Convocation at 10 a.m. sharp
The Fall 2012 Employee Convocation kicks off the academic year at 10 a.m. today (Aug. 28) in the University Union’s Phoenix Room. The program is as follows:
• Welcome, by Emcee Cliff Abbott
• Introduction of new faculty and staff
• Introduction of named professorship recipients
• Founders Association Awards of Excellence
• Remarks by Chancellor Thomas K. Harden
• Lunch in Leona Cloud Commons
A chance to applaud Davis, Aldrete, Howe
UW-Green Bay has eight named professorships. Among the highlights of this morning’s Faculty/Staff Convocation will be the presentation of medallions emblematic of three of those professorships to the newest recipients of five-year terms:
• Prof. Greg Davis of Natural and Applied Sciences will receive the Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship of Natural Sciences
• Receiving the Frankenthal Family Professorship will be Prof. Greg Aldrete of Humanistic Studies
• Prof. Bob Howe of Natural and Applied Sciences will be presented the Herbert Fisk Johnson Professorship in Environmental Studies
