Category: News Phlash
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Mickey, German Major at UW-Green Bay
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Majoring in German at UW-Green Bay has been a four-year journey for Mickey. At first, she felt nervous about speaking German all the time in class, to navigating the German culture and making lifelong friends during her study abroad in Kassel, Germany. The supportive community of professors and students within the German program has made…
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Learning Has No Age Limit: Non‑Traditional Students Reframe What’s Possible at UW–Green Bay
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September 2023, Room 212, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, UW–Green Bay – Students filter in on the first day of Spanish 201, settling in with shuffling notebooks and quick greetings. It’s a mid-sized class of about 20 students and is typical of the intermediate sequence: mostly first- and second-year undergraduates easing into the semester. When UW-Green…
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Video featuring Electrical Engineering Labs at UW-Green Bay
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UW-Green Bay’s Electrical Engineering labs and facilities, where electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology students get hands-on experience with the tools and technologies used in the electrical engineering field. https://www.uwgb.edu/engineering/about/facilities/electrical Descriptive Transcript: 00:00:00 [Upbeat Music] [On-screen text: “UW-Green Bay’s Electrical Engineering Labs.” Aerial view of a large Phoenix mural as students walk outside the building.]…
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Defense firm retracts bid for former UW-Green Bay Marinette buildings | Fox 11
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“By Ashley Kaster MARINETTE (WLUK) — A defense technology company withdrew its proposal to purchase the former UW-Green Bay Marinette branch campus. Earlier this month, Aurora Global Defense Systems submitted a proposal to acquire the theater, library and tech center buildings for its high-tech innovation hub. In its proposal withdraw, the company wrote, in part: ‘After a…
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As Wisconsin ages, UW-Green Bay looks to older adults to boost enrollment — and keep minds sharp | Wausau Pilot & Review
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“Inside University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Christie Theatre, retired judge Mark Warpinski leads a discussion about how judges decide on the sentences they impose. Roughly 50 students nod along, take notes and eagerly wave their hands in the air to debate how they’d sentence someone for a hypothetical crime. The unusually lively audience betrays that this…
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Defense firm eyes former UW-Green Bay Marinette campus for high-tech innovation hub | Fox 11
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“MARINETTE (WLUK) — A defense technology company is looking into purchasing the former UW-Green Bay Marinette branch campus. In-person classes ended at the 36-acre site in spring 2024. Last year, the Marinette County board approved a plan to sell the more than 18-acre Max E. Peterson Fieldhouse to the Greater Marinette-Menominee YMCA. The fieldhouse is one of four…
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New proposal could bring defense research to UWGB-Marinette Campus | WBAY
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“MARINETTE, Wis. (WBAY) – A new proposal could bring a high-tech defense research hub to Marinette. Aurora Global Defense Systems wants to purchase several buildings at the former UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus. The company proposes acquiring the theater, library, and tech center for three dollars. The goal is to create a research and development center…
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Tunnels no more? How UWGB’s concourse system will change amid renovation | Green Bay Press-Gazette
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“After over 50 years, the underground concourse ‘tunnel’ system that allows University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students to avoid rain, snow and freezing cold is changing. Cofrin Library, which sits at an intersection of the concourse system, is set to be demolished early next year. That means the tunnels running beneath it will no longer connect. Students will still be able to get from the academic buildings on the north end of campus to those on the…