Author: Michael Shaw
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Unsinkable Karsten Cowan
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It started as a typical December day for Karsten Cowan, although in 2020, the concept of “typical” had evolved due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Undeterred by the mid-December cold of Green Bay, she pursued her familiar routine of practicing diving at the Kress Center pool. And as a first-year Phoenix at UW-Green Bay, she…
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Bank on Lamarr
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Lamarr Banks is not just a people person; he’s an entrepreneurial people person with a passion for business models, ideas, and technologies. As the Urban Hub Community Manager for the Greater Green Bay Chamber’s Economic Development team, his role involves developing entrepreneurial programming and making connections between diverse personalities, opportunities, and resources. “I grew up…
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Still Rising
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Call Nadia Neziri an “early opportunity adopter”—that rare personality who equally enjoys risk-taking and trail-blazing. First, as a member of the inaugural graduating class of the Rising Phoenix program in 2022, an innovative groundbreaking collaboration between school districts and UW-Green Bay, and now as a “first-year” junior on the UW-Green Bay campus, already having earned…
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Meet a high school senior with a college degree
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Ponder upon this compelling academic conundrum: How can a student wear the hat of a sophomore and a senior concurrently? The solution becomes clear when you meet a Rising Phoenix, like Aylin Galaviz. She’s a senior at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc and, at the same time, a sophomore at the UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc campus.…
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An artist rediscovers her muse
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Kasie Lin Bazan still remembers her first art exhibition, on the family refrigerator. “My mom, especially, has always been very encouraging with my art and signed me up for art classes when I was younger. So, I assumed that I was as good as Leonardo or anybody else.” With her mom’s encouragement and DaVinci’s inspiration,…
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Digging Kayla
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Kayla Lass is the featured student speaker at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023. Kayla Lass has always been a ‘libero’ at UW-Green Bay and proud of it. For those not fluent in Italian or volleyball, libero means “free” and denotes a back-row ball-control specialist. Libero also describes Lass’ style on the…
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Discovering Hannah
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Hannah Beauchamp-Pope is the featured student speaker at the 9:30 a.m. commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023. It’s a Sunday night, and while many of us are escaping into our favorite TV shows, Hannah Beauchamp-Pope is traveling back from Madison after a long day of public speaking. The reason? “I was invited by the Secretary…
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Tina Sauerhammer, M.D., found world-wide acclaim in the operating room, then happiness in Green Bay
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A phoenix, by definition, rises. Reaching among the highest heights of UW-Green Bay achievers is Tina Sauerhammer, M.D. Today, 20 years after a meteoric rise as a student, physician, celebrity and surgeon, Dr. Sauerhammer has turned her focus to the people and places she again calls home. She is setting her sights on impacting the…
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Rising Phoenix Empowered Nadia Neziri to Test-Drive College
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There’s fast-tracking your college experience, and then there’s Nadia Neziri’s academic life in the fast lane. “I have a summer internship and I’m taking two summer classes.” While that’s not so unusual, consider for a moment that she will be walking onto UW-Green Bay’s campus as a first-year student but with the academic standing of…
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Upgrading a nonprofit with knowledge
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No money, no mission. It may surprise you to learn that the goal of most not-for-profits is to be profitable. The biggest difference between a for-profit and not-for-profit enterprise? Just follow the money. For-profit enterprises reward their investor, not-for-profits return all revenues to continue their mission. In the case of Eric Sponholtz, Executive Director of…