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    UW-Green Bay to graduate 900 at commencement ceremonies May 12

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    Chancellor Thomas K. Harden will preside at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 2012 spring commencement ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, in the Kress Events Center on campus. More than 900 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students are eligible to participate in the spring commencement ceremony, including an all-time high number of undergraduate degree candidates.

  • Rough Draft at Chefusion

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    Hey, as long as we mentioned a UWGB-related band gig like this weekend’s Gypsy Trip show at Kavarna… we should also mention that this coming Saturday (May 5) Rough Draft (Prof. Brian Sutton and students Molly LeCaptain, who recently starred as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, and Shelbi Cox) will be playing at Chefusion, 7:30 to…

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    UW-Green Bay announces academic honors

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving academic honors for the fall semester. Students who earn a 4.0 gradepoint average, which represents all “A” grades, receive highest honors.
High honors go to those earning 3.99 to 3.75 gradepoint averages. Honors are given to students earning 3.74 to 3.50 gradepoint averages.…

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    Black History Month events continue Tuesday with documentary, discussion

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    UW-Green Bay’s recognition and celebration of Black History Month continues Tuesday (Feb. 7) with a documentary and discussion on “The Murder of Emmett Till.” The event explores the story of Till, who was murdered by two white men in 1955 because he whistled at a white woman in Money, Miss. The case repulsed the nation,…

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    “Creativity, Innovation and Vision” is 2012-13 Common Theme

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    UW-Green Bay will continue to celebrate its current Common Theme — “Celebrating Differences, Creating Community” — as the campus prepares for the newly announced theme for next year. The 2012-13 Common Theme is “Creativity, Innovation and Vision,” Common Theme co-chairs Brenda Amenson-Hill and Donna Ritch announced this week. Begun in 2008, the UW-Green Bay Common…

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    New video offers 'Inside' look at the year’s top teachers

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    UW-Green Bay reinforced its reputation for teaching excellence earlier this year when our faculty members earned two of the three top statewide teaching awards from the UW System Board of Regents. Human Development Prof. Regan A. R. Gurung and UW-Green Bay’s Professional Program in Education were recipients of 2011 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards, the System’s…

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    UW-Green Bay announces names of mid-year graduates

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, will honor approximately 435 graduates eligible to receive their degrees. The ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Chancellor Thomas K. Harden will preside over the ceremony. Those students receiving bachelor’s degrees with academic honors are indicated by…

  • Have your say: Weidner meeting for campus is Friday

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    Just a friendly reminder that the process of revitalizing the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts continues today and tomorrow with a series of meetings that include consultant Steve Carignan, Chancellor Thomas K. Harden and a variety of stakeholder groups. The campus community is invited to participate in a meeting from 2-3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday,…

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    ‘High-Impact Practices’ conference issues call for proposals

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    The first-time conference High Impact Practices: Fostering Success for All Students, to be held on campus Jan. 20, is inviting interested faculty, staff and peers to submit proposals for session workshops. Sessions can be presentations, panels or workshop format, and should be 45 minutes in length. The conference will focus on a set of learning…

  • Katers lends expertise to latest session in new NAS seminar series

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    UW-Green Bay’s Natural and Applied Sciences seminar series continued Friday, Oct. 28 with a presentation from NAS Associate Prof. John Katers. About 50 students, faculty and staff members attended Katers’ hour-long talk, titled “Life Cycle Inventory for Wood Pellet Manufacturing in Wisconsin,” in Environmental Sciences 328. Refreshments were served during a social that precedent the…