Future teacher Froh is 'Outstanding' graduating senior

Jamie Lynn Froh of Elkhart Lake made the most of her time at UW-Green Bay. Actively involved in a host of activities, Froh is the May 2009 recipient of the Outstanding Student Award as selected by the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association.

She graduates with summa cum laude (highest) honors and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with a minor in Spanish. The Outstanding Student Award recognizes her contributions as a volunteer educator in the community and active participant in campus life.

Froh is a first-grade student teacher with Doty Elementary School in the Green Bay Area Public School District. She has previous classroom experience as a literacy assistant in the Howard-Suamico School District, and she also volunteered as an after-school teacher in six diverse Green Bay elementary schools, where she led second- and third-grade students in hands-on science experiments.

Froh worked each of the past three summers as a youth development educator with UW-Extension’s summer 4-H program. She planned and implemented programs emphasizing leadership, citizenship and life-skills development. One of her teams, in Sheboygan County, won a national 4-H award for work on a promotional video.

Earlier this year, Froh spent winter break in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in a Spanish-language immersion program, where she was able to tour public schools, observe instruction and speak with teachers.

Her participation in elected student government at UW-Green Bay included a term as chairperson of the University Governance Committee. She took a lead role in monitoring local, state and national legislation affecting students, and coordinating advocacy on key issues. She was also credited for helping to oversee a new-voter drive, candidate forums and registration efforts that in November 2008 resulted in the largest student vote in campus history. During her tenure as executive director of Good Times Programming, the student-run programming group hosted its first major concert at the new Kress Events Center, and also implemented a new training program for student staff.

“Once I got here, I felt right at home with the community,” Froh said. “I decided to play an active role in the community by becoming involved and serving my fellow students. After my initial experiences, I began to understand the big picture of where UWGB stood among all of the UW schools, and I decided to be an advocate for my university at the state level through the Student Government Association.

“My advice to current or future students is to be proud of your education here at UWGB, and your experience will be what you make of it.”

Froh says she plans to pursue a career in public education or with an agency that fosters youth development, preferably in a setting that will allow her to apply her bilingual skills.