Slideshow: A record number of smiles for Phuture Phoenix Days

It was a record-setting year, with more than 1,400 fifth-graders from 16 schools taking part in the Phuture Phoenix program at UW-Green Bay, Oct. 12 and 14. It’s also a record-breaking year for faculty and staff, with 91 participating, along with 254 students and about 30 community volunteers.

On Tuesday, Oct. 12, UW-Green Bay hosted more than 950 students from Green Bay, West De Pere, and Oneida Nation schools. On Oct. 14, the Phuture Phoenix program welcomed about 500 students from the Sturgeon Bay, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Bonduel, Bowler, Suring and Menominee Indian school districts.

See the photo gallery below for what is always a fun-filled day on the UW-Green Bay campus, or watch the video and read the full story.

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Phuture Phoenix Day / Oct. 12, 2010:

Phuture Phoenix Day / Oct. 14, 2010:

Photos by Eric Miller, photographer, Marketing and University Communication; Billie Jo Maedke, student photographer, Marketing and University Communication; and Terry Anderson, Institute for Learning Partnership