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FIve Things You Should Know: What's it Like to Work at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Dean Dunbar

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Posted:13 Jun 2013 18:06:39 PM

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is searching for a Director of Residence Life. Today's Campus asks, what's it like to work at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay? Here are five things you should know.

1.) How does the school describe itself?

• The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay offers a wide array of undergraduate liberal arts and pre-professional programs and select master's level programs. UW-Green Bay emphasizes an interdisciplinary academic approach that offers opportunities for applied, hands-on learning, and stresses critical thinking and examining issues from multiple perspectives. By doing so, it prepares students for the jobs of today and tomorrow, and also prepares students to become informed, active citizens. UW-Green Bay promotes the interchange of ideas between the University and community through internships and continuing education. The University encourages teaching excellence and
innovation, community service, and racial and ethnic diversity.

2.) What's the school famous for?

• Everyone knows that Green Bay is known for Lambeau Field and the Packers, but the city also thrives with other professional and recreational sports, high-tech industry and manufacturing, and a wide range of opportunities in the arts.

3.) What's the campus like?

• 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 the heavily wooded Niagara Escarpment. 

4.) What is the local community like?

• Green Bay is Wisconsin's third largest city (102,767 -2000 Census). Top employers include manufacturing (particularly paper products, equipment for the paper industry, metal fabricating, and food products), services (particularly health care and insurance), transportation, tourism, and retailing. Green Bay hosts a foreign seaport and is also home to three-time NFLSuper Bowl champions - the Green Bay Packers.

The area boasts a well-maintained park system, good public library system, public museums, wildlife sanctuary within the city, zoo, state historic park, and botanical garden. Green Bay and nearby communities have excellent schools. Green Bay is also the gateway to two areas of the state known for their natural beauty: the Door County peninsula and the "northwoods" country.

We have a community that values your role in keeping in vibrant. Green Bay celebrates the diversity of its people, traditions and experiences. Green Bay is centrally located between the Midwest's major cities with easy interstate travel and drive times.
  • 2 hours to Milwaukee
  • 3.5 hours to Chicago
  • 4.5 hours to St. Paul/Minneapolis
Green Bay is a warm and welcoming community where daytime temperatures range from 70's to the 90's in summer and the teens to the 40's in winter.

5.) Why work for University of Wisconsin - Green Bay?

• Expand and grow your career with UW-Green Bay where employees are dedicated to providing students with a problem-focused educational experience, embracing the value of diversity, promoting environmental sustainability, encouraging engaged citizenship, and serving as an intellectual, cultural and economic resource.

The University serves more than 8,000 full and part-time students through both traditional classroom experiences and online learning. The University offers a variety of employment opportunities through its faculty, academic and classified staff.

 

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