Month: December 2021
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Former UWGB basketball star Keifer Sykes signs with Indiana Pacers, joins old friend Alfonzo McKinnie in NBA
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Kiefer Sykes joins UW-Green Bay teammate Alfonzo McKinnie in the NBA. McKinnie landed with the Chicago Bulls on a hardship exception earlier this month and signed a couple of 10-day contracts before earning a standard contract for the rest of the season Sunday. He entered the league’s health and safety protocols on the same day…
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Top 15 UW-Green Bay Moments of 2021
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The year 2021 was a significant year for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay! Take a look back at the University’s most noteworthy moments of 2021… UW-Green Bay partners to vaccinate community UW-Green Bay and Prevea partner to open the largest COVID-19 Vaccination site in Northeast Wisconsin on the Green Bay campus. The Vaccination clinic located…
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Psych and Stuff: What Our Favorite Holiday Movies Say About Us
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From Rudolph getting bullied to George Bailey learning life lessons, what do our favorite holiday movies say about us? Psychology professors Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, Ryan Martin and intern Kelsi Engelhardt (Psychology) talk through their favorite holiday movies with a focus not just on why they love them, but where that love comes from. Listen to the…
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How the Yule log tradition evolved from an ancient Viking ritual w/ Prof. Heidi Sherman
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UW-Green Bay’s Heidi Sherman (History) is the expert in this story by Foxweather about a Christmas Yule logs can mean different things for different people. For some, yule logs mean warm, crackling fireplaces. For others, they bring to mind sweet, chocolate cakes. Either way, the Christmas icon in modern times may be an echo of…
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Max Frost never stopped trying to solve problems, make life better, Green Bay Press-Gazette
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GREEN BAY – Even after he was afflicted with dementia, Max Frost planned fundraisers he could no longer execute.”He always lived with a purpose. I’m going through all of this stuff he’d done. God, he had purpose,” said Susan Frost, his wife of 51 years. “He was never going to retire.”Frost, 83, died Dec. 2 in Green Bay.…
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Tom Still: Wisconsin’s academic R&D footprint includes energy and sustainability | Business News | madison.com
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As universities and colleges nationwide prepare for what could be a major competition for federal research dollars, partnerships that set themselves apart from the pack may stand the best chance to emerge on top.In Wisconsin, look for public and private academic research centers — along with their industry partners — to focus on proposed National…
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UW-Green Bay celebrates with in-person Commencement | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
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Students from throughout Sheboygan County were among 512 receiving their degrees from the UW-Green Bay at the Weidner Center this past Saturday.The 104th class, comprised of students from campuses in Green Bay, Marinette, Manitowoc and Sheboygan, was the first to have an in-person ceremony since December of 2019, before the start of the ongoing COVID-19…
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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: ‘Swing for the Holidays’ has its moments in Green Bay
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – In baseball, Tinker to Evers to Chance was a famous combination.Thursday night, Tchaikovsky to Ellington to Strayhorn worked wonders.That combination shone in the instrumental element of “Swing for the Holidays with the Green Bay Jazz Orchestra” in Cofrin Family Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the…