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UW-Green Bay will be honoring UW System President Tommy Thompson this week.The former Governor will be making his final stop at the campus tomorrow afternoon.Upon his arrival, Thompson will be visiting UW-Green Bay’s new eSports Lab and will also be a part of a casual meeting with faculty, staff, and students at the Common Grounds…

The university honored his advocacy for higher education in a ceremony. Thompson spoke about the achievements UWGB made throughout the pandemic. He got emotional in his speech as he thanked those who supported him through his time as president. “I wanted to spend my last two weeks going around to all the campuses and not…

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – UW System President Tommy Thompson made his final stop at the UW-Green Bay campus on Tuesday.The university honored his advocacy for higher education in a ceremony. Thompson spoke about the achievements UWGB made throughout the pandemic. He got emotional in his speech as he thanked those who supported him through…

The details are fuzzy, but Tommy Thompson’s idea to “turn a prison into a university” is starting to take shape. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. late last year awarded the University of Wisconsin System and the Department of Corrections a $5.7 million grant to expand college pathways for inmates. The grant provides a much-needed boost…

A two-year push to make college education more accessible to Wisconsin inmates has gained momentum with nearly $6 million in public and private grants. The funding will help matriculate inmates and “break the back of recidivism,” Tommy Thompson, University of Wisconsin System interim president and former governor, said. Thompson first announced his Prison Education Initiative in December…