The Green Bay Press-Gazette carried a short writeup and a photo gallery of the Oct. 30 investiture of Tom Harden as UW-Green Bay’s fifth chancellor. Click here.
Channel 11 News talked with Harden about big things (growth and future plans) and with students about relatively smaller things (parking and shopping), but the report also had some [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | November 2, 2009 - 4:42 pm | Media Coverage |
Wisconsin Public Radio was among the statewide media outlets pickup on the $5.5 million gift by Dr. David Cofrin to endow academic enhancements at UW-Green Bay. To see a text version of the story by reporter Patty Murray, scroll down to the Oct. 27 entry.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 28, 2009 - 6:50 pm | Media Coverage |
The Tacoma News-Tribune reports that 800 fifth-graders attended the first Compass 2 Campus program at Western Washington University. The article notes that the program is a replica of the UW-Green Bay Phuture Phoenix program embraced by former chancellor Bruce Shepard’s wife Cyndie. He is now the President of Western Washington University. (They’re both expected back [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 28, 2009 - 6:40 pm | Media Coverage, News |
Senior guard Troy Cotton says he’s prepared to handle the pressure that goes with being a team leader and elite basketball player. At Tuesday’s media day, Cotton told Green Bay Press-Gazette sportswriter Rob Demovsky that he’s mature enough to handle the expectations that follow last year’s strong season. Cotton was named last week to the [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 28, 2009 - 6:35 pm | Media Coverage |
Area media and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel took notice of the $5.5 million gift to UW-Green Bay from the late Dr. David Cofrin. It’s the largest private academic gift in school history and will help create a fully endowed chair and a permanent endowment for academic enhancements. To honor this generous gift and other contributions from [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 28, 2009 - 9:59 am | Media Coverage |
The surprise announcement Oct. 26 by Lt. Governor (and one-time UW-Green Bay student) Barbara Lawton that she will not seek the Democratic party nomination for governor prompted a good deal of discussion. Among those who were talking about the decision and what this means for the Democrats was UW-Green Bay political science professor Michael Kraft, [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 28, 2009 - 9:57 am | Media Coverage |
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported last week on some of the events this week leading up to the inauguration of Chancellor Thomas Harden. The article mentioned the student Meet the Chancellor event from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday at the University Union, and the UW-Green Bay Founders Association Reception, Thursday evening. The inauguration ceremony [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 26, 2009 - 3:10 pm | Events, Media Coverage |
The Green Bay Press-Gazette took a look Sunday at the various approaches that state agencies — including UW-Green Bay — will apply to implement mandated furlough days. University spokesman Chris Sampson told reporter Patti Zarling that the priority here was to minimize the impact on student instruction. Read article.
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 26, 2009 - 3:04 pm | Media Coverage |
A preseason poll of Horizon League coaches, sports information directors and athletic directors has predicted a fifth-place finish for the UW-Green Bay men’s basketball squad. The Phoenix lost three of its top five scorers, but returns point guard Rahmon Fletcher and Troy Cotton, who are both second-team pre-season selections. Butler University is the favorite to [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 21, 2009 - 2:31 pm | Media Coverage |
UW-Green Bay junior guard Heather Golden’s return to basketball after surgery was profiled in Monday’s (Oct. 19) Green Bay Press-Gazette. Golden told sports writer Scott Venci that for her own peace of mind she’ll probably wear a knee brace, although doctors have assured her that it’s not necessary, she has fully recovered from microfracture surgery [...]
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Posted by Christopher Sampson | October 21, 2009 - 2:30 pm | Media Coverage |