UWGB to Suspend in-person classes at Marinette Campus after Spring Semester | Bay Cities Radio

Bay City’s Radio has learned the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay will suspend class at the Marinette branch that is exclusively taught in-person starting this fall. For the fall semester, enrollment at the Marinette campus was at 213, down from 305 in 2018-19. The announcement of changes to Marinette’s campus comes just a few months after the Universities of Wisconsin announced changes to three branch campuses expected to take effect after this spring’s semester: UW-Oshkosh’s Fond du Lac campus and UW-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus will be ending in-person instruction and UW-Platteville-Richland is closing. Marinette County owns the buildings on UW-Green Bay’s Marinette campus. At the end of the month, Chancellor Alexander will be meeting with the county board to discuss the lease UW Regents signed with the county in 1967. The lease is supposed to end in 2042 but can be terminated on June 30 of any year if “appropriations by the legislature are insufficient to permit the continued operation of the university” or “state legislation concerning higher education in Wisconsin involves a fundamental change in the university’s branch campus program.” In his letter, Alexander said the University will increase their investment in Marinette including the Herb Williams theater.

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