Author: Christopher Sampson

  • SBDC’s ‘Leadership Excellence’ program gets publicity in New North magazine

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    The regional business magazine published by the New North has an article on leadership education. “One such program just settling in to the starting blocks in the Green Bay area is the Leadership Excellence course through the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Small Business Development Center,” the report says. Director Ryan Kauth describes the six-month-long program…

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    Listing all retirees


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    Hope you enjoyed Tuesday’s faculty/staff get-together at the annual Campus Cookout. The University and Human Resources extended special invitations to those who are planning near-term retirement or have already retired in the last 10 months are so. Yesterday, we carried the roster of retirees who were expected to attend as honored guests. Today, for the…

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    Cap your work week and semester with Gypsy Trip

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    Gypsy Trip (Adam Gaines, trumpet; Stefan Hall, guitar; Lada Gaines, accordion; Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, horn and voice; Michael Dewhirst, bass) will perform at the Black Boot in De Pere, 100 S. Broadway, this coming Friday (May 17) from 8 to 10 p.m. The show is free – they invite you to come celebrate the end…

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    Have a look at art that looks at you

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    A pair of student-created, oversize charcoal portraits made at the recent Create-a-Thon has found a temporary home adjacent to the elevators on the 8th floor of the Cofrin Library. The large, finely detailed drawings are of Chancellor Tom Harden and Provost Julia Wallace — specifically, their eyes, approximately  10x life size — positioned to give…

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    Open forum sessions this week with AIC Diversity Director candidates

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    Three finalists for the position of Diversity Director within the American Intercultural Center will visit UW-Green Bay this week for separate, day-long interviews. Each of the candidates will present and answer questions during an open-to-the-public session. Each of the public sessions begins at 11:15 a.m. in the AIC, located in Room 150 on the lower…

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    Retiring employees to be honored at Tuesday’s Campus Cookout

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    More than a dozen UW-Green Bay employees who are planning near-term retirement or who have already retired in the last 10 months or so are eligible to be honored at the annual Campus Cookout mid-day Tuesday (May 14) at the Kress Events Center. Some who will be attending are: • Gary Belongia, Facilities Maintenance Specialist,…

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    Adult degree mom, daughter featured in ‘Press-Gazette’ Mother’s Day story

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    Two UW-Green Bay students — one a soon-to-be grad — were featured in Sunday’s (May 12) Green Bay Press-Gazette, part of the newspaper’s Mother’s Day coverage. Adult Degree Program students Joan Jarvi, 61, and her daughter, 42-year-old Erika Koester, have helped each other through their respective returns to school and have even taken a few…

  • Hi, Mom and Dad, I’m studying at the Library

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    If you missed Friday’s LOG Extra photo-illustrated newsletter, perhaps you missed a fun feature about a “postcards from college” activity sponsored by the Cofrin Library. For the benefit of those who don’t subscribe to Extra but get this newsletter, read more here.  

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    Heirloom sale, Medland featured in ‘Press-Gazette’

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    The UW-Green Bay Heirloom Plant Sale, along with our own Vicki Medland, got some nice ink in Saturday’s (May 11) Press-Gazette, with a story and photo previewing Saturday’s (May 18) annual event. The feature talks about some of the 7,200 plants that will be available during this year’s NAS sale, including heirloom varieties featuring such…

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    Congratulations to Max Scheuer, Class of 2010

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    Max Scheuer, a 2010 Economics and Business Administration major, has been named the 2012 Young Professional of the Year by the Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce. (He was also a panelist for during Business Week 2013 and recently featured in The Business News.) Our alumni records indicate Scheuer is employed as a business banking officer…