Make UWGB feel just like home...

Mmmmmmmmm, cookies...
Want to keep your college student connected with home? There’s nothing better than a dozen fresh baked cookies. Enroll your son or daughter in the Cookie Lover’s Club and he/she will receive a dozen cookies every month school is in session.

Cost: $25 for the year; $15 for one semester. To enroll: Send payment made out to Ecumenical Center, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311. Include: Student’s name, address & phone number.

Birthday wishes
Can’t be with your UW-Green Bay student on their birthday? Send them a wish on their special day! The EC offers cakes, cookies and balloons for all special occasions. Prices: Chocolate or White cake, pan style, frosted & decorated $7; 1 dozen cookies, $4; 2 dozen cookies, $7; One foil balloon, $3; Balloon bouquet, 4 latex, 1 foil, $6.50 Balloon bouquet, 5 latex, 2 foil, $10. Call or email the EC at least 4 days before you student’s special event to place an order: student_staff@ecumenical-center.org Or 920-465-5133. Payments can be sent to: Ecumenical Center, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311.

Free food and a plant, too
First Day of School Cook Out & Plant Give Away, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 5:30pm. The grills will be going! Stop on over for all your favorite picnic foods---FREE! At 6:30pm EC staff & volunteers will deliver plants to all the Residence Halls. We’ll leave one outside your door if you’re not home---A FREE welcome gift from the EC!

About the EC
The Ecumenical Center, or EC as it’s called, is UW-Green Bay’s Campus Ministry. We are a non-profit organization serving the campus. We generate 100% of our operating funds. We are a welcoming place for all students. We offer Protestant and Catholic services Sunday nights at 7pm. Our building is filled with comfy study areas, foose ball and ping pong tables, games, TV lounge, fireplace (especially cozy in the winter) and a prayer room.

Students can stop by any time to get away from the hustle and bustle of on campus life. We are open to all denominations and offer a variety of programs throughout the year.

Dinner for a Dollar (DFAD) occurs the first Monday of every month at 5:30pm (except November, DFAD will be November 13 so we can co-sponsor it with the International Students in recognition of International Education Week).

We also offer a number of fun programs such as ping pong tournaments, Breakfast ‘til Midnight during finals week, email prayer chain, Bless My Soul (a shoe tossing celebration for Seniors—check out our Shoe Tree), retreats, bible studies, and social justice programming on topics such as homelessness, hunger and poverty and SO MUCH MORE! Check out our website www.ecumenical-center.org for all the upcoming events!

Go Pack Go - Time to Get Packing!

If your student is living on-campus, you know that move-in day is fast approaching! Here’s some important information to help make the move go smoothly. As always, if you have any questions about housing, please call the Office of Residence Life at 920-465-2040, or visit the Residence Life Web site. Good luck packing, and we’ll see you soon!

• On-campus students who are participating in the Focus Orientation may move into their rooms on the morning of August 31st starting at 8:30am. There will be lots of help available during this time and you can meet members of the campus community and perhaps the Phoenix Mascot. All University offices and the Phoenix Bookstore will be open at this time. University Dining will also be open for lunch.

• Your student should already have received a room assignment/roommate letter. Encourage your son or daughter to contact roommates prior to arriving on campus. It’s a great way to ease the anxiety of getting to know a new roommate, and a chance to find out who will be bringing what. It’s also a great time to begin discussing sleep and study habits, cleaning preferences, etc.

• Things to bring: extra-long twin size sheets, bed and bath linens, toilet paper and toiletries, laundry and cleaning supplies, telephone, alarm clock, flashlight and batteries, poster putty, food items, and pictures from home.

• Things not to bring: candles, incense, halogen lamps, open-coil cooking appliances, fireworks, weapons, lofts, or pets.

• Cables or cords you may need: High-speed Internet service and 60-channel television service are provided in all residence hall rooms and apartment suites as part of the Housing Contract. Residents must provide their own computer and television hookup cables. For your student’s computer you will need a CAT-5E cable (or CAT-6). For the television, your student will need a RG-6 cable (with F-style thread-on type connectors). The Phoenix Bookstore carries both cables.

Parent Schedule for FOCUS-Orientation

We are looking forward to FOCUS-Orientation August 31-September 2. Parents, please join us for the Parent Welcome on August 31st, 11:30 a.m. in the University Union, Phoenix Rooms. If you attended FOCUS-Registration and Resources in June, this is the same location. This is an optional program that provides you a convenient way to get all of your questions answered before you leave campus. All of the university services and departments will be open for business 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. You can feel free to grab lunch in the Nicolet Room or at the Shorewood Golf Course on campus.

If your child is moving into the Residence Halls
Move-In starts at 8:30 a.m. in Residence Life
Parent Session-11:30 a.m., Phoenix Rooms
Lunch-On your own (Campus dining open)
Student Welcome-1:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Sports Center. This is the official start of student Orientation. We encourage parents to say your good-bye’s before 1:30 p.m.

If your child is commuting to campus
Parent Session-11:30 a.m., Phoenix Rooms
Lunch-On your own (Campus dining open)
Student Welcome-1:30 p.m., Phoenix Sports Center. This is the official start of student Orientation.

To view the entire FOCUS-Orientation schedule please visit www.uwgb.edu/focus.

From the Mail Bag

Question:
Does your computer department build and sell computers with a warranty so that if something breaks down you would be able to fix them right there and we would not have to send the computer away somewhere?

Answer:
No. We do not build and sell new computers on site. However, UWGB students are entitled to discounts from various computer vendors.

Gateway eSource page

Apple Education
(UWGB's zip code is 54311)

For more info on computer discounts for students, visit UWGB's Computer and Information Technology site.

Question:
We signed up to have our freshman's books gathered by the bookstore personnel and boxed up and ready for her when she comes to orientation. Can you tell me when the cost will be applied to our checking account? Will we find out the total cost via email or mail ahead of time?

Answer:
The payment will be applied between August 14-18. If you provided an e-mail address at the time of purchase, you will receive the total cost summary via e-mail.

More info on "eZ Books" is available at the Phoenix Bookstore site.

Question:
Can you tell us how we get the beds lofted in the dorm rooms? Is it the maintenace staff? or an outside firm? How and when is it scheduled?

Answer:
Your student will need to fill out the online Lofting/Debunking Request form.

Please note that your student's roommate must also fill out (and submit) the form.

For more info on lofting is available on the Residence Life site.

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