Category: News
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Student curling club falls to Penn in national semifinals
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The UW-Green Bay student curling club made it all the way to the semifinal round of the second annual USA Curling College Championship, contested over the weekend in Rochester, N.Y. The team from Green Bay went 3-0 in pool play — beating MIT, hometown RIT and Hamilton College before falling to Ivy League entrant the…
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Kaye’s Daily Beast piece reviews new book on ‘Second Gilded Age’
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UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye, Democracy and Justice Studies, has written a lengthy essay at the national Daily Beast news and opinion site. In it, he reviews the new Steve Fraser book The Age of Acquiescence and its description of a “Second Gilded Age” arriving in America with relatively little populist resistance to what the…
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Workshop: ‘OneDrive for Business’
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Pat Theyerl is again offering a hands-on “OneDrive for Business” workshop this week Thursday, March 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Attendees will learn how to use Office 365, create folders, upload files, and share those files with people on and off campus. (OneDrive for Business and SharePoint will eventually replace GBShare.) Email Pat Theyerl (theyerlp@uwgb.edu) if you’re…
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UW-Green Bay philanthropy students seek grant applicants
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Strategic Philanthropy students are seeking proposers for $10,000 they received from the Learning by Giving Foundation to distribute in the form of grants in the Brown County community. Public and Environmental Affairs Professor Lora Warner teaches the Strategic Philanthropy course. This year’s class is issuing a request for grant proposals…
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UW-Green Bay to reprise Open Online Course, on app and game development
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will again offer a Local Open Online Course (LOOC), titled “Beginning App & 2D Game Development.” The course begins Wednesday, March 18, but participants are welcome to join as late as the second week of instruction. Units will be addressed each Wednesday in the 12-week course. Offered as an offshoot…
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Women play for automatic NCAA bid at 2 pm Sunday
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Junior forward Kaili Luken had a career-high 27 points to help ensure the Phoenix (27-4) held off fourth-seeded Youngstown State (21-10) Friday night to win 63-54 in semifinal action of the Horizon League Championships at the Kress Center. Green Bay and second-seeded Wright State (25-7) are slated to meet on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.…
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Tournament selection shows: men’s Sunday, women’s Monday
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Despite a disappointing title loss on Valpo’s home floor Tuesday night, there is perhaps a very faint glimmer of hope the Phoenix men (24-8) will hear their name called during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show at 5 p.m. CDT Sunday (March 15) on CBS. Saturday’s computer rankings had Coach Brian Wardle’s basketball team at an…
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P-G: Budget proposal would cut $247,000 Oneida compact allocation
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The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported online Friday that among the additional losses for UW-Green Bay under the proposed state budget would be elimination of $247,500 in funds from Oneida Tribe gaming revenues intended for tourism and economic development. University spokesman Christopher Sampson said the funding dates to 2001 and the signing of new statewide gaming…
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Eau Claire gets statewide attention for ‘voluntary separation incentives’
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The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt has announced that voluntary separation incentives will be offered to about 325 eligible faculty and staff. No other campuses have announced buyouts. Under the terms of the UW-Eau Claire offer, employees 55 and older with at least five years of service in select departments and units…
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Aldrete gets Sirius date, tonight
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Here’s a programming note, if you have Sirius satellite radio (and it’s a nice faculty note, whether you subscribe to the service or not): UW-Green Bay History Prof. Gregory S. Aldrete has been selected to appear on this week’s broadcast of The Great Courses radio program. It airs from 8 to 10 p.m. CDT tonight…