School of Education Hosts Education Exploration Day

The UW-Platteville School of Education welcomed 44 high school students and their chaperones from Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 28 for Education Exploration Day.

Education Exploration Day gives high school students considering a teaching career the chance to discover our campus education programs while connecting with our students, faculty and staff.

Dr. Tim Buttles, School of Education Director 

A panel of current education students shared their experiences and answered questions from high school students and chaperones. Carmen Reichers of Belmont shared her experience as a new freshman who commutes to campus. Olivia Tingo of Black Creek talked about her experience as a math education student. Quad Cities native, Rachael Roodhouse, talked about how an elementary education major wound up with a minor in marketing. Ben Kuhls of Platteville shared his experiences as treasurer of the academic education student organization, Aspiring Educators.

The panel also discussed why they chose to attend UW-Platteville, how they picked their major/minor, what has been their best experience so far as a Pioneer, and what’s their favorite place to go on campus. Students and chaperones asked questions, such as - what do you wish you had done in high school to better prepare you for college? What was ...