Tag: alumni
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BSN alumna Esther Nalukwago’s dreams grow bigger from Uganda to UW-Green Bay
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This was originally posted on the Alumni Spotlight and featured in the UW-Green Bay Alumni newsletter From more than 7,700 miles away, Esther Nalukwago envisioned her future as a Phoenix. It was a bold move that no one in her family had ever done before. She was going to college. She had done well in…
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Kevin MacLeod on the Golden Globes Using ‘Fluffing a Duck’
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Jo Koy’s hosting gig may have been an out-of-the-gate failure, but at least the Golden Globes had Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell. The pair presented Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy and tried their best to be serious about it. Then, the music started: a springy horn soon joined by some woodwinds. Wiig looked…
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Alumni Amanda and Marcus Reitz’s mission to deliver ‘Happily Ever After’ for companion animals started at UW-Green Bay
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This was originally posted on the Alumni Spotlight and featured in the UW-Green Bay Alumni newsletter From the front door of Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary (HEA) in Ashwaubenon, you can see the familiar silhouette of Lambeau Field rising above the skyline. It’s a feature siblings Amanda Reitz (‘08) and Marcus Reitz (‘03) point out…
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Game on | insightonbusiness.com
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On May 12, 2023, Ben Kvalo left his high-profile job as the lead project manager of Netflix’s gaming division to bootstrap his own Green Bay-based video game publishing company focused on underrepresented regions. With two-thirds of the U.S. gaming industry concentrated in just three states, this was a bold move fueled by Kvalo’s unrelenting belief…
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Wisconsin’s 51 Most Influential Black Leaders for 2023, Part 1 | Madison365
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Just months after we published our first news stories in August 2015, we tried something new: we listed and published brief biographies of the state’s 28 Most Influential Black Leaders. People really liked it, shared it on social media, told us who else should have been on that list. Many asked me if we’d do another list…
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Bringing Lacrosse Back to the Community – Love Wisconsin
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Sapatis Menomin | Green Bay, Wisconsin Every weekend we’d go to different traditional or competition powwows. I think it was something my mom did to keep us busy and out of trouble. I started dancing when I was able to walk. I first danced grass and transitioned into the traditional dance category when I was…
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You’re Invited: UW System President Jay Rothman visiting UW-Green Bay campus
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Two events will highlight the UW System President’s visit to the UW-Green Bay campus. First, UW-Green Bay faculty and staff are invited to visit with and listen to UW System President Jay Rothman. On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 as part of the new Opportunity Tour, UW System President Jay Rothman will provide updates, success stories…
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Wisconsin’s 40 Most Influential Latino Leaders for 2023, Part 3 | Madison365
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This is the third of a five-part series. Part one is here and part two is here. Zianya Saldaña is Director of Equity and Community Initiatives at the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, a role she took on this past summer after more than 13 years at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Starting as a multicultural…
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Cindi LeRoy, alumni author, releases new novel – “SURVIVING SUMMER..One Disaster at a Time”
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Cindi LeRoy, a 1985 graduate with a degree in Communications, has written her second novel. It’s a romantic suspense titled, “SURVIVING SUMMER..One Disaster at a Time”. The romantic suspense novel is set in the fictional town of Wildcat Springs, Colorado. When a klutzy city slicker who can’t swim, is afraid of water, and doesn’t like…
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Award-winning cheese, quaint Melt Bistro elevates success of Door County cheese processor | Dairy Foods
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With a Master Cheesemaker on board, Renard’s Artisan Cheese perfects the craft of cheesemaking. When something is “grand,” it denotes something “magnificent, the largest/most important item of its kind.” The result of much skill, time and training, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain, while the Masters at Augusta National is hallowed…