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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville earned a spot on G.I. Job's list of military-friendly schools, characterized by their efforts and successes in recruiting veteran students. G.I. Jobs, a website and magazine that helps current and former members of the military transition successfully into civilian life, formed the list which recognizes the top 15 percent of the most

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PLATTEVILLE-University of Wisconsin-Platteville students studying international relations will share the poster projects with fellow students through a display in Heritage Hall in the Pioneer Student Center. The event will take place on Friday, Nov. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. "The posters will focus on all kinds of topics," said Susan Morris, professor of political science at UWP. "Because there

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Hmong Club will be putting on their annual Thanksgiving dinner on Friday, Nov. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Velzy Commons of Ullsvik Hall. Tickets for the event are free, but are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and must be acquired at the University Box Office or 124 Warner Hall, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11. The theme of the event

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Symphonic Wind Ensemble will be performing its annual fall concert titled Masterworks for Wind Band on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall in the Center for the Arts on the UWP campus. Admission to the event is free to the public. This fall's concert will include

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Children's Center is a place where children of UWP students, faculty, staff and community members can learn and be cared for in a positive and caring atmosphere, according to their mission statement. In order to continue providing a quality environment for these children, the center is planning to replace the 13-year-old existing playground

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PLATTEVILLE- This November, University of Wisconsin-Platteville students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to play a part in a national novel writing event. National Novel Writing Month, or simply NaNo to many of its participants, is a one-month sprint to writing a 50,000-word novel. The reason for the short deadline is to focus writing on quantity, not quality, to encourage literary

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PLATTEVILLE- The Pioneer Academic Center for Community Engagement program has been active since fall of 2008. PACCE provides funding for community projects that support student growth through engagement, teaching and reinforcing classroom learning. Since 2008, 93 community projects have been completed, involving 1,253 students and 90 community partners. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on

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PLATTEVILLE- The holiday season will soon be in full swing and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will be hosting its 14th annual Holiday Gala. The two shows will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall in the Center for the Arts, with a banquet following soon after in Velzy Commons in Ullsvik Hall. "It's the one time

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PLATTEVILLE - On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Veterans Club honored Veterans Day with a ceremony that began with the raising of the flag to half-mast as ordered by Governor Doyle out of respect for the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas last Thursday. The event took place on the south lawn of Ullsvik Hall and the pledge of allegiance was recited with the national

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville honored the Dubuque Racing Association and their commitment to improving the surrounding tri-state area. After receiving grant funds from the nonprofit association that operates the Mystique Casino in Dubuque, Iowa, UWP was able to purchase 10 new Macintosh computers for the Art Building. Joey Anderson, director of community relations for

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PLATTEVILLE - The Community Leadership Alliance of Southwest Wisconsin is looking for citizens who want to make their communities better. Created in 1999, CLA was initiated to address the need for committed and progressive community leaders. Through CLA, individuals will increase their personal effectiveness, acquire team building skills and learn more about southwestern Wisconsin - its

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PLATTEVILLE - This semester, University of Wisconsin-Platteville students enrolled in freshman composition classes had a new reference book added to their book lists. "Stylus: An Anthology of Freshman Writing" is a collection of examples of freshman writing from the 2008-2009 academic school year. According to Gary Kriewald, a lecturer in the English program at UWP, this anthology is not only a

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PLATTEVILLE- Laura Sherrick, a graduate of the online Master of Science in Project Management Program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has been awarded the James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award by the Project Management Institute. On its website, PMI described itself as a "not-for-profit professional association whose primary goal is to advance the practice,

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PLATTEVILLE-The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Performing and Visual Arts and Pioneer Players will open their fall theater season with "Dead Man's Cell Phone" by Sarah Ruhl. The production opens with a special pay what you can preview performance on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and continues through the week with evening performances Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12-14,

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RACINE, Wis. - Thanks to a long-term partnership announced today between Case IH Agriculture, Ritchie Implement Inc., and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP) Pioneer Farm, students in the UW-Platteville School of Agriculture soon will have access to the newest agricultural equipment and precision farming technologies available, as well as the practical expertise of Case IH and the

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will be hosting the 12th annual Fall Eagle Fest on Saturday, Nov. 7 beginning at 9 a.m. in Velzy Commons, located in Ullsvik Hall on the UWP campus. The fest will feature three live flying birds of prey shows; the birds will be flown over audience members during each show. The Fall Eagle fest will have a school art contest display,

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will soon be in a position to aid law enforcement statewide by helping to process evidence with a new Digital Forensic Analysis Laboratory, according to UWP police officer Jason Williams and UWP criminal justice instructor Joseph LeFevre. The lab will be used for the recovery and analysis of digital data in criminal investigations. Digital data

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville earned recognition at the 17th annual World Beef Expo held in Milwaukee Sept. 24-27. LR Cash, an Angus bull owned by the UWP Pioneer Farm, was named the Champion Red Angus Bull. LR Cash was part of the Supreme Grand Champion Drive, a showcase of champions from each breed where the top three overall animals are selected. In addition to receiving

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host the third in a series of lectures meant to entertain and educate the campus and community about the different countries and cultures of UWP's faculty and staff. UWP professor of education, John Nkemnji, will give a presention on his home country of Cameroon. The lecture will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the University South Room of

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host the Milwaukee's Society of Plastics Engineers monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Pioneer Room at the Pioneer Student Center. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and includes a tour of UWP's Plastics Processing Technology Laboratory and Laser Laboratory, dinner at 7 p.m. and presentations by three experts in the field of

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Teaching English as a Second or Other Language program was originally established at UWP to internationalize the school. The program has provided students with the professional knowledge and skills to teach English to speakers of other languages in the United States or abroad since 1998, when the university began offering an English as a

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PLATTEVILLE - The 11th annual University of Wisconsin-Platteville Traditional Pow Wow will be held on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Williams Fieldhouse on the UWP campus. Grand entries and dance sessions will be held from 1-4 p.m. and 7-9:30 p.m. The Pow Wow is the way of the Native American people meeting together by dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and making new ones. The Pow Wow is

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PLATTEVILLE- As part of a campus diversity theme, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Multicultural Educational Resource Center, Teaching Excellence Center and the School of Education will host an interactive theater presentation, "Acting On Racial Issues: Creating an inclusive community," to improve the interaction between all students on campus with an emphasis on race and ethnicity. The

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PLATTEVILLE- Jigu! Thunder Drums of China will rumble into Platteville for the 13th annual University of Wisconsin-Platteville Asian American Night on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The group will perform in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall, located in the Center for the Arts on the UWP campus from 7 to 9 p.m. The drummers first performed in Europe and Asia in 1988, and they made their first

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's search for a new chancellor is underway and on track, according to Dr. Joanne Wilson, the search and screen committee chair. The committee will help identify a successor to UWP's Emeritus Chancellor David Markee, and the official advertisement for the position will begin on Monday, Oct. 26. The committee, chaired by Wilson, consists of 10

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