Category: News Phlash
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UW-Green Bay profs promise all-star music on Door County series
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Door Concerts, Inc. has announced its 2013-14 schedule, and one of the subscription series events features people you know. On March 28, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will be the site of “a concert ranging from classical to cutting edge, including some original compositions, with Cheryl Grosso on percussion, Adam Gaines on trumpet, John Salerno…
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Meacham: ‘The seal is dying’
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Author, blogger and UW-Green Bay Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies Rebecca Meacham posted a very short but powerful story this week at the literary site Necessary Fiction. There’s a tour bus, a mortally injured seal, withering heat and nets that can’t be filled. For “Beached,” click here.
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Throwback Thursdays pulls up a chair, 1970s style
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The thing is, these vintage chairs are either still in use at UW-Green Bay or only recently banished to a previous century. The Cofrin Library’s Area Research Center has posted a grooving group photo of vintage UWGB furniture in this week’s Throwback Thursdays feature, at www.facebook.com/uwgbarchives.
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Athletics welcomes new assistant director of communications
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Congratulations and welcome to Rachel Buck, announced Tuesday, Aug. 20 as the new assistant director of communications for UW-Green Bay Athletics. Buck will serve as the primary sport contact for men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s Nordic skiing and softball. She also will update and generate content for GreenBayPhoenix.com. A native of…
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One noteworthy moth, sighted near the Union
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Earlier this week, staff members tidying up leaves and spent flowers in the planters just outside the Union’s Corner Store discovered a remarkable creature buzzing the flowers. They initially thought it might be a baby hummingbird, but upon closer inspection and after a little internet research, they’re confident they saw a hummingbird moth. Don’t know…
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UW-Green Bay welcomes Sims-Aubert as new Residence Life director
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Gail Sims-Aubert, a student housing professional with 20 years of experience and currently associate director of residence life at the University of Nebraska Kearney, will begin her duties Oct. 14 as UW-Green Bay’s new director of residence life. Dean of Students Brenda Amenson-Hill announced the appointment Monday to conclude a national search. At Kearney, Sims-Aubert…
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Library Open House
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I-pads, study rooms, research guides for classes, family history, and popular movies. All of these are possible through the Cofrin Library. Faculty and staff are invited to the Library open house on Thursday, Aug. 29, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Meet with the Library staff and learn about the many and varied services and collections…
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Valenta, Fermanich comments on bay’s ‘dead zone’ get national exposure
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Areas of hypoxia, or so-called “dead zones,” were the topic of a webinar offered last week by Prof. Kevin Fermanich and former UW-Green Bay undergraduate and environmental sciences master’s student Tracey Valenta. Organized by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the webinar drew widespread state and even national coverage when the Associated Press picked up…
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Look for SLO Food indoors on Wednesday
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The SLO Food Alliance will move this week’s produce sale indoors so that they can join the Campus Wellness Committee at the Healthy Potluck on Wednesday, August 21. The produce sale will be in Phoenix B of the University Union from noon to 1 p.m. along with the potluck luncheon. The usual variety of fresh produce…
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Reminder: Second annual Convocation Open
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They’re billing it as the “2nd Annual UWGB Convocation Open” to be held the day after convocation on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 29, at Shorewood Golf Course. It’s a three- or four-person scramble, open to faculty, staff and retirees Please contact Joe Schoenebeck by noon Aug. 23, the preceding Friday, to reserve your spot,…