Category: Features
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Learning Has No Age Limit: Non‑Traditional Students Reframe What’s Possible at UW–Green Bay
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September 2023, Room 212, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, UW–Green Bay – Students filter in on the first day of Spanish 201, settling in with shuffling notebooks and quick greetings. It’s a mid-sized class of about 20 students and is typical of the intermediate sequence: mostly first- and second-year undergraduates easing into the semester. When UW-Green…
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At the UWGB Afternoon Commencement Ceremony, Graduates Ignite the Future and Rise as a Phoenix
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Afternoon ceremony graduates share their bold next steps. It begins by making the choice to ignite the future. To make a difference and have experiences. To turn a spark into a flame. This is a place where professors not only know your name, they recognize your potential. The December Class of 2025 are not just…
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UWGB Graduates From the Morning Ceremony Ignite the Future and Rise as a Phoenix.
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Morning ceremony graduates share their bold next steps. It begins by making the choice to ignite the future. To make a difference and have experiences. To turn a spark into a flame. This is a place where professors not only know your name, they recognize your potential. The December Class of 2025 are not just…
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Breaking Barriers: How Elena Talingo Redefined Early Graduation and Future Leadership
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Photos by Dan Moore, University Photographer Editor’s Note: As of this publication, Elena will be part of the Aerospace Development program with Honeywell Aerospace in Minneapolis upon her graduation in December, 2025. Elena Talingo didn’t just get a head start. She rewrote what a head start looks like. Before ever stepping onto the UW–Green Bay…
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From Transfer to Transformation: How UW–Green Bay Helped Me Find My Voice
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By: Jonathan Martinez, Editorial Intern, UW-Green Bay Marketing and University Communication. Photos by Dan Moore, University Photographer Editor’s Note: We asked Jonathan Martinez, an editorial intern in the Office of Marketing and University Communications, to share his experience transferring to UW–Green Bay. In his own words, Jonathan reflects on the people, places and opportunities that…
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From Baker to Biologist: UW-Green Bay Grad Soars into Bird Conservation Career
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Photos by UW-Green Bay Photographer, Dan Moore Q: What do a UW–Green Bay Phoenix and a master baker have in common? A: Rising is essential. Sarah Baughman—a 2025 UW–Green Bay graduate with a Biology degree—knows this firsthand. Her “rise” took time: investing ten years devoted to baking before returning to college to rediscover her love…
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Returning to Rise
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Photos by University Photographer, Dan Moore. Jessica Plascencia was ready to break free. She believed success meant leaving Green Bay behind—and in 2017, she did just that, choosing UW–Oshkosh for its distance and her independence. It wasn’t far on the map, but for Plascencia, a first-generation college student, that hour-long drive was a radical act of…
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Software Sparks
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Photos by Dan Moore, University Photographer. Engineering is more than high-level tinkering—it’s the art of imagining what doesn’t yet exist and building it into reality. It’s a bold blend of imagination and precision, where ideas leap off the page and into the world. No longer limited to mechanics or chemicals, today’s ever-expanding engineering universe spans…
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The Power of Justice
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It started with the determination to find answers. Justice Saxby, a first-generation college student and UW–Green Bay alumna of the Class of 2025, always had a unique way of seeing the world. “I used to think that clouds were made from smokestacks,” she recalled. “I’d think, ‘Oh, they’re making the clouds today.’” That early misunderstanding…
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Full Circle
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On a blustery August evening in 2024, Dr. Evan Wenig stepped out of HSHS St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. His long hours as an attending physician overseeing patient care had turned daylight into darkness. But on this night, as he walked to his car, a wave of familiarity washed over him. “Years ago, I…