Category: News

  • Farewell to Amenson-Hill planned for Wednesday, May 11

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    She served nearly two decades at UW-Green Bay, now Dean of Students Brenda Amenson-Hill is headed to Minnesota State University Morehead.  Friends and colleagues are holding an ice cream reception in her honor from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 in the University Union outside The Phoenix Bookstore. Please wish her a fond farewell.…

  • Pub for pedestrians’ public safety

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    We announced last week that UW-Green Bay Public Safety received grant money to help protect pedestrians at crossings. Green Bay Press-Gazette correspondent Patti Zarling interviewed UWGB Sergeant Jeff Gross about the effort in conjunction with the Green Bay city police to try to get drivers to be more aware of those on foot nearby.  “Officers…

  • Philosophers (final) Café — ‘Can Creativity be Taught?’

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    The Philosophers Café closes its 2015-16 series from 7 to 8:30 p.m. this Wednesday, May 11, at the second floor of Titletown Brewing Company (200 Dousman) with an exploratory discussion of whether “Creativity can be Taught.” UWGB Prof. Christine Style (Art) leads the discussion and asks whether museums and art centers are the new churches… “Churches are…

  • Prof. Fernandez-Meardi leads next Great Books discussion

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    Prof. Hernan Fernandez-Meardi leads this month’s Great Books Discussion of Santa Evita by Tomas Eloy Martinez at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 10 at the Brown County Central Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay.

  • Social Work celebrates

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    The UWGB Social Work Professional Programs held a first annual Social Work Symposium and Celebration in Rose Hall on Thursday, May 5. The Symposium showcased the major projects of the graduating MSW students as well as honors in the major projects, research and advocacy class efforts, and activities from students organizations: Campus Cupboard, Campus Kitchen…

  • Green Bay runner Riley Garbe featured

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    In 2006, Riley Garbe was a student at Jefferson Elementary, Green Bay, today he is a member of UWGB’s cross country team. What and who was responsible for introducing him to the sport of running? It is the focus of a WBAY-TV featured story. You can watch it here.

  • Check out Sean Casey on Channel3000

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    Sean Casey, a 2011 graduate of UWGB’s Dietetic Internship Program, is a guest on Channel3000 on “Making sure your diet matches your athletic performance.” Watch the clip here.

  • UWGB public relations students host ‘Kitty Shower’ for the Bay Area Humane Society

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    Students in Danielle Bina’s Principles of Public Relations class put a public relations proposal together for the Bay Area Humane Society and then held an event (Kitty Shower) Friday afternoon (May 6).  The students created a press packet, promoted the event, ran the activities and collected necessities. The event raised awareness about the growing feral…

  • Students board the Train Jam express for real-life gaming experience

    Students board the Train Jam express for real-life gaming experience

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    They were sore-eyed, fatigued and disheveled, but a 52-hour train ride from Chicago to the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco this spring was still the ride of a lifetime for UW-Green Bay students Tom Rismeyer and Jacob Labeots. They were accompanied by UWGB lecturer Ben Geisler (Computer Science) as well as 200 game designers,…

  • Kaspar Spider Collection donated to UWGB

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    UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity announces the donation of a major spider collection to the Richter Museum of Natural History in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. Prof. John “Jack” Kaspar, Ph.D. an arachnologist and biology professor at UW-Oshkosh for more than 30 years, amassed a collection of 10,000 spider specimens during his career, mainly from Wisconsin and the…