In this week’s ‘Minute,’ Mike asks us to consider what we can and cannot control as it pertains to change. There are things we can change; there are things that we have no control over. But, we do the best we can by keeping in mind that small change can create big change. Listen to ‘Minute with Mike’ below.
Author: Kristin Bouchard
Duck Mystery Minute
This week, the Chancellor is asking for help in solving a great mystery…who is delivering rubber ducks with positive messages around campus? 🙂 He also shares that this is a great way to impact change – by taking it upon yourself to make someone smile! Enjoy this week’s minute!
Birds of change
Do you listen for the birdsong as you walk through the campus? Mike does. In this week’s ‘Minute,’ Mike shares what he’s been reading from Simon Barker – in short, the idea of organizational change as compared to specific birds. Listen to his thoughts below.
Change and evolving traditions
In this week’s ‘Minute,’ Mike shares his thanks for a great year, and asks us to consider how one special tradition at UW-Green Bay has evolved. As we enjoy all that summer brings, consider how we can adapt to the profound and rapid change that is happening in higher education. Stay tuned this summer – thank you!
Cookout & Golf Minute
May holds extra excitement this year. In today’s ‘Minute with Mike,’ the Chancellor invites everyone to the end-of-year faculty/staff cookout and congratulates the Phoenix Women’s Golf team for winning the Horizon League championship for the first time in university history. This week, take time to celebrate together at the cookout on May 3rd, and wish the women’s golf team well as they play in the NCAA tournament in Spokane, Washington.
Studio Art’s Minute
In today’s ‘Minute,’ Mike takes a stroll down the stairwell in Studio Arts, where the walls are covered in murals that were created by UW-Green Bay students. These murals are just one example of the high impact practices that students receive with an education at UW-Green Bay. Mike encourages everyone to think about how we can use our incredible spaces around campus to continue learning and engaging with one another. Listen to Mike here, as he takes in the beauty of this stairwell.
Nursing Minute (with guests)
Coming to you from the Aurora BayCare nursing lab, this week Mike shares a great example of how local businesses work with our university to give students a high impact experience. Watching faculty in action and the pace at which nursing students learn equals a more highly trained future nurse! Listen to Mike, and some of our students in this week’s Minute.
MUC Minute
Learn more about the team that helps share UW-Green Bay’s mission and strategic priorities with the public. In today’s ‘Minute with Mike’, Chancellor Alexander discusses the important role that the Marketing and University Communication team plays in portraying the “…value of UW-Green Bay and what we’re trying to achieve as an institution.” Their work helps showcase the outstanding education that occurs here at UW-Green Bay, and the positive impact Phoenix make in the community.
Kindness Minute
In today’s Minute with Mike, Mike shares what he hears regularly from students; how a faculty or staff person has helped them succeed. He shares that whether it’s a kind word or a listening ear, it’s the little things that sometimes mean the most. Thank you, and make a point to keep showing support for not only students, but for each other!
Minute with energy!
Meet the new Green Bay Phoenix Men’s Basketball Coach, Sundance Wicks! In today’s Minute with Mike, Coach introduces himself and shares big, big energy and excitement for UW-Green Bay and men’s basketball. Let’s go Phoenix family!