Category: News
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WiSys Technology’s first regional associate will serve UWGB, others
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Bob Wise, who served for more than 20 years on the UW science faculty, has recently joined WiSys Technology Foundation as the first regional associate. Wise will focus outreach and development efforts on three UW System comprehensive campuses in central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley region: Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Green Bay. He also will…
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Rights for ‘Romeo’: Sutton’s play earns award, gets publishing/stage rights deal
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We’ve got more good news to share about Associate Prof. Brian Sutton, whose original musical, “Searching for Romeo,” earned rave reviews on a national theatre festival stage earlier this year. Now “Romeo” is the recipient of a New York Musical Theatre Festival/Steele Spring Stage Rights publishing award, meaning performance rights for the play will be…
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Twice as nice: Youngest grad Sauerhammer lands two magazine covers this month
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UW-Green Bay’s Inside magazine isn’t the only one that has the youngest-ever UW-Green Bay grad gracing its cover this October. YOU magazine, out this week, also features Dr. Tina Sauerhammer ’99 on the cover and in a lengthy feature article inside. As Log readers likely recall, Sauerhammer graduated from UW-Green Bay at just 18 and…
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Passing of early Alumni Association president
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Word has been received of the passing of Gary R. Schmidt, 62, on Aug. 15 in Two Rivers. Schmidt was a returning adult student who received his UW-Green Bay bachelor’s in Communication and the Arts in 1975. During his time as a student, he was known as a dedicated environmentalist. With two fellow students, he…
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P-G: Wery won’t step down after exchange regarding Muslim student group
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Green Bay Alderman Chris Wery says he won’t resign his post in the wake of controversy over a well-publicized email exchange he had with UW-Green Bay alumna Heba Mohammad. As we told you here previously, Wery has come under fire for responding to Mohammad’s inquiry about Election Day bus service by questioning the Muslim Student…
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Financial management course among November offerings from SBDC
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The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-Green Bay will present two November workshops as part of its ongoing Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program series. “Hiring Wisely” will be presented from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Advance Business and Manufacturing Center in Green Bay. “Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers” will be held from…
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Women’s soccer earns road win, returns for Senior Day
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Controlling the match throughout the entire 90 minutes, the Green Bay women’s soccer team picked up a 1-0 shutout victory on the road over UIC on Wednesday night. The Phoenix improves its record to 9-5-2 overall and 3-3-0 in the Horizon League, snapping a two-game losing skid in the process. With two home games to…
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Michigan joins UW with competency-based degree program
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The University of Wisconsin System has its UW Flexible Option degree program. Now, the University of Michigan is following suit, now that its regional accreditor has signed off on a new competency-based degree that does not rely on the credit-hour standard.
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In the news: Coverage of alderman’s query on Muslim student group
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We told you here yesterday that a story involving two UW-Green Bay alumni, Heba Mohammad ’14 and Green Bay Alderman Chris Wery ’93, was making headlines locally and even nationally after Wery’s response to a transit-based inquiry from Mohammad went viral on social media. The alderman apologized to Mohammad Tuesday (Oct. 21) after responding to…
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More diversity in the news: Wery’s query on Muslim students makes USA Today
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Green Bay Alderman Chris Wery has apologized to the founder of UW-Green Bay’s Muslim Student Association for responding to her question asking why public bus service isn’t free on Election Day – as it is on Packers game days – with his own questions about whether she and her former student group condemn Islamic terrorism.…