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Remembering the Past
…1960 Fr. Richard
Mauthe became part-time Chaplain to the then university Extension Center.
…1963 A Newman Center was built under the direction of Fr. Mauthe and a
board of Directors from
the Green Bay area.
...1968 The Brown County Pastors Association (major Protestant
denominations) and the Brown
County Council of Churches (composed mostly of
Protestant lay people), the Diocese of Green
Bay and other groups and
individuals, met to explore the possibility of an Ecumenical
dimension to
Ministry at the University.
…1969 The committee for Campus Ministry emerged. A corporation
formed, a Board of Directors
was set, and a Statement of Purpose drawn. The Newman Center on Hartung Street became
the UWGB
Ecumenical Center. Fr. Mauthe and the Rev. David Steffenson, a United
Methodist Campus Minister were called to serve as Chaplains.
…1980 The Board
sought to obtain a site more in the mainstream of campus activity, knowing that
with a new site, a new building would be needed.
…1981 The Arlene B. Walter Trust provided a grant to underwrite
the construction of the new
Ecumenical Center.
…1982 On October 2,
the new Ecumenical Center was dedicated and began serving the campus
community
from its more central location.
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