March 11, 2021
Student Business Idea (Virtual) Pitch Competition
Calling all UWGB future entrepreneurs: The Spring 2021 UWGB Student Business Idea [Virtual] Pitch Contest is now underway!
Every semester, UWGB’s Cofrin School of Business holds a Shark Tank-like contest where any UWGB student (all majors, all campuses, full-time and part-time, undergrad and grad) can pitch their idea for a business venture for cash prizes, mentoring, feedback from judges who have been there/done that, and further direction in which to pursue their ideas. Due to COVID, this semester’s competition will be held by video conference.
Innovative ideas can be in the form of a start-up, a new business, a new product, a new nonprofit, a new social enterprise/entrepreneurial endeavor, a new community project, or an idea for a new student-run business.
To enter, simply fill out the form on the contest website by the Friday, April 30 deadline. The pitch should be a 90-second or less publicly accessible YouTube video link. In the video, you are limited to you/all your team members and a product demonstration. That’s it! Make sure you are looking into your web cam or phone camera when you record your pitch video. Videos over 90 seconds will be disqualified.
Dental City provides the generous cash prizes of $500 for first place, $300 for second, $100 for third, and $100 for a People’s Choice Award (given to an entry not in the top three).
Before you enter, email Ryan Kauth for the judges’ scorecard so you know how you will be evaluated. Then, proceed to the “Click Here To Apply” button to the right.
Deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. Central time, Friday, April 30.
Note: if you have entered UWGB’s business pitch contest before, you can enter again…but only with a new idea.
You can enter as an individual or as a team. All entries will be announced via email and campus publicity, and the prize winners will be announced via email and publicity in mid-May once judges’ scores have been compiled.
Questions? Email KauthR@uwgb.edu
UWGB Academic Excellence Symposium
The 20th Annual UW-Green Bay Academic Excellence Symposium showcases the academic excellence of our undergraduate and graduate students. It will once again be held in conjunction with the CAHSS Virtual Conference. Symposium projects will be on display virtually from May 3 – 14, 2021.
If you’d like to showcase your research or year-end projects, ask the professor who assigned your project to be your faculty sponsor, then complete the proposal form by April 6, 2021.
If your project is selected, you and your faculty sponsor will receive an email with additional preparation and setup guidelines at that time. A student can be a Lead Presenter for only one project. Students from all UW-Green Bay locations are encouraged to participate.
Contact Teri Ternes if you have any questions.
The Symposium is sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter 279; the UWGB College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology; the College of Health, Education and Social Welfare; and the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business,
COVID Testing Available Over Spring Break
It’s important to continue to be diligent in respecting COVID-19 protocols. An outbreak of infection after spring break could wind up disrupting classes and campus services for the rest of the semester. Plus, we want you and your family to continue to be safe and healthy.To that end, we encourage students to continue getting tested for COVID every two weeks. Testing is available on the Marinette campus, including during spring break.
Before returning from spring break, UWGB expects students to have a negative COVID-19 test dated no more than 14 days prior to entering any campus building.
The UWGB Marinette Campus Testing Center (located in the cafeteria) will be available at the following times for the rest of the academic year:
- Tuesday, March 16 (during Spring Break): 10:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, March 30: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, April 6: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, April 20: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, May 4: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, May 18: 10:00am-12:00pm
All testing participants should make appointments for testing by utilizing the MyPrevea app or by visiting MyPrevea.com.UWGB encourages students to forego extensive travel plans. Air travel and mass transit remain highly discouraged by health officials.
UWGB Marinette Campus Library Closed for Spring Break
All UWGB libraries, including the Marinette campus library, will be closed during spring break. The libraries will reopen when classes resume on Monday, March 15.
13 Ways to Boost or Fix Unreliable Wifi
With several UW-Green Bay classes still online during the pandemic, some students have been frustrated by internet connection problems. (Thanks, Coronavirus.) If this inconvenience sounds familiar, here are some tips to boost or fix your wi-fi.
While some of the options below are free, others require buying things. If you are short on cash and are a UW-Green Bay student (any campus), email gboss@uwgb.com and request emergency funds to cover the costs. That’s what these funds are for—to help provide for students’ essential needs during the COVID-19 crisis so you can focus on your work.
1) Don’t use wi-fi. Plug your computer directly into your router via an ethernet cable.
2) Sit closer to your router. The closer you are, the stronger the signal.
3) Choose 5G on your router. If your router lets you choose (on the network) between a 2.4G and a 5G option when you’re connecting a device to it, use your router’s 5G option while sitting closer to your router. 5G provides a faster signal at shorter distances. 2.4G provides a stronger signal for farther distances, but it may be slower.
4) Get a new router. If your router is more than 5 years old, it’s probably time to replace it, says Joanna Stern, senior personal technology columnist for the Wall St. Journal. Stern’s top pick is the Eero, which retails at about $99. You can also add in $149 Eero beacons throughout the house to boost the signal in different areas. I have the Eero in my basement, plus one beacon on the ground floor, and it works well in my two-story house.
5) Unplug your router and modem, and then plug them back in. (You might also restart your computer, as well.) Marinette Campus Student IT Support Specialist Danielle Roberts emphatically agrees that this solution often helps with wonky wi-fi: “I cannot emphasize restarting the modem and router enough,” she says.
Click here for eight more tips to boost your home wifi.
—Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, Driftwood Advisor