Tag: books
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Launching in December 2023: Landmark book of Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales
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Launching in December 2023, A Portrait of Grief and Courage documents the lives of Hmong refugees in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the 1980s and 1990s. Forced to flee from their homes to escape The Secret War in Laos, many Hmong fled to Thailand as refugees, then to the U.S. The first Hmong families arrived in…
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Teaching Press Folds into Action with Book Launch on October 18
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Lower Fox River PCB Cleanup Timeline, a new book by Greg Neuschafer, covers one of the most ambitious environmental stability projects in the US to date: the nearly two decades of the removal of contamination in Green Bay’s Fox River. Published by The Teaching Press of UW-Green Bay, the book will…
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Skål! The Viking House Saga Launches on October 4th
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GREEN BAY, Wis — All who love a Viking tale are invited to celebrate the book launch of The Viking House Saga: A Journey into Experiential Archeology at UW-Green Bay, co-authored by Dr. Heidi Sherman and Dr. Owen Christianson. The event takes place on October 4th in Wood Hall 215 at 4:30 pm and will be streamed…
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Mimi and Rupert Books: Our New Imprint Takes Wing
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The signs of spring have arrived at UWGB. On our Green Bay campus, Peregrine falcons nest atop the David A Cofrin Library. One pair of falcons began nesting there in 2017 to lay eggs and teach their fledglings to fly. This first falcon couple was named “Mimi” and “Rupert,” and their descendants have now brought…