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Month: July 2023

  • UW-Green Bay offering Packers history certificate | Spectrum News 1

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    By Rachel Ryan Green Bay PUBLISHED 2:00 PM ET Jul. 12, 2023 GREEN BAY, Wis. — Get your cheeseheads ready. For the first time ever, fans can learn the history of the Green Bay Packers at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The university announced Wednesday it’s offering an online non-credit certificate program about the 13-time…

  • UWGB offers Packers history certificate program | Education | insightonbusiness.com

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, in collaboration with the Green Bay Packers, is offering a new History of the Green Bay Packers noncredit certificate program. Fans can explore the iconic history of the Packers by registering for eight sessions available live on Zoom starting in September. The sessions will be taught by Brent Hensel, curator…

  • Play disc golf with the Provost!

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Take a relaxing break from your work to join Provost Kate Burns on the disc golf course for a friendly, non-competitive, round of disc golf on August 10th, 12 -1 p.m. No experience is necessary and discs will be provided at no cost if needed, but please be sure to sign up for them when…

  • Submit events for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    The Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month planning group is currently planning programs for Fall 2023. If any UW-Green Bay departments, organizations, individuals are planning events/activities for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023 (September 15 – October 15), please email details to Nina Dessoir (dessoirn@uwgb.edu), signature and cultural events coordinator in the Student Engagement Center by July 24th, 2023 for…

  • Assoc. Lecturer Susan Frost, publishes chapter

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Susan Frost, an associate lecturer in both the Humanities Department and the Cofrin School of Business, has published a chapter on the applied humanities, “Developing the Entrepreneurial Mind: A Fresh Look at the Humanities” in “The Entrepreneurial Humanities: The Critical Role of the Humanities in Enterprise and the Economy”.  The book was published this month…

  • Registration opens July 25 for Women’s Advanced Leadership Certificate Program  

    Registration opens July 25 for Women’s Advanced Leadership Certificate Program  

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2023 Green Bay, WI — Women leaders across Northeast Wisconsin looking to enhance their leadership skills or fill a knowledge gap are invited to register for the Fall 2023 Advanced Leadership Certificate program offered by the Schreiber Foods Institute for Women’s Leadership at UW-Green Bay. Registration for the program’s third…

  • Winning with Wisconsin’s Workforce events highlight new ways to promote workforce participation

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    UW-Green Bay is hosting an event in September. MADISON – How can employers, educators and communities boost local talent pools to strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce and help our economy thrive? Strategies such as expanding apprenticeship, supporting veterans, tapping people with disabilities, and hiring justice-involved individuals will be at the forefront as the Wisconsin Department of Workforce…

  • ‘Dreaming big’ brings alumna Peres Owino from Nairobi, Kenya, to LA…by way of UW-Green Bay

    ‘Dreaming big’ brings alumna Peres Owino from Nairobi, Kenya, to LA…by way of UW-Green Bay

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Without question, Peres Owino had a dream. Her pursuit of that dream brought her from Nairobi, Kenya, through the tunnels of UW-Green Bay, and landing beneath the bright lights of Hollywood, where she is a successful writer, director and producer. She wouldn’t have had it any other way. “(Green Bay) …is my favorite place to…

  • Prof. Jon Shelton published in The Grade

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Democracy and Justice Studies Prof. Jon Shelton,  published a piece for The Grade, a publication hosted by Phi Delta Kappan, that provides independent analysis of media coverage of education, helping to promote and improve the quality of that coverage.   The piece is entitled, “Journalism should help debunk the education myth it helped create”.

  • Records disposal date secured – mark your calendars!

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    We have coordinated August 24, 2023, between 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for departments to confidentially dispose of records that are past the retention period noted on a Record Schedule.  To take part in this process, please follow the confidential destruction process below: 1.Confirm Records Ready for Disposal Records that may be destroyed include: CONVENIENCE…