For UW-Green Bay students, backpacking through Europe, signing on as a foreign-exchange student in Japan, or pursuing research in the rain forests of Brazil might not be as out-of-reach as they may have thought.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | November 19, 2009 - 3:32 pm | Giving Back |
Donors and colleagues gathered Tuesday. Nov. 8 to celebrate a new scholarship fund in honor of retired accounting professor Karl Zehms. The scholarship drive has generated, so far, more than $50,000 which will endow at least two partial merit scholarships every year beginning with fall of 2010 for incoming students who express an interest in [...]
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Posted by Sue Bodilly | November 11, 2009 - 4:47 pm | Giving Back |
Lately History Professor Craig Lockard has been ruminating over 40 years of scholarship and teaching, preparing to distill it into a “final” lecture.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | November 5, 2009 - 12:32 pm | Giving Back, Press Releases |
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has announced in a news release that a $5.5 million gift from the family of the late Fort Howard Paper Co. founder Austin E. Cofrin will result in creation of the University’s second fully endowed chair, a permanent endowment to fund academic enhancements, and a new name for the school’s [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 26, 2009 - 4:00 pm | Giving Back, News |
Human Biology major Michelle Gumm (above, left) enjoyed meeting Dr. Herbert and Crystal Sandmire ’80 at the recent Scholarship Reception at the Weidner Center. The Sandmires fund a scholarship each year for a student who is pursuing a career in the medical field.
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Posted by Sue Bodilly | October 15, 2009 - 3:10 pm | Giving Back |
Thanks to a generous gift from the Friends of the Cofrin Library, the third floor lobby area of the library has been updated with some stylish new furniture. Take a look below at the before and after photos of the lobby.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 1, 2009 - 2:34 pm | Giving Back |
The eighth annual Chancellor’s Scholarship Dinner was elegant yet appealingly informal in the way it brought together campus friends and community leaders for a relaxing evening to benefit student scholarships.
About 200 individuals attended the event at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. It was the first scholarship dinner for UW-Green Bay’s new chancellor, [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | September 18, 2009 - 3:16 pm | Giving Back |
Wondering what the new bell tower is outside the University Union?
Well, it’s the new Ed Weidner Memorial Carillon, constructed in the early summer of 2009 in honor of UW-Green Bay’s founding chancellor. (For more on Chancellor Weidner, click here).
Watch the informational video to learn more.
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Posted by Mike Heine | August 31, 2009 - 3:10 pm | Giving Back, Video |
Each year, UW-Green Bay Founders Association scholarships help UW-Green Bay students pay for college.
Students Mary Mattson, Allen Voelker and twin sisters Amanda and Beth Rodenhauser are four of many UW-Green Bay students who have received scholarships from the Founder’s Association. They share their stories about how receiving scholarships and supporting the Founder’s Association is helpful. [...]
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Posted by Mike Heine | June 18, 2009 - 5:06 pm | Giving Back, Video |
Cool, wet weather moved the ceremony indoors but didn’t dampen excitement or emotions at the June 6 dedication of the Weidner Memorial Carillon at UW-Green Bay.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | June 8, 2009 - 3:57 pm | Giving Back |