Tag: Green Bay Color Run 5K

  • Color Run coverage

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    It was a gorgeous Sunday for hosting the Color Run yesterday. More than 3,700 runners attended the biggest Color Run in Wisconsin so far this year, according to Student Life’s Grant Winslow. Besides the usual financial benefit to UWGB Student Organizations, 20 cases of water were donated to the Campus Cupboard and 195 concrete blocks…

  • UW-Green Bay adds ‘Tropicolor’ to its fall splendor, hosts Color Run

    UW-Green Bay adds ‘Tropicolor’ to its fall splendor, hosts Color Run

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    It was a gorgeous Sunday (Oct. 2, 2016) for hosting the Color Run. More than 3,700 participants ran, walked and laughed their way through the best-attended Color Run in Wisconsin so far this year. Besides the usual financial benefit to UWGB student organizations, 20 cases of water were donated to the Campus Cupboard and 195…

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    Color Run lot closures – avoid ticketing and towing

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    This from Public Safety: The Color Run returns to campus this Sunday at 10 a.m. with around 5,000 registrants. The Studio Arts lot and Wood Hall lot will officially close for the weekend at 6 p.m. Friday and reopen after the festival grounds are cleared on Sunday afternoon. To avoid parking tickets or towing, students…

  • An extraordinarily colorful way to experience UW-Green Bay

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    Totals are in: 7,400 runners and walkers registered for The Color Run at UW-Green Bay this weekend. The Color Run and campus organizers send their appreciation along to UW-Green Bay Police and more than 200 volunteers who helped make the event run smoothly. The event raises more than $7,000 for student scholarships (of which at…

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    Details on Sunday’s ‘Color Run’ and parking lot closing

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    The Color Run returns to campus this Sunday (Oct. 5) at 10 a.m. with 6,600 participants already pre-registered. On-site registration and packet pickup will be available all day Saturday and between 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday.  Load-in will begin on Friday afternoon with some supplies being dropped off at the Weidner Center and the Studio…

  • Good Times is advertising Color Run 2014

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    The students at Good Times Programming are promoting UW-Green Bay as a location for another Color Run, which made its debut on this campus last fall. The tentative date is Oct. 5. See more.  

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    Fun run, lasting vibe: Student paper devotes bright center spread to Color Run 5K

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    The good vibe from Sunday’s (Sept. 29) Color Run 5K has lasted all week at UW-Green Bay, where our own Fourth Estate student newspaper devoted a very colorful Thursday (Oct. 2) center spread to the event. With 7,000 participants, plenty of students and alumni and ample social media buzz, the fun just couldn’t be contained…

  • Lasting ‘Color’: Good vibe from fun run remains

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    The good vibe from Sunday’s (Sept. 29) Color Run 5K just keeps coming on the campus of UW-Green Bay, where students, alumni and other participants say the event was a success — and they’ll be back. The Fourth Estate, UW-Green Bay’s student newspaper, devoted a very colorful center spread to the event in its Thursday…

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    Photos from a colorful day for running at UW-Green Bay

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    More than 7,000 runners and walkers sprinted and strolled through the 3.1 miles course that highlighted UW-Green Bay’s central campus— past Studio Arts, Residence Life, Kress Center, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Cofrin Library, Lab Sciences, Wood Hall and the Weidner Center. Each “wing” of campus had a color station with volunteers sprinkling the colored food-grade…

  • 7,000 plus participated in the ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’

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    Final tallies are still forthcoming, but it’s estimated that close to 10,000 people enjoyed the beautiful fall day at UW-Green Bay, Sunday, September 29, as part of The Color Run festivities. More than 7,000 runners and walkers sprinted and strolled through the 3.1 miles course that highlighted UW-Green Bay’s interior — past Studio Arts, Residence…