GREEN BAY, Wis.— A UW-Green Bay program highlighted post-high school learning opportunities.

What You Need To Know

  • UW-Green Bay’s College Draft Day shows students post-high school learning opportunities

  • The program puts a focus on helping raise awareness of possibilities to first-generation college students

  • About 100 students from northeast Wisconsin attended the event​

How much education it takes to be a dental hygienist or a dentist was illustrated through a bean bag toss.

Students from around northeast Wisconsin lined up to toss the bags a distance commiserate with the number of years it takes to earn those degrees. 

It helped illustrate a point to Alex Yang, a junior at Green Bay Preble High School.

“Most majors…  actually require more schooling than I originally thought,” he said. “That’s a good take away.”

Yang was one of about 100 students at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay’s College Draft Day at Lambeau Field Friday.

The intent of the event is a fun way to show students educational possibilities after college. It also highlighted the educational opportunities — and help — available to first-generation and underrepresented students.

A series of interactive stations provided information ranging from class scheduling to campus housing and applying for financial aid.

Some of that detailed information was just what Yang was hoping to find.

“Mostly the minuscule little details like rooms and simple things, like how many people are in a room, how many people are in a class,” he said.

Admissions counselor Kory Baker said the day is meant to help answer questions large and small.

“That’s our motto for the day, never stop learning,” he said. “It’s really giving them an opportunity to show they can do post-high school work.”

That extends to students who are the first in their family to attended college.

“We really want to give them the opportunity to learn and break down some of those barriers that might make college more scary than it needs to be,” Baker said. “It’s giving them the resources to show them, ‘Hey, there’s help along the way.”

Yangsaid he is eyeing a career in engineering when he wraps up his education.

He hasn’t yet determined where he’ll attend college, but still has time to decide.

“GB is definitely an option for me still,” Yang said. “I’m still considering it.”