Month: August 2024
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What’s Up at UW-Green Bay? (A lot!)
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Here is what’s happening this weekend and to start the school year… Welcome to the Phlock – GB Welcome Weekend! Excitement! High energy! It’s time to welcome students back to the Phlock for the 2024-25 school year! Here are the highlights of the weekend: Saturday, August 31 On-campus housing move-in, including the NEW Cort Condon…
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Evanescent: Large-Scale Bubble Art Installation Coming to The Weidner Center
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Green Bay, Wis. – Giant Bubbles are Coming to The Weidner on the UW-Green Bay Campus! Big. Giant. Huge. Evanescent, a large-scale, immersive, temporary sculpture by Atelier Sisu will be on display day and night outside at The Weidner from August 28 through September 15. Using light and sound, Evanescent is “art-chitecture” that connects audiences with their environment and is…
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Alumna and current student published in August 2024 issue of the Kalihwisaks newspaper
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Current UWGB undergraduate student Sarah Baughman and UWGB alumni Emily Swagel and Mabel Kirst wrote an article on the Oneida Bird Monitoring Program on page 12 of the Kaliwisaks newspaper, August 2024 issue. “The Oneida Bird Monitoring Program is a partnership between Oneida Nation, UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, NEW Bird Alliance, and Audubon…
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UW-Green Bay graduate student published in the September 2024 issue of the Kalihwisaks newspaper
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Current UWGB graduate student Haley Spargur published an article on anuran monitoring in the September 2024 issue of the Kalihwisaks (Oneida newspaper) on page 14. The article also features Haley’s incredible wood frog drawing. “In collaboration with the Oneida Nation, UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, Audubon Great Lakes, and NEW Bird Alliance coordinate the volunteer…
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UW-Green Bay Mourns the Passing of Prof. Emeritus Norbert Gaworek
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Norbert H. Gaworek, age 87, passed away on August 16, 2024, surrounded by family. Professor Gaworek began as a history instructor at the Fox Valley and Manitowoc campuses of UW-Green Bay in the fall of 1968. He earned his doctorate from UW-Madison in 1970 and was assistant professor in Analysis-Synthesis, in the History program. Throughout…
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‘Together we are One’ video shares inspiring message, and features a familiar Phoenix!
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On August 19, Green Bay Schools posted an inspiring video featuring students, faculty, and staff celebrating their community with the unifying message: ‘Together we are One’. The video features an original song written by the Director of Choirs & Musical Mr. Brandon Rockstroh from Green Bay Southwest High School, with student vocal talent. The song…
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INTERVIEW: UW-Green Bay offering Packers ‘Return to the Glory’ certificate
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For the third time, the school is teaming up with the Packers Hall of Fame to present a certificate program about the teams’ history. Chris Roth sits down with Brent Hensel, the course instructor and Packers Hall of Fame curator. See the video at the link below. Source: INTERVIEW: UW-Green Bay offering Packers ‘Return to…
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New scholarship for women in forest products awarded to incoming UWGB freshman
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KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WBAY) – Future UWGB freshman Carissa Ashman has become the first to be awarded the “Women in Forest Products Scholarship” from the Wisconsin Paper Council and Ahlstrom. A ceremony celebrating Ashman’s achievement was held at Ahlstrom’s central office in Kaukauna, where she was given the $1,000 scholarship. Action 2 News spoke to Ashman…
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Giant bubbles light up The Weidner for immersive outdoor ‘art-chitecture’ display
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A large outdoor bubble exhibit is floating its way into Green Bay. The installation, titled “Evanescent”, will be on display outside The Weidner from Aug. 28 through Sept. 15. It is free and open to guests day and night, thanks to support from the city of Green Bay and the 1923…
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Chow Chong talks about Kites Over Lake Michigan ending in Two Rivers
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A few years ago, Chong told the Herald Times Reporter he didn’t have a store or giant kite festival in mind when he came to the United States from Malaysia in 1980 to attend the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He moved to the Frozen Tundra not because he was eager for long winters, but because…