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July 28, 2007 UW-Green Bay hosts second annual By Corinthia McCoy
"We got to know each other a little better," Goyne said about their participation in the two-day program.
The program, offered at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, allows grandparents and their grandkids the opportunity to bond while taking college courses and staying in a campus dorm.
The program was capped off with a Friday graduation ceremony, where some wore the program's T-shirts.
The Goynes received a certificate for completing their forensic science course, which had the most graduates at the ceremony in a small room in the Ecumenical Center.
"It's even better that it has grown," said Mona Christensen, event coordinator.
Christensen said the program attracted about 60 people in its first year. This year about 90 participated with one-third of them returning grandparents.
Some of the grandparents brought other grandchildren or brought another to attend the event, Christensen said. "So, it's really, really special," she said.
Participants paid a $179 registration fee, which included instructions, meals, activities, a Thursday night cookout, an optional tour of Lambeau Field and a T-shirt.
Besides the popular forensic science course, participants could choose from others such as fiber arts, nutritional science and furs, feathers and scales.
The program was open to UWGB alumni, parents of alumni and friends of UWGB. Children had to be between ages 7-14.
Goyne, 65, said she learned about the program through her retirement and a learning course offered at the campus.
"We really didn't know what to expect," she said.
However, they heard the program would be fun, and she said that's exactly what it was.
Goyne of Green Bay said she only sees her granddaughter from Grand Rapids, Mich., a few times a year and used the time to bond since she had her all to herself.
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