Category: Speeches & Communications

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, It is with great sorrow that I announce the passing of two members of the UW-Green Bay family.  Recently, John Kuhlmann, Librarian for the Marinette Campus, and Sarah Schuetze, Assistant Professor of English and Humanities on the Green Bay campus, passed away.  This is a great loss to our…

Dear UW-Green Bay Students, Faculty, and Staff, It is our goal to live up to the noble mission of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. We strive every day to create an institution that exists for the common good, to provide education that leads to opportunity for students, and to solve problems that improve the quality…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, I hope you are all well.  Please see the news release about the Green Bay and Sheboygan campuses being hosts for vaccinations in partnership Prevea Health.  We will continue to work to be a resource for our community and help solve problems for the common good.  Please stay safe…

In the last four years, the University has operated in a unique structure with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) overseeing both Computing and Information Technology and Library Services.  This structure served us well over time and Paula Ganyard has led this combined role in an exceptional manner.  We are now at a point where we…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, This message serves as a follow up to the email I sent on November 16 regarding our new University Strategic Priorities while also sharing recent decisions regarding compensation. Starting with compensation, I have tasked the Position Review Committee (PRC) with spending $75,000 of base funding this year to begin…

Dear UW-Green Bay Campus Community, As we head into the Thanksgiving break tomorrow, I want to thank each of you. Please be safe over the break, take time to be thankful for the things that mean the most to you, and hopefully get some rest. Despite the incredible challenges of our current time, we are…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, As you are probably aware, we planned to do a national search for a Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs this year for the permanent candidate to start on July 1, 2021.  Last Wednesday, I went to the University Committee (UC) to discuss this search and get recommendations…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, I am thrilled to announce a new partnership between UW-Green Bay, Microsoft, and LinkedIn.  Here you will find the press release about this that will go out momentarily.  This new collaboration will allow us to provide free professional development opportunities for our staff, connect our students to career opportunities,…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty and Staff, Since the pandemic began in March, a preponderance of our time as a University has been spent navigating the countless challenges that it has brought. As we approach the end of this semester, I think it is important to also think broadly about what we want to achieve together…

Dear UW-Green Bay Faculty, Staff, and Students, Since the pandemic began, we have tried to wait as long as possible to communicate big decisions so that we can adapt to ever-changing local conditions. As you are aware, the impact of the pandemic continues to grow at an alarming rate with no end in sight and…