Bank on Lamarr
Lamarr Banks is not just a people person; he’s an entrepreneurial people person with a passion for business models, ideas, and technologies. As the Urban Hub Community Manager for the Greater Green Bay Chamber’s...
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Still Rising
Call Nadia Neziri an “early opportunity adopter”—that rare personality who equally enjoys risk-taking and trail-blazing. First, as a member of the inaugural graduating class of the Rising Phoenix program in 2022, an innovative groundbreaking...
Watch the Video: Karsten Cowan Rise Above Adversity
Karsten Cowan shares her journey of resilience and tenacity after suffering a concussion while on the UW-Green Bay Swim and Dive team in college. The traumatic brain injury led her to undergo months of...
See—How He Rises
Story by: Michael Shaw, UW-Green Bay Staff Writer See ViXai Thao is a morning person. Which is a good thing, since he’s usually at work from about seven ‘til ten. “The actual workday doesn’t...
Tina Sauerhammer, M.D., found world-wide acclaim in the operating room, then happiness in Green Bay
A phoenix, by definition, rises. Reaching among the highest heights of UW-Green Bay achievers is Tina Sauerhammer, M.D. Today, 20 years after a meteoric rise as a student, physician, celebrity and surgeon, Dr. Sauerhammer...
Rising Phoenix Empowered Nadia Neziri to Test-Drive College
There’s fast-tracking your college experience, and then there’s Nadia Neziri’s academic life in the fast lane. “I have a summer internship and I’m taking two summer classes.” While that’s not so unusual, consider for...
Upgrading a nonprofit with knowledge
No money, no mission. It may surprise you to learn that the goal of most not-for-profits is to be profitable. The biggest difference between a for-profit and not-for-profit enterprise? Just follow the money. For-profit...
Seeing things clearly: Emily Reis learned from an early age to look on the bright side
Emily Reis, a senior at UW-Green Bay does not lack confidence or personality. In fact, you may come away with the first impression there may be too much of both qualities in her for...
After tragedy struck; Deborah Joling chose to RISE
The story of the Phoenix is one of constant deaths and rebirths; a cycle of overcoming and rising to new heights. It’s safe to say that UW-Green Bay alumna Deborah Joling is a rising...
Professor Cristina Ortiz: From sneaking banned books during the Spanish dictatorship to chair of Humanities
Born in San Sebastian, Spain, a northern coastal town in the Basque Country, UW-Green Bay Professor of Humanities and Global Studies Cristina Ortiz grew up during the last 12 years of the oppressive Franco...
