Category: Media Coverage
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Bemis toilet seat earns third-party certification for recycled wood | Sheboygan Press
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By Alex Garner ‘It gives a lot more weight to it to have a third party certify that we have recycled content,’ says Lena Mitkey, ESG director at Bemis. SHEBOYGAN FALLS – Building on a history of sustainable practices, Bemis Manufacturing Company received third-party certification for the recycled content of its wooden toilet seats. GreenCircle…
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See photos from UW-Green Bay in the 1970s| Green Bay Press Gazette
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By Sarah Kloepping An aerial photo of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in 1979. Green Bay Press-Gazette Archives Ted Grams of Kenosha and Mary-Alexis Pfutzenreuter of Virginia, Minn., observe sunflower plans for mineral deficiencies in a biology class in October 1979 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in Green Bay, Wis. Green Bay Press-Gazette…
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Titans, Phoenixes walk across the stage Saturday for winter commencement | Fox 11
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WLUK – It was big day for hundreds of students in northeast Wisconsin yesterday as they walked across the commencement stage to receive their diplomas. UW-Green Bay handed out over 500 degrees yesterday while UW-Oshkosh handed out nearly 600. Officials and students of both commencement ceremonies spoke warmly of the years they spent getting to…
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Rising Phoenix program helps UWGB student get degree 6 months after high school graduation| Fox 11
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By Emily Matesic GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) — The countdown is on for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s December commencement. More than 500 students are set to graduate Saturday. Of the graduates, 55% are first-generation students, meaning they are the first in their family to earn a college degree. It was only about six months…
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UW schools will use stricter guide to decide whether to cut programs | Milwuakee Journal Sentinal
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By Kelly Meyerhofer More academic programs at Wisconsin’s public universities could be on the chopping block under a new metric campuses must use to monitor enrollment trends. The Universities of Wisconsin, also known as the UW system, formed a taskforce last year to explore program cuts in response to declining enrollment and persistent financial pressures. A group…
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Five companies selected for initial UWGB Pre-accelerator | Insight
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in partnership with gener8tor announced the five startups selected for the inaugural cohort of the UW-Green Bay Pre-Accelerator, a no-equity startupaccelerator supporting early-stage founders in Brown County and the greater Northeast Wisconsin region. The cohort was selected from a competitive pool of applicants, with only five companies earning a place…
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UW-Green Bay launches online course addressing men’s mental health during holidays | Green Bay Reporter
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As the holiday season approaches, mental health challenges among men often become more pronounced. According to the Anxiety & Depression Society of America, over 6 million men in the United States experience depression each year, but many do not seek help due to stigma and cultural pressures. In Wisconsin alone, data from Mental Health America…
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Best Credit Cards With No Balance Transfer Fees | Wallet Hub
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Anup Nair M.B.A., Assistant Teaching Professor, Marketing, Austin E. Cofrin School Of Business, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Do people pay enough attention to balance-transfer fees when shopping for a balance-transfer credit card? Attention is a scare currency, especially when there are a lot of things weighing on your mind. Add to this the…
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Green Bay Blizzard brings football to UWGB with new ‘Frozen Phoenix’ alternate identity | Fox 11
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — For one day next spring, UW-Green Bay will have its own football team. UWGB is partnering with the Green Bay Blizzard indoor football team to collaborate on a new alternate identity. The Blizzard will suit up as the Frozen Phoenix during their April 18 game at the Resch Center. “This is…
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‘Nature is nice’: Universities of Wisconsin program connects K-12 students with water research | Green Bay Press Gazette
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By Nadia Scharf On a chilly November afternoon, three dozen middle-schoolers stand in the golden light of the early-setting sun at Sensiba State Wildlife Area in Green Bay, listening as the instructor explains what they’re there to do. With the wind whipping around them and rattling the reeds by the water, it’s starting to get cold for the first time this year, and the dark won’t help. But they signed…