About 7,000 UW-Green Bay alumni reside in Brown County; 1,100 reside in Outagamie County; 700 reside in Manitowoc County; 475 reside in Marinette County; and 450 reside in Oconto County.
• More than 400 UW-Green Bay alumni are owners, CEOs, presidents and corporate leaders in the region and around the country.
• The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is a regional showcase for big-name, campus and community performances.
• UW-Green Bay athletic camps and clinics have about 1,200 participants a year.
• UW-Green Bay's theater and music programs not only provide educational experiences for their students but also entertainment and performing arts opportunities for the community.
• Camp Lloyd, a partnership of UW-Green Bay and Unity Hospice, is a summer camp at UW-Green Bay for children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. The staff includes professional grief counselors and student interns from UW-Green Bay.
• The Lawton Gallery exhibits the art of students and faculty as well as traveling exhibits. Every exhibition is free and open to the public.
• Non-credit Outreach programs, including summer youth opportunities, attract more than 6,000 participants.
• Credit Outreach programs, including those for high school students, have enrollment of more than 1,500.
• More than 600 community members are enrolled in UW-Green Bay's Learning in Retirement program, which includes noncredit courses, study groups and travel opportunities.
• Grandparents' University is a summer learning opportunity at UW-Green Bay for children ages 7 through 14 accompanied by a grandparent. It offers "majors" ranging from performing arts to human biology and natural history.
• The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity has organized a community-aimed workshop series on biodiversity-related issues; the first workshops were over-enrolled.
• The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity spearheaded the Baird Creek Parkway Bio-blitz to document the parkway's biodiversity and provide an educational experience for participants.
• The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity produces a Web site with information about current outdoor events, guides for plant identification, and descriptions of places to hike and enjoy the outdoors in Northeastern Wisconsin. The site is www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity.
• Downtown Third Thursdays is a free lecture series at Baylake Bank City Center in downtown Green Bay. UW-Green Bay faculty members share their expertise on a wide variety of topics. The program also helps strengthen Green Bay's downtown.
• Thousands of people annually visit UW-Green Bay natural areas in Brown, Door and Manitowoc counties. These areas — Point au Sable, Toft Point, Peninsula Sanctuary and Kingfisher Farm — also provide opportunities for student research projects on a wide variety of topics.
• The Richter Museum of Natural History contains one of Wisconsin's most significant collections of animal specimens for scientific research and education. The Museum sponsors numerous research projects on the fauna of Northeastern Wisconsin.
• UW-Green Bay's Journey to Jordan Institute, a program funded through a U.S. State Department grant, supports high school students traveling to Jordan and provides a unique language and cultural learning opportunity for the students.
• UW-Green Bay is a sponsor of Brown County Diversity Circles, a project to improve relations among the county's diverse populations.
• Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, UW-Green Bay's newest academic building, has received state and national attention and has attracted international visitors interested in the building's state-of-the-art energy features.
• UW-Green Bay hosted a series of debates involving candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat in 2006. More than 400 people attended the final pre-election debate.
• UW-Green Bay's Office of International Education has established a network of individuals with international experiences or interests for the purpose of sharing information and activities with global perspectives.
• Business Administration students provide free tax preparation services to the community each year. They focus on taxpayers with special needs, including the poor, disabled and elderly.
• UW-Green Bay supports the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a pledge to develop a long-range plan to reduce and ultimately neutralize greenhouse gas emissions on campus.
• The Historical Perspectives Lecture Series, organized by the Center for History and Social Change, brings a wide variety of historians and social scientists to campus for lectures open to the campus and community.
• The Oxford Lecture Series, which started in fall 2002, is a series of faculty lectures of general interest that are open to the campus and community.
• UW-Green Bay is one of four UW System campuses selected by Gov. Jim Doyle to participate in a pilot program to make the campuses energy independent within the next five years.
• In another example of leadership on environmental and sustainable issues, UW-Green Bay's University Union and Sodexho, the campus food service provider, have committed to using biodegradable dinneware in campus dining facilities.
• The Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement, founded by Prof. Illene Noppe, Human Development, brings together professionals who work with those who experience loss with researchers in the field of bereavement.
• Cofrin Library Special Collections/Area Research Center does a lively community business. The Area Research Center is the depository for Wisconsin State Historical Society materials for 11 Northeastern Wisconsin counties. Researchers of all kinds - including many seeking family history - use materials located here.
• Community members use the Cofrin Library, in part because it is a government document depository.
• The UW-Green Bay Powwow attracts drums and dancers from throughout Northeastern Wisconsin. About 1,000 people attend the Powwow each year. It is organized by the Intertribal Student Council.
• UW-Green Bay has numerous partnerships with Wisconsin Public Service, the major electric and gas utility in the region, including energy conservation measures at Mary Ann Cofrin Hall and the annual Solar Olympics for area high school students.
• UW-Green Bay partnered with St. Norbert College to develop the joint St. Norbert College-UW-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program. The program provides financial support to enable highly qualified professionals from developing countries to spend time on both campuses and in the greater Green Bay community.
• UW-Green Bay has restored a landmark that ties the campus to one of Green Bay's most prominent legends. A cottage built on the shore of Green Bay by Green Bay Packers founder E.L. "Curly" Lambeau came under University owenership in 1978 as part of Cofrin Arboretum expansion. A generous gift by alumnus Craig Mueller is allowing UW-Green Bay to renovate the building and put it to use by the campus and community.
• UW-Green Bay is a partner in Downtown HYPE, a project to use students and young professionals to revitalize downtown Green Bay.
• Professionals from the community describe their jobs and what led them to their careers in a series of "Career Conversations" with UW-Green Bay students. The series is part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinarity in Action program.
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