Tag: Rising Phoenix
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Governor Tony Evers highlights money secured for Rising Phoenix program | WBAY
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By WBAY News Staff GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Governor Tony Evers kicked off his back-to-school tour of UW campuses statewide to celebrate and welcome educators, students, staff, and administrators back to school for the 2025-26 school year. Gov. Evers visited UW-Green Bay. He got a tour of the University Union and met with students…
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State lawmakers hope to expand UWGB’s Rising Phoenix program | WBAY
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BY WBAY News Staff GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – State lawmakers are hoping to expand a program that helps high school students get a head start on their college career. The Rising Phoenix program was granted $1 million in the state budget. It lets students take college courses during their junior and senior years to…
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UW-Green Bay’s high school dual credit program gets $1 million boost to expand access | Fox 11
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By: Marlo Lundak GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A UW-Green Bay program that gives hundreds of high school students a head start on their college education is seeing a $1 million boost from the Wisconsin state budget. The Rising Phoenix program began five years ago with a pilot class of just 25 students. This year, more…
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Five Wausau School District seniors earn Associate degrees before high school graduation | Wausau Pilot & Review
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WAUSAU — Five Wausau School District seniors have earned their Associate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay before their high school graduations, Wausau School District announced this week. The following graduates will begin their college journey as third-year students as a result of their participation in the Rising Phoenix program: Sophie Matz will attend…
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From Rising Phoenix to Golden Eagle: How Steven Concepcion Geared-Up for Success
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Like a lot of kids growing up Milwaukee, Steven Concepcion dreamed of one day running with the herd and being a Milwaukee Buck. “For a long time, I wanted to be in the NBA—until I stopped growing,” he recalls. Now, entering his final year at Marquette University with a double-major in accounting and finance, his…
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UW-Green Bay is growing by framing enrollment problem differently | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Falling enrollment plagues many UW campuses. UW-Green Bay is framing the problem differently Kelly Meyerhofer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel GREEN BAY – Jen Jones remembers the meeting well, down to which chair she sat in. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay administrators huddled together in a meeting room about a decade ago, studying enrollment and financial reports. A…
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Watch them Rise: Members of the very first cohort of UW-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix graduates receive their bachelor’s degree on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2024 Members include the morning ceremony student speaker and the youngest Latinx student to receive her bachelor’s degree from UW-Green Bay Green Bay, WI – A ground-breaking collaboration between local high schools and the University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Rising Phoenix program has much to celebrate, including the first…
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: More than 100 students receive associate degrees before their high school diploma | WFRV
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MARINETTE, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay say that over 100 local students in the Rising Phoenix program will earn an associate degree before getting their high school diploma. According to a release from UWGB, the Rising Phoenix program is a ground-breaking collaboration between UWGB and various high schools throughout Wisconsin.…
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Unstoppable: UW-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix program celebrates more than 100 high school students earning an associate degree before their high school diploma
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2024 Students from 19 Wisconsin high schools graduating this week Green Bay, WI – Graduation season has arrived. Over the next month, thousands of students across the region will earn a high school or college degree—all reason for celebration. But there’s a group of students in our area who have…