Tag: safety
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360 Degrees of Safety event is Thursday near the Union
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The Student Affairs Healthy Choices Task Force is sponsoring a “360 Degrees of Safety Event” this Thursday (Sept. 18) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the University Union patio and adjacent areas of Phoenix Park. Task force co-facilitators Amy Henniges and Mark Olkowski invite students, faculty, staff and the general public to stop by…
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SGA leadership joins police in advising caution, vigilance
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As UW-Green Bay Public Safety officers investigate a pair of reported on-campus assaults and keep members of the campus community informed with timely notification (read more), the Student Government Association weighed in late Friday afternoon (Sept. 12) with its own message to students. The text was as follows: The UWGB Student Government would like to…
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‘Skateboard Cop’ alumnus takes unique approach to next level
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A UW-Green Bay grad who has earned media attention as Green Bay’s “Skateboard Cop” is back in the spotlight again, taking his unique law enforcement approach to a new level. Joel Zwicky ’97 is teaming up with Green Bay’s Washington Middle School and Green Bay Action Sports for a pilot program that aims to prevent…
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Reminders on battery disposal and recycling
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With fall “fall back” season upon us this weekend with the end of Daylight Savings Time, and all the reminders to check your smoke detector batteries, it seems the time is right for a reminder here on campuswide procedures for common battery disposal and recycling: • Alkaline batteries (AAA, AA, A, C, D and 9…
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Reminder: Public Safety to begin lockdown of low-use doors
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Already distributed campuswide but repeated here for the record, UW-Green Bay Public Safety soon will begin locking down certain low-use exterior doors on campus. The department’s memo, sent last week, reads as follows: During the next two weeks, Public Safety will begin locking down low-use exterior building doors at certain locations on campus. The change…
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Kujawa in Press-Gazette: Zero tolerance for weapons in buildings
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Wisconsin’s concealed carry law goes into effect Nov. 1, and UW-Green Bay is among the local colleges and universities that will ban guns in campus buildings. Police Chief and director of Public Safety Tom Kujawa was quoted in a Monday (Oct. 10) Green Bay Press-Gazette story about the law and how UW-Green Bay is preparing.…
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UW-Green Bay appoints new safety and risk manager
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has announced the appointment of Linda M. Huske as the institution’s new safety and risk manager. The position has responsibilities in the areas of occupational health and safety, hazardous waste and environmental compliance, and risk management for an institution with more than 500 employees, 6,500 students and a 700-acre campus.…
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Alleged incident calls attention to sexual assault reporting
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The recent allegation of a sexual assault on campus has brought significant attention to the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. “We put a lot of effort into encouraging victims to come forward to report sexual assault,” UW-Green Bay police chief Randy Christopherson said Friday. According to annual security reports, UW-Green Bay is the…
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UW-Green Bay students in Europe during travel alert
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The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel alert for all of Europe because of potential terrorist attacks. This semester there are nine UW-Green Bay students studying abroad in Europe, according to Brent Blahnik, the director of the Office of International Education. Blahnik says he has emailed all of the students studying abroad in…
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Chancellor’s Security Walk
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Join Chancellor Thomas Harden on the annual Chancellor’s Security Walk on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The event is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to engage in open dialog and a walk with the chancellor and University leadership for the purpose of discussion and observation of areas of concern that may affect security and safety…