Tag: Rising Phoenix
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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…
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UW-Green Bay Early College Programs honored by UW Board of Regents
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In Milwaukee last week, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents honored this year’s recipients of the Academic Staff Excellence Awards. These awards recognize exceptional service to the university and are the UW System’s highest recognition bestowed on members of its academic staff. Award recipients are selected for superior performance resulting in significant contributions…
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Meet a high school senior with a college degree
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Ponder upon this compelling academic conundrum: How can a student wear the hat of a sophomore and a senior concurrently? The solution becomes clear when you meet a Rising Phoenix, like Aylin Galaviz. She’s a senior at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc and, at the same time, a sophomore at the UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc campus.…
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UW-Green Bay Early College Program receives UW System Board of Regents Academic Staff Excellence Award
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Regents announce Academic Staff Excellence Awards for 2023 Educators at UW-River Falls, UW-Madison, and UW-Green Bay recognized for work to support student success MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will honor this year’s recipients of the Academic Staff Excellence Awards at its next meeting in Milwaukee on June 9. These awards recognize…
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“Sheepshead Review” celebrates 20 years at May 3 launch event
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On Wednesday, May 3, from 1-2pm CST, both via Zoom and in-person, “Sheepshead Review”, UW-Green Bay’s International journal of arts and literature, will be launching its Spring 2023 issue and celebrating 20 years of continuous publication. In its design and illustration, the 20th Anniversary issue pays homage to icons and journal designs from 2003 to…
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UW-Green Bay program creates opportunity for rural students | The Press Times
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BROWN COUNTY – High school students in participating rural districts in Northeast Wisconsin will have access to a new program this fall, one that will see many graduating with a college degree at the same time they receive their high school diploma. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix Early College High School Program will…
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UWGB Rising Phoenix offers degree program to rural high school students in 16 counties | Latest News | insightonbusiness.com
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High school students in participating rural districts in northeast Wisconsin will have access to a a new program in fall 2023 that will allow many to graduate with a college degree at the same time they receive their high school diploma. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Rising Phoenix Early College High School Program will expand…