The number of transfer agreements between Lakeshore Technical College and four-year colleges has expanded with the addition of new agreements with the UW-Green Bay. Those two institutions will now allow seamless transfer for LTC grads with an associate degree in Graphic and Web Design to complete their Bachelor of Arts degree in Design Art at Green Bay.
UW-Green Bay lecturer involved with social distancing Facebook page | WFRV
UW-Green Bay Lecturer Addie Sorbo (Design Arts) joins Local Five Live to explain the Facebook page NEW Social Distancing – TOGETHER!. Sorbo is an administrator of the page. Watch the interview here. Source: Distancing together in new Facebook group | WFRV
UW-Green Bay student receives multiple awards at Fox River Ad Club 2020 Addy event
UW-Green Bay student Dane Schumacher (Design Arts and Art) received a Silver Student Addy Award, a Gold Student Addy Award and the Best of Show Addy Award in the annual contest sponsored by the Fox River Ad Club. His Student Silver and Student Best of Show Addy Awards were for his “Rubberneck Converse Collection” multiple-piece campaign designs (below), a fall 2019 Design 431, Graphic Design Studio III project.
His Gold Student Addy Award was for his “Children’s Defense Fund” (above) multiple-piece campaign design, a fall 2019 Design 431, Graphic Design Studio III project. The event was February 21, 2020 at the 2020 American Advertising Federation Fox River Ad Club Addy Awards Event, hosted by St. Norbert College. Photo submitted.
Interdisciplinary UW-Green Bay team places second in WiSys Innovation Showcase
UW-Green Bay students Carol Brehmer (Human Development and Business Administration) and Ebanie Schmidt ’19 (Design Arts) took second place in the WiSys Innovation Showcase on July 22, 2019 with their innovation “PIVOTAL.” The student competition was held at UW-Stout during WiSys’ annual celebration of research and innovation, known as WSTS.
PIVOTAL is a hypoallergenic, easy-to-use and comfortable belt designed for outdoor hobbyists and enthusiasts along with blue-collar workers. The concept for PIVOTAL was also presented as part of WiSys’ Innovation in Aging competition at UW-Green Bay earlier this year. The Innovation Showcase highlights innovative, hands-on projects in any academic discipline. Students are invited to display their projects among their statewide colleagues in parallel with a student poster symposium. Just as innovation can take on many forms, students’ final, tangible projects may be demonstrated as a prototype, computer display, application storyboard, etc.
UW-Green Bay student team to compete at the 2019 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament
The UW-Green Bay student business Eir Apparel will be competing on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the 2019 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament at Northwestern Mutual’s Cream City Labs in Milwaukee. Business Administration students Carol Brehmer, Matt Halbur James Schierl and Design Arts student Ebanie Schmidt formed Eir Apparel to design a better belt than the typically used shoelace for those active in sports such as skateboarding. To qualify for the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament, Eir Apparel placed third in the Spring 2019 UW-Green Bay Business Idea Contest and participated in the Innovation in Aging competition. The UW-Green Bay Community is invited to attend the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament as a guest of the UW-Green Bay entrepreneurship program by registering by Monday, April 8, 2019. The event is free at attend. For more information on the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament, Ideadvance for students, faculty, staff and alumni or the entrepreneurship program, please contact entrepreneurship lecturer Ryan Kauth at KauthR@uwgb.edu.
College textbooks exchange idea wins Spring 2019 UW-Green Bay Student Business Idea Contest
Three business administration majors won the Spring 2019 UW-Green Bay Student Business Idea Contest with Bookbates, an idea for a better college textbook (and other books) exchange experience. Students Garriet Kanis, Wyatt Smet and Zach Zeutzius took the first place $500 prize on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Kanis, Smet, and Zeutzius will pitch Bookbates as one of the two UW-Green Bay teams at The Pitch on Thursday, April 11, 2019 where they will compete with teams from five other Northeast Wisconsin colleges and universities for a first prize of $10,000 in cash and $15,000 in in-kind services.
Marissa Dyess (Business Administration) took the $250 cash second prize with Quick Jobs, her idea for a student-centered job placement and resume service.James Schierl (Business Administration) and Carol Brehmer (Business Administration) pitched EIR Apparel, a belt that does not pinch for those active in sports such as skateboarding. The team also includes Matt Halbur (Business Administration) and Ebanie Schmidt (Design Arts). The team will represent UW-Green Bay at the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament on Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Johnny Gomez (Business Administration) pitched Easy Lease to a $50 fourth place finish. Easy Lease is a blockchain-based app that brings landlords and potential tenants together and includes services for both types of users such as lease signing and rent payments. The team developing Easy Lease also includes Chelsea Georgia (Business Administration) and Susan Xiong (Business Administration).
Judges for the contest represented the following organizations: Bank First, City of Green Bay, gBETA Northeast Wisconsin, Greater Green Bay Chamber, Oneida Nation, and WWBIC.
For more information on UW-Green Bay’s Entrepreneurship program, please see the UW-Green Bay Business Week 2019 events at or contact Entrepreneurship lecturer Ryan Kauth at KauthR@uwgb.edu.
UW-Green Bay alumnus has art exhibition on display
UW-Green Bay alumnus Cristian Andersson ’13 (Studio Arts, Design Arts) has an exhibition entitled “Social Amnesia” that will be running at the Aylward Gallery at the UW-Oshkosh, Fox Valley Campus until Friday, Mar. 8, 2019. The exhibition includes new paintings, sculptural items and the Scriptorium – a 9′ x 36.5′ installation piece. The performance piece “EARTH||AIR” had its debut and the familial sculptures still stand in the gallery. Learn more.
These alumni are golden!
Congratulations to three local educators and UW-Green Bay alumnae who received Golden Apple Awards!
- Ann Brennenstuhl ’05 (Elementary Education)
- Stacie Schabow ’94 (Elementary Education)
- Lindsey Przybylski ’13 (Design Arts)
Read more about them here.
UW-Green Bay students and faculty contribute to latest Voyageur issue
The Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Voyageur: Northeast Wisconsin’s Historical Review is now available. The magazine is published by the Brown County Historical Society in close collaboration with UW-Green Bay. Associate Prof. David Voelker (Humanities and History) is the editor-in-chief and served as the current issue’s editor. Professor Toni Damkoehler (Design Arts) was the art director for the issue. In addition to the countless contributions made by UW-Green Bay design students and editorial interns, the issue includes an article on local political cartoonist Lyle Lahey by Associate Prof. Alison Staudinger (Democracy and Justice Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies and Political Science) and an article on a Twitter-based reenactment in Associate Prof. Jon Shelton’s history class of the Great Green Bay Fire, written by current students Emily Wolf and Doug Higgins.
“Voyageur: Northeast Wisconsin’s Historical Review” Winter/Spring 2017 issue features UW-Green Bay talent
The Winter/Spring 2017 issue of Voyageur: Northeast Wisconsin’s Historical Review, hit mailboxes and local newsstands in January. The magazine is published by the Brown County Historical Society, in partnership with UW-Green Bay. This issue includes articles on Hotel Northland, the Automobile Gallery, and the UW-Green Bay time capsule and Viking Saga House. Assistant Prof. Eric Morgan (Democracy and Justice Studies and History) is new to the position of Associate Editor of the magazine and Senior Lecturer Addie Sorbo (Design Arts) was the art director for the issue. Sorbo worked with a class of six graphic designers, and Morgan oversaw five editorial interns. Two students, Lucas Wuensch and Sean Gleason, contributed articles to the magazine. Associate Prof. Heidi Sherman (Humanistic Studies and History) co-authored the Viking Saga House piece with 2016 graduate Natalya Jensen. Associate Prof. David Voelker (Humanistic Studies and History), the magazine’s editor-in-chief, contributed an interview with Automobile Gallery founder William “Red” Lewis. For more information or to subscribe, contact the Voyageur manager, Kent Crain, at 920-465-2446 or voyageur@uwgb.edu.