Month: December 2020
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Sheboygan County COVID-19: Public health workers say pandemic takes toll
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SHEBOYGAN – On a particularly bad day this summer, (UW-Green Bay alumna) Starrlene Grossman and Libby Jacobs commiserated before heading home from working at the Health and Human Services building, the heaviness of the day weighing on them.Help support quality local journalism like this.Click to subscribeIt was the day after the state’s safer-at-home order was repealed.…
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UW-Green Bay rapid testing site takes break (after Dec. 23), set to resume after holidays | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton
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UW-Green Bay’s free rapid drive-up testing site at Weidner Center will be taking a break over the holidays.The campus testing site will function Monday – Friday, through Dec. 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Organizers say testing is scheduled to begin again after the holiday break on Monday, Jan. 4. Source: UW-Green Bay rapid testing…
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Live deer poses next to UW-Green Bay’s deer sculptures
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GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — A real whitetail deer looked confused as it peered back on UW-Green Bay’s deer sculptures.Education student Anastasia Johnson snapped the shot last weekend. The university said the group of three bronze deer, titled “Doe with Fawns,” was a major gift from John and Dorothy Blair.Formally dedicated in 1989, the piece…
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UWO, UWGB alter mid-year commencement plans | WLUK
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UW-Oshkosh and Green Bay will not hold traditional mid-year commencement ceremonies to celebrate the next graduating class.UWO announced Wednesday its mid-year commencement will be virtual.The Dec. 19 ceremony will award nearly 750 bachelor’s degrees, more than 150 master’s degrees, about 170 associate degrees and eight doctorates.The ceremony will stream online beginning at 9:30 a.m. and…
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UW-Green Bay to provide virtual training to caregivers | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is making online training available for caregiving staff.According to a release, CNAs and other caregivers, including home health care aides and resident assistants, were required to attend in-person classes to receive their credentials through the Wisconsin Department of Health and Services (DHS).NWTC Nursing Association gifts books…
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Faculty note: Prof. Gurtu has peer-reviewed article
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UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Amulya Gurtu (Supply Chain Management) had a peer-reviewed article published (online pre-print). The paper titled “Emissions in different stages of economic development in nations” is published in Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (Emerald). The purpose of this study is to analyze country-wise energy consumption, sources of emissions, and how it gets…
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Zeta Omega Tau named Volunteers of the Week
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Congratulations to the Volunteer Center’s #VolunteersOfTheWeek, the members UW-Green Bay’s Zeta Omega Tau. The Children’s Museum of Green Bay typically relies on volunteers to help keep their costs down, and the members of UW-Green Bay’s Zeta Omega Tau sorority have signed up (as a group and individually) for numerous special events to run educational art- and science-based programs…
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Winter 2021: Research Council Grants in Aid of Research call now open
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The UW-Green Bay Research Council is currently accepting proposals for Winter 2021 Grants in Aid of Research. Faculty having applied for GIAR funding in the past will want to note that revisions have been made to the GIAR call. The Research Council invites members of the UW-Green Bay faculty to submit proposals for Grants in…
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New director of Institutional Strategy and Effectiveness is Bojan Ljubenko
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Bojan Ljubenko, Ph.D. will be joining UW-Green Bay as the director of Institutional Strategy and Effectiveness starting on January 11, 2021. Bojan (the “j” is pronounced like “y”) comes from Moraine Park Technical College having served as the director of Institutional Effectiveness for the past seven years. “We are looking forward to Bojan’s vision and passion for institutional…