Tag: UW-Green Bay Foundation
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Community advocate Riopelle to receive honorary doctorate at UW-Green Bay
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will award an honorary doctoral degree to longtime community advocate Virginia (Ginny) Riopelle during the University’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Riopelle, a longtime UW-Green Bay Trustee, successful University fundraiser and the co-founder of the University’s signature Phuture Phoenix program, will receive…
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Amazon portal provides percentage of sales to UW-Green Bay Foundation
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The private, nonprofit UW-Green Bay Foundation Inc., has joined as a participant in the AmazonSmile program, which donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible personal purchases via Amazon to the charitable organization of your choice — in this case, of course, UW-Green Bay. Proceeds from the Amazon sales will go to the University’s annual…
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LeCalsey talks leadership, Lombardi, UWGB in interview with ‘CW 14 Focus’
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Lou LeCalsey, a former Marine and retired business executive who heads the UW-Green Bay Foundation and Chancellor’s Council of Trustees, will be the guest on the next edition of the public affairs program “CW 14 Focus” at 10 a.m. Sunday (Nov. 24). The half-hour program hosted by Robert Hornacek airs on Channel 14, the sister…
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SIFE (a.k.a ‘Enactus) plays role in regional Ethics in Business Awards
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The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team at UW-Green Bay contributed to the success of the sixth annual Ethics in Business Awards luncheon Thursday (Nov. 14) at the KI Convention Center in downtown Green Bay. The event shines a spotlight on Northeastern Wisconsin individuals and organizations notable for their ethical business practices. Adviser John Stoll,…
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Kate Meeuwsen: Considers UW-Green Bay part of her family
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She remembers seeing Chancellor Edward Weidner in the audience for her junior vocal recital. “It was an incredibly exciting time on campus,” recalls Kate Meeuwsen, Class of ’76. “To have the chancellor and professors know your name, greet you in the halls and show up at your recital… it was cool to be here.” The…
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Philip Flynn, LoisGrace Golde: A giving community is a strong community
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When Associated Banc-Corp CEO Philip Flynn and wife LoisGrace Golde moved from Los Angeles to Green Bay in 2009, they were struck by some key differences.
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Award-winning alumni: Snapshots, remarks from 2013 awards night
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It was a spectacular spring evening both inside and outside the Weidner Center, Saturday, May 4 when four University of Wisconsin-Green Bay alumni were honored at the 2013 Alumni Awards. In his brief remarks Chancellor Tom Harden refreshed the alumni on the “Spectacular 2012” and all the University’s many accomplishments. Assistant Chancellor for University Advancement…
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Packers President Murphy: ‘I love the photo’
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Mark Murphy, president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, is also a University trustee and member of the board of directors of the UW-Green Bay Foundation Inc. It was in this latter role that he clicked the link to our Friday photo of the football field-sized “GO PACK GO” message stamped in the snow…
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Trustees show community support
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Several members of the Chancellor’s Council of Trustees/Foundation Board donned academic robes and took front-row seats on the platform during the Dec. 15 mid-year Commencement at UW-Green Bay. Shown here, pre-ceremony, are (from left) Donna Sheedy ’94, Beverly Carmichael, Robert Cera ’84, Richard Beverstein, Kramer Rock, chairman Lou LeCalsey, and Chancellor Thomas K. Harden. It…
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EMBI receives Cofrin funds
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The Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) has received funding from the Cofrin Endowment (via the UW-Green Bay Foundation) to support the associate director position at EMBI, which was filled earlier this year with the hiring of John Arendt as the first associate director. EMBI was established in 2008 by Interim Chancellor David Ward and…