Tag: UWGB history
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Shorewood University? Archives team uncovers what could’ve been
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Our own UW-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center recently uncovered a postcard for Nicolet University, which was a promotional piece used by the early community committee that led the charge for a four-year campus in Green Bay. The archives team also unearthed founding Chancellor Edward Weidner’s handwritten notes with all the names he was…
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Helping ID old photos for University Archives
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Staff members in University Archives are extending an open invitation for help in identifying historic university photos. The photos depict events, students, faculty and staff, campus buildings, daily activities as well as athletic, music, and theater happenings. “Without your help to identify these photos, a piece of campus history will be lost. Please join us…
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Pletcher: United UW System has its advantages
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Splitting Wisconsin’s public university system is a shocking proposal to many, but it wouldn’t be the first time the state had a divided education system. The Press-Gazette’s page 1 feature in its Monday (April 11) edition examines the arguments pro and con. Among those quoted is Associate Provost Kathy Pletcher, who began her UW-Green Bay…
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Phoenix men model new ‘throwbacks’
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The shorts are modern-day baggy, but the rest of the look is total retro. Members of the UW-Green Bay men’s basketball team will be wearing 1970s-style uniforms when they take the Resch Center floor at 7 p.m. next Friday (Jan. 28) vs. Wright State.
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Close-ups: Field trip down memory lane
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Vintage photographs from the UW-Green Bay archives, mostly dating from the 1970s and ’80s, have been gathered, framed and installed along the walls of the corridor linking the Student Services Building and the Cofrin Library.
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Video: UW-Green Bay’s Environmental Mission
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The Environmental Mission of UW-Green Bay: Past, Present & Future – Robert Hornacek takes a look at UW-Green Bay’s Environmental Mission from the days of “Survival U” and “Eco U” to EMBI and beyond.
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Volunteers eye, and ID, historic photos
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Debra Anderson of the Cofrin Library and retired science faculty members Ron Starkey and Chuck Rhyner compared notes as the Library’s University Archives and Area Research Center hosted a “Save Our History” gathering on June 28.
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Passing of Prof. Emeritus Dean O'Brien
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UW-Green Bay Prof. Emeritus Dean W. O’Brien, Communication and the Arts (COA) and Communication Processes (CP), passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Buffalo, Minn.
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Commencement 2010 sets indoor record
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A gathering estimated at 4,800 people packed the Kress Events Center for UW-Green Bay’s spring 2010 commencement on Saturday, May 15.
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UWGB gets shoutout at Earth Day event in Madison, website celebrates history
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The Nelson Institute at UW-Madison is hosting a two-day conference on Earth Day after 40 years. In a keynote by noted Environmental History Prof. Bill Cronon, one angle involved reasons for Wisconsin having such a strong environmental record, and the UW itself was identified as one of the major factors in providing continuity. An alumnus…