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  • Wednesday is Denim Day (and a great day to discuss sexual assault awareness)

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Wednesday, April 26 is Denim Day. For nearly two decades the organization Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Violence Awareness Month. (Originally triggered when a rape conviction was overturned because the “victim was wearing tight jeans, thereby implying consent.”) The Dean of Students…

  • ‘Humanistic Studies’ is now ‘Humanities’

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    Editorial Student

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    Humanistic Studies is currently an academic program and a unit on campus. The name for both has been changed to “Humanities.” The reason for the change is that the program and all the unit’s disciplinary programs are, in fact, all fields within the Humanities. The new name is also more widely recognized.

  • Humanities under attack: Prof.’s Nesvet and Shelton pen column for Press-Gazette

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Assistant Prof. Rebecca Nesvet (English and Humanities), and Assistant Prof. Jon Shelton (Democracy and Justice Studies), published a guest column in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. The piece argues that recent distortions of history shows the fundamental importance of a broad-based education in the humanities. Nesvet and Shelton argue that narrowly tailoring higher education…

  • UW-Green Bay reports positive climate for sexual assault prevention and treatment

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    Kimberly Vlies

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    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. At UW-Green Bay, students reported overall positive perceptions of the school climate in dealing with sexual harassment and working toward assault prevention, response and treatment, although University officials acknowledged that there is always room for improvement. The responses were reported in the College Experiences Survey (CES) Campus Climate Survey…

  • Sheepshead Review launches at UntitledTown

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Join UW-Green Bay students, faculty and staff for this year’s launching of Sheepshead Review — UW-Green Bay’s internationally-distributed, award-winning, undergraduate-edited journal of the arts. The launch party will take place as part of UntitledTown Book and Author Festival from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at Broadway Center (Old Fort Square). Hear authors and visual…

  • Prof. Deetz’s FABRICation receiving rave reviews

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A well-traveled art exhibition, FABRICation, co-curated by UW-Green Bay Prof. Kristy Deetz (Art) with Prof. Reni Gower of VCUarts, Painting and Printmaking Department (Virginia Commonwealth University) is receiving rave reviews. The exhibition has traveled across the United States, beginning in October of 2013, and most recently opened at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, running…

  • Psychology students and faculty impress at MPA conference

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    Jena Richter Landers

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    Last week (April 20-22) about 35 UW-Green Bay Psychology students and five faculty members attended the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA) Conference in Chicago, lll. The students presented more than 35 research projects on topics related to attitudes toward online classes, to culture and language development, to mental health stigma.

  • CATL Workshop: Gamify Your Course, April 25

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Check out this CATL sponsored event: 3:30 p.m. April 25, 2017 in the 1965 Room, University Union. While “Gamify” has become a buzzword, the practice itself may still be useful. When we begin to consider what a course is, we come to realize that the accumulation of “points” is, on some level, already a game.…

  • Prof. Luczaj appears in documentary about Niagara Escarpment this week

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. John Luczaj (Geology, Geoscience) will appear in a documentary about the Niagara Escarpment that premieres this week. The documentary is titled “The Great Ledge” by Dan Larson. The Niagara Escarpment is a geologic feature that runs from Wisconsin through Michigan and Ontario into New York state. It is the same ledge over…

  • Alumni and students promote UntitledTown Book Festival

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    Editorial Student

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    UW-Green Bay alumna and UntitledTown Book Festival Board member, Morgan Moran is promoting Untitled Book Festival by projecting poetry of featured authors on downtown Green Bay buildings. Other alumni and students are maintaining the UntitledTown blog. For more information, follow UntitledTown Book and Author Festival on: Twitter @untitledtowngb Instagram @untitledtown Facebook https://www.facebook.com/untitledtown/ Or visit UntitledTown.org