May 1, 2025

Earth Honoring Brings Together Past, Current and Future Generations in Cofrin Technology and Education Center Event – UWGB News

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More than 100 people attended an Earth Honoring this morning on the UW-Green Bay campus, bringing together members of the First Nations communities and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to celebrate the beginning of the Cofrin Technology and Education Center (CTEC) construction.  The Menominee Nation and the Ho-Chunk Nation are the original inhabitants of the region where UW-Green Bay now resides, and Menominee elder (Napos) and Ho-Chunk elder (Ritchie Brown) opened the event with words of recognition for the Earth and the natural world. The Wisconsin Dells drum group (Ho-Chunk Nation) offered honor songs for the Earth and all present.

UW-Green Bay Student Government Association President Karime Galaviz, Miron Construction CFO Dean Basten, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander and Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman also spoke at the event.