Tag: UW-Extension
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Board will discuss idea of Extension granting first degrees
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The Board of Regents’ education committee is hearing proposed revisions to UW-Extension’s mission statement that would allow it to grant business certificates, associate degrees and bachelor’s degrees through the UW System’s Flex Option program. Extension currently doesn’t offer any degrees.
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UWGB, UW-Extension collaboration on health degree earns marketing honors
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UW-Green Bay’s academic program in Health Information Management and Technology, offered in collaboration with UW-Extension and sister campuses at Parkside and Stevens Point, is applauding Extension’s marketing department for three awards in the University Professional and Continuing Education Association’s (UPCEA) 2014 Marketing Awards competition. Among them will be a gold award in the “Website” category,…
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Eco-municipalities expert Lahti to present lecture, discussion April 28
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An award-winning author and international leader in sustainable community planning and development will share his knowledge with a presentation and discussion from 9-10:30 a.m. Monday, April 28 in Alumni Rooms A and B of the University Union at UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Torbjörn Lahti is trained as an urban planner, and during the past…
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Bedrock work uncovers new info, ancient faults
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Geoscience Prof. John Luczaj is the man responsible for the first comprehensive map of Brown County’s bedrock, part of a statewide project commissioned by the State of Wisconsin and the U.S. Geologic Survey. The resultant map should be of value to citizens concerned about bacterial contamination in shallow wells; to those who mine crushed stone;…
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UW Extension targets resources, info on drought
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The northern two-thirds of Wisconsin has received significant rainfall in recent weeks, but southern sections are hard hit by continuing drought. Chancellor Ray Cross at UW Colleges and UW-Extension is advertising Extension as a clearinghouse for drought-related services and info. He points interested Wisconsin citizens to the following websites: http://ready.wi.gov/ — This is the Wisconsin…
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UW-Green Bay among campuses offering new online health information degree
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UW-Green Bay is one of four System campuses working with the UW-Extension to offer a new online degree. Applications are being accepted now for the Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and Technology degree, which offers two tracks to prepare students for careers in health information management and health information technology. It’s one of…
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Cooperative Extension has new regional director
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UW System’s Cooperative Extension has a new regional director. Gerald Correthers assumes his new duties Friday, March 16. Correthers comes to Green Bay from the University of Illinois Extension, where he served as the Northwest Regional director since 1993. Prior to that, he worked for Michigan State University Extension as the associate regional director in…