Tag: graduates
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Fox-11 profiles Outstanding Student honoree Spude
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Fox-11 did a nice job in capturing Saturday’s commencement for Jared Spude, the political science and Public Administration major selected Outstanding Student of UW-Green Bay’s May 2015 graduating class. They interviewed both Spude, a National Guard staff sergeant who enrolled at UWGB after a tour of duty in Afghanistan, and veterans services coordinator Elaina Koltz.…
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Gallery: Honors grads honored at Friday reception
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More than 250 people turned out for the May 2015 Honors Graduate Reception hosted by UW-Green Bay Friday, May 15, in the grand foyer of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The event welcomed about 80 May graduates who would be graduating the following day with summa, magna or cum laude honors. They were…
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May 2015 Commencement: Photos, Part II
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We posted about five dozen photos immediately following UW-Green Bay Commencement Saturday (May 16, 2015) at the Kress Events Center. That barely scratched the surface — and didn’t include all that many from the post-ceremony celebrations (see above) — so we’re back with another five dozen or so celebratory images today. To see our initial…
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Master’s grad ready for train trip, return to Iraq
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Saja Al-Quzweeni beamed with pride on the day she received her master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She joined more than 700 fellow students in taking part in the ceremony May 16 at the Kress Events Center, but not another newly minted graduate in the record graduating class…
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May Commencement: The day in photos
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UW-Green Bay welcomed a record crop of degree candidates to the ranks of official alumni at spring commencement 2015. A total of 975 students completing degree requirements in May or August were eligible to participate; about 725 robed up and marched in the ceremony that drew a crowd of nearly 5,000.
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Graduation Day provides footage for Sykes documentary
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There were plenty of Keifer Sykes fans in attendance when the senior from Chicago crossed the stage to receive his bachelor’s in Communication at the Kress Events Center Saturday afternoon. Sykes got enthusiastic applause and cheers from a large contingent of hometown family and friends as well as many in the Commencement crowd of nearly…
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Ovation for soldier-turned-Outstanding-Student
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Jared J. Spude of Sturgeon Bay, the May 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Student Award presented by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association, received an extended ovation from an audience of nearly 5,000 at spring commencement at the Kress Events Center. Spude earned his bachelor of science degree with a near-perfect gradepoint average and…
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Student speaker Kuchta recalls father’s words
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Psychology grad Olyvia Kuchta spoke on behalf of her graduating class at UW-Green Bay commencement on May 16 at the Kress Events Center. She shared her personal story of not being certain she would attend college until she reflected back on one of her final conversations with her father, who died when she was 16.…
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Facts and figures: UW-Green Bay’s record graduating class, May 2015
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has a record crop of degree candidates at both the undergraduate and graduate levels as the University prepares for spring commencement at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Kress Events Center on campus. A total of 975 students are eligible to participate in Saturday’s ceremony. The number eligible to…
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Commencement release: the names of Saturday’s graduates
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There are a whopping 940-some students eligible to receive degrees including 71 master’s degree candidates — both records here at UW-Green Bay — who have applied to graduate in May or at the end of summer session in August. Our full news release has names, majors and hometowns.