Tag: Phoenix Scholars
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Phoenix GPS students learn, help others learn about success at college
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News from director Denise Bartell and the Phoenix GPS Program: The students from the Hopscotching the World of Nonprofits team have just completed their service learning project working with the NEW Scholars program of Scholarships Inc. A college readiness program for under-represented students, the NEW Scholars work on reading, writing, and character while earning credits…
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Morris shares first-day message with middle schoolers
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UW-Green Bay’s Ron Morris was featured in a Tuesday (Sept. 4) Fox 11 News story about motivating middle school students to go to college. Admissions adviser Morris shared his message with students at Washington Middle School, telling them it’s never too early to prepare for success. “People should be thinking about higher education really at…
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‘Achievement Gap’ speaker’s talk at Washington M.S. is open to all
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The Green Bay School District and UW-Green Bay’s Ron Morris are inviting interested faculty, education students and others to an address on the educational achievement gap — or the lack thereof. Noted speaker Patrick Briggs will be in Green Bay Monday, Sept. 10 and will speak during the day at various Green Bay middle and…
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‘I’ve got a lot planned’: Scholar program helps students prep for future
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For a dozen middle schoolers who attended a first-time academic summer camp at UW-Green Bay, looking back was important. Looking forward, even more so. The weeklong residential experience, “The Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls,” is a program designed to close the academic achievement gap, and to address educational imbalances.
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In the news: More great coverage for inaugural girls scholar institute
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As we mentioned yesterday, ‘The Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls’ wraps up its successful inaugural session today (Friday, Aug. 3). This weeklong residential program has drawn attention from local media, including Wisconsin Public Radio. Reporter Patty Murray interviewed UW-Green Bay’s Juliet Cole, along with the Green Bay School District’s Marchelle Moten and an…
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In the news: Scholar Institute program featured on WBAY, WPR
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A new UW-Green Bay summer program is getting some media attention this week, as The Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls continues through Friday on campus. As we told you last week, this residential summer experience for African American middle schoolers combines academic studies with the teaching of African American cultural principles, values and…
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Scholar Institute program to welcome inaugural class next week
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The Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls will begin its inaugural session Sunday (July 29), welcoming 13 area middle school students to campus. The weeklong residential program focuses on African American cultural principles and values while emphasizing academic success. Our own Institute for Learning Partnership is pairing with the Green Bay School District and…
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Phoenix Scholar Institute paves way for success
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A pilot summer program will help middle schoolers become scholars July 29-Aug. 3 on the campus of UW-Green Bay. A collaborative effort of the University, the Green Bay School District and community members, the Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls is designed to help African American girls see themselves as scholars who will attend…
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In the news: UW-Green Bay’s Phoenix Scholar Program
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We told you last week about some of the great work being done at UW-Green Bay’s Phoenix Scholar Institute, a weeklong residential program for African American boys from the Green Bay School District. Local news media took notice, too, coming to campus to check out and report on the program. Click the links for coverage:…
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Close-ups: A look into the Phoenix Scholar Program
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The Phoenix Scholar Program, a residential program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay designed to promote the academic success of African American eighth-grade boys, is in full swing. Twelve eighth-graders from Franklin and Washington Green Bay Area Public Schools were nominated by a teacher, social worker, guidance counselor, administrator or a Boys & Girls Club…