Day: May 13, 2024
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View the 2024 Spring Commencement Photos
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Bright green grass, the fragrance of newly flowered trees and warm sunshine perfected the backdrop for the 2024 Spring Commencement ceremony at the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus this past Saturday. More than 900 graduates were presented associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the 109th ceremony, flanked by thousands of cheering…
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‘Fearless dreamers and resilient problem-solvers’ received their degree at two UW-Green Bay ceremonies today
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Photos from Dan Moore, UW-Green Bay Photographer Bright green grass, the fragrance of newly flowered trees and warm sunshine perfected the backdrop for the 2024 Spring Commencement ceremony today at the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus. More than 900 graduates were presented associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the 109th ceremony…
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MAY Foundation Recruit Dinner on Sheboygan Campus
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SHEBOYGAN Wis. – On Saturday, May 18th, 2024, the Military and Youth Foundation (MAY Foundation) will be holding its first Recruit Dinner at UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus. Working with the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Sheboygan, the MAY Foundation invites all recruits leaving for basic training in the near future to a dinner honoring each…
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State Language Access Initiatives Are Helping to Serve an Increasingly Diverse Workforce and Aging Population – PHI
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Immigrants have long been critical to the direct care workforce and to ensure older adults and people with disabilities receive quality care; in fact, at least 27 percent of our country’s direct care workers are immigrants (up from 21 percent in 2011). The importance of immigrant direct care workers to meeting our country’s long-term care…
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UW Green Bay sends off 2024 graduating class
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) – More than 1,100 students celebrated a major milestone on Saturday; college graduation. The UWGB graduation was split into two ceremonies, both being held at the Kress Events Center. The first celebration set the bar high with a powerful speech from speaker Blai Yang of Manitowoc. The student offered advice for those…
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Local organizations join forces for One Stop School Shop – The Press
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GREEN BAY – The Service League’s Back to School Store, The Salvation Army’s Tools for School program, with support from NEWCAP and Howe Community Resource Center, joined forces for one event — the One Stop School Shop. “Our vision behind this collaboration was to pool our resources for families to make one stop and shop…
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The economy is the top issue for Wisconsin voters, but most have a negative view – WPR
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Oshkosh resident Tracy Heuring and her husband have both received a few wage hikes in the last couple years, but she said it still doesn’t feel like they’re getting ahead. With inflation, she said, “it’s almost as if you didn’t receive a raise in the first place.” “I’m in my 50s, and I’m to the…
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UW graduation speakers share their advice | Education | captimes.com
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Listen to your inner voice. Do what makes you afraid. Embrace uncertainty. And dodge Cupid’s arrow. That’s some of the advice that the spring commencement speakers across the Universities of Wisconsin say they wish someone had given them when they graduated from college. This month, roughly 23,000 students across the UW system will receive their…
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Free Electronics Recycling at UW-Green Bay
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – MRM Recycling will be sponsoring an Electronics Recycling event hosted by the UWGB Office of Sustainability on June 8th. The event is completely free, though registration is required to participate to manage the high volume of traffic that past events have generated. MRM Recycling will be teaming up with the UWGB…
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Three generations of Phoenix alum including former Wisconsin State Senator Dave Hansen
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In a message that only a proud grandparent can give, former Wisconsin State Senator Dave Hansen shared the following on social media Saturday: “My GRANDDAUGHER, NALANI BICOY, graduates from UWGB on SATURDAY – 3 generations – her MOTHER, CARI BICOY (CLASS OF 2012) her GRANDFATHER, DAVE HANSEN (CLASS OF 1971)!! This is truly special!!” Amidst…