Tag: Rising Phoenix
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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…
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Full (Rising Phoenix) House
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In the mythical realm, a phoenix is a singular entity, but the Chelberg family has redefined this concept, producing not one but four Rising Phoenixes—quadruplets Andon, Connor, Grace, and Will. Such a remarkable phenomenon occurs in about one in every 700,000 pregnancies, further accentuating the rarity of this family. However, their mother, Kelli Chelberg, is…
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Dual enrollment among state high schoolers doubles over past decade | Education | captimes.com
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Wisconsin high school students are increasingly enrolling in dual enrollment programs to earn college credit, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The number of high schoolers participating in courses that count toward both high school and college credit has more than doubled in the past decade, the study found. In the…
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Still Rising
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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 collaboration between school districts and UW-Green Bay, and now as a “first-year” junior on the UW-Green Bay campus, already having earned…