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Month: December 2020

  • Marinette, Manitowoc and Sheboygan Holiday Break changes and office hours

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Please note changes to office and building hours at UW-Green Bay’s Marinette, Manitowoc and Sheboygan Campuses during holiday break: Libraries All additional campus libraries will be closed Dec. 22, 2020 through Jan. 10, 2021. See full hours. Manitowoc Manitowoc Campus is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Faculty, staff and students will not have access to…

  • New name, same services, but bringing accessibility to a higher level!

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Starting in January 2021, the Disability Services Office will change its name to Student Accessibility Services (SAS). As part of the University Inclusivity and Student Affairs Division, SAS continues to strive for inclusivity and we hope the modernization of the name change will encourage more student to utilize our services for access. “We are excited…

  • PODCAST Iluminamos920

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A group of students from UW-Green Bay’s Spanish program launched the podcast ‘Iluminamos920.’ This digital project seeks to discover the community’s challenges and victories through its members. Iluminamos920 also wants to create a bridge between UW-Green Bay and the community of Green Bay (and its surroundings areas). Finally, this podcast will provide students with opportunities…

  • Happy Holidays from the ‘jolliest bunch of Admissions people’

    Happy Holidays from the ‘jolliest bunch of Admissions people’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Warmest wishes from our work family to yours. While 2020 looked a little different than years past, our Admissions team has embraced the fun of being virtual. May the season bring you health, happiness, and peace during the holidays and into the new year.

  • Master of Social Work program to be offered at UWSP-Wausau | Point/Plover Metro Wire

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    Sue Bodilly

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    An advanced degree in social work will be offered locally to Central Wisconsin residents through a new partnership between the UW-Stevens Point and UW-Green Bay.Beginning in the 2021-22 academic year, UW-Green Bay will offer its Master of Social Work (MSW) program on the UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus.“This is exciting because it creates an option…

  • Phi Kappa Phi Community Service Project for Happily Ever After Sanctuary

    Phi Kappa Phi Community Service Project for Happily Ever After Sanctuary

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The UW-Green Bay chapter of Phi Kappa Phi is running a community service project from December 2020-April 2021 to benefit Happily Ever After No Kill Animal Sanctuary. HEA was founded in 2006 by Amanda Reitz, who was a student at UWGB at the time. She started the shelter and sanctuary after learning that 50 percent…

  • Moving forward after the Electoral College vote in 2020 presidential election | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) In Wisconsin and around the nation, presidential electors met to formally choose America’s next president. Kris Schuller reports with the election now over many voters hope we can find a way forward.Six weeks after election day Democrat presidential electors in Wisconsin and the nation, gathered to officially choose Joe Biden as…

  • Reminder: Winter lot closures

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The winter months and plowing are particularly hard on the parking lots. The resources devoted to clearing and maintaining these unused parking lots would be better used in parking lots that are being utilized or on the sidewalks and pathways that service them. This decision should increase the longevity of the lots and decrease the…

  • Faculty and staff note: Kevin Kain announces new publications

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanities, History, Global Studies) has published a set of books co-edited with David Goldfrank (Georgetown U.): Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate 2 vols. 1. Foundations and Mitred Royalty, 1589-1647 and 2. Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate: Apogee and Finale, 1648-1721(Washington: Academia Press, 2020). This project originated with a 23,000 Euro grant awarded to Kain and former UWGB…

  • Drones for Safer Insurance Field Inspections Wins Fall 2020 UWGB Student Business Idea Virtual Pitch Contest

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Seventeen UW-Green Bay student entries competed in the Fall 2020 UWGB Student Business Idea Virtual Pitch Contest. Four cash prizes totaling $1,000 were furnished by Dental City’s Competitive Spark Endowment. The contest also served as a preliminary round for the 2021 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament (WBIT, or www.wisys.org/events/bigidea). Students submitted 90-second pitch videos to an…