They’re baaaaaacccckkkkkk!!!!

UW-Green Bay welcomed the most freshmen ever into the residence halls and on-campus apartments at Move In Day Thursday, Aug. 28.

More than 800 new freshmen will call the Residence Life area their home-away-from-home for the 2008-09 academic year, making the ever-present smell of macaroni and cheese and Ramen noodles even more prevalent in the northeast corner of campus.


A look at the 2008-09 freshman class by the numbers

Freshman applications received: 3,668
Number offered admission: 2,629
Total freshman class enrolled: 1,024
Freshmen women: 631
Freshmen men: 393
Average GPA: 3.27
Perfect 4.0 GPAs: 23
Average ACT score: 23
Freshmen from minority backgrounds: 79 (8%)
Freshmen of Native American heritage: 20 (2%)
Freshmen from Green Bay Public High Schools: 83 (8%)
High schools contributing the most freshmen to this class: Preble High School – 34 students,
Bay Port High School – 26 students
Freshmen from Brown County schools
(including GBPS):
190 (19%)
Freshmen from the NEW North Region
(including Brown County):
489 (48%)
Wisconsin counties represented: 63 of 72
States represented: 12 (including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington)
Freshmen living on campus: 810, a new record (breaking 763 in 2006-07)
Freshmen athletes playing for the Phoenix: 56
Freshmen military veterans: 3

Move-in Day Video

Photos
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Photos by Mike Heine
University Communications

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