Tag: commencement speaker
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Hannah Beauchamp-Pope couldn’t even ask for extra ketchup. Now, she’s an activist and UWGB commencement speaker | Green Bay Press Gazette
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Danielle DuClos, Green Bay Press-Gazette GREEN BAY ― Running for office and being a staple of community activism isn’t something many 21-year-olds can put on their resumés. But that’s not even half of what Hannah Beauchamp-Pope has accomplished in her last four years as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Beauchamp-Pope is this…
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From Mexico to Chilton: UW-Green Bay honors 50,000th graduate | WLUK
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A first-generation graduate received the honor of being UW-Green Bay’s 50,000th graduate on Saturday afternoon. Dina Maleny Capetillo Jimenez moved from Veracruz, Mexico to Chilton when she was 6 years old. To honor her parents, Jimenez wrote in Spanish on top of her graduation hat “For my parents that came here…
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All the 2023 Commencement thoughts and feels
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A celebration of the 50,000th graduate (congratulations, Dina Maleny Capetillo Jimenez ’23!), immense joy and creative mortarboards set the stage for UW-Green Bay’s 107th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, May 13, 2023 on the Green Bay campus. It’s not unusual for all the thoughts and all the feelings to pour out on commencement day. For Graduating Class Speaker…
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UW System Regent John Miller encourages grads to share their UW-Green Bay experience
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At the 2023 Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 13, 2023 UW System Regent John Miller welcomed graduates and their families and encouraged the newly minted UW-Green Bay alumni to start recruiting for the Class of 2027 and beyond, “because there is no one better to tell this story than you!” Watch his address at…
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Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter reminds students of the ‘Power of Your Dream’
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Commencement Speaker Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter addressed the 2023 UW-Green Bay graduating class at the afternoon ceremony at the Kress Events Center on Saturday, May 13, 2023. With her inspiring words, Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter encouraged graduates to dream big and “never allow average to sit in the passenger seat.” Watch it here at: 52:00 Spring 2023…
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Speaker Kayla Lass encourages grads to spread the ‘I love you’ effect
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UW-Green Bay Graduating Class Speaker Kayla Lass ’23 shared her reflections on the power of saying the words “I love you” with the Spring 2023 graduating class at the afternoon commencement ceremony at the Kress Events Center on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Watch it here at 43:18: Spring 2023 Commencement afternoon ceremony “Thank you, Dr.…
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Ambassador Mark Green shares ‘Never-Do’ list with graduates
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Commencement Speaker and U.S. Ambassador Mark Green addressed the 2023 UW-Green Bay graduating class at the morning ceremony at the Kress Events Center on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The ambassador shared his special connection to UW-Green and the greater Green Bay community. Watch it here at 1:05:44: Spring 2023 Commencement morning ceremony “Chancellor Alexander, faculty,…
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Former congressman, renowned business woman slated to speak at UW-Green Bay graduation | WLUK
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A former congressman and a renowned business woman are set to give graduation speeches at UW-Green Bay this May. Mark Green, former U.S. ambassador and congressman, is slated to speak at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony on May 13. Green served as a Wisconsin congressman from 1999 to 2007 and ran for…
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Digging Kayla
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Kayla Lass is the featured student speaker at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023. Kayla Lass has always been a ‘libero’ at UW-Green Bay and proud of it. For those not fluent in Italian or volleyball, libero means “free” and denotes a back-row ball-control specialist. Libero also describes Lass’ style on the…