Category: Student Stories
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The Impact of a Scholarship: Caleigh Cleary ’26
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Caleigh Cleary started thinking about college in middle school. By high school, she had her whole college career planned out. She knew she wanted to attend UW-Green Bay and she knew what she wanted to study. Moreover, she knew she wanted to make the most of it. Now in her fourth year majoring in Environmental…
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Student Photographer: Osvaldo Lopez ’23, Bachelor of Arts
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Osvaldo Lopez is a Mexican-American design student who has worked hard for his family and future. From early childhood, Osvaldo has loved learning and his family above everything. He has taken his life experiences from growing up in a first-generation household and applied them to his photography. After picking up a used camera off of…
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Student Profile: Justice Saxby, ’23, Receives Carol R. DeGroot Scholarship in Environmental Science
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Justice Saxby has always been conscious of sustainability. Once she realized that she could pursue higher education with a focus on environmental protection, she knew it was the right path for her. When considering attending UW-Green Bay, Saxby felt a strong connection to the Eco U™. “Once I found out they had a really good…
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Student Profile: Jordyn Ossmann, ’24, Received Ron C. and Pauline P. Heim Scholarship
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Jordyn Ossmann sees her pursuit of higher education as a way to open doors for her career. It was important for her to choose a college with a myriad of educational and professional opportunities. Ossmann’s love of learning and strong work ethic made UW-Green Bay the right choice for her. Hailing from Reedsville, Wis., Ossmann…
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Student Profile: Samira Bare, ’24 Received Ferguson Phuture Phoenix Scholarship
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Dreaming big was easy for Samira Bare. Choosing to pursue college was complicated. She knew it was the next stop on the path to her dream career. Additionally, she aspired to be a role model for others in her family. Having received a scholarship made it easier. It was a Phuture Phoenix field trip…
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Student Photographer: Collette LaRue, Spanish Major/Art Minor and Jerry Dell Award Recipient
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Collette LaRue is a photography student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. A recipient of the Jerry Dell Award, her current focus is researching and interpreting the human imprint in the Green Bay estuary. A recipient of back-to-back Cofrin Research Grants in 2020 and 2021, Collette is a continuing student of the arts and is…
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Scholarship Inspires Ryan Thieme’s Passions, Big Dreams
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Ryan Thieme said it best when he shared “the people and the culture at UW-Green Bay make it a place that feels like home.” When searching for colleges, Thieme wanted to attend a school with strong academic programs and valuable skiing opportunities. During a visit to UW-Green Bay, he found exactly what he was looking…
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Rising Phoenix Helps Trailblazers Achieve Degrees in Half the Time
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A junior at Preble High School in Green Bay, Drew Anderson-Braun is blazing his own education path. He is taking college classes while still in high school enabling him to earn an associate’s degree at the end of his senior year. “I was extremely excited to get a head start on my future, by graduating…
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Research on the Rise: NIH-funded Study Looks at how Children Learn Right from Wrong
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Everyone has a moral compass, but at what age does it develop? Is it elementary school, preschool or even earlier? And what role does culture play? That’s the question two University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professors are trying to answer. UW-Green Bay psychology and human development professors Sawa Senzaki and Jason Cowell are working with groups…
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Academic Programs, Building & Innovation, People who make a difference, Student Stories, Students who’ve been impactedResearch on the Rise: Students Shine in Water Research Projects
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From the Menominee River to Lake Winnebago and many locations in between, Patrick Forsythe and his University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students are out in the field gathering data and specimens for water research projects before heading back to the lab to study their findings and share the vital information they’ve collected. “There’s a lot going…