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It's the big rivalry ... UW-Green Bay vs. UW-Milwaukee
Saturday, January 19 –	Reception at The Bar on Holmgren Way: 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tip off at the Resch Center: 7:05 p.m.
Cheer on the Phoenix men vs. Horizon League rival UW-Milwaukee at 7:05 p.m. at the Resch Center. Tickets are $10 in the Alumni Section. To reserve your tickets call the Kress Events Center Box Office at 920-465-2625. Attend the pre-game informal social at The Bar from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Included is complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.
Saturday, February 16 –	Reception at Buck Bradley's, Milwaukee: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Phoenix vs. UW-Milwaukee, U.S. Cellular Arena: 7 p.m.
Support the Phoenix men's basketball team in Milwaukee at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. Alumni and friends can enjoy a pre-game reception at Buck Bradley's (1019 Old World 3rd St.) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Warm up for the game with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar as well as door prizes. Want to sit with fellow graduates? Call the Kress Events Center Box Office at 920-465-2625 for ticket information.

Return with us to the Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort — America's largest water park resort in Wisconsin Dells — Friday through Sunday, April 25, 26 and 27. For just $109* per night your family of four can reserve a double queen room at the hotel and receive unlimited access to the resort's three indoor and two outdoor water parks, and the four-story dry foam playhouse. Make your reservation by March 25 by calling the Wilderness at 1-800-867-9453. Be sure to mention that you are part of the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association Room Block. Additional family members are $15 each. Not familiar with the Wilderness? Check out the resort's Web site.

What's UW-Green Bay's Carbon Footprint? Ask a grad student ...

Recently, student researchers presented their capstone project for Environmental Science and Policy seminar, "Sustainability — The Next Step: Estimating UW-Green Bay's Carbon Footprint." It focused on campus greenhouse gas emissions. The topic was inspired by Chancellor Bruce Shepard's signing in late 2006 of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, a pledge to develop a long-range plan to reduce and ultimately neutralize greenhouse gas emissions on the campus. Read the news release.

Professor Block Wins National Nursing Award Professor Derryl Block was awarded the Lillian Wald Service Award given for depicting exemplary public health nursing, especially through political, legislative, professional, or interdisciplinary activism on November 6. Here's more.

First Concert in the Kress Gets 'Fan' tastic Reviews A fired-up but well-behaved, sold-out crowd rocked out to the Switchfoot and Relient K Appetite for Construction Tour on November 10 at the first major non-athletic event in the new Kress Events Center. Take a look at more pictures from the concert.

Coach Bennett Makes Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame
Dick Bennett, who led UW-Green Bay to NCAA tournament bids after doing the same at UW-Stevens Point and before repeating the achievement with the Wisconsin Badgers, was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. Read more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.

Nothing says 'Holiday' like a Weidner performance "A Christmas Carol," The BoDeans, "A Celtic Christmas," and more take center stage at the Weidner Center over the holidays. Go to the full schedule.

It's Official: UW System Enrollment Sets Record
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents announced that the 26 UW campuses are efficiently providing record levels of educational access to the state's public university. To see the System news release, http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2007/r071205.htm

UW-Green Bay holds Commencement Ceremonies December 15 GM's Lajdziak addresses graduates Jill A. Lajdziak, general manager for General Motors' Saturn Division and a 1979 graduate of UW-Green Bay with a degree in Business Administration, addressed the 350 December graduates. See Commencement photo pages.

Jerry Olson receives University's highest award
Chancellor Bruce Shepard presented two Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Service, the University's highest award, at commencement. Receiving the awards were Gerald (Jerry) H. Olson, 1968 to 1996 (most as Dean of Students) and community leaders and long-time UW-Green Bay supporters Carl and Mary Ellen Kuehne. Read more commencement news.

Add UW-Green Bay students to your holiday gift list Watch your inbox this week for a special campus visitor who demonstrates how your gift to UW-Green Bay students makes for a warmer holiday and a brighter future. Contributions to the Alumni Annual Fund help provide support for scholarships, academic programs, equipment and so much more. To make your gift online today, visit our secure website at www.uwgb.edu/alumni/gift.html.

WGBW is back ... The call letters WGBW were heard by listeners for the first time since mid-1989 at UW-Green Bay with the start in October of student-run radio station WGBW.
But the new station operates in a different format from the old WGBW that went out over the airwaves from 1974 to 1989 — it is audio-streamed via the Internet and listeners tune in by accessing its Web site.
At present, WGBW broadcasts from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. It's an all-talk format with a student-oriented slant on news, entertainment and sports. Read more.

Can you see me now? Have YOU been back for a recent alumni event? Do you wish you would have? Either way, look for your photo or check out the fun at our updated alumni receptions and events photo gallery.

Check out the Phoenix Circle... It's the latest in networking, and catching up with those former classmates. Phoenix Circle allows you to post jobs in your area of interest, reconnect with former roomies, stay in touch with photo albums, join a special interest group or start your own. Check it out. It takes only seconds to become a member. And it's free!

Don't Become a Lost Alum!
New job, change of address? Updating your alumni information is just a click away by completing the Alumni Update Form. It only takes a few minutes and it helps ensure that you continue to receive alumni and University mailings and information. Feel free to pass along the Web-link to friends and co-workers who are UWGB graduates.

Alumni Events

For more information on alumni events or activities, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/alumni/news-events/calendar.asp.

Class Notes

Kay Nelson '78 is a full professor at Southern Illinois University. She previously held engineering and senior management positions with Procter & Gamble, Green Bay, Apple Computer and NATO. She has been honored as an NSF Career Scholar and outstanding woman in technology. She is married to Jim Nelson, a professor at SIU. Her degree is in communication and the arts.

Marty Stanley '77 managerial systems, is president of Dynamic Dialog, Inc., and a professional speaker, facilitator and executive coach. Her book: Get Out of B.E.D. (Blame, Excuses and Denial): Change Your Outlook, Alter Your Outcomes was published in December 2006. She received the 2007 Team Builder Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners and was honored in 2005 as a "Woman who Means Business" by the Kansas City Business Journal.

Mark Fralick '82 business administration, is the president of ROI Solutions, LLC in Oconomowoc. He also co-founded Software Architects Inc., working with companies like Compaq Service Organization, Panasonic, Delta Faucet, Timex, and Lifetime Hoan to develop supply chain solutions. He has twice been nominated for State Entrepreneur of the Year.

Laura (Busby) Hollingsworth '89 has been named president and publisher of the Des Moines Register. She has been the Register's general manager since 2005 and the newspaper's vice president of advertising from 2002 to 2005. Hollingsworth also worked as an advertising executive at Gannett Co. newspapers in Washington, Illinois and Michigan. She lives in Johnston, Iowa, with her husband and three children. She majored in communication processes.

Marc Jimos '91 and '02, a band instructor at Ashwaubenon High School, played with members of his school's drum corps in back-to-back shows last summer at the Resch Center, Green Bay, with country music star Keith Urban. Jimos majored in communication and the arts and music, and received a master's degree in Applied Leadership for Teaching and Learning.

Tamara Jochem '95 environmental sciences, is senior mammal keeper at the Dallas Zoo. Jochem works with training gorillas, chimpanzees, mandrills, zebras, and African antelope.

Chad Goeden '00 completed two years with the Peace Corps in the Ukraine and is now the international center coordinator at Washington State University. His degree is in German.

Stacey Wegener '05 is the medical scholar program coordinator with UW Medical Student Admissions in Madison. She earned a master's degree in educational leadership and policy analysis in 2007. She majored in psychology and human development.

To see more class notes, or to submit your own, go online to the Alumni Relations Web site.

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