UW-Green Bay

Explore UW–Green Bay summer camp welcomes Oneida youth, rising 7th–9th graders, to campus for a week of hands-on learning grounded in land, language, and community. Led by the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity’s Andrew LaPlant and Joe Torres, with support from CSET’s Sam Betancur and CCB staff and student employees, campers explore the natural world through immersive STEM experiences. They will investigate native plants, creeks, aquatic life, birds, wetlands, prairies, forests, and even an ancient rock outcropping while meeting UW–Green Bay faculty, staff, and students who care for these ecosystems. In collaboration with the Center of First Nations Education, program leaders plan to intentionally fuse the use of Oneida language into daily activities to strengthen cultural connection and support language revitalization practices. Developed as the next step for youth aging out of the “Explore the Natural World of Oneida” camp, this program strengthens a growing pathway for Oneida learners, building bridges between the Oneida Nation and UW–Green Bay and encouraging future scholars to envision themselves pursuing a degree on campus. Open to Oneida Nation citizens only.