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Fifth-graders
the focus of Phuture Phoenix Program
Research indicates that long-term attitudes about higher education and lifelong
learning begin to take shape as early as the fifth grade. That being the case,
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay officials want to inspire as many Northeast
Wisconsin fifth-graders as possible by involving them in The Phuture Phoenix
Program.
The program kicks off April 22 with Phuture Phoenix Day...
Kids on Campus! More than 500 local elementary students are expected to take
part in this collaborative educational activity with Green Bay Area Public Schools.
Fifth-grade students from 10 elementary schools will visit campus. The purpose
is to encourage them to “dare to dream” about going to college after
high school graduation, and to change expectations by raising their level of
awareness.
The students will take part in a day of tours and special
activities and will be introduced to UW-Green Bay student mentors and faculty
members. Long-term objectives are:
- to boost the percentage of Northeast Wisconsin high school
graduates who continue on to college.
- to increase the number of pre-teens and young teens who
view education as a path to a brighter future.
- to provide all fifth graders in Northeast Wisconsin an
opportunity to visit and experience their public university.
- to involve more UW-Green Bay students as role models and
mentors.
- to enrich today’s college experience with additional
opportunities for leadership and service to the community.
Cyndie Shepard, wife of Chancellor Bruce Shepard and a part-time
education instructor at UW-Green Bay, is taking the leadership role in the program.
You can e-mail her at shepardc@uwgb.edu or call (920) 465-2207.
‘Spotlight’
is on Social Change and Development
Interdisciplinarity, atypical in the academic world, continues to draw attention
for UW-Green Bay. Footnotes, the bulletin of the American Sociological Association,
highlights our interdisciplinary Social Change and Development unit in its March
2003 issue. The magazine’s “Spotlight” column is devoted to “accomplishments
and innovations in sociology departments.”
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Phoenix
women remarkable, even in loss
You couldn’t ask much more of the Phoenix women’s basketball team
this season. After ranking in the top 10 nationally in academics based on team
GPA, the team received its first-ever Top 25 ranking from coaches and sports
writers, climbing as high as 16th and remaining in Top 25 polls the rest of
the season. The Phoenix recorded more wins (28) than any past Phoenix team.
It won the Horizon League regular season and tournament (left) and received
its highest seeding (8th) in its NCAA tournament history. Before it was over,
the senior-laden squad knocked off powerful Washinton of the PAC-10 in its NCAA
opener. The team then pulled within five points of third-ranked and No. 1 seeded
LSU (with a Sweet 16 berth on the line) in the final minutes of a second-round
game.
“We were very, very, very, close to shocking the NCAA
world,“ Head Coach Kevin Borseth said.
The team has made UW-Green Bay, the Horizon League and much
of Wisconsin very, very, very proud.
UW-Green Bay is No. 1 in community fundraiser
For the second year in a row, UW-Green Bay raised the most of any employer in
the American Cancer Society fundraiser, Daffodil Days. Administrative support
staff took the lead in selling daffodil bunches for the office — and “Gift
of Hope” bouquets delivered directly to local cancer patients. This year’s
campus campaign raised $2,069.
At a recent
ceremony, Diane Ford (second from left), a recipient of a Distnguished Alumni
Award, thanked her family and credited "interdisciplinary training"
for her ongoing success with Wisconsin Pubilic Serivce Corp.
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