The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bade farewell to a record class — and its 30,000th alumnus — during spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 12 at the Kress Events Center. More than 700 new alumni crossed the stage during the ceremony, out of more than 900 who are eligible to receive degrees in May and August. [...]
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May 14, 2012 -
10:09 am
It was a wonderful night and warm atmosphere when UW-Green Bay alumni were recognized for their distinguished accomplishments at Alumni Awards Night Saturday, April 28, at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Distinguished Alumni honorees Maria Hinton ’79 and Dr. Mokenge Malafa ’82 were honored, along with Outstanding Recent Alumni Award recipients Jacqueline Frank ’00 and Dr. Laura Rammer ’01.
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April 30, 2012 -
4:04 pm
At the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Associate Professor John Katers is recognized as an authority on recycling, waste management, renewable energy and more. He’s also known as a personable and engaging teacher, challenging students to get past pre-conceived biases with regards to business and resources.
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April 24, 2012 -
2:33 pm
When UW-Green Bay Music and Theatre programs were preparing for their largest Weidner mainstage performance in a decade, they turned to those who know the ins and outs of the program — UWGB alumni — for a little help. OK, more than a little help.
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April 17, 2012 -
9:45 am
Valerie Walbrandt from Neenah, Wis., earned her bachelor’s in Communication Processes in 2004. How’d she wind up in Los Angeles as an assistant producer for casting, lining up talent for reality shows, working the occasional Oscar party?
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April 13, 2012 -
12:24 pm
For UW-Green Bay senior Lindsay Kujawa, moving minds and hearts starts with moving feet. Kujawa, 23, is the brains and more important, the passion, behind Wausau-based Introspect Dance Company, a troupe of teens and young adults that delivers performance art with a social message. Undaunted — indeed, perhaps motivated — by their youth, Introspect’s artists [...]
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April 13, 2012 -
10:30 am
Joe Mansky never expected he’d become an elections expert. After graduating from UW-Green Bay with an Environmental Science degree in 1977, Mansky worked as a hydrologist in Omaha, Neb. When his employer later went out of business, and amid an economic recession, Mansky moved to Minnesota figuring he’d have to do something else. Now, he [...]
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April 13, 2012 -
10:27 am
If you love to fish local rivers and streams, view wildlife in a nearby wetland or just sit on the bank of a waterway and enjoy the view, your gratitude should be extended, in part, to Victoria Harris. The longtime water quality and habitat restoration specialist with the UW Sea Grant Institute on the UW-Green Bay campus has dedicated her life to clean water.
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April 9, 2012 -
9:45 am
With great challenge comes great opportunity — and those who don’t embrace it will be left behind. That was the message for a campus and community audience March 13, when UW-Green Bay alumna and top media executive Laura Hollingsworth spoke at the University’s After Thoughts series for women.
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March 20, 2012 -
4:26 pm
One of UW-Green Bay’s most prominent alumni shared observations and advice with top Business Administration and Accounting students and others at the annual Business Week Dinner Thursday night (March 8). Mark King, a 1981 business graduate, is CEO and president of TaylorMade-adidas, the world’s largest golf equipment manufacturer. He addressed an audience of about 250 [...]
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March 9, 2012 -
3:28 pm
