Tag: commencement speaker
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Discovering Hannah
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Hannah Beauchamp-Pope is the featured student speaker at the 9:30 a.m. commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023. It’s a Sunday night, and while many of us are escaping into our favorite TV shows, Hannah Beauchamp-Pope is traveling back from Madison after a long day of public speaking. The reason? “I was invited by the Secretary…
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UW-Green Bay student speaker Alex Zakutney brings high energy and encourages grads to ‘get out of your comfort zone’
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Fall 2022 Student Commencement speaker Alexandra Zakutney (Human Biology) encouraged her fellow grads to “keep growing, keep learning and get out of your comfort zone,” at the 106th UW-Green Bay Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, December 17. She shared her love of the university, personal challenges and her unique journey as an athlete from Canada. Read Alex’s…
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Mark Murphy shares ‘Murph’s Pearls of Wisdom’ with UW-Green Bay Graduates
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Mark Murphy, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers is right: college graduation is one of the clearest beginnings you will ever have in your life. Mark shared that sentiment and his father’s advice, aptly named “Murph’s Pearls of Wisdom” with UW-Green Bay’s Class of 2022 during their afternoon commencement ceremony on Saturday, December…
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‘Perseverance and grit’ describe UW-Green Bay graduates and student speaker Jacob Lau
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UW-Green Bay Class of 2022 student speaker Jacob Lau, a Public Administration and Political Science graduate encouraged his fellow grads to continue to dig into their perseverance, determination and grit as they begin “the next race of life.” Lau shared his personal inspiration during UW-Green Bay’s morning commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 17 at The…
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UW-Green Bay’s largest fall graduating class urged to ‘make a difference’ in the region at the 2022 UW-Green Bay Fall Commencement ceremonies
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More than 500 students to be awarded degrees at UW-Green Bay’s 2022 Fall Commencement, December 17, 2022 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The largest fall class of graduates will cross the stage on Saturday, while being urged to “make a difference” in the region. A total of 558 eligible graduates and their families celebrate the 2022…
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‘A Star Rises’ with fall commencement speaker Alex Zakutney
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Alex is the featured student speaker at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 7, 2022. -Story by Michael Shaw, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay writer As a rule, a laundry-list of distinctive achievements is standard fare for a commencement speaker. But one of Alexandra Zakutney’s achievements stands alone – she is the first Phoenix who’s risen…
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Fall Commencement student speaker Jacob Lau is ‘Prepared for Impact’
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Jacob is the featured student speaker at 9:30 a.m. commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 17, 2022. -Story by Michael Shaw, University of Wisconsin Green Bay writer Gone are the days when “hip” just meant being cool. In current university vernacular, “HIP” also stands for “high impact practices”—opportunities and programs designed to increase student engagement and successful learning.…