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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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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's First Year Experience program supplies a variety of ways to help freshmen adjust to college life. FYE is composed of four sections: Introduction to College courses, Seminars for Academic Success, Peer-Assisted Learning and the G.P.A. Recovery Team. Introduction to College Life is a one-credit class offered to freshman students in the first

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville participated in the American Society of Agronomy Region III Collegiate Soils competition on Oct. 7 through Oct. 10. The contest was held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Approximately 70 students from six universities participated in the competition. The contest consisted of four individual sites and two group-judged

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PLATTEVILLE - Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's annual Western Field Trip that took place in the summer of 2009 gathered at the Pioneer Haus on Oct. 9 for a reunion. Every summer, UWP's Geography Department takes a field trip to study geography and culture in the western United States. The trip of 2009 started out in mid-May, right after finals. The first stop was

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PLATTEVILLE - John Simonson, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has conducted research on the impact of biofuels and found that biofuels' impact is sizable but the recession is devastating. "The biofuels industry has a sizeable impact on Wisconsin's economy, despite fluctuating petroleum prices and global recession, according to a study by University of

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PLATTEVILLE- When University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumnus Silas Valle graduated and went back to his home country, El Salvador, now has a career where he regularly works with United States clients. What he learned from his time in the United States helps him in his daily relations, he said. Valle is a controller for YakPak-El Salvador, a private manufacturer of backpacks, messenger bags,

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PLATTEVILLE - Assistant Chancellor for Administrative Services, Robert Cramer, announced today that Erich Matola will join the University of Wisconsin-Platteville community in early November. Matola will serve as the university's chief information officer, with responsibility for providing leadership for the campus in information technology. In speaking of the selection of Matola to fill

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville celebrated its Homecoming the week of Oct. 5. The festivities not only celebrated UWP's traditions of excellence, but also the strong link between the campus and the community. Over the last two semesters, UWP art students have been designing and constructing steel frames for concrete benches that are being installed on campus, two of which

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PLATTEVILLE - On Sept. 16, U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan, joined by philanthropist Eli Broad and members of the U.S. Congress, named Aldine Independent School District in Houston the 2009 winner of the Broad Prize. The $2 million Broad Prize for Urban Education is the largest education award in the nation. Over 1,000 miles north of Houston, the University of

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Confucius Institute will be presenting a series of Visiting China classes that will act as an orientation for those who plan to visit China or other Mandarin-speaking countries. The UWP Confucius Institute is part of an international network of over 300 institutes dedicated to enhancing the understanding of Chinese language and culture.

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PLATTEVILLE - University of Wisconsin-Platteville students Stephanie Foley and Kitt Rhiner have returned for the fall semester after a month-long trip to San Ignacio, Belize. Foley, a native of Viroqua, is currently a senior at UWP, studying animal science and biology in the pre-veterinary program. Rhiner, a native of Verona, is a senior at UWP studying animal science in the pre-veterinary

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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host a public reception on Friday, Oct. 30 in conjunction with a series of educational events through the Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association. The UWP reception, a field day in Monroe and a conference in Sinsinawa will be available for dairy goat producers and processors, educators, leaders and anyone interested in the dairy goat cheese

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PLATTEVILLE- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host the second 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 Associate professor of agricultural business, Avuthu Rami Reddy, will present on his home country of India. The lecture will be held Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the University

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PLATTEVILLE - The Center for the Arts Performing Arts Series at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company on Monday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall. The folk dance ensemble features a live orchestra and consists of 70 performers. It is the Official Tour of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Ukraine and

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