What are you doing on Saturday, September 16? In this week’s Minute, Mike talks about the upcoming ‘Estamos Aqui’ outdoor festival being held near and around The Weidner and the UW-Green Bay campus. This celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage will have live music, food, artwork and much more. Mike also shows us the special gift he received to prepare for this celebratory festival…listen below to this week’s Minute with Mike.
Author: Kristin Bouchard
Didn’t attend convocation? Here are the highlights
Hundreds of faculty and staff gathered at The Weidner for Convocation on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Prior to announcing the Founders Awards, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kate Burns and Chancellor Michael Alexander addressed the group with their thoughts on how to help UW-Green Bay students, faculty and staff have the ‘Power to Rise’ in the 2023-24 academic year. In short, helping students become great, making higher education and learning accessible for all and staying community-oriented through these pursuits.
Below is a highlight reel from Convocation. Please take a few minutes to listen and decide how you can Rise this year!
Fresh Perspective
Fresh perspective. It’s exactly what is needed for the start of the school year. In this week’s Minute, Mike invites everyone to attend the annual convocation on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. He also reminds us that even with all of the changes happening in higher ed, there are many reasons to be optimistic – it just depends on perspective. Enjoy this week’s Minute with Mike.
Minute to consider change
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.
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.