Author: Emily Gerlikovski
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UW-Green Bay purchasing director discusses sanitation costs prior to students returning to campus | WLUK
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Gallons of hand sanitizer, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment. Tory Ortscheid has to buy it all before students come back to the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. “It would be upwards of tens of thousands of dollars,” he said. He’s the purchasing director for UWGB. “We are purchasing large quantities of PPE supply to support…
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Disruptive innovation conference offered by UW-Green Bay CECE | EH Extra
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The UW-Green Bay Office of Continuing Professional Education and Community Engagement has put together a line up of three experts around disruptive innovation and will host a virtual daylong conference on Aug. 25. Disruptive innovation can create new markets and value networks, products, government priorities and alliances, and has the potential to change the fabric…
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President of UW-Green Bay Student Government Association discusses efforts to expand safe and accessible voting | WisPolitics
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Last night, the Green Bay Common Council secured more than $1 million in funding to help realize its goal of carrying out safe, accessible, and fair elections this year and in the future. The funding will serve the city beyond this year’s election. It will set a strong precedent for how future elections are conducted…
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UW-Green Bay students receive Phi Eta Sigma scholarships
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The Phi Eta Sigma Scholarship Committee has thoughtfully reviewed another large number of applications for the Society’s scholarship program. A few short years ago (1970), nine $300 awards were granted annually. This year, the Society received more than 1,200 applications and will grant nearly $300,000 in endowed scholarships or awards to 96 outstanding members of…
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UW-Green Bay Nutrition student named Most Outstanding in Wisconsin
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Spring 2020 graduate Elena Garcia (Human Biology, Nutrition Science emphasis) was named this year’s Outstanding Dietetics Student in an accredited undergraduate program by the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The award recognizes an emerging student leader for their achievements as a nutrition and dietetics student. Garcia will begin a dietetic internship this fall at…
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Faculty note: Assistant Prof. Chu quoted on a podcast episode about small acts of kindness and the ripple effect of sending gratitude letters
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Assistant Prof. of Psychology and Chair of Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Alan Chu’s idea about the ripple effect of sending gratitude letters and small acts of kindness was quoted in the most recent episode of the Calm and Connected Podcast hosted by Janine Halloran, a licensed mental health counselor, where she shares a visual…
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Prof. Michael Draney discusses mosquito population | WLUK
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University of Wisconsin Green Bay Natural and Applied Sciences professor Michael Draney says there are about 50 different mosquito species in the state. “There’s a reasonable number of mosquitoes, especially this mosquito called the Northern House mosquito,” Draney said. “[It] is kind of a small mosquito that flies and bites in the daytime, and it…