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Video: UW-Green Bay graduates reflect on their journey, and the people that assisted their rise to commencement
Graduates from UW-Green Bay’s 2022 Spring/Summer Commencement explain why they are Phoenix Proud.
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This year’s school district vacancies similar to years past – The Press
BROWN COUNTY – From retail stores and restaurants to daycares and school districts – the list of job vacancies throughout the area is long.Teacher shortages are an issue school systems have grappled with for years – and a global pandemic surely didn’t help.Many area districts said the amount of vacancies they have this year are…
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Commencement Photo Gallery: Rising into the Good Life
Joy, reflection, inspiration and a plethora of clever mortarboards were in abundance as Commencement returned to the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus for the first time since May 2019 on Saturday, May 14, 2022. For Graduating Class Speaker Kelsi Englehardt, it was a day to think about the meaning of “the good…
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Four students receive UW-Green Bay’s first doctoral degree, the Education Doctorate (Ed.D) in First Nations Education
UW-Green Bay leaders presented first-ever doctoral degrees at the 2022 Spring/Summer Commencement. Four students received the Education Doctorate (Ed.D.) in First Nations Education: Yekuhsiyo Rosa King, Crystal Leah Tourtillott Lepscier, Artley Murray Skenandore Jr. and Vicki Lee Young. The program is devoted to the revitalization of Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Indigenous teaching and…
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Regional Vision of ‘Education for Everyone’ Comes into Focus with UW-Green Bay’s Spring 2022 Graduating Class
High school to doctoral, more than 1,000 students to be awarded degrees at UW-Green Bay’s 2022 Spring/Summer Commencement, May 14, 2022 Green Bay, Wis.—A vision of “education for everyone who wants to learn” while meeting regional workforce demands begins to be more fully realized this weekend, when 1,009 eligible graduates and their families celebrate the…
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Census stories in Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh yield surprising insights w/ Prof. Lor
Opportunity. It’s a recurring theme when you ask people why they choose to live in northeastern Wisconsin. Good jobs, affordable homes, quality schools and safe communities in which to raise families have drawn people to the region for generations and kept them anchored here. Those same considerations are behind the eye-opening increase in the region’s racial and…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Dean Gallagher-Lepak shares tips
UW-Green Bay Dean of the College of Health, Education and Social Welfare, Susan Gallagher-Lepak, also a member of the Bellin Psychiatric Center Board of Directors, shares the following message with encouragement to focus on your mental health and be part of building a supportive University community. From the Bellin Psychiatric Center Newsletter (May 2, 2022…
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Vilas County first responders and adult services work together in pilot program aimed at stopping elder abuse | WXPR
Abuse can happen to anyone, no matter their age.Each year, hundreds of thousands of adults over the age of 60 are abused, neglected, or financially exploited.Neglect is the most common type of abuse Donna Rosner sees. She’s worked as a Certified Adult Protective Services Social Worker in Vilas County for more than 30 years.Neglect isn’t…
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Meister selected to State Superintendent’s Reading Advisory Council
Assistant Prof. Samantha Meister (Professional Program in Education) was recently selected to serve on the Reading Advisory Council being convened by State Superintendent Jill Underly. Meister will be representing the role of higher education and teacher preparation programs among a diverse group of pK-12 educators, admininstrators, student support personnel, parents, and community members working in…
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Wisconsin’s graduating nursing students have their pick of jobs
A group of nursing students at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College clustered around their patient, a mannequin who’d been complaining of chest pains. As an instructor in a hidden room voiced the patient’s concerns, Molly Anderson, a second-year student, showed Paige Dolata, a first-year student at UW-Green Bay’s Marinette campus, how to hook up an electrocardiogram. Anderson…