Bet you didn’t know: Assorted facts, figures from ‘non-trads’


The UW-Green Bay Adult Degree Program will join in observing “National Nontraditional Student Week” Nov. 2-6. Among the activities will be soliciting non-trads to nominate faculty or staff members who have made a difference in their lives, to tweet selfies of themselves doing schoolwork at work or home, an honor society induction ceremony, and prize drawings. Meanwhile, ADP shares these facts:

• 29% (1,782) of current students at UWGB are non-traditional

• The average GPA of non-traditional students is 3.52

• Average credit load is 9.5 credits per semester

• The average age of non-traditional students at UWGB is 34

• 635 non-traditional students at UWGB are from Brown County

Faculty members can nominate a non-traditional student to highlight

Also part of Nontraditional Student Week, faculty members can nominate a favorite non-traditional student for recognition.