Walker’s UW System proposals making national news
With stories made live Monday on the websites of the New York Times and Washington Post joining a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, Gov. Scott Walker has achieved a trifecta of national...
Category: Media Coverage
WFRV-TV 5 covers student roundtable
Channel 5 news covered a student roundtable discussion Monday night hosted by the Student Government Association to consider the proposed $300 million, two-year cut to the UW System. “It’s not giving the school enough...
In the news: Outreach offerings in Spanish rate US News mention
Featured on the Education page of the U.S. News & World Report website is a story about studying a foreign language online. Mentioned is UW-Green Bay’s Spanish in the Professions certificate programs coordinated by...
‘Cuts to UW System could seriously hurt state’s economic growth’
That’s the headline over a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel guest column co-authored by Tom Shannon, CEO of BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, based in Milwaukee, and Kevin Conroy, CEO of Exact Sciences, a Madison biotech company.
News coverage: UW-Green Bay budget planning
The Green Bay Press-Gazette offered news coverage Thursday of UW-Green Bay’s planning for a possible $4 million budget reduction in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Chancellor Gary Miller told the paper, “It...
At Eau Claire, Stout, no plans for letter-writing campaigns
Strategies for responding to the 2015-17 state budget vary by campus. For example, the Eau Claire Leader Telegram reports that UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout have no plans to follow UW-Madison’s lead and petition alumni,...
Mellencamp review: ‘unforgettable’
A virtual sellout crowd enjoyed a tremendous show at UW-Green Bay’s Weidner Center Monday evening. Rock legend John Mellencamp and opening act Carlene Carter made for a great one-two punch. Press-Gazette critic Kendra Meinert...
WFRV-TV covers budget ‘town hall’
The proposed UW System budget cut and its potential impact at UW-Green Bay was the lead story Monday night, Feb. 9, on WFRV-TV Local 5 News. Reporter Cole Higgens quoted Gary Miller from his...
Alumni poised to lend support to UW-Green Bay
TV-26 News reporter Alex Hagen filed a story Friday about UW-Green Bay alumni joining their counterparts across the UW System in taking interest in potentially record budget cuts to their alma maters. Hagen talked...
Press-Gazette talks of Sykes’ ‘gritty upbringing’
A sports feature in the weekend’s Green Bay Press-Gazette says star guard Keifer Sykes gets nervous sometimes when his cell phone rings and the area code number indicates Chicago. Sykes, his family and friends...
