Newspaper spotlights first Phuture Phoenix ‘grads’ at UW-Green Bay

Last week, about 1,400 fifth-graders took part in the annual Phuture Phoenix Day at UW-Green Bay. This week, the Green Bay Press-Gazette printed a feature story about the program, including interviews with former Phuture Phoenix students who are now freshmen here. There are 16 students who visited with the first Phuture Phoenix tour groups in 2003. Many are the first in their family to get to college. “I think it shows we are reaching a group of kids and showing them they have options,” said Kim Desotell, director of the program. Read the article here.