January

06

Welcome Back Week

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We’re welcoming you back to campus with a whole week of fun free events! Watch for dining specials all week and be one of the first 20 people to any of the following events to receive a FREE Welcome Back Week coffee mug! Read the rest of this entry »

January

05

Good Times Programming

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Let the Good Times Roll by Beverly Pence

Music booming, people cheering and bodies moving, all of which can be witnessed at the many events that have been occurring at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for the past forty years. From hypnotists to comedians, musicians to specialty speakers, Good Times Programming, a student organization on UW-Green Bay’s campus, continues to bring quality performances to the university in order to provide entertainment and appeal for students, faculty and staff.

Good Times Programming began in 1972 but was then called Shorewood Activities. It was located in an old farmhouse on campus that had been converted into a bar/entertainment center. This was considered the first University Union. According to Michael Stearney, dean for Enrollment and Academic Services, during the mid-1970s things were ran differently than it is today.

It was definitely a unique culture and everything that was done was just part of the times,

Stearney was a UW-Green Bay student from 1976 to 1980 and was part of student programming for almost three of those years. During this time, all of campus life offices were located in the Dean of Students Office since the new University Union had not yet been built. Student organizations and programs were also run a lot more loosely.

“It was more student based and student run with less staff,” Stearney said.

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