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The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will announce its 2012-13 Performing Arts Season lineup during a special event for patrons and friends who participated in the planning process at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 on the Weidner Center main stage.

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He has held the job since December 2000, acquitting himself with poise, pacing and impeccable diction — but stage announcer Brian Sutton had never before had a graduation day quite so busy. The Humanistic Studies professor announced close to 700 names Saturday (May 12) as UW-Green Bay observed a record-breaking spring commencement before a full [...]

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A distinguished UW-Green Bay graduate who is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the American workforce delivered the commencement address to an attentive audience of about 5,000 at the University’s Kress Events Center on Saturday, May 12. Kathleen Christensen directs the Working Longer program at the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, based in New [...]

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State Sen. Dave Hansen and his wife, Jane, are familiar faces at UW-Green Bay events. Dave, Class of 1971, has kept touch with his alma mater through the years and, if anything, has only increased his involvement in the years since he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature. The couple had reason to be smiling [...]

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Dr. James and Patricia Hinckley received a warm welcome when they were invited up on the platform near the beginning of UW-Green Bay commencement ceremonies May 12 at the Kress Events Center. The Green Bay couple was recognized with the institution’s highest community honor, the Chancellor’s Award. Their relationship with the University dates to the [...]

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Chancellor Thomas K. Harden made a special presentation — a crystal bowl — to former University of Wisconsin System Regent Judy Crain of Green Bay at the May 12 commencement on campus. Crain, whose seven-year term as a Regent recently concluded, briefly addressed the graduates and Kress Center audience of about 5,000 during the opening minutes [...]

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A longtime truck driver for Brillion Iron Works, Wes Kupsky has retooled for an IT career with a bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Studies. His twin daughters, Jennifer and Sarah, were History and Human Development majors, respectively. They met up Saturday, May 12, at the Kress Events Center, for a rare graduation tripleheader. Classmates at UW-Green Bay, [...]

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James and Sandra Ann Barbeau crossed the stage together, received their diplomas together and even posed for the traditional edge-of-stage portrait together. Only natural, when you consider the Two Rivers couple has been married two years and tied the knot about the time they enrolled in UW-Green Bay’s Adult Degree Program for returning adult learners. [...]

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The Freis family of rural Sheboygan County enjoyed a particularly nice Mothers Day weekend 2012, celebrating the summa cum laude graduation of daughter Stephanie from UW-Green Bay. Stephanie served as graduating class speaker. Posing before the ceremony, from left, are sisters Emily, Libby and Stephanie, with mom, Janice Freis. Stephanie opened her brief remarks to [...]

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David John Depeau got a nice round of applause when he was acknowledged at May 2012 commencement as recipient of the Outstanding Student Award, as chosen by the Alumni Association from among some 900 members of his graduating class. Depeau, of New Franken, graduated summa cum laude with three majors: Public Administration, Political Science and [...]

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