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October 14, 2004 Fifth-graders spreads their wings Middle school students learn about college life at UW-Green Bay By Kelley Bruss "I'm seeing cool stuff," said Becky Koltz, a student at West De Pere
Middle School.
Phuture Phoenix Day is designed to introduce students to UW-Green Bay
but also, on a broader level, to encourage them to plan to go to college.
The fifth-graders came from three school districts: Green Bay, West De
Pere and Shawano-Gresham.
Based on a what she saw Wednesday, Koltz is looking forward to college.
"It's gonna be fun," she said.
Her classmate Mitchel Raspor said he definitely intends to go to college,
which he thinks is a key to getting a good job.
"I'd rather have a better job, something that I'd like to do," he said.
UW-Green Bay students volunteered as mentors for the day. They worked
in groups of two and led six or seven fifth-graders around campus.
They toured buildings, poked into some classes, stopped by the Cultural
Fair in the University Union and played ball in the Phoenix Sports Center.
"We learned, like, where the library is," Koltz said.
"And we got to see where some of the food places were," added classmate
Kendra Hildreth.
The two girls were in a West De Pere group led by sophomores Jessica
Timmerman and Elizabeth Lybert.
Some of the questions Timmerman and Lybert fielded included: What's
the union? What time does school end for you? How much homework do you
have?
In a "sample lecture," led by psychology major Edward Ehlert, the fifth-graders
learned about optical illusions and the factors that influence what their
eyes see.
Ehlert put a green and gold version of the American flag on the screen
at the front of the room and asked the students to stare at it. After
a long minute, he flipped to a white screen and asked the students to
look at it. They saw Old Glory — in red, white and blue.
"That just shows you that our brains influence what we see," Ehlert
said, assuring them the screen was blank white. The image "kind of burns
into the back of the eye — it's OK, it's healthy."
At the Cultural Fair, lots of the fifth-graders found their way straight
to the snack table. There they could sample almond cookies, baklava, sesame
cookies and Russian tea cookies or take a sip of Then Lassi, an Indian
drink.
"What's it taste like?" Lybert asked as Eric Pannier bit into one of
the Russian cookies.
"Dough," he answered.
"I got the Greek thing," Adam Ullmer said, taking a bite of his baklava.
Minutes later, while waiting for a performance by Irish dancers, Ullmer
summed up his impressions.
"College is awesome," he said.
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