{"id":8974,"date":"2023-01-18T09:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&p=8974"},"modified":"2023-01-18T09:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:21:28","slug":"rising-phoenix-empowered-nadia-neziri-to-test-drive-college","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/rising-phoenix-empowered-nadia-neziri-to-test-drive-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Phoenix Empowered Nadia Neziri to Test-Drive College"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s fast-tracking your college experience, and then there\u2019s Nadia Neziri\u2019s academic life in the fast lane<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a summer internship and I\u2019m taking two summer classes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While that\u2019s not so unusual, consider for a moment that she will be walking onto UW-Green Bay\u2019s campus as a first-year student but with the academic standing of a Junior<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>All thanks to the Rising Phoenix program that enables selected high school students to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concurrently<\/span><\/span>\u00a0take two years of college courses<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And, if all goes well,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being handed<\/span><\/span>\u00a0both a high school diploma and associate of arts degree at the same graduation<\/span><\/span>. And it\u2019s going quite well for Nazir to this point, and she shows no signs of slowing down.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI knew I wanted to attend college and take upper-level classes in high school. It could be risky to say, yeah, I\u2019m going to start taking college classes now. But with the Rising Phoenix program, I felt like I could handle it and I was willing to put in the work.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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As for her choice of a college major, you can thank UW-Green Bays\u2019 classic liberal arts curriculum, which allows a student to \u201ctest drive\u201d a major through general education courses<\/span><\/span>. In this case, biology.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She had taken a college-level biology class in high school and found it very interesting. \u201cWe talked about ecology a lot, and I had taken an environmental science class too.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But political science and policy was also vying for her academic attention. So why not combine the two? Then UWGB\u2019s unique ability to mix-and-match majors and minors came to the rescue.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI discovered Environmental Policy and Planning, and I was like Oh, this is exactly what I\u2019ve been looking for.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And a new star student was born.\u00a0<\/span>But Naziri knows it takes hard work to rise and shine \u2014expecting to graduate with a degree in Environmental Policy and Planning and a minor in environmental science in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just<\/span><\/span>\u00a0two years<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And, ever rising, she\u2019s already scanning the horizon for her next destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m seriously looking into about six grad schools, I\u2019m honestly just going to apply to as many as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Written by Michael Shaw<\/p>\n

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