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  • UW-Green Bay Captain Tony Decker named the next University Chief of Police

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Sheryl Van Gruensven, CBO and senior vice chancellor for University Strategy, is pleased to announce that Captain Tony Decker has been appointed the next UW-Green Bay police chief effective Dec. 16, 2021. Decker succeeds Police Chief David Jones who will be retiring on Dec. 15, 2021. UW-Green Bay’s police chief is responsible for leading the…

  • Invitation to Free DreamBank Event with Derek Jeter and AmFam CEO Jack Salzwedel, Thursday, Dec. 16, 3 to 4 p.m.

    Invitation to Free DreamBank Event with Derek Jeter and AmFam CEO Jack Salzwedel, Thursday, Dec. 16, 3 to 4 p.m.

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    Tori Grant Welhouse

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    American Family Insurance (AmFam) is honored to bring together two individuals who have fearlessly led teams and reached monumental moments in their dream journey: baseball icon, Hall of Fame inductee and AmFam brand ambassador, Derek Jeter, and Chair/CEO of American Family Insurance, Jack Salzwedel. Join-in this fireside chat as they share their perspectives on defining…

  • UW-Marinette County Foundation Consolidates with UW-Green Bay Foundation

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Green Bay, Wis.— The UW-Marinette County Foundation, Inc., a philanthropic society of individuals dedicated to supporting public higher education in Marinette County, is combining forces with the UW-Green Bay Foundation to create efficiencies and eliminate duplication of fiduciary duties. The two groups determined that the focus needs to be on growing the number of college…

  • Kwanzaa Celebration is Saturday, Dec. 4

    Kwanzaa Celebration is Saturday, Dec. 4

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes will speak at the community Kwanzaa Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Phoenix Rooms in the University Union, UW-Green Bay. Barnes serves as Wisconsin’s 45th Lieutenant Governor. He is the first African American to serve as a Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and the second…

  • Enhancing your Mental Health Support Skills, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 11:45 a.m.

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Enhancing your Mental Health Support Skills for faculty and staff. Amy Henniges and Lissa Balison from the Wellness Center will be offering an overview on the Mental Health needs of our students, as well as reviewing how to recognize warning signs, how to respond to students and how to connect students with resources. Q&A will…

  • Indigenous wild rice planted by UW-Green Bay aims to restore wetlands

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    Sue Bodilly

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    SUAMICO – As Cindy Reffke looks out across the Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve, she imagines the wild rice plants that have disappeared, but are now desperately needed to restore the environment and sustain the waterfowl she loves.“I’ve always believed that if we would’ve listened to the Native Americans we wouldn’t have the problems we have today…

  • Holiday favorite returns to Theatre on the Bay | News | ehextra.com

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    Sue Bodilly

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    MARINETTE—The stage will come alive in holiday song this December at UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus, in a returning seasonal favorite Christmas By the Bay.Christmas By the Bay features music and lyrics that explore holidays past, present and future—from older traditional songs like “Little Drummer Boy,” “What Child is This” and “Peace on Earth,” to modern…

  • Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Noted regional choir schedules two separate holiday concerts

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    Sue Bodilly

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    “Holiday Pops,” the long-standing tradition as “Green Bay’s biggest holiday musical celebration,” returns at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, in Cofrin Family Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.The performance conducted by Kent Paulsen will also feature the Holiday Pops Orchestra, Birder Studio of Performing Arts youth…

  • Sew Good: Door County boy gaining attention for designing skills

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    Sue Bodilly

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    BRUSSELS, Wis. (WBAY) – Corbin Londo, an eight-year-old boy from Brussels, attended an afternoon costume design class at UW Green Bay and is now inspired to become a fashion designer.Corbin started his interest into design last year during quarantine by creating costumes using construction paper. His mom, Tanya, later brought out a sewing machine.“I asked…

  • Tonight! Thursday, Dec. 2 – 6:30 Concert Series

    Tonight! Thursday, Dec. 2 – 6:30 Concert Series

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay’s Contemporary Percussion Ensemble (led by Dr. Bill Sallak, Associate Professor of Music) forms the core ensemble for a performance of two iconic works of American minimalism. Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together/Attica is a relentless meditation on a powerful text by Sam Melville; the performance will feature narration by Associate Lecturer of Theatre Alan Kopischke. The program is…