Tag: Wisconsin Public Television
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Next ‘Teen Connection’: Homeland Security program, Latino Youth
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The next episode of Teen Connection will examine the state of Latino teens living in Wisconsin and will explore the options available to undocumented immigrant youth who arrive in the United States as children. Teen Connection “Latino Youth” airs statewide at p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 on Wisconsin Public Television. The live, call-in program originates from…
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Next ‘Teen Connection’ examines underage drinking in Wisconsin
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The next television broadcast of Teen Connection addresses the risks of underage drinking and provides support to help prevent casual consumption and alcohol dependence among Wisconsin teens. Teen Connection “Underage Drinking” airs statewide 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 on Wisconsin Public Television. Teen Connection is co-produced by NEWIST/CESA 7, Educational TV Productions of Northeast Wisconsin…
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Next ‘Teen Connection’ to focus on Hmong teenagers in Wisconsin
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Public Television’s Teen Connection program — broadcast from right here on campus — will present an episode focusing on Hmong teenagers at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19. The show will explore the cultural identity of Wisconsin’s Hmong teens, and examine how they find balance between their ancestral culture and American cultural norms. The live, call-in program…
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Warren Gerds column: The early days of WPNE, UWGB
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The Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Warren Gerds wrote a Sunday (Nov. 4) column — with numerous UW-Green Bay ties — on the 40th anniversary of WPNE, Channel 38. Gerds explores the history of the regional Public Television studio, located on campus, including its early days and current programming. The station grew up with the campus, said…
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Tuesday’s Teen Connection looks at Child Abuse
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The Tuesday, October 9 Teen Connection, 60 minute live call-in television program broadcast statewide on Wisconsin Public Television will be on “Child Abuse.” The television program is produced by NEWIST/CESA 7 and ETP-NEW. Check out the website at wpt.org/teenconnection. For more information contact Eileen Littig at 920-432-6603.
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‘Teen Connection’ tackles concussions on Tuesday
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The television broadcast Teen Connection “Teens and Concussion” will address concussion injuries in student athletics, a timely topic that every student athlete, coach and parent must pay closer attention to according to a new state law. The program airs statewide 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 17) on Wisconsin Public Television. Among the guests: former Green Bay…
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Teen Connection looks at ‘Somali Teens and Culture’
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Scheduled for air next Tuesday (March 20), Wisconsin Public Television’s Teen Connection series will address “Somali Teens and Culture.” Four Somali teens will tell their stories of adjustments living and going to school in Green Bay and Howard-Suamico. Teens and their families from the war-torn, east African nation of Somalia have been granted refugee status…
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Next ‘Teen Connection’ tackles childhood obesity
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On the next television broadcast of Wisconsin Public Television’s Teen Connection, a panel of young people and adult experts from Brown County will discuss the dangers of adolescent obesity and present guidelines for maintaining healthy, active lifestyles. Teen Connection: “Teens, Obesity and Nutrition” will air statewide at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 on Wisconsin Public…
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‘Teen Connection’ examines pregnancy, adoption in Tuesday program
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The locally produced “Teen Connection” program returns at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 18) on Wisconsin Public Television with a 60-minute special on “Adolescent Pregnancy and Adoption.” Currently, only 3 percent of adolescent birth parents choose adoption. Guests include a birth mother, adoptive parents, an official from the Community Adoption Center in Green Bay; the director…
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WPT special on Howe School, bridging ‘achievement gap’
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Wisconsin Public Television’s 30-minute documentary “Bridging the Gap,” which will air at 10 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 20) on WPNE-TV, should hold special interest at UW-Green Bay. Howe Elementary on our city’s East Side is one of two schools held up as success stories in bridging the achievement gap. Howe has had historically strong partnerships with…