tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:37:59 +0000http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/noreply@blogger.com (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)Blogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-6254412817983862344Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-10-29T11:37:59.224-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE- The IIW Engineering and Surveying Corporation and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation together have established the IIW Engineers & Surveyors Scholarship. The scholarship, which will be awarded annually in the amount of $500 per student to offset the cost of tuition, shall be awarded to incoming freshmen with a declared major of either civil engineering or building http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/10/iiw-engineers-and-surveyors-scholarship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-3471571177698417789Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:55:00 +00002009-09-24T08:00:59.665-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE- University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumnus Mike Jacobson, Ph.D. in biochemistry, has established the Alice Keegan Memorial Scholarship for Riverdale High School. It was because of Keegan's inspiring and dedicated role as an educator that Jacobson chose to honor her in this way. The scholarship recipient must be an incoming freshman who graduated from Riverdale High School in Muscodahttp://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/09/alice-keegan-memorial-scholarship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-3645624565795770677Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:04:00 +00002009-09-22T15:08:30.397-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE- University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumni Mike and Bernadette Routhieaux have established a new scholarship in honor of legendary coach Lester "Butch" Leitl.The Coach Leitl Student Leadership Scholarship is available to any continuing student from Wisconsin, Illinois or Iowa with a minimum of 30 credits completed and a declared major within the School of Agriculture. Students http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/09/coach-leitl-scholarship-established-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-6891999908871455340Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:43:00 +00002009-08-13T11:48:02.030-05:00scholarshipphonathonfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The Pioneer Gardens and Greenhouse at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville were created to provide a hands-on environment for UWP students and faculty to interact, teach and learn. Thanks to the generosity of Mansel (class of 1948) and Dottie Johns, longtime supporters and friends of UWP, the Pioneer Gardens will continue to grow. On Friday, July 24, a dedication http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/08/uwp-pioneer-gardens-named-in-honor-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-1235852957873450778Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:49:00 +00002009-08-11T07:52:35.532-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation has initiated the Pioneer Farm Fence Sponsorship Project. The project will use the fence located adjacent to the walking path between the Cooper Living and Learning Center and the Agriculture Technology Center. The project was started to recognize the outstanding contributions of the UWP community and give them the opportunity to http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/08/uwp-announces-pioneer-farm-fence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-99475316889782730Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:43:00 +00002009-07-06T06:46:25.535-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation had much to celebrate on Sunday, June 28 at the annual Donor Recognition Brunch. It was a time to recognize the past, present and future of UWP as alumni and friends gathered to honor supporters who have played a major role in funding the various scholarships, capital projects, development funds and other initiatives at UWP. Those http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/07/uwp-recognizes-donors-at-annual-brunch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-2871618911764855142Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:53:00 +00002009-06-22T06:56:14.467-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - Ubersox Chrysler Inc. is helping the University of Wisconsin-Platteville continue and grow its Traveling Technology program through the donation of the use of a truck. Traveling Technology is designed to increase enrollment in the department of industrial studies manufacturing program and introduce high school students to the manufacturing industry. "We felt it was a good thing to http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/06/ubersox-chrysler-inc-donates-use-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-3638514656231183148Mon, 18 May 2009 13:14:00 +00002009-05-18T08:18:26.454-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumnus Ron Meissen recently established the Ron Meissen Sustainability Fund to advance the understanding and teaching of sustainability throughout the university. Meissen graduated in 1971 from UW-Platteville with a degree in civil engineering. He went on to earn a Master of Science degree in civil engineering at the University of Illinois at http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/05/alumnus-establishes-sustainability-fund.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-963322641300560176Mon, 11 May 2009 15:21:00 +00002009-05-11T10:24:38.353-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE- At the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the Pioneer Investment Club gives UWP students a chance to further their financial knowledge through hands-on investment experience. The club allows the students to invest nearly $200,000 of UW-Platteville Foundation's money into stocks of their choice to gain a broad knowledge of the stock market and how it functions. "The club is a great http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/05/uwp-investment-club-teaches-students-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-7440042641844515613Mon, 04 May 2009 14:25:00 +00002009-05-04T09:37:27.964-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - Fred Jaeckle will be serving as the principal speaker for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's afternoon commencement ceremony on May 9. Jaeckle earned his degree at UW-Platteville in comprehensive business and economics in 1967. A graduate of Monona Grove High School, Jaeckle came to UWP because of its location and size. Undecided about his academic major, Jaeckle found his http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/05/uwp-establishes-scholarship-for-mothers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-7811357501520911890Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:18:00 +00002009-04-27T08:22:35.901-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - Glenn Fritz, a 1940 graduate of the Wisconsin Institute of Technology, has funded an annual scholarship for incoming University of Wisconsin-Platteville students from the Fennimore School District. In addition, Glenn funded the establishment of the Miners of the Class of 1940 Room in UWP's newly opened 108,500-square-foot Engineering Hall. The first classes were conducted in the http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/04/mining-school-alumnus-funds-uwp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-1399139511303283003Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:39:00 +00002009-04-20T09:43:06.364-05:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - GROWMARK, an agricultural cooperative system, has a rich history with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. GROWMARK has continued to spread seeds of support to UWP over the years by providing scholarships and most recently, a renewable grant. The Glenn Webb Education Fund of the GROWMARK Foundation is awarding UWP $5,000 to use to enhance programs or projects that http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/04/growmark-fosters-support-to-uwp-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-6350018688298935645Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:13:00 +00002009-03-09T13:23:55.537-05:00scholarshipphonathonfoundationPLATTEVILLE - Members of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville chapter of Engineers Without Borders will return to the same region in Ghana this summer to spend two weeks building a bridge that will allow children to reach a school and a community to access a rail station. A group of nine students, one faculty member and one staff member traveled to Ghana in 2008 and completed a drainage http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/02/uwp-to-offer-new-insurance-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-5084449116086679873Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-03-09T13:29:32.708-05:00scholarshipphonathonfoundationPLATTEVILLE- By 2011, the insurance industry will add over 11,000 new jobs according to the Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges. In response to these job opportunities, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville is offering a new course, Special Issues in Business (Insurance Principles and Practice)."The workforce (in insurance) is graying, particularly in this state. Forty percent of http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/03/uwp-to-offer-new-insurance-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-7602725047405684918Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:56:00 +00002009-02-16T07:58:38.608-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation announces the establishment of the Mick and Rhonda Viney Student Involvement Scholarship. This is the second scholarship that has been started by the Vineys at UWP, the first being the Mick and Rhonda Viney Milton High School Scholarship at UW-Platteville. Both Mick and Rhonda received their bachelor's and master's degrees from UWP,http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/02/mick-and-rhonda-viney-establish-second.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-4105498832627958259Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:06:00 +00002009-02-06T14:16:32.425-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is offering an opportunity for companies to recruit students and an opportunity for students to earn scholarship money and build their resume through the 5x5x5 "M" S.T.E.P. Mentoring Scholarships Training Education Placement program.To be part of the program, companies award five $1,000 scholarships for five years to UWP students. Scholarships http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/02/uwp-5x5x5-m-step-scholarship-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-4916350808385995159Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:30:00 +00002009-01-29T14:33:27.985-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation has announced the establishment of the G. Olin Gunderson Visual Art Scholarship. This marks UWP alumnus Jerry Gunderson's third scholarship in three years, along with the Gerald O. Gunderson Natural Sciences Scholarship and the Jerry Gunderson Scholarship for Appleton West High School. The first scholarship that Gunderson http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/01/jerry-gunderson-establishes-third.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-1103989819346322676Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-01-12T09:59:17.441-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - A new scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year will honor the memory of a University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumna and provide monies to a current UWP undergraduate interested in a medical career. The Joyce Mueller Memorial Scholarship will go to a student pursuing studies in the medical field. Students hoping to pursue a career in pre-med, nursing, dentistry, medical http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2009/01/display-to-recognize-bo-ryan-court.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-4049068228164709823Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:25:00 +00002008-12-23T08:26:41.466-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will award a $1,000 Ritchie Implement Inc. Agricultural Business Scholarship to an incoming freshman who plans to major in agricultural business or business. The scholarship will be awarded over two years - the first $500 during the second semester of the student's first year and the second $500 during the second semester of sophomore year. http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/12/ritchie-implement-establishes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-341822705856665568Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:58:00 +00002008-12-12T12:00:35.853-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville formally recognized Hampel Corp.'s donation of 20 calf pen systems to the Pioneer Farm at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Dec. 8. Lewis Anderson Jr., national sales manager for Calf-Tel, said his company, which is a division of Hampel Corp., was pleased to make the donation and be involved with the Pioneer Farm. "This is what wehttp://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/12/ribbon-cutting-celebrates-donation-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-2365453658588899903Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:43:00 +00002008-12-10T10:52:22.997-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Dr. John E. Busby, an alumnus and Madison dentist, will serve as principal speakers at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's 181st commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 13. Doyle, Wisconsin's governor since 2003, will speak at the day's first ceremony at 9:30 a.m. It will acknowledge 82 students receiving master's degrees and 179 students http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/12/continuing-students-invited-to-apply.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-8112944572760091725Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:04:00 +00002008-12-01T09:11:00.570-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The owners of Platteville Collision Center have established a scholarship that will help a graduating senior of Platteville High School attend the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Jeff and Angela Udelhofen own Platteville Collision Center, which recently relocated to 1280 E. Mineral St. The business previously was known as Hooks Auto Body. "We are pleased that we could provide ahttp://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/12/hampel-corp-donates-calf-pens-to-uwp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-770955330362910710Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:37:00 +00002008-11-21T13:50:09.285-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announced the creation of a scholarship fund by TriCore AEA. The scholarship will be available to junior and senior UWP engineering students from Racine and the surrounding area. TriCore AEA - an engineering firm based in Racine - is nationally recognized for its expertise in factory automation for the food, dairy, beverage and pharmaceutical http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/11/leitls-former-players-turn-out-in-force.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-6019446256489817268Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:19:00 +00002008-11-21T13:30:07.868-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - When the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's new engineering building opens next month, students will walk in the shadows of faculty members who nurtured the university into the force that it is today. The two wings of the new engineering building will be named for two former engineering faculty members, Dale C. Dixon and Edward O. Busby, who both were popular with students http://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/11/deadline-nears-for-uw-platteville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945212531244311356.post-8639798412067527338Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:12:00 +00002008-11-11T11:14:41.307-06:00scholarshipfundfoundationPLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has announced the establishment of the Dr. Peter Kang Memorial Scholarship Fund for Excellence in Public Service. Sunny, Susan and Kim Kang - the late Dr. Peter Kang's son, daughter and wife, respectively - started this scholarship in honor of the former UWP professor. As a dedicated faculty member of UWP from 1969 to 1997, Kang served ashttp://www.uwplatt.edu/foundation/news/2008/11/scholarship-established-in-memory-of-dr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gina)