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  • UW-Green Bay Offers First Nations Studies for Professionals Certificate

    UW-Green Bay Offers First Nations Studies for Professionals Certificate

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2025 Registration is open for classes, beginning in March of 2025 Green Bay, WI—UW-Green Bay is offering a new certificate program for First Nations Professionals, designed to expand awareness and understanding of the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of Native American Nations in Wisconsin. The certificate was designed in partnership…

  • Social Work Kaleidoscope Project and Book Created by Social Work Faculty

    Social Work Kaleidoscope Project and Book Created by Social Work Faculty

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    stsocialmedia1

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    A team of five Social Work faculty recently completed a collaborative research project and book, titled “Kaleidoscope: Learning from Lived Experiences,” which captured the voices of minoritized groups about their experiences of stressful or traumatic events. Faculty include Stephanie Rhee (project lead), Tohoro Francis Akakpo, Joan Groessl, Jolanda Sallmann, and Gail Trimberger. A narrative research…

  • Social Justice in Northeast Wisconsin is the focus of UW-Green Bay Summit

    Social Justice in Northeast Wisconsin is the focus of UW-Green Bay Summit

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2024 The second annual Social Justice Summit will be held on June 5, 2024 Green Bay, WI — The University of Wisconsin – Green Bay campus will host the second annual Social Justice Summiton June 5, 2024, and will take “A Look into Social Dominance and Resistance.” The in-person event…

  • Join us at the 2023 Social Justice Summit on June 7

    Join us at the 2023 Social Justice Summit on June 7

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    Tori Grant Welhouse

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    Social Justice Summit: Promoting Anti-Oppressive Practices in our Communities Wednesday, June 7, 2023 9 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. UW-Green Bay campus The mission of UW-Green Bay’s professional programs in social work is to promote social justice in a diverse and evolving world by engaging in practices that elevate human and community well-being. This year’s summit…

  • Bachelor’s in Social Work has new web site

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    At UW-Green Bay, we believe in fostering an environment where our students are encouraged to be active learners and engaged community members. That’s why our bachelor’s in social work program features curriculum that emphasizes practical experience and offers opportunities for our students to work with real clients, conduct research and make a difference in the…

  • Celebrate student success at the Annual Social Work Symposium and Celebration

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    Editorial Student

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    You’re invited to come celebrate students who are graduation from the Master of Social Work program at the Annual Social Work Symposium and Celebration on Friday, May 5! Graduating students will present posters of their capstone projects at the symposium beginning at 2:00 pm in the Phoenix Rooms. Following the symposium at 3:00, all BSW…

  • Video: Hannah Skibba, ’22 UW-Green Bay graduate and social worker. “It’s a great, great life”

    Video: Hannah Skibba, ’22 UW-Green Bay graduate and social worker. “It’s a great, great life”

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    pischkes

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    Hannah Skibba, ’22 Social Work major with a child welfare emphasis and currently working as an ongoing worker in Child Protective Services at the Winnebago County Department of Human Services. Her work in Child Protective Services has allowed her to help those who can’t help themselves. Hannah is an advocate, counselor and parent when parents…

  • College professor (UW-Green Bay’s Trimberger) helps Wisconsin woman get on right course

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    Sue Bodilly

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    WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — “She needed someone to tell her what she already knew. Caitlin Saylor admits her self-esteem was scraping the floor. Hers was not the storybook life. Born in South Korea and given up for adoption at five months, a family from rural Wisconsin adopted her.The family has always been loving and supportive,…

  • WiSys awards ‘Innovative Thinking’ badge to 29 UW-Green Bay students

    WiSys awards ‘Innovative Thinking’ badge to 29 UW-Green Bay students

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY—Twenty-nine UW-Green Bay students were awarded an “Innovative Thinking” credential for completing a four-week learning experience earlier this semester. The digital badge was awarded by WiSys, a nonprofit organization that supports research, innovation and entrepreneurship at Wisconsin’s 11 regional public universities, including UW-Green Bay. The learning experience, called WiSys Innovation On-Ramp, trained students on…

  • UW-Green Bay Social Work offers ‘Social Justice Summit: From Inclusion to Equity’ June 2

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    Sue Bodilly

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    With more than 120 registrants, a Social Justice Summit: From Inclusion to Equity, is scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2022 at UW-Green Bay. Social workers and social work students from the University’s 16-county footprint will attend in-person and virtually. The Summit keynote, Denise O’Neil Green, will speak on “Growing Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Decentering Whiteness”.  O’Neil Green…