Shorewood golf course, mowing practice green

Shorewood Announcement

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff,

Despite our best attempts to open the Shorewood Golf Course this summer, we will be unable to do so.  As many of you know, Shorewood has been a significant drain on our resources for many years.  Interest has been waning for many years and it is not critical to our primary mission of student success. Fortunately, there are many other excellent public options in Green Bay to play golf.  In the coming months, we will transition the golf course into a student recreation and engagement center to expand our URec offerings, provide meeting spaces for students, relocate and improve our popular community disc golf course, and establish an official point of entry (with parking) to the beautiful Cofrin Arboretum.

I understand that this will be a disappointment to those in the community who have used the Shorewood Golf Course for many years.  As a state institution, we must be good stewards of our funds, and this decision allows us to better support our current and future students.  Our region desperately needs us to grow and provide more graduates to support the growth of the economy in our region.  While what to do with the Shorewood Golf Course has been wrestled with for many years, I believe now is the right time to make this change and continue to build the momentum we have as a university truly on the rise.

Best,
Michael Alexander
Michael Alexander
Chancellor