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Mohammad earns UW System ‘Outstanding Women of Color’ award

News / News Releases

12 Apr, 2012

Mohammad earns UW System ‘Outstanding Women of Color’ award

Heba Mohammad, a second-year University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student active in student government and campus diversity initiatives, has been selected to receive a 2012 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award presented by the UW System. UW-Green Bay faculty and staff members who nominated Mohammad for the UW System award praised her activism, advocacy, leadership abilities and institutional contributions to improve the status and climate for women of color.

Mohammad earns UW System ‘Outstanding Women of Color’ award

News

5 Apr, 2012

Mohammad earns UW System ‘Outstanding Women of Color’ award

Heba Mohammad, a second-year University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student active in student government and campus diversity initiatives, has been selected to receive a 2012 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award presented by the UW System. UW-Green Bay faculty and staff members who nominated Mohammad for the UW System award praised her activism, advocacy, leadership abilities and institutional contributions to improve the status and climate for women of color.

Return of Pow Wow brings togetherness, tradition for campus and community

News

4 Apr, 2012

Return of Pow Wow brings togetherness, tradition for campus and community

The 2012 UW-Green Bay Pow Wow, with its theme of “Honoring the Ones Who Came Before Us,” will take place from 1-9 p.m. April 14 at the Kress Events Center on campus. Grand Entries are scheduled for 1 and 7 p.m. A Pow Wow feast featuring such traditional food as wild rice casserole and fry bread will be served from 5-5:30 p.m. at the nearby Mauthe Center. The events are free and open to the public.

LGBTQ Resource Center opens on campus

Announcements / News

24 Feb, 2012

LGBTQ Resource Center opens on campus

Diversity Director Deborah Rezac of the American Intercultural Center shares word that the new LGBTQ Resource Center is open and available to serve the campus community in space adjacent to the AIC on the...

History of a journey: Civil rights pioneer shares moving message

Features

22 Feb, 2012

History of a journey: Civil rights pioneer shares moving message

A civil rights pioneer moved a UW-Green Bay audience with his message of challenge and hope Feb. 15, as he spoke about facing prison and death as a young man determined to make a difference. But Hank Thomas, one of the original Freedom Riders, also spoke of hope for the future.

Freedom Rider Thomas delivers message of challenge, hope

News

16 Feb, 2012

Freedom Rider Thomas delivers message of challenge, hope

Hank Thomas, one of the original Civil Rights-era Freedom Riders, spoke to a capacity crowd Feb. 15 at UW-Green Bay. Thomas’ address, part of UW-Green Bay’s long-running Historical Perspectives Lecture Series, also served as the keynote event for Black History Month at the University.