Tag: Nursing
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UW-Green Bay announces Dec. 2016 graduates
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GREEN BAY – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is releasing the names of those students who completed their degree requirements and were eligible to participate in Dec. 17, 2016 Commencement ceremonies: Adams County Taylor Wormet, Business Administration; Justin Allard, Information Sciences; Aleisa Sells, Psychology Anoka County (Minn.) LauraJean Saylor, Nursing Ashland County Angelena Koosmann, Master…
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Nursing Program Name Change
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As of January 1, 2017, UW-Green Bay’s Professional Program in Nursing has updated its name to Nursing and Health Studies. “In the past, ‘Professional Program in Nursing’ accurately captured the department offerings. However, this name no longer reflects the current available programs and further suggests that there is only one program,” explains Christine Vandenhouten, Chairperson,…
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Badalamenti gives colorful Commencement address, uses Rubik’s Cube to make his point
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Vincenzo (Vince) Badalamenti, a psychology major, was chosen to speak on behalf of his graduating class in UW-Green Bay’s December 2016 Commencement ceremony. Using a six-sided Rubik’s Cube to demonstrate his main point — that graduates have been influenced by six different spheres including parents, family members, friends, co-workers, educators, and even random people — and…
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UW-Green Bay releases list of December 2016 graduates
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Commencement Ceremony is Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Weidner Center Green Bay, Wis. — About 315 of the 434 graduating seniors from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will take part in commencement ceremonies at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. Award-winning professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies and…
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UW-Green Bay Dementia advocates hope to train more trainers: have a ripple effect of dementia-friendly communities around the state
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More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimers. Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops the disease. In 2016, Alzheimer’s and dementia will cost the nation $236 billion. UW-Green Bay is helping lead the way in dementia crisis care. In November, champions of dementia care from nine Wisconsin counties and from a number…
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UW-Green Bay’s record fall 2016 enrollment figures show response to regional needs
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Enrollment is highest recorded and most diverse to date Green Bay, Wis. — For the first time in its history, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has surpassed the 7,000 mark for fall enrollment. UW-Green Bay has 7,030 students, up 251 students from a year ago. The University has seen significant gains in minority students, graduate…
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UW-Green Bay’s Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award goes to Door County’s Hetherington
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Maribeth Hetherington, recently retired chief change officer and former interim director of clinic operations at Door County Medical Center (DCMC), has been named the 2016 recipient of the UW-Green Bay Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award. Hetherington was a 1986 graduate of the University’s BSN completion program. She developed and implemented a restructured supervisory leadership model during…
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UWGB Employee Part of Five Generations of Farming
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Jennifer Schwahn, a senior nursing advisor at UW-Green Bay, was honored this past summer with her father and the rest of her family, as a Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Farm. Five generations of her family have worked on the homestead farm. Read the story from the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.
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University of Wisconsin Nursing Program Earns National Award
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BSN@Home program receives ‘Celebration of Excellence’ Award GREEN BAY – The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) will award the BSN@Home program the 2016 Celebration of Excellence Award for Mature Program, on Oct. 17. BSN@Home is an online Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree-completion program that provides a flexible distance learning option for registered…
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First ‘NURSE 1-2-1’ cohort gathers for a welcome reception
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UW-Green Bay’s Professional Program in Nursing hosted a welcome reception for the Fall 2016 cohort of the new NURSE 1-2-1 Program on Tuesday, Sept. 20. NURSE 1-2-1 is a collaborative effort by UW-Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College offering students a four-year BSN program. Students attend UW-Green Bay for year one; NWTC during years…