University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (also known as UW–Green Bay, UWGB or GB) is a public university located in Green Bay
, Wisconsin
, USA
. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System
and offers both bachelor and master degrees.
UW–Green Bay, founded in 1965, originally had an environmental sustainability emphasis, and now offers a wide array of degrees. The university, unofficially, has the nickname "Eco U". The university's mascot is the Phoenix.
The Green Bay center was integrated into the new University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the fall of 1968, when the first junior and senior level courses were offered at the old Deckner Center on Green Bay’s east side. By fall 1969, the new degree-granting university opened for classes in three academic buildings on the Shorewood site along the bay. The first commencement took place on June 1, 1970.
UW-Green Bay, described as America’s first environmental university, where every day was Earth Day, was called “Eco U” shortly after its founding roughly 40 years ago. The University was dubbed “Eco U” by Harper’s Magazine, Newsweek and other national and regional media in the early 1970s. The nickname came about in large part because of the University’s multidisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. As former interim Chancellor David Ward once put it: “We were green long before green became mainstream.” That tradition continues today with the Environmental Management and Business Institute, strong undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental science and policy, the ongoing development of the 290-acre Cofrin Memorial Arboretum and many other sustainability programs.
, UW-Green Bay enjoys a park-like setting overlooking Lake Michigan’s bay of Green Bay. At roughly one square mile, the campus is among the largest in the state. Much of the acreage is devoted to natural areas, with the central campus bordered on one side by the bay and on the other by a wooded ridge known as the Niagara Escarpment
.
The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts features the 2,000-seat Cofrin Family Hall, the 200-seat Fort Howard Hall for recitals, and the 99-seat-in-the-round Jean Weidner Theatre, and a dance studio. The outstanding acoustics in center have won accolades from performers ranging from Yo Yo Ma to Tony Bennett to the Oakridge Boys. A Casavant pipe organ and a Dale Chihuly chandelier are among its amenities.
, a student-run TV station, won nine student awards in 2006 and 2007 from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. This was the most of any school in the state. In February 2008 Phlash TV brought home five awards, including three first place awards, again the most of any school in Wisconsin in the TV category.
The University of Wisconsin Green Bay student body participates actively in issues regarding university governance through the Student Government Association. The Student Government Association consists of an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch (the Student Court).
UW–Green Bay, which brands itself athletically as "Green Bay", is an NCAA Division I school, and is a member of the Horizon League
.
The Green Bay women's basketball team has won or tied for the Horizon League regular-season championship nine times, including the last eight years.http://horizonleague.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/110504aac.html They have been to the NCAA
tournament eight times, including four of the last five years. They have also made two appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament
(WNIT).
The team received its first national ranking in 2003, when it was ranked as high as #16 in both the Associated Press
poll and the Coaches' Poll. In 2005, they also received a national ranking and a bid to the NCAA Tournament, but were knocked out in the first round by Maryland
. In 2006, they appeared in the WNIT, where they lost to Iowa State
in a first-round game. The next season, they were seeded #9 in the NCAA Tournament and defeated New Mexico
in the first round before falling to top-seeded Connecticut
in the second round. That loss ended their school record and nation-leading 26-game winning streak.
The next NCAA Tournament win for the Phoenix women came in 2010, when they entered as a #12 seed and upset 5-seed Virginia
in the first round before bowing out to Iowa State on the Cyclones' home court
just short of the Sweet 16. In the 2011 tournament, they entered as a #5 seed and made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance, defeating Arkansas–Little Rock and Michigan State before losing to regional top seed Baylor.
The Green Bay softball team claimed its first Horizon League tournament championship in 2005 after being picked to finish last in the conference. They went on to the national tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Oregon State
in the first round.
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System
University of Wisconsin System
The University of Wisconsin System is a university system of public universities in the state of Wisconsin. It is one of the largest public higher education systems in the country, enrolling more than 182,000 students each year and employing more than 32,000 faculty and staff statewide...
and offers both bachelor and master degrees.
UW–Green Bay, founded in 1965, originally had an environmental sustainability emphasis, and now offers a wide array of degrees. The university, unofficially, has the nickname "Eco U". The university's mascot is the Phoenix.
History
In 1965, the Wisconsin Legislature authorized a new degree-granting campus of the University of Wisconsin for Northeastern Wisconsin, an area of the state served at that time by centers offering freshman and sophomore courses. The city of Green Bay, which was then the home of a UW center enrolling approximately 1,000 students, was selected for the new university.The Green Bay center was integrated into the new University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the fall of 1968, when the first junior and senior level courses were offered at the old Deckner Center on Green Bay’s east side. By fall 1969, the new degree-granting university opened for classes in three academic buildings on the Shorewood site along the bay. The first commencement took place on June 1, 1970.
UW-Green Bay, described as America’s first environmental university, where every day was Earth Day, was called “Eco U” shortly after its founding roughly 40 years ago. The University was dubbed “Eco U” by Harper’s Magazine, Newsweek and other national and regional media in the early 1970s. The nickname came about in large part because of the University’s multidisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. As former interim Chancellor David Ward once put it: “We were green long before green became mainstream.” That tradition continues today with the Environmental Management and Business Institute, strong undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental science and policy, the ongoing development of the 290-acre Cofrin Memorial Arboretum and many other sustainability programs.
Students
In 2011, student enrollment was approximately 6,600, including 6,389 undergraduate students. The freshman average ACT score was 22.9, with a high school GPA of 3.32. In fall 2011, the official head count was 6,665.Campus
Located on the northeast side of Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
, UW-Green Bay enjoys a park-like setting overlooking Lake Michigan’s bay of Green Bay. At roughly one square mile, the campus is among the largest in the state. Much of the acreage is devoted to natural areas, with the central campus bordered on one side by the bay and on the other by a wooded ridge known as the Niagara Escarpment
Niagara Escarpment
The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois...
.
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts
Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
The Cofrin Memorial Arboretum forms a natural boundary of 290 acres encircling the UW Green Bay campus and providing ready access for recreation, field trips, and research projects. The purpose of the Arboretum is to restore and preserve some of Wisconsin's native ecological communities and to provide a place where people can enjoy and appreciate nature. More than 6 miles of trails are open to the public for passive recreation such as hiking, biking, bird-watching, cross-country skiing, and simply meandering.David A. Cofrin Library
At the center of learning and the academic buildings is the Cofrin Library, supporting the academic programs with a collection of more than one million items. As a depository for the U.S. government and the state of Wisconsin, the library has extensive holdings of and electronic access to government documents. The Special Collections Department contains historical records of Northeast Wisconsin, genealogical records, and a local business-archives collection.Kress Events Center
The Kress Events Center is the host for Phoenix Athletics, concerts, university-wide events and is the headquarters for workouts, weight training, and intramural sports. The facility features an athletics training room, weight rooms, cardio deck, Olympic-sized pool, racquetball courts, a climbing tower, outdoor playing fields, and a multipurpose gymnasium for basketball, volleyball and indoor tennis.Lawton Gallery
The Lawton Gallery, located adjacent to the theater in Theater Hall, is free and open to the public. The gallery mounts six to eight exhibits each year, including shows by UW-Green Bay faculty and students. The gallery has a role in the Art academic program, both through its exhibits and through classes that offer gallery management experience to students.LeMieux Chapel
Joseph LeMieux was a stonemason who built lighthouses on the Great Lakes. His brother-in-law, Fabian LaPlant, was a carpenter. Together they teamed to build what today is a hidden Green Bay haven, LeMieux Chapel.Activities
Phlash TVPhlash TV
Phlash TV is the television station for UW-Green Bay in Green Bay, WI. It is only broadcast on the campus, on Residence Life - Channel 20.- Overview :...
, a student-run TV station, won nine student awards in 2006 and 2007 from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. This was the most of any school in the state. In February 2008 Phlash TV brought home five awards, including three first place awards, again the most of any school in Wisconsin in the TV category.
The University of Wisconsin Green Bay student body participates actively in issues regarding university governance through the Student Government Association. The Student Government Association consists of an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch (the Student Court).
Athletics
Horizon League
The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....
.
The Green Bay women's basketball team has won or tied for the Horizon League regular-season championship nine times, including the last eight years.http://horizonleague.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/110504aac.html They have been to the NCAA
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...
tournament eight times, including four of the last five years. They have also made two appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament , formerly the National Women's Invitation Tournament, is a college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year...
(WNIT).
The team received its first national ranking in 2003, when it was ranked as high as #16 in both the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
poll and the Coaches' Poll. In 2005, they also received a national ranking and a bid to the NCAA Tournament, but were knocked out in the first round by Maryland
Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
The University of Maryland women's basketball team has been a prominent program in the history of women's basketball. As a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Lady Terrapins have been regular season and tournament champions on numerous occasions. They were struggling with a losing record...
. In 2006, they appeared in the WNIT, where they lost to Iowa State
Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
The Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. Iowa State's women's basketball team is 569-502 overall and 20-13 in post-season play.-Overview:...
in a first-round game. The next season, they were seeded #9 in the NCAA Tournament and defeated New Mexico
New Mexico Lobos women's basketball
The University of New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represents the University of New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA Division I. Yvonnne Sanchez was named head coach on April 22, 2011 replacing Don Flanagan who had been the head coach for 15 years....
in the first round before falling to top-seeded Connecticut
Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represents the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut in NCAA women's basketball competition. Under head coach Geno Auriemma, the Huskies have won 7 NCAA Division I national championships, advanced to 12 Final Fours, and won over 30 Big...
in the second round. That loss ended their school record and nation-leading 26-game winning streak.
The next NCAA Tournament win for the Phoenix women came in 2010, when they entered as a #12 seed and upset 5-seed Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers
The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
in the first round before bowing out to Iowa State on the Cyclones' home court
Hilton Coliseum
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,356-seat multi-purpose arena in Ames, Iowa. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones men's and women's basketball teams, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball teams.-Overview:...
just short of the Sweet 16. In the 2011 tournament, they entered as a #5 seed and made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance, defeating Arkansas–Little Rock and Michigan State before losing to regional top seed Baylor.
The Green Bay softball team claimed its first Horizon League tournament championship in 2005 after being picked to finish last in the conference. They went on to the national tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Oregon State
Oregon State Beavers
The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers are part of the Pacific-12 Conference . Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver...
in the first round.
Notable alumni
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, author - Carl AllenCarl Allen (drummer)Carl Allen is an American jazz drummer.He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman and Phil Woods. and the Benny Green Trio....
, musician - Kathi BennettKathi Bennett-Biography:Bennett is the daughter of former Green Bay Phoenix, Wisconsin Badgers, and Washington State Cougars head coach Dick Bennett. Her brother is former NBA player and now Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett...
, college basketball coach - Tony BennettTony Bennett (basketball)Anthony "Tony" Guy Bennett is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's team. Previously, he played professionally for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and was later head coach at Washington State University...
, professional basketball player, college basketball coach - Robert CowlesRobert CowlesRobert L. Cowles is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1987. In August 2011, Cowles faced a recall election, but easily defeated the Democratic challenger, Nancy Nusbaum, sixty percent to forty percent.-Early life and education:Cowles was born in Green...
, Wisconsin State Senator - Dave HansenDave HansenDave Hansen is a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 30th District since 2001.-Early life and education:...
, Wisconsin State Senator - Mark KingMark KingMark King may refer to:*Mark King , singer and bass guitar player with Level 42*Mark King *Mark King , Northwich Victoria player*Mark Anthony King Minor league basketball owner/player...
, President and CEO, TaylorMade-adidas Golf - Mike JacksonMike JacksonGeneral Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment, with whom he served two of his three tours of...
, President and COO, SupervaluSupervalu (United States)SuperValu Inc. is a United States grocery retailer and distributor. The corporation, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has been in business for over a century. It is the third-largest food retailing company in the United States , and ranks #51 on the Fortune 100 list.On June 2, 2006,...
grocery stores - Jill LajdziakJill LajdziakJill Lajdziak is the former General Manager of General Motors' Saturn division. In 2005, she was named one of the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry, along with 19 other GM colleagues, which made GM the most represented company on the list...
, general manager, Saturn - Barbara LawtonBarbara LawtonBarbara Lawton is an American politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin and member of the Democratic Party. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She became the first woman elected to the position in 2002, as the running mate of former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle...
, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (attended) - Nick MortensenNick MortensenNicholas Jay Mortensen is an American comedian and motivational speaker.-Biography:Mortensen spent his formative years in Green Bay, Wisconsin...
, comedian - Jeff NordgaardJeff NordgaardJeff Wallace Nordgaard is a naturalized Polish professional basketball player who grew up in the United States....
, NBA player - Tosaint RickettsTosaint RickettsTosaint Antony Ricketts is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Politehnica Timişoara in Romanian Liga 2.-Early career:Ricketts began his youth career at University of Wisconsin Green Bay.- MYPA :...
, professional soccer player, member of the Canadian national team for the U-20 World Cup - Horst StemkeHorst StemkeHorst Stemke is a retired U.S. soccer defender who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Youth:...
, OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete - Logan Vander VeldenLogan Vander VeldenLogan Vander Velden is an American former professional basketball player. He was a member of the 1995-96 Los Angeles Clippers team for 15 games. Vander Velden attended high school in his home town of Valders, and is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.- External links :* @...
, NBA player - Michael SchachtnerMichael SchachtnerMichael "Mike" Schachtner is an American professional basketball player who plays for CSM Oradea of the Romanian Divizia A professional basketball league. Schachtner played four seasons at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and wore the number 43...
, Professional Basketball Player
Notable faculty
- Regan A. R. Gurung, professor of psychology and human development, Wisconsin Professor of the Year
- Gregory S. AldreteGregory S. AldreteGregory S. Aldrete is a professor of history and humanistic studies currently teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he has been teaching since 1995. His emphasis is in rhetoric and oratory, floods in Rome, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. He...
, professor of history and humanistic studies - Herbert J. GroverHerbert J. GroverHerbert J. Grover is an American, Democratic educator and politician from Wisconsin.Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Grover graduated from Shawano High School. He received his bachelors degree from St. Norbert College...
, Wisconsin educator and politician - Harvey J. KayeHarvey J. KayeHarvey J Kaye is an American historian and sociologist.He is currently the Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.-Bibliography:* Thomas Paine and the Promise of America...
, Professor of Social Change & Development (History and Sociology) - Michael MonfilsMichael Monfils-Biography:Monfils was born on December 12, 1938. He attended St. Norbert College and Loyola University Chicago and served as an officer in the United States Army and United States Army Reserve. In 1967, he married Mary Peterson. They had two children. He married Mary Timney in 1986...
, Mayor of Green Bay - Denise SweetDenise SweetDenise Sweet is an Anishinaabe poet and a holds a doctorate in Humanistic Studies. She taught creative writing, literature and mythology, at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, but retired in 2009. She also taught a travel seminar in the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala involving fieldwork among the...
, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin (2004-2008); Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies (First Nations Studies/English/Interdisciplinary
Studies)
- Phillip G. Clampitt, Professor of Information and Computer Science (Communication). Author of Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness, Progress Makers and Embracing Uncertainty.