Tag: Advancement

  • New UW-Green Bay Foundation Impact Report and website announced

    New UW-Green Bay Foundation Impact Report and website announced

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    The UW-Green Bay Foundation released its 2020 Annual Impact Report this month featuring great stories about the impact of philanthropy across UW-Green Bay. It’s viewable on the Foundation’s and Advancement’s new joint website—a one-stop shop for supporting University priorities and charitable giving, with a focus on the impact of giving. At uwgb.edu/foundation, viewers not only…

  • Home Sweet Home for Green Bay softball

    Home Sweet Home for Green Bay softball

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    For one team, it’s back to normal… almost. The Green Bay women’s softball program has been back in action since the end of February, and has some late-season home games ahead at King Park, the newly renovated softball facility is a gorgeous addition just waiting for a post-pandemic ceremony to celebrate. The team played its…

  • $100,000 Scholarship Created by Aluminum Foundry | 2021-03-11 | Industrial Heating

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    An aluminum foundry created a new scholarship in an effort to help students become engineers. The Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co. donated $100,000 to establish the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Engineering Scholarship fund through the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Foundation.To be eligible for this scholarship, recipients must be a graduate of a high school in Manitowoc County;…

  • Higher education rates for Native Americans remain low, but unique scholarships helping | Green Bay Press-Gazette

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    Graduates of the UW-Green Bay doctoral program “will have the knowledge to significantly impact education, policy development, and advocacy at state, federal and sovereign nation levels,” according to Dr. Lisa Poupart, director of the program, who is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe in Wisconsin. Source: Higher education rates for Native Americans remain…

  • Campus mourns passing of one-time team physician and lifetime supporter, Dr. Jeremy Green

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    Campus mourns the passing of Dr. Jeremy Green, who passed away on January 10, 2021 just weeks shy of his 89th birthday. Dr. Green was a physician in the Green Bay Area, and served as a team physician for UW-Green Bay athletics. He and his wife Elizabeth, have been longtime supporters of UW-Green Bay. According…

  • Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry creates $100,000 scholarship fund | WLUK

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    MANITOWOC (WLUK) — A new scholarship aims to help Manitowoc County students aspiring to become engineers.The Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry (WAF), with support of the Schwartz family, has donated $100,000 to create the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Engineering Scholarship fund through the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Foundation. “We’re thrilled to help the next generation realize the opportunities…

  • Scholarship honors UW-Green Bay alumna and former State Representative Sharon Metz

    Scholarship honors UW-Green Bay alumna and former State Representative Sharon Metz

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    Family and friends of former State Representative and UW-Green Bay alumna Sharon Metz (’84, Communication and the Arts), who passed away on June 19, 2020 have created an endowed scholarship in honor of Metz and her husband, Tom. The Sharon and Thomas Metz Scholarship will benefit undergraduate students who are majoring in First Nations Studies…

  • Video: UW-Green Bay students say ‘thank you’ to scholarship supporters

    Video: UW-Green Bay students say ‘thank you’ to scholarship supporters

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    This fall, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends have navigated the challenges put forth by the coronavirus pandemic with resilience and grace, and the Phoenix family has much to be proud of this year! As students continue to be challenged with financial obstacles, UW-Green Bay’s scholarship recipients are ever-so-grateful for the support. For many talented…

  • Michael Strohschein named as Phoenix Real Estate Foundation Trustee

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    Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation Board of Directors recently named alumnus Michael Strohschein ‘92 (Business Administration) as a new trustee to the Phoenix Real Estate Foundation. Before focusing on commercial real estate brokerage and development with Management Enterprises, Strohschein was President & CFO for Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, Inc. from 1999 to…

  • Campus mourns the passing of Betty Brown, staff member who authored ‘From the Beginning’

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    UW-Green Bay learned today of the passing of Betty Brown, a long-tenured staff member who among many other accomplishments penned the book, “UW-Green Bay: From the Beginning,” which documented the history of UW-Green Bay, from 1969 through 1990. According to an obituary, she joined the academic staff of UW-Green Bay Center as public information officer,…