Tag: gifts

  • Help “DECA The Halls” with Collegiate DECA

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      Collegiate DECA of UW-Green Bay is hosting multiple events this holiday season! The first is a two-week-long toy drive in the University Union, beginning December 2 and finishing December 20! All gifts (unwrapped please) can be dropped off in the white boxes located at the following places on campus: Housing Community Center Christie Theatre UTIC…

  • UW-Green Bay creates ‘Community Partnership Award in Business’

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    Recognizing and encouraging campus-community collaboration is the aim of a newly created awards program open to students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Beginning in 2016, the Chancellor’s Community Partnership Award in Business will annually present a $5,000 scholarship to a selected undergraduate or graduate student and a $5,000 cash award to…

  • Online feature celebrates Dahlin Family philanthropy

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    It’s a story we told in May in the print edition of the inaugural UW-Green Bay Foundation annual report. Bernie and Alyce Dahlin have endowed the new Dahlin Family Scholarship to make awards to new or continuing UW-Green Bay students who demonstrate financial need and have grade point averages between 2.5 and 3.49. They say…

  • We need $30 apiece from 100, or $3,000 from one of you

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    Tracey Heaser in University Advancement reports that the 2012-13 fiscal year has been a strong one for alumni giving to the annual fund. Alumni donors have contributed to the annual fund a record $97,280 — to be precise, it’s a record for a non-match year — with proceeds benefitting student scholarships and academic programs. This…

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    Alumni Phone-a-Thon team sets new over-the-phone record

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    Some serious congratulations are in order for our crack team of UW-Green Bay Phone-a-Thon callers, who set an all-time monetary milestone Wednesday (April 17), hitting — and exceeding — the $50,000 mark in pledges for the first time ever. In the past, we’ve shared some pretty impressive fundraising totals with you, and this over-the-phone-only record…

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    Da Vinci buzz grows: Statue is off campus, but he’ll be back

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    UW-Green Bay’s newly acquired statue of Leonardo Da Vinci temporarily left campus yesterday, bound for its pedestal fitting and, ultimately, official unveiling and display. But the quarter-ton Renaissance Man’s arrival continues to draw media attention, with TV, radio and newspapers alike noting this terrific donation — and the UW-Green Bay connections that led to it…

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    In the media: Da Vinci’s arrival continues to make news

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    UW-Green Bay’s new Leonardo Da Vinci statue continues to draw media attention, with WBAY, Channel 2 coming to campus Monday (March 11) and NBC 26 today to do a story on the quarter-ton bust. Associate Profs. Sarah Meredith Livingston and Derek Jeffreys spoke with WBAY reporter Kristyn Allen about the statue, which is one of…

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    In the news: WPR, WBAY tell story of Da Vinci statue arrival

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    We told you last week that a quarter-ton statue of the original Renaissance Man has arrived on campus, the generous donation of an Italian foundation that has fostered ties with our campus and other universities around the world. Wisconsin Public Radio and WBAY, Channel 2, have picked up the story of the Leonardo Da Vinci…

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    If you missed Extra, you missed Da Vinci, ‘After Thoughts,’ Good Times

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    Most, but not all, of our daily LOG subscribers also subscribe to the periodic, photo-illustrated LOG Extra. That’s why we include links to features and galleries that made their debut Thursday in Extra. In case you missed these links: UW-Green Bay welcomes Leonardo bust – See story Snapshots from Prof. Heidi Fencl’s talk at ‘After…

  • Benvenuto! Chiseled Da Vinci finds home at UW-Green Bay

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    It is perhaps appropriate that a statue of the quintessential Renaissance Man has been donated to a University known for its multifaceted approach to learning.