Category: News Phlash
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Weight room orientation and fitness freakout, on Wednesday
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Our friends at the Kress Events Center inform us of a couple of open-the-semester programs that might be of interest. “Weight Room Orientation” will be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 4). “Fitness Freakout,” a sampling of the diverse group-exercise classes being offered this fall, runs from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the…
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Ticket sales for Weidner Center Performing Arts Season to begin at 11 a.m. Sept. 6
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Ticket sales will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6 for the 2013-14 Performing Arts Season at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Tickets for events in the Performing Arts Season currently are on sale via subscription, with customers selecting three or more events to qualify as a…
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Snapshots: Best-ball 35 wins 2013 ‘Convocation Open’
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In a tightly contested event, with all teams within five strokes, Tom Barry, Karen Opolka and Patrick Forsythe emerged as winners of the 2013 Convocation Open. Their score of 35 was matched by Chuck Wiseman, Susan Barry and Jeff Gross, but the first hole proved to be the decisive tiebreaker, with the winning team recording a par. The Aug.…
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Campus-based TV group’s Door County documentary to air Sept. 12
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Educational Television Productions of Northeast Wisconsin (ETP-NEW) is excited to announce the broadcast date of its latest documentary. “Emma Toft: One with Nature” will debut on Wisconsin Public Television at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. The organization is proud of its work and appreciative of the opportunity to showcase this program to a statewide audience…
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Links to stories on Founders winners, video and slideshow
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These links were included in Wednesday afternoon’s edition of the formatted, photos-included Log Extra, but for the benefit of Log readers who don’t get the once-a-week Extra, or otherwise missed it … • Faculty, staff stars win Founders Association Awards • Video: a very good year • The day in photos
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Kaye on the radio now, discussing FDR, freedoms, march, more
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Prof. Harvey Kaye, Democracy and Justice Studies, is on the air at 2 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 29) with a North Carolina talk radio station. He is scheduled to talk about topics related to his new book — FDR, the Four Freedoms, the Greatest Generation — as well as the labor movement and the 50th…
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Spielmann: Business, research park would benefit campus, community
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The long-considered idea for a business and research park near the UW-Green Bay campus is gaining traction as Brown County officials look to move forward with the concept. Our own Dan Spielmann, special assistant to the Chancellor, sat down with WLUK, Fox 11 reporter (and UW-Green Bay alum) Ben Krumholz Tuesday (Aug. 27) to talk…
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UW-Green Bay welcomes diverse, academically strong freshman class
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is welcoming its most diverse freshman class to date this fall, with 104 students of color — 13 percent of the class — set to start classes Tuesday, Sept. 3. The incoming class also is among the best prepared academically in school history. Eighty percent of new freshmen completed high…
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Chancellor talks salaries, enrollment, learning
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Chancellor Tom Harden touched on University-related news, achievements and challenges in opening the academic year with remarks at the annual August convocation of faculty and staff on Wednesday, Aug. 28. During his presentation to an audience of about 500, the chancellor showed a five-minute video (see video) summarizing the many highlights of the 2012-2013 academic…
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UW-Green Bay honors faculty, staff standouts with 2013 Founders Awards
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has recognized its top faculty and staff members with 2013 Founders Association Awards for Excellence. The award winners were honored at the annual UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff Convocation Wednesday morning, Aug. 28.