Category: Media Coverage
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Professor reacts to Amtrak bus line stopping service from Green Bay to Milwaukee | TMJ4
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By Pari Apostolakos GREEN BAY (NBC26) — The Amtrak bus service between Green Bay and Milwaukee will end after this month. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced the line will stop running because of state budget cuts. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Urban and Regional Planning professor Marcelo Cruz said he was disappointed by the news, but not…
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Big Event for Kids returns: a beloved day of fun, learning, and community | WFRV
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By Georgiana Karl (WFRV)- It is a day where you can explore, play, and discover. In this segment, Alexa Priddy, Encompass Director of Community Impact, and Katrina Gitter, Lead Center Director at the Encompass Bellin Health Center, discuss the upcoming Big Event for Kids, why it is such a tradition in the community, and why…
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UW-Green Bay and community rally to support Phoenix volleyball player battling leukemia | Fox 11
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By Eric Morris GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) — In April, Kendall Schara was between her junior and senior seasons of playing volleyball at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Then, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and her whole world was turned upside down. “My life has been surrounded by the hospital the past couple months,…
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UW-Green Bay dual enrollment program will expand with $1M state budget-funded boost | Green Bay Press Gazette
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By Nadia Scharf The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix program, one of a series of programs for nontraditional students that have boosted the university’s enrollment, received a major funding boost in the most recent state budget. The additional million-dollar budget provision will allow the program, which provides students with dual-enrollment opportunities, to expand,…
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UWGB receives $330,000 to study microplastics in Green Bay | Insight
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By Aaron Holbrook UW-Green Bay has received a $330,000 grant from SC Johnson to study microplastics found in fish from Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay. The project will look at how often fish swallow these plastics, where the biggest problem areas are and what kinds of plastics are most common. “With support…
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UW-Green Bay awarded $330K grant to study impact of microplastics on fish in Lake Michigan | Fox 11
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By Mallory Allen GREEN BAY (WLUK) — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has received a grant to study microplastics found in fish from Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay. Officials say these tiny plastic fragments are typically smaller than five millimeters — approximately the size of a sesame seed — and result from the…
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LOOKING LOCAL: UW-STOUT COLLABORATES ON NEW BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAM AT STANLEY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION | 715 Newsroom
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BY MORGAN MCCARTHY University of Wisconsin-Stout plans to expand its career-focused, polytechnic approach to education this fall through the launch of a bachelor’s degree program at Stanley Correctional Institution. The program is part of the University of Wisconsin Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (UW CHEP), a collaborative delivering in-person college courses, certificates and degree pathways…
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Enrollment gains and 8 UW campuses offset by big drop in international students, system says | Wisconsin State Journal
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By: Sabine Martin Fall enrollment at eight Universities of Wisconsin campuses is up this year, but overall enrollment is down slightly due to a “significant” decline in the number of international students, UW system leaders say. Based on first-day preliminary student enrollment estimates released Tuesday, 96 fewer students will attend the 13 universities than last…
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What’s happening with UW System’s branch campuses? | Wisconsin State Journal
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Sabine Martin Since the Universities of Wisconsin started shuttering two-year branch campuses in 2023 amid steep enrollment declines, counties that own the buildings and land have been left to regroup and decide what’s next for the properties. Meanwhile, they’re on the hook for maintaining what they still own. At a cost of thousands of dollars…
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How many students are going to each UW school in fall 2025? | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Kelly Meyerhofer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Enrollment at Wisconsin’s public universities this fall largely held steady from last year, despite increasing concerns about affordability, growing public doubt about the value of a college degree and a projected drop in international students. The Universities of Wisconsin, the rebranded name for the UW System, overall reported about a…