Time to Trust and Turn the Page
And just like that, the tassels and the page turn, beginning the next chapter for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Class of 2024. Graduating Class Speaker Mia Laufer ’24, an Oshkosh native graduating with...
Author: Janet Bonkowski
From Prison to the Podium
It’s hard to fathom what words of wisdom someone with nearly a quarter-century behind bars could have for a college graduating class. Turns out, a lot, especially if you’re a person who considers the...
‘Make the Best Decision for Yourself, Not Something that Makes Other People Feel Good for You’ 2024 Grad Speaker Tells Classmates
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate Brady Reinhard ’24 is wasting no time in putting his experiences as a teacher and student to work. The Class of 2024 Winter Commencement student speaker shared lessons learned...
‘The Purpose of Your Work is to Serve Others,’ Banking Leader Reminds UW-Green Bay Graduates
With a highly successful career as a banking industry and community leader, Founding Chair and CEO at Nicolet Bankshares Bob Atwell has an arsenal of stories, tips and advice to share with anyone starting...
First Generation Student Speaker: ‘You have as much right to be here as anyone else’ applies to college and life
Freshly minted UW-Green Bay graduate and morning commencement speaker Blai Yang knows all about “imposter syndrome.” As a First Generation college graduate, she experienced it while participating in the Rising Phoenix program in high...
‘My motivation to continue is my children. They are watching’ says afternoon student commencement speaker
Adan Cordova, the student speaker at UW-Green Bay’s afternoon Commencement ceremony had a full row of family and friends attending the ceremony. But four guests in particular were top of mind and in his...
‘Life is a series of trapeze swings,’ morning ceremony community speaker shares with Class of 2024
UW-Green Bay morning Commencement speaker Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH knows a few things about the trapeze swings of life: Fear of the unknown; seeing the next trapeze bar ahead and noticing it has your...
Speaker Tells Students to Embrace ‘Adaptation in the face of adversity’
What’s the best way to place value on a college education? If you ask College of Menominee Nation President Christopher Caldwell, the answer is clear. And important: “Adaption is a value not often considered...
All the 2023 Commencement thoughts and feels
A celebration of the 50,000th graduate (congratulations, Dina Maleny Capetillo Jimenez ’23!), immense joy and creative mortarboards set the stage for UW-Green Bay’s 107th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, May 13, 2023 on the Green Bay campus....
When everything starts to fall to the ashes, remember you are a Phoenix
UW-Green Bay Graduating Class Speaker Hannah Beauchamp-Pope ’23 shared her reflections on “What it Means to Rise” with the Spring 2023 graduating class at the morning commencement ceremony at the Kress Events Center on...
