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For UW-Green Bay alumna Mackenzie Ullmer, ‘Dairy is where she comes from, and dairy is where she will stay’

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Jan 3, 2022

There is an expression that you can take the kid out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the kid. The same can be said for UW-Green Bay’s recent graduate (December 2021) graduate Mackenzie Ullmer (Communication). Because no matter where she is, her heart goes back to her family farm, Ullmstar…

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Prof. VonDras interviewed in ‘The rhythm of life’

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 3, 2022

“During COVID [-19] when I was upset, I would get up in the middle of the night and play [my piano],” Jeannie Udas, a lifelong music lover and piano student in the Community Music School of Springfield’s Creative Aging program, told Prime about her early-pandemic coping mechanism. “I would close the door so I wouldn’t…

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Final gifts for the Phoenix fan? Two books about Phoenix basketball are on the market

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

Need a last minute gift for a Phoenix fan? Don’t forget about two great perspectives on men’s and women’s basketball. Peter Kraker’s Book, The Green Bay Way can be found at the Phoenix Bookstore; while a brand-new book by Aaron Mitchell, “Phoenix Rising: A Playbook for Building a Mid-Major College Basketball Program,” is available at…

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Psych and Stuff: What Our Favorite Holiday Movies Say About Us

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

From Rudolph getting bullied to George Bailey learning life lessons, what do our favorite holiday movies say about us? Psychology professors Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, Ryan Martin and intern Kelsi Engelhardt (Psychology) talk through their favorite holiday movies with a focus not just on why they love them, but where that love comes from. Listen to the…

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How the Yule log tradition evolved from an ancient Viking ritual w/ Prof. Heidi Sherman

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

UW-Green Bay’s Heidi Sherman (History) is the expert in this story by Foxweather about a Christmas Yule logs can mean different things for different people. For some, yule logs mean warm, crackling fireplaces. For others, they bring to mind sweet, chocolate cakes. Either way, the Christmas icon in modern times may be an echo of…

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UW-Green Bay celebrates commencement back in-person since 2019

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) -Something many students missed during the pandemic was celebrating graduation in-person. On Saturday, in-person commencement was back for the first time in two years at UW-Green Bay. More than 500 students graduated in a series of two separate ceremonies.Students, faculty, families and friends were welcomed back to the Weidner Center. “We…

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National Award for UW-Green Bay music alumna, Rebekah Erdman

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

Rebekah Erdman ’17 (Music and Spanish & Latin Studies) was the winner of the 2021 National Opera Association’s, Scholarly Paper Competition with “The Immortal Hour of the English Choral Drama.” Erdman will be invited to present her paper in January 2022 at the national conference in Houston. Erdman is a Ph. D. student in musicology at the University of…

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Prof. Paulson-Smith contributes new data on anti-LGBT political violence

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

UW-Green Bay Assistant Professor Kaden Paulson-Smith (Democracy & Justice Studies) collected new data on political violence targeting LGBT+ communities in ten African countries for the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). This data is now publicly available on the ACLED website, which is the highest quality and most widely used real-time data source…

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How to talk to kids about social media threats targeting schools | WFRV

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – With all the news of online threats happening in the last week in Green Bay, and across the country, it might be difficult to figure out how to talk to your kids and teens about what’s happening.“It’s important to remember that on social media there is no gatekeeper,” said Jena…

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Are drivers angrier? What’s perception and what’s reality. – Los Angeles Times w/Prof. Ryan Martin

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 22, 2021

Recently, Jordana Berzansky was driving on a busy city street with a car full of donations for Afghan refugees. The Laguna Niguel resident felt great about her “good deed.” But then she heard the honking. She was stopped at a red light and the motorist behind her leaned hard on his horn. He waved his…

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