50 stories Academic success Lindsey Przybylski’12
Real work experience Shanna Casperson ’08
“Professors like Sarah Detweiler, Alison Gates, Allison Stehlik, Linda Tabers-Kwak, Karen Eckhardt, and Aurora Cortes have been the driving force behind my education… UWGB’s students are truly lucky to have these individuals as part of the faculty.”
“Working in Residence Life helped me develop a passion for diversity and helping others… it set me up to go to any program I wanted, and gave me the transferable skills to jump in and do well.”
Freedom to be yourself Jessica M. Knox ’10
Creativity a plus in business Kara Counard ’07
“I am constantly looking for new things to learn about my field and I have managed to network pretty well, both in my immediate region and nationally. The most important aspect of my UWGB education was that I was finally in a safe environment to grow and learn as a person. I came out at UWGB and am now an involved member of the LGBT community where I live.”
“I needed to know that I had a degree in order to feel confident in the business world… (Prof.) Denise Sweet was my favorite and a brilliant-beyond-words person. I think I appreciated that she was a real person, and spoke to us like we were real people, too. She did not lecture, in a ‘holier than thou’ way, and she believed in her students.”
Rock star professors, rock star results Musical Theatre major Elizabeth Tanenbaum ’05 is a potential rising star in the world of arts management. She credits her minor in Arts Management and that program’s lead professor, Ellen Rosewall. “She always encouraged community engagement,” Tanenbaum recalls. “For one assignment, we had to conceptualize a (revenuegenerating) project, and develop a (hypothetical) budget and marketing plan. My concept was a concert by one of my favorite musicians, Willy Porter. Upon Ellen’s recommendation,
I actually called Willy Porter’s manager and she was incredibly helpful. “Fast forward to graduate school at the University of Oregon, and Willy Porter was playing at a local venue. Of course I went, and following the performance, I went up and introduced myself. I thanked Willy for how helpful his manager had been (years earlier) with my project. He replied, ‘I remember you and your Arts Management class! What a cool assignment and great learning experience.’” With Rosewall’s assistance, Tanenbaum landed
The artistry of business
In love with, at UWGB
Amy Vannieuwenhoven ’15
Mary Benton Wilmot ’98
“I have a business degree, but theatre classes helped me understand how to be outgoing and use the skills I learned to my advantage. I also feel driven to pursue a job which I feel passionate about.”
“I met my husband in my second semester as a freshman at Wood Hall and we married four years later. Wood Hall will always hold a special place in our hearts. I learned the most from Don McCartney. My husband recommended him. He was great to learn from, and I remember feeling accomplished when I finished his classes.”
a prestigious undergraduate internship with the country’s largest arts advocacy organization, Americans for the Arts. She worked as public arts manager for Clackamas County before returning to Wisconsin as executive director of Marshfield Clinic’s New Visions Gallery. “I recently accepted a position teaching Arts Management at the University of Oregon where they use Professor Rosewall’s arts management textbook, as her program at UWGB is truly renowned… Ellen is the reason I am doing what I am today.”
An early grad Judge Patrick Madden ’72 “The social change field trip to LA… Prof. Ija N. Korner… UW-Green Bay allowed us to practice interdisciplinary problem solving (used outside the classroom and in the courtroom)… staying connected with UWGB… serving on the alumni board… learning by doing.”
A business plan for success Ben Chester ’13
Careers that didn’t exist Arie DeWaal ’72
Tangible experience and skill Angela Wix ’05
“UWGB’s teaching faculty always helped work around my schedule, teaching the importance of thinking outside the box… people Larry McGregor, Peter Smith, and Don McCartney… I was taught to create high expectations for yourself and have a clear plan on how to reach those goals and never settle.”
“When I graduated, I never dreamed of being a federal hydroelectric licensor because, quite simply, the job didn’t exist… UW-Green Bay gave me the footing to succeed… My professors (including Don Gandre, Bill Laatch, Bill Kuepper, Jim Murray, Kumar Kangayappan) had a genuine interest in their students.”
“Tangible experience and skill is what the working world wants and requires of new potential workers, and UWGB helped get me there… (The University) made my dreams into tangible skills and experiences that I could build from in a professional way. I went from dreamer and student to professional, and I couldn’t have done that otherwise.”
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