Tag: Green Bay Botanical Garden
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Early signups strong for Make a Difference weekend
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As part of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 50th Anniversary celebration, more than 300 students, faculty and staff will participate in Make a Difference Day activities Friday and Saturday (Oct. 23 and 24). Friday afternoon work sites include Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, Baird Creek, St. Vincent de Paul, and the Green Bay Botanical Garden. Also,…
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More than 300 UW-Green Bay students, faculty and staff joining Make a Difference Day efforts
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As part of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s 50th Anniversary celebration, more than 300 students, faculty and staff will participate in Make a Difference Day activities, Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24. The UWGB contingent will volunteer hundreds of hours of service Friday, October 23 at a number of sites in the community between…
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‘BestColleges’ article includes shout-out to Cofrin Arboretum
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As always, take online articles and “Best of” lists with multiple large grains of salt, but we will nevertheless note here that the website BestCollegesOnline.org has published an article headlined “The 50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S.” UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Memorial Arboretum made the list. It’s actually a decent and…
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More than 800 holiday cards sent to Wisconsin veterans
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With help from many quarters, the TRiO Upward Bound high school students and the Vets 4 Vets Club here on campus exceeded the goal of making 800 hand-made holiday cards for veterans. Kudos to all who donated their time and creative talents to this very worthy cause. Write the organizers of the initiative: “We are…
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Wolf and Howe: Back from China and NSF event
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Profs. Amy Wolf and Bob Howe of Biology and Natural and Applied Sciences participated in the fourth Diversity and Forest Chance Workshop at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in southern Yunnan Province, China, from July 28 to Aug 8. The event, funded by the National Science Foundation and Chinese Academy of Sciences, brought together 48…
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UW-Green Bay Music’s 360° Thursdays to feature ‘Rose & the Nightingale’ May 1
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UW-Green Bay Music will welcome instrumentalists and improvisers Rose & the Nightingale May 1 for the final 360° Thursdays event of the academic year. The New York-based foursome, which includes Pulaski native and former UW-Green Bay student Leala Cyr, will perform at the University during a weeklong Green Bay residency April 26-May 3. The residency…
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Gerds previews final 360° Thursdays concert of the year
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Local 5 Critic-at-Large Warren Gerds on Tuesday (April 22) posted a preview of next week’s 360° Thursdays event, which will wrap up the lecture-concert series for the academic year. The concert will feature New York-based Rose & the Nightingale, an all-female foursome of instrumentalists and improvisers that includes Pulaski native and former UW-Green Bay student…
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Top seniors earn Chancellor’s Leadership Medallions, University Leadership Awards
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will honor 11 graduating seniors for their outstanding academic and community achievement Friday, Dec. 13, presenting Chancellor’s Leadership Medallions and University Leadership Awards during a recognition event at the University Theatre in Theatre Hall on campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Nine students will be presented with University Leadership Awards, which recognize…
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Rosewall is author of ‘Arts Management: Uniting Arts and Audiences’
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UW-Green Bay Prof. Ellen Rosewall is the author of the new textbook Arts Management: Uniting Arts and Audiences in the 21st Century, released this month by Oxford University Press, USA. Rosewall says the book is one of only a few, if any, comprehensive textbooks on arts management written for undergraduates. Designed as a guide to…
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UW-Green Bay grad Kier Olson to talk reputation management with Current
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The next installment of the Green Bay Chamber’s “Current” lunch-and-learn events for young professionals (generally 40 and under) takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 17) at the Green Bay Botanical Garden. The topic is “Managing Your Reputation Online.” The presenter is Kiar Olson, a 1994 Communication and the Arts alumnus who…