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What
we're saying about ourselves
Community audiences are getting a feel for UW-Green Bay's new leadership. The
chancellor, officers and athletics director have been in-demand guest speakers,
proudly referring to a set list of positives when they update listeners on the
campus, and its progress. The list includes:
- Record enrollment demand
- Freshmen have record gpa
- Women's basketball is No. 1 in nation for academics
- Mary Ann Cofrin Hall: a new era for campus
- Lab Sciences remodeling
- Dedication to education
- Grads help economy: 90%+ stay in-state
Daffodil Days signal spring
and new life
UW-Green Bay staff members are on pace to surpass last year's total of $1,500
in the fight against cancer through the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days
sale. The University was second in sales last year only to American Medical
Security. The Classified Administrative Support Committee leads the charge.
Where students stand on
today's great issues
UW-Green Bay's Student Life Office runs a fun and clearly unscientific online
poll at www.uwgb.edu/stulife/hot-news. February's question: "The best guitarist
of all time?" Latest results:
- Eddie Van Halen 42%
- Jimi Hendrix 37%
- Eric Clapton 21%
New housing starts
When the skiers are away, the contractors play. The mild winter has construction
of the new on-campus housing unit more than one month ahead of schedule. The
building should be completed by mid-July. The unit is likely to be UW-Green
Bay's choicest housing, located close to academic buildings and the Union (between
the apartments and the Studio Arts Building), and near the golf course. The
building will house two- and four-bedroom suites and feature a "Living
Learning Center" (a casual classroom space). The 122-bed unit is the first
of three targeted for completion by fall of 2004 that will boost the on-campus
population to nearly 2,000.
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What
they're saying about us
Local newspapers have praised UW-Green Bay for making it absolutely clear the
school does not intend the expanded Phoenix Sports Center to be in competition
with the community's new 10,000-seat Resch Center arena. Commenting on Chancellor
Bruce Shepard's proposal for a badly needed but more suitably scaled students
sports and events center (in the 3,000 to 4,000-seat range) to enhance campus
life, the Green Bay News-Chronicle editorialized "Shepard's comments
come as a breath of fresh air." The Green Bay Press-Gazette advised
that "community leaders should hop on board and help work to make that project
a reality."
Retiree/students celebrate 10th anniversary with growth, more learning
The University's Learning in Retirement program is 550 members strong this spring
with 455 retirees signed up for a record 41 classes and that's up from 88 members
at the program's inception ten years ago. LIR serves retirees with non-credit
courses geared to their interests and talents. UW-Green Bay's is one of the
longest-running and best-attended LIR programs in the UW System and within the
state of Wisconsin. Popular choices are The Presidency: One Year Later; Living
with the Law; Spanish; Glacial Geography; Chicago; Flowers, Gardening; Bridge;
and Explore Green Bay. Membership fees are currently $40 per year. For information,
call 920-465-2356.
"I
think it's great that UWGB has such supportive graduate programs. . . The recognition
is nice. It has helped me to realize my own potential, and has made my family
and me very glad that I chose UWGB for my graduate education."
Maureen Zeise, Green Bay
Purusing a master's in Environmental Science and Policy
Recently selected for "National Dean's List" honors
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