, May 20 from Noon to 5 p.m. to benefit UW-Green Bay students. The annual event that supports student research and independent projects had to be moved off campus. Organizers hope you will attend…

  • UW-Green Bay alumnus Reed Heintzkill part of COVID-19 research team at UWM

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    Sue Bodilly

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    In this short video, doctoral students (including UW-Green Bay alumnus Reed Heintzkill) have a bit of fun explaining UWM’s largest NSF-funded COVID-19 research project, “Antimicrobial Surface Coatings to Reduce Spread of Pathogens.” The poster presentation is also available for viewing.

  • The COVID-19 Effect on the Wisconsin Nonprofit Sector Report 1 now available

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The COVID-19 Effect on the Wisconsin Nonprofit Sector Report 1 for Northeast Wisconsin through a collaboration with UW-Green Bay’s Center for Public Affairs is available with a more detailed report to come. Several online presentations to review the findings and discuss their implications are available: May 22 @12pm – Registration Link May 26 @ 12pm – Registration…

  • Art, Accounting and Business majors win first Business Model Contest

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A team of UW-Green Bay students with majors in Art, Accounting and Business Administration have won first place in UWGB’s first student business model contest. Emily Barnes (Accounting), Lydia Delikat-Mitchell (Art), and Brianna Pritzl (Business Administration) entered their business model for SoapShop, a retailer of high quality products, such as shampoos and conditioners, that use…

  • Prof. Hein is running an ‘adopt-a-rat program’ ‘they are cute, with markings like little holsteins’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A Message from Prof. Rick Hein, Manitowoc Campus: “It is that time of year again where I am running the adopt-a-rat program.  The Anatomy and Physiology students have been working with laboratory rats over the year, and we have 11 females up for adoption that have been raised since they were a few weeks old. This year…

  • Congratulations to this year’s Art Merit Scholarship winners

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The UW-Green Bay Art and Design program announces and congratulates this year’s Art Merit Scholarship winners and all students for completing a challenging school year! Awards this year totaled $22,588. Scholarships are awarded on criteria similar to those used to evaluate student work in studio courses: Formal Quality, Technical Mastery, Conceptual Depth, Integration, Context, Consistency, and…

  • Forward to a student: Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) Undergraduate Scholarship 2020

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) Undergraduate Scholarship program is designed to provide financial support for women who wish to pursue careers in public service, public administration or governmental affairs. The scholarship is available to current college or university students who likely would have difficulty continuing their education without financial assistance. The purpose of the…

  • UW-Green Bay alumni pitch virtually to gBETA Northeast Wisconsin

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay alumni and founders Yana DeMyer ’84 (Communication and the Arts) of Roving Blue and Justin Seidl ’12 (Art) of Sequoir both recently pitched virtually to conclude the spring 2020 cohort of gBETA Northeast Wisconsin. gBETA Northeast Wisconsin is a free, seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots and requires no fees and…

  • Sheboygan Campus CEO shares kudos to graduates

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus personnel in Student Services and the Administrative Office worked with CEO Jamie Schramm on this congratulatory message to Sheboygan Campus students. It includes kudos and a virtual awards ceremony. Watch it on YouTube.