Author: Christopher Sampson
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Reminder to students: Take your files with you
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CIT is reminding graduating seniors that their UW-Green Bay UserID accounts will be deactivated in roughly one year. They’re telling May grads to beat the rush and start loading stuff they’d like to keep to jump drives, external drives, whatever. Details at http://uwgbcomputing.wordpress.com/.
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Adult Degree hosts induction for Alpha Sigma Lambda academic honor society
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The Gamma Beta Phi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda Academic Honor Society is proud to announce the recent induction of 50 new members into the Society on May 1. Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society which celebrates the scholarship and leadership of adult students in higher education. Though this society is housed within…
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New video: Futures take FLITE with Preble program
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In case you missed it in Friday’s Log Extra, here’s an up-close look at Preble High School’s FLITE program, a Phuture Phoenix offshoot initiative started by Financial Aid staffer Diana Delbecchi. FLITE (that’s Future Leaders Inspired Through Empowerment) helps Preble High School students learn about their academic and career options — as well as navigating…
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More honors for Meder book
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We’ve had several items in recent days about Margaret Meder and her husband Randy Meder (associate professor of Music at UW-Green Bay) who shared their inspirational personal story of raising a child with special medical needs. Margaret’s book Uncommon Beauty: Crisis Parenting from Day One just won three categories — parenting, health and reference —…
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Reporters make passes at study with glasses
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We’ve told you about the research by UW-Green Bay senior Psychology major Miranda DeMars on the age-old question: “Do these eyeglasses make me look smarter?” A student of Associate Prof. Jennifer Lanter of Human Development, DeMars presented her results at the recent Midwestern Psychological Association convention. The news feature, Facebook and Twittering that we did…
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UW-Green Bay ‘glasses researcher’ on TV in Indy, Vegas, DC, LA, Va., Fla…
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Pretty much anywhere in America that they have television sets and people wearing eyeglasses, they now know about Psychology student Miranda DeMars and her research confirming the stereotype that people perceive glasses wearers as more intelligent. Credit the nice work by DeMars, and the nice TV work by Fox 11’s Kelly Schlicht for the fact…
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More news coverage: Monitoring program featured on WFRV, Channel 5
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WFRV, Channel 5 on Wednesday (May 8) carried a cool story on our own Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program. Reporter Heather Sawaski tagged along with a group of West De Pere High School students as they conducted water testing on Ashwaubenon Creek. “Our overall goal here is to just watch and monitor and try…
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Smile big: Union video will be filmed Friday
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Union dwellers, get ready for your close-up. Our friend and Student Ambassador Ryan Stewart tells us there will be a promotional video shoot taking place in the University Union tomorrow (Friday, May 10), primarily between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The video will showcase the daily life of the Union to show incoming students what…
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Throwback Thursday slideshow: miscellaneous people pockets
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The Area Research Center and University Archives folks in the Cofrin Library have another Throwback Thursday post on Facebook this week. Included in the text are comments from Founding Chancellor Edward Weidner and a campus architect about the notable nature of UWGB’s famous “people pockets.”