Category: Media Coverage

  • Average Car Insurance Cost | Wallet Hub

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    Sampath Kumar Chair of Marketing & Management, Chair of MS Management, Chair of MS Data Science, Professor of Marketing for the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business at UW-Green Bay  Why have car insurance premiums been increasing over the past years? Usually, car insurance premiums rise the same way as they always have—slowly, steadily, and…

  • SARP East 2025 Ecohydrology Group | NASA

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    Return to 2025 SARP Closeout Faculty Advisor: Dom Ciruzzi, William & Mary Graduate Mentor: Sarah Payne, University of California, Santa Barbara Uncovering Hidden Green to Reveal Water: Can Spectral Unmixing of Vegetation Reduce Evapotranspiration Bias in Semi-Arid Landscapes?  Ethan Bledsoe, Northwestern University  Deserts push life to its limits, presenting sparse vegetation and scarce water that…

  • Best Places to Shop on Black Friday (2025) | Wallet Hub

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    Aniruddha Pangarkar Associate Professor of Marketing, Austin E. Cofrin School Of Business, The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay  How can consumers distinguish between real Black Friday deals and marketing traps? Black Friday is that time of the year when consumers are in the enthusiastic mood for shopping. While it is good to be excited and motivated…

  • Democratic lawmakers propose legislation capping utility bills | Superior Telegram

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    A bill in the Wisconsin Legislature would essentially cap residential utility bills at 2% of household income. By Joe Shulz Wausau resident Jill Sexton and her husband are both in their 60s. Sexton says she’s on disability and her husband is on Social Security. Sexton said she had to take a part-time job to cover…

  • Compass 2 Campus proves college can be a reality for underrepresented students | Cascadia Daily

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    For more than 15 years, WWU program places mentors in schools, brings students to campus By Charlotte Alden When Lourdes Hurtado was a fifth-grader at Sumas Elementary, a Western Washington University student came into her classroom to help out. That student was part of the Compass 2 Campus program, which aims to increase access to higher education for…

  • Budget Percentages | Wallet Hub

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    Qiyang (Cliff) Lian Ph.D., CPA, Assistant Professor of Accounting – University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Cofrin School of Business Do you think using a percentage-based budget strategy, such as the 50/30/20 rule or the 70/20/10 rule, is the most effective approach? Percentage-based budgeting is an effective starting point thanks to its simplicity and ease of use. It…

  • UW-Green Bay receives $1 million gift to support STEM scholarships | Sheboygan Sun

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is proud to announce a transformative $1 million scholarship gift from alumnus Dr. Paul J. Schilling ’82, aimed at expanding access to STEM degrees for high-achieving students with financial need. The newly established “Dr. Charles Ihrke Scholarship Fund” will support incoming undergraduate students pursuing STEM majors, empowering the next generation…

  • UW-Green Bay launches historic scholarship to support STEM students’ financial needs | Fox 11

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    By Tony Langfellow GREEN BAY (WLUK) — UW-Green Bay announced a scholarship initiative to help ease financial burdens for STEM students.  It’s one of the largest gifts in university history. “We know gifts like this empower people who are absolutely needed and qualified to get these kinds of degrees to come here and get it done and…

  • States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most | Wallet Hub

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    Dylan Polkinghorne Assistant Teaching Professor, Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Do you think the hiring dynamic is currently tilted in favor of employees or employers? The recent shift and current trend in 2025 is that hiring dynamics have shifted toward employers. The job market has changed since the pandemic, allowing…

  • Green Bay receives $1M scholarship gift | Insight

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay received a $1 million scholarship gift from alumnus Dr. Paul J. Schilling ’82, aimed at expanding access to STEM degrees for high-achieving students with financial need. The newly established “Dr. Charles Ihrke Scholarship Fund” will support incoming undergraduate students pursuing STEM majors. Schilling created the scholarship to honor his former…