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Viewpoint: Why Green Bay is the place to launch your logistics career – FreightWaves

When considering an education and jobs of tomorrow, there might not be a better match than the institutions of higher learning and the booming logistics industry in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Transportation and logistics (T&L),... https://news.uwgb.edu/phlash/news/10/28/viewpoint-why-green-bay-is-the-place-to-launch-your-logistics-career-freightwaves/

Fantastic USDA Grant Award to the College of the Menominee Nation recognizes their Sustainable Agriculture Programing Capacity and Success

October 19, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Michaela Welch, [email protected], 715-799-6226, ext. 3153 College of Menominee Nation Awarded Funding for Sustainable Use of Safe Hemp Ingredient Project KESHENA, WI- The College of Menominee Nation (CMN), a 1994 Tribal Land Grant College, is excited to announce it has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agriculture and Food Research (AFRI) Sustainable Agriculture Systems (SAS) grant. This project is in collaboration with other Land Grant Institutions-including Central State University (1890 Land-Grant), Kentucky State […] https://www.neweraonline.org/news/fantastic-usda-grant-award-to-the-college-of-the-menominee-nation-recognizes-their-sustainable-agriculture-programing-capacity-and-success/

Major renovations to UW Oshkosh’s Clow Hall approved by state building commission

Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the Wisconsin State Building Commission approved approximately $124 million in key building projects across the state, including approximately $27 million in renovations to the UW Oshkosh's Clow Hall.

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https://uwosh.edu/today/100451/uwos-clow-hall-renovation-approved-by-wisconsin-state-building-commission/

College of the Menominee Nation and a legacy of sustainability and resiliance

KESHENA, Wis.—Jasmine Neosh had arrived at an inflection point. In the fall of 2016, the Menominee tribal member was waiting tables and tending bar at an upscale Chicago eatery as the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline grew into a full-blown crisis in the northern Plains. For months, she had watched as friends and relatives went to North Dakota to join the protests, enduring tear gas, rubber bullets, attacks by guard dogs, and blasts by water cannons in freezing temperatures. […] https://www.neweraonline.org/news/college-of-the-menominee-nation-and-a-legacy-of-sustainability-and-resiliance/

More learning, More Earning, particularly in STEM fields

DataPoints: More education, more earnings, but…. iStock BY MATTHEW DEMBICKI OCTOBER 13, 2021    PRINT In general, the higher the degree earned, the higher the earnings. For example, an associate degree increases lifetime earnings over a high school diploma by 25%, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Two-year degree holders earn a median of $2 million during their lifetimes, averaging $50,000 annually. However, factors such as field of study and occupation play a role in earnings. […] https://www.neweraonline.org/news/more-learning-more-earning-particularly-in-stem-fields/

Criminal justice faculty finds positive signs in alumnus’ teen sexting intervention program

Bryan Wright '09, created a teen sexting intervention program and reconnected with the UW Oshkosh criminal justice department to test its effectiveness.

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https://uwosh.edu/today/100192/criminal-justice-faculty-finds-positive-signs-in-alumnus-teen-sexting-intervention-program/

As UWO hosts Regents, Chancellor stresses significance of ‘affordable, accessible’ higher ed

Amid a fall full of sesquicentennial celebrations, UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andy Leavitt and the university community welcomed the UW System Board of Regents to the Oshkosh campus for its two-day October meeting.

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https://uwosh.edu/today/100112/as-uwo-hosts-regents-chancellor-stresses-significance-of-affordable-accessible-higher-ed/

FVTC Foundation Reaches a Giving…

Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Inc. has reached a milestone by giving out more than $10 million in scholarships... https://www.fvtc.edu/news/story/fvtc-foundation-reaches-a-giving-milestone

WiSys names UW-Green Bay’s Susan Gallagher-Lepak ‘Innovation Champion’

By Alicia Artus  |  Success Stories, News, Press Releases  |  UW-Green Bay GREEN BAY—Dr. Susan Gallagher-Lepak’s work expanding opportunities for students and facilitating innovation in the UW-Green Bay community make her a 2021 WiSys Innovation Champion. The WiSys award recognizes UW System leaders, faculty, staff, students or community partners who have played an integral role in building a culture of innovation at a UW System regional institution. ADVOCATE FOR STUDENT INNOVATION Even before becoming the Dean of the College of Health, Education and Social Welfare, Gallagher-Lepak found […] https://www.neweraonline.org/news/wisys-names-uw-green-bays-susan-gallagher-lepak-innovation-champion/

Chancellor Alexander’s Installation commentary is an invitation to change in higher education

Chancellor Michael Alexander’s Installation message: Northeast Wisconsin Needs a Healthy Educational Ecosystem to Thrive and Rise BY SUE BODILLY · SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 Chancellor Michael Alexander, Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson point to region’s changing needs, opportunities that higher education must meet Green Bay, Wis.—Leaders from Wisconsin’s education, business, non-profit and government communities, including Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson, gathered today for the formal investiture of Michael Alexander as the seventh chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The event, filled with academic tradition […] https://www.neweraonline.org/news/chancellor-alexanders-installation-commentary-is-an-invitation-to-change-in-higher-education/