Tag: commencement

  • Media Advisory: Credentials required for Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 15

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    GREEN BAY – For the safety of attendees and guests, media credentials are required to cover the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Commencement ceremony. Details follow: Commencement: 11:30 a.m., Saturday, December 15, 2018, Weidner Center, UW-Green Bay RSVP Credential Request Instruction: To: Clif Ganyard, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs/Commencement Coordinator (ganyardc@uwgb.edu) with CC to snyderj@uwgb.edu RSVP date:…

  • Volunteers needed for Commencement

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    Volunteers for Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 are needed to help ensure this important event is a memorable experience for students, as well as their family and friends.  Volunteers would be needed for approximately three to four hours, with ranges between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact…

  • Video: here’s a look back on Commencement through social media

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    Grads and their family and friends took to social media to share their joy after UW-Green Bay’s 2018 Spring Commencement. Take a look at some of the images shared by viewing the video above or posts #gbgrad on Twitter and Instagram.

  • Video: ‘I made it!’ UW-Green Bay Spring 2018 Commencement

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    “I made it!” That was the sentiment of many of the graduates of UW-Green Bay’s 2018 Spring Commencement. Those that were interviewed were excited about the day, but also filled with gratitude for the faculty and staff that helped them along the way. Congratulations graduates and congratulations UW-Green Bay!

  • ‘Our family graduates with us’

    ‘Our family graduates with us’

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    It looks like 2018 Commencement Speaker Bao Nhia Xiong was right when she noted that “…as we walk this stage today we are not the only one graduating; when we walk the stage today our family too graduates with us.” Savor the moment, Phoenix. You’ve earned it. Click to advance slideshow or view the album…

  • Congratulations, UW-Green Bay Class of 2018!

    Congratulations, UW-Green Bay Class of 2018!

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    Sunshine and Phoenix pride radiated during the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 97th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Kress Events Center. The Class of 2018 encompasses 935 graduates, with 89% categorized as Wisconsin residents — positive news for employers across the state looking for workforce talent. Congratulations to all. Go Phoenix! Click…

  • Fulbright scholar, Amber Foster, heads to Austria next year

    Fulbright scholar, Amber Foster, heads to Austria next year

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    History/Humanities double major Amber Foster was awarded a prestigious Fulbright grant to work as a teaching assistant in Austria for the next academic year. Foster, from Big Bend, Wis., will be teaching English at two schools, The Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule BHAK BHAS Feldbach (a business school) and The Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium BORG Feldbach (a secondary school with a general…

  • Xiong and Gardea are roommates, friends and difference-makers

    Xiong and Gardea are roommates, friends and difference-makers

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    Student Speaker Bao Nhia Xiong and Stephany Gardea are roommates and friends, with much in common. Both are first generation college students and the first in their families to graduate with a four-year college degree. And both will leave a lasting legacy at UW-Green Bay. Xiong was selected as student speaker and reminded fellow graduates…

  • Xiong tells graduates: ‘Create your own paj ntaub story’

    Xiong tells graduates: ‘Create your own paj ntaub story’

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    Tears of pride and joy, in her family, her Hmong heritage, her UW-Green Bay family, and herself, flowed freely as graduate Bao Nhia Xiong ’18 spoke at the UW-Green Bay Spring Commencement ceremony at the Kress Events Center on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Xiong, the Spring 2018 Commencement Speaker, was chosen to speak on behalf…

  • Tipping our hats to UW-Green Bay graduates

    Tipping our hats to UW-Green Bay graduates

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    We tip our hats to the creative expression by UW-Green Bay Spring 2018 graduates who often sum-up their UW-Green Bay experience with mortarboard art. Click to advance slideshow or view the album on Flickr. – Photos by Dan Moore and Eric Craver, Marketing and University Communication