Top UW-Green Bay news of 2019
Take a look back on the top editorial content from UW-Green Bay in 2019. These pieces generated the most buzz.
Retired UW-Green Bay faculty member endows $1 million strings professorship
Founding UW-Green Bay Band Director, Robert J. Bauer and his wife Joanne, announced their $1 million gift to the University in January 2019. The gift is being used to create an endowed professorship fund designed to support and advance the academic activities of the strings music faculty and students at UW-Green Bay. Read more.
Marinette Campus professor researches possible link between environmental exposure to algae and Alzheimer’s
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UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus professor, Renee Richer, has conducted research on algae, and its possible link to Alzheimer’s. Richer’s work is part of a larger study being led by Paul Cox, a Harvard ethnobotanist. Read more.
No longer marked with an x, UW-Green Bay Prof. Ryan Martin’s talk is now TED official
UW-Green Bay Professor and Associate Dean Ryan Martin’s (Psychology, CAHSS) TEDx FondduLac Talk, “The Upside of Anger” was promoted to TED Talk status in March, meaning that Martin’s presentation was spread nationally, and globally through the TED.com website. See more.
UW-Green Bay names Noodles & Company Founder, Aaron Kennedy, TitletownTech Entrepreneur-in-Residence
The founder of Noodles & Company and former Chairman/CEO, Aaron Kennedy, was added to the TitltownTech leadership team in April 2019. Kennedy was named Entrepreneur-in-Residence by UW-Green Bay’s former Chancellor, Gary L. Miller. and is working in collaboration with the UW-Green Bay Cofrin School of Business to educate and provide guidance in business development and operational areas, as well as working with the UW System’s Economic Development Office to generate collaborations with all UW System institutions. Read more.
Coach-to-coach and coast-to-coast, Green Bay women’s basketball has generational impact
Green Bay women’s basketball secured its 42nd-consecutive winning season in 2019, this streak includes 20-straight conference titles and 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. Through it all, the program has only had three head coaches — Carol Hammerle (25 seasons), Matt Bollant (5) and current Head Coach Kevin Borseth (15). But maybe more impressive is the legacy left by the players in the program, who go on to spread the Phoenix philosophy to teams locally and nationwide. A quick look at past rosters and present coaches shows more than 35 former Phoenix who have gone on to leave their mark in the high school and college coaching ranks. See more.
UW-Green Bay names Michael Alexander as next Provost
In May, former Chancellor, Gary L. Miller named Michael Alexander UW-Green Bay’s next provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Alexander began his role officially in July of 2019 and is the 13th provost at UW-Green Bay. Read more.
It’s official: Dornbush named dean of UW-Green Bay’s Austin E. Cofrin School of Business
Former UW-Green Bay Provost Greg Davis appointed Mathew Dornbush, most recently interim dean, to the permanent dean for UW-Green Bay’s Austin E. Cofrin School of Business in May 2019. Dornbush was named interim dean in August 14, 2018, after the retirement of Douglas Hensler. Prior to that role, he served as associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and director of Graduate Studies since 2015. Read more.
Iconic art depicts ‘Phoenix rising’ at UW-Green Bay
“Phoenix Rising” by Carl Vanderheyden
Metal artist Carl Vanderheyen created the new “Phoenix Rising” sculpture in 2019. “Our students have shared their desire for an iconic place on campus to gather and also for that signature ‘UW-Green Bay photo,’” said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Climate, Eric E. Arneson. The piece was installed in the center of the Cofrin Library circle on the Green Bay Campus in August 2019. See more.
A dissection class was the impetus for alumna Samantha Kuba, now a medical examiner
UW-Green Bay Chair of Biology and Human Biology Prof. Dan Meinhardt, wrote about a rare opportunity to observe one of his former star students, alumna Samantha Kuba ’13 (Human Biology, Biology) in action, as she continues to develop her UW-Green Bay found-passion in dissection into a career as a medical examiner. UW-Green Bay graduate, Samantha Kuba. Sam, an Appleton native, says she “fell in love” with dissection while earning degrees in Human Biology and Biology (emphases in Health Science and Animal Biology, respectively) at the Green Bay campus. She describes my Comparative Anatomy class as her first real introduction to dissection, and credits two other UW-Green Bay experiences for getting her hired into her current career. Read more.
Sgt. Dave Jones Takes Over as UW-Green Bay’s Chief of Police
Sgt. Dave Jones, the former emergency manager and investigative supervisor for UW-Green Bay University Police, was appointed UWGB’s Chief of Police and began his new role Aug. 5, 2019. Jones replaced Tom Kujawa who retired in April 2019. Read more.
Top news stories of 2019 compiled by Shelby Smith, social media intern, UW-Green Bay Marketing and University Communication
