Author: Nancy Matzke
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Columnist Kraft engages pro-con debate on Keystone pipeline
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Longtime UW-Green Bay professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Michael Kraft is a nationally syndicated guest columnist on energy issues for the McClatchy-Tribune News Service. His most recent piece involves Canadian tar sands and proposals for the $7 billion, 1,700 mile-long Keystone XL pipeline to send that oil to Texas refineries. Arguing the “con” side,…
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Retirees tee it up for scholarships
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The UW-Green Bay Retiree Association held its first-ever golf outing August 26 at Shorewood Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit the Association’s Endowed Student Scholarship Fund and special projects funds. You might recognize more than a dozen former faculty and staff posing with Alumni Director Mark Brunette following the nine-hole event on a beautiful Friday afternoon.…
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As protests allow, JFC takes up UW System budget
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The chairman of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee says his group will reconvene at 1 p.m. today (Friday, June 3) to continue work on the state budget. The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up portions of the document dealing with the UW System, courts and building improvements. If time permits, that is. Thursday’s marathon…
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Luke is Phoenix women’s third 2011-12 recruit
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UIC’s loss is the Phoenix women’s gain as Oak Creek’s Ashley Luke has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at UW-Green Bay. Luke recently was granted a release from her previous commitment to the University of Illinois-Chicago after the team fired its coach, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported earlier this week. The 6-foot…
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SBDC offers June diversity management program
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Whether or not we can “win the future” as a country, we can manage it as individuals through an upcoming two-day program offered by the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center. “Managing the Future” will be held June 7 and 8 with a focus on understanding diversity issues in the workforce. Participants will learn how…
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Giving Back: Founders praised for advocacy
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UW-Green Bay Founders Association President Scott Wochos jokingly apologized to a large crowd at the Founders Spring Reception for the deception — promoting the event as a spring reception when spring hasn’t yet hit Wisconsin.
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‘Supermax’ author to speak here April 20
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Sharon Shalev author of Supermax, Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, will speak on the UW-Green Bay campus at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Christie Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. Shalev’s book, Supermax, examines the rise and spread of supermax prisons in the United States, which are dedicated to…
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Student Employee Appreciation Week events and perks
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There are a fair number of activities and giveaways (for student employees) planned in connection with Student Employee Appreciation Week April 11-15. The list: • Monday, April 11 Student Employee of the Year awards ceremony, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Phoenix Room • Tuesday, April 12 Free popcorn, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Phoenix Club •…
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Pitch in! RecycleMania measures our waste
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RecycleMania is back at UW-Green Bay! Now through April 2 the challenge is on to reduce waste and increase recycling levels across campus. RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for universities to promote waste reduction, and UW-Green Bay is one of 677 schools nationwide taking part this year. Laurie Case, the institution’s sustainability…
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Attention, student supervisors! (And ‘time approvers,’ and backup approvers)
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Training on the new Human Resource System (HRS) is coming in early April on topics of interest to supervisors. The following topics will be covered: — Kronos – will no longer be used — Modified student payroll schedule — HRS Time Keeping, including new time rounding rules — HRS Time Approval — Revised Student Employment…