Tag: TRiO
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TRIO tops 1,000 holiday cards for military vets!
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Their goal was a daunting 900 cards. With the help of many people across campus and throughout the community, staff in the TRIO Office at UW-Green Bay not only met the goal, but exceeded it by over 100 cards! “Thank you to all who donated their time and/or resources from their holiday, paper-writing and exam…
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Sign a card? Make a card? Stop in, anytime —
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The goal is 900 handcrafted and personally signed cards – as of now they have 175 completed cards, and another 546 that either need a little work or a message written inside of them. If you have any time to pitch in, please stop by at the TRIO and Precollege office for more information (located…
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Update on Holiday Cards For Veterans: 721 cards, but help needed
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Last Saturday, Nov. 14, the TRIO Office and student Vets 4 Vets club hosted an official card-making party in the Phoenix Rooms in the University Union. It was an awesome turnout! In addition to 57 Upward Bound high school students and staff, another 33 people attended including UW-Green Bay students, veterans, local Boy and Girl…
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TRIO and Vets 4 Vets will make holiday cards for vets… with your help
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Again this year, TRIO and the student Vets 4 Vets club intend to make a difference in the lives of American veterans residing at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, Wis., and the Western Nebraska Veterans Home in Scottsbluff. For some vets, organizers note, the only holiday card they received last year was from the…
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TRIO Program in full swing
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Just as UW-Green Bay TRIO staffers said farewell to more than 80 middle and junior high school students, the main thrust of their summer began with the arrival of almost 100 high school students. Funded by a federal grant aimed at encouraging low-income and first-generation high school students to attend college, these students live on…
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TRIO and Precollege host DPI-funded summer programs
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Along with a myriad of other summer camps across campus these days, the Office of TriO and Precollege is currently running three, two-week summer programs for middle schoolers. The state Department of Public Instruction annually provides grant funds for bright, low-income children to study in a college atmosphere, and the Precollege Office at UWGB has…
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More than 800 holiday cards sent to Wisconsin veterans
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With help from many quarters, the TRiO Upward Bound high school students and the Vets 4 Vets Club here on campus exceeded the goal of making 800 hand-made holiday cards for veterans. Kudos to all who donated their time and creative talents to this very worthy cause. Write the organizers of the initiative: “We are…
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TRiO teams up with campus vets for holiday card-a-thon to King residents
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Green Bay area high school students in the Upward Bound program, hosted in the TRiO and Precollege office under the leadership of Michael Casbourne, are teaming up with veterans on campus to help bring holiday cheer to Wisconsin veterans. The little town of King (near Waupaca) is the site of a residential veteran’s facility with…
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Hometown paper celebrates success of student, Regional Center for Math/Science
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The Regional Center for Math and Science is a TRIO Upward Bound program that serves low-income, first-generation high school students from all over Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Students live on campus for six weeks each summer, taking classes, eating in the dining halls, and living in Roy Downham Hall — getting the true college experience. …
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Blankets, weeds and wolves: TRiO students give back to community
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Teenagers enrolled in TRiO programs at UW-Green Bay begin and end their summers with community-service projects. On June 30, 41 Upward Bound students headed to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary for a day of removing invasive species, primarily garlic mustard, which chokes out native species. When they finished pulling and bagging the plants, they had…