Getting elementary school students excited about college is the goal…and the University of Wisconsin Green Bay wants to help.
UWGB is hosting the 12th annual “Future Phoenix Days” this week. 15-hundred 5th graders from around the area will get the grand tour around campus.
Jaclyn DeLegrange is a sophomore at UWGB and is in charge of a group of kids.
The kids get to experience a little of college life…..sit in on a class, check out the dorms, learn how the system operates.
DeLegrange wants to be a teacher. She says spending the day with the kids helps her learn what it’s going to be like when she gets a job.
UW-Green Bay’s Phuture Phoenix program partners with schools that have high percentages of students from low-income families and encourages students to graduate from high school and pursue a college education.
The program has hosted a total of 17,241 fifth grade students since it began in 2003.
To help support the large number of participants, there will be more than 250 UW-Green Bay students serving as role models and group leaders for the day and at least 120 faculty and staff members participating.
