UW-Platteville accepting alumni award nominations
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Press ReleaseThe UW-Platteville Alumni Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for candidates for the 2022 awards.
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Alumna awarded grant for pollinator garden
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, EducationRural Schools Collaborative just announced its 2021-22 Celia B. Godsil Grants in Place Fellows, and among those selected was Abigail Parker, a May 2021 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, who currently teaches kindergarten at Coloma Elementary, a small, rural school in Coloma, Wisconsin.
Human Resource Management Undergraduate Program aligned with SHRM
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: BusinessThe Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has announced that the School of Business has aligned its Human Resource Management undergraduate program with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates through 2025 and recognized UW-Platteville as a SHRM recertification provider.
Destination education: 69-year-old graduates with summa cum laude honors
Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press ReleaseEducation has been the vehicle to a better life for Mickey Peasley. Last month, the soon-to-be 70-year-old earned her bachelor's degree in business from UW-Platteville. It's a journey that has spanned decades and is far from finished.
UW-Platteville Online recognized for 10 top programs in the U.S.
Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Press ReleaseUW-Platteville's online and graduate programs are ranked amongst the best, according to Intelligent.com. The rankings are based on flexibility, faculty, course strength, cost, and reputation.
UW-Platteville expands merit scholarships, giving students potential to save additional $8,000
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Press ReleaseAs part of its ongoing investment in student success, UW-Platteville announced that its Merit Scholarship is now renewable for all four years of a student’s education, offering a potential for up to $8,000 in savings.
Students bring new ideas to popular household appliances
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Corporate Relations, STEMUW-Platteville engineering students have had a hand in some of the new or redesigned household appliances recently hitting the market and industry trade shows, thanks to a partnership between Spectrum Brands and the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science’s Senior Design program.
UW-Platteville holds 207th commencement
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & CommunityUW-Platteville celebrated more than 600 students as they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas and hoods at the 207th commencement held on Saturday, Dec. 11. The three ceremonies took place inside Williams Fieldhouse.
Students conduct feeding trials to explore use for hazelnuts, donate to local food pantries
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Agriculture, STEM, ResearchA group of animal science students spent a portion of this semester designing and conducting a feeding trial in broiler chickens, with the goal of helping Wisconsin growers better understand how to use and market hazelnuts. When the trial ends next week, they will donate the 60 processed chickens to local food pantries across the Driftless region.
Ivanov’s book receives international awards, recognition
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: HistoryDr. Andrey Ivanov, associate professor of history at UW-Platteville, received two awards for his recently published book, “A Spiritual Revolution: The Impact of Reformation and Enlightenment in Orthodox Russia”
UW-Platteville hosts Medical Exploration Day
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: BiologyUW-Platteville recently hosted nearly 100 high school students from across the tri-state area for Medical Exploration Day. The event focused on prospective students interested in becoming health care professionals. Students toured Boebel Hall and the Cadaver Lab, along with learning about potential careers.
Alumni Association partners with Pioneer Provisions to create Stocking the Shelves campaign
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & CommunityThe UW-Platteville community is coming together to give back this holiday season by stocking the shelves at Pioneer Provisions. To help raise awareness, the UW-Platteville Alumni Association is partnering with Pioneer Provisions, a free pantry and grocery service on campus for students experiencing food insecurity.
World-renowned speaker to engage with students, community
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: BusinessGlobally-recognized and renowned keynote speaker, author, leadership educator and executive coach Maya Hu-Chan will be speaking on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 6-7 p.m. on the topic “Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust in Global Business.”
Students conduct research at largest pavement research facility
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: STEM, ResearchThree civil engineering students recently conducted research at MnROAD, the largest full-scale pavement research facility of its kind in the world, located near Albertville, Minnesota.
UW-Platteville hosts specialty group tours, introducing prospective students to campus
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & CommunityUW-Platteville hosted several specialty visits this fall, bringing dozens of students from across the tri-state area to campus. The events included Spanish Visit Day on Oct. 16, a Darlington [Wisconsin] High School ESL group visit on Oct. 21 and, most recently, a Multicultural Visit Day on Nov. 13.
UW System honors Young with Dr. P.B. Poorman Award
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Press ReleaseCorey Young, advisor in the UW-Platteville Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, received the 2021 Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People.
Midwest Culturally Inclusive Conference Series to return in March, call for proposals announced
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & CommunityUW-Platteville's Midwest Culturally Inclusive Conference will return this March to offer workshops, presentations and panels on various topics related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Conference organizers are currently accepting program proposals through Dec. 29.
UW-Platteville to hold annual Holiday Gala
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Arts & CultureUW-Platteville will hold its 25th annual Holiday Gala on Dec. 3 and 4 in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall, Center for the Arts, at 7:30 p.m.
New partnership with Bayfield offers opportunity to model Act 31 and culturally-responsive teaching
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: EducationFourteen education students recently spent two weeks in Bayfield, Wisconsin, for a unique practicum experience, giving them the opportunity to learn more about culturally-responsive teaching practices and implementing Act 31 in the classroom.
Students present at Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Convention
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Health and Human Performance, EducationTwelve students from the Methods in Elementary Physical Education course attended the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Convention in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, including two groups of students who presented and were the only undergraduates invited to present.
Pioneer Players present a Doctor Faustus for the 21st century
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Arts & CultureUW-Platteville’s Department of Performing and Visual Arts-Theatre and Pioneer Players will present Christopher Marlowe’s classic tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil, “Doctor Faustus,” Dec. 1-5.
Students prepare to meet the technology needs of K-12 classrooms
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: EducationUW-Platteville's School of Education has a long history of looking toward the future and anticipating and responding to the needs of the communities and schools it serves — and in recent years, those needs are increasingly revolving around technology. That is why UW-Platteville education students are leading the way in pursuing voluntary Google for Education certification, long before they even graduate.
Criminal Justice students engage with inmates for unique learning opportunity
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Criminal Justice and Forensic InvestigationMore than 70 criminal justice students currently enrolled in Corrections and Criminology courses at UW-Platteville recently had the opportunity to enhance their coursework when they engaged in Zoom sessions with a panel of inmates from the Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution.
UW-Platteville to celebrate 207th commencement
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Press ReleaseThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville will celebrate its 207th commencement on Saturday, Dec. 11.
IDEA Hub brings entrepreneurial workshop program to branch campuses
Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk CountySouthwest Wisconsin’s growing IDEA Hub, which supports innovators and entrepreneurs as they translate ideas into action, will bring its free “Your Startup in 10 Minutes” experience to UW-Platteville’s two branch campuses.
Butterfield selected to represent U.S. at world forum
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: STEMSenior Spencer Butterfield is one of only two student-athletes nationwide handpicked to represent the United States at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Forum in Costa Rica this spring.
Heralded bioregional herbalist teaching for UW-Platteville Continuing Education Institute
Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Continuing Education Institute, Press ReleaseInternationally-renowned bioregional herbalist Linda Conroy has signed on to teach three courses for the UW-Platteville Continuing Education Institute this winter and spring.
Pioneers Day of Giving Raises Over $143,000
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & CommunityThe 2021 UW-Platteville Pioneers Day of Giving received over 640 donations totaling more than $143,000 from alumni and friends. A record number of people participated this year, including more students than ever before.
Syrian refugee to discuss civil liberties through her music and journey to the United States
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Press Release, Arts & CultureSyrian refugee Mariela Shaker will perform and speak on the topic of civil liberties at UW-Platteville on Monday, Nov. 22. The presentation will be held in the Richard & Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Student spends unforgettable summer internship in Amazon Rainforest
Written By: Jason Piddington | Published On: | Featured in: STEM, ResearchSpencer Butterfield had a summer internship experience like few others. Combining his double majors in sustainability and renewable energy systems and Spanish, he spent two months in the Amazon Rainforest, conducting research on solar panel policy in the rural community of Monterey, Peru.
Vang credits UW-Platteville opportunities, family for success
Written By: Kari Hill | Published On: | Featured in: Women in STEM, STEMAs Melynda Vang prepares to graduate next month, she reflects on the opportunities the university offered her, setting her up for success and a job before graduation. Vang is majoring in computer science with a minor in business administration, and recently accepted a position at Travelers, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
‘The God Committee’ to be performed Nov. 18-21 at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County
Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County, Arts & CultureUW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County's fall play, “The God Committee,” by Mark St. Germain, dramatizes a hospital transplant committee's deliberation and the ethical issues its members face. Performances are Nov. 18-21.
Green Bay Packers grant to enhance experience of student-athletes
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Corporate Relations, Press ReleaseThe UW-Platteville Foundation is the recipient of a $3,000 grant from the Green Bay Packers Foundation. The grant will help to enhance the Pioneer Leadership Institute, thereby having a direct impact on Pioneer student-athletes’ leadership and career development opportunities.
Campus Climate Department honored with state award for diversity
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Press ReleaseDuring a ceremony at the State Capitol on Oct. 29, UW-Platteville’s Department of Campus Climate was honored with the 2021 Ann Lydecker Educational Diversity Award from the State Council on Affirmative Action.
Annual Horrific Crime Scene Revisited event returns Nov. 6-7
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Criminal Justice and Forensic InvestigationUW-Platteville will host its 10th annual Horrific Crime Scene Revisited event on Nov. 6-7. Drawing several hundred attendees in years past, this popular tradition provides an opportunity for students and the community to learn more about the field of forensics.
UW-Platteville named one of nation's top online universities
Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press ReleaseThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville online programs have earned national recognition once again. This month, the university was named one of the 50 Top Online Colleges by CollegeValuesOnline.com.
UW-Platteville hosts Construction Career Day and Construction Networking event
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Corporate Relations, Applied Engineering Technology ManagementHundreds of high school students from across the Midwest packed the UW-Platteville campus for the third annual Construction Career Day held on Oct. 6. The event featured nearly 300 students from 14 schools and dozens of construction companies.
UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County to host Conserve Sauk Film Festival Nov. 6
Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk CountyUW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County will host the Conserve Sauk Film Festival on Nov. 6 – a daylong showcase for environmental and conservation-themed short and feature-length films that offers global stories and local actions.
Community partners have kept longtime Homecoming traditions alive
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & CommunityFamiliar traditions returned this year when UW-Platteville celebrated Homecoming last week – many of which would not have been able to take place without the support of the community partners who have contributed to the success of UW-Platteville’s Homecoming year after year.
UW System President Thompson kicks off Homecoming, encourages vaccination
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & CommunityUW System Interim President Tommy Thompson visited the University of Wisconsin-Platteville on Oct. 18 to help kick off Homecoming week and encourage students to get the COVID-19 vaccination
NSF grant will help create future of equitable infrastructure
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: STEM, ResearchLed by UW-Platteville, a consortium of four universities recently received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Under the direction of Dr. Philip Parker, the Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education (CIT-E) will use the grant to transform the approach to diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of civil and environmental engineering education.
UW-Platteville’s FIRST LEGO League receives support from community
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Corporate Relations, STEMCommunity partners have stepped up to provide support for UW-Platteville's new FIRST LEGO League, a program that introduces STEM to children ages 4 to 16.
O’Connor receives PMI® Eric Jenett Award for Excellence
Written By: Eric Herbst | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release, BusinessUW-Platteville announces another milestone achievement for one of its distinguished alumni. Dr. Michael O’Connor, a 2006 graduate of the Master of Science in Project Management program, was recently recognized as a winner of the 2021 Project Management Institute’s Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award.
Pioneer Pledge extended to neighboring states, promises to cover tuition and fees for eligible students
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Press ReleaseUW-Platteville recently extended its Pioneer Pledge program to students in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota, guaranteeing that the cost of undergraduate, on-campus tuition and fees will be covered for any Pell-eligible, new freshmen attending the Platteville campus.
Natarajan presented with two awards from the American Society for Engineering Management
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: STEMDr. Gana Natarajan, assistant professor of industrial and mechanical engineering, is being honored with two awards from the American Society for Engineering Management. Natarajan will receive the 2021 ASEM William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award and Fellow Award at the virtual International Annual Conference held Oct. 27-30.
UW-Platteville awarded Cornerstone: Learning for Living planning grant, developing integrated liberal arts certificate
Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County, HumanitiesDr. Amanda Tucker and Dr. Katie Kalish were awarded a planning grant from the Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an integrated liberal arts certificate.
Industry experts volunteer time to teach students, help save historic tree on campus
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, AgricultureWhen a champion tree on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus was damaged in a storm last summer, faculty teamed up with an industry partner to turn the chance to save it into a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity for students.
UW-Platteville to contribute to $10 million #DiverseCornBelt project
Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Agriculture, STEM, ResearchDr. Pete Lammers, associate professor in the School of Agriculture, is contributing to a $10 million project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and led by Purdue University, to make Midwestern agriculture more resilient by diversifying farms, marketing and the agricultural landscape.
Two advisors honored with state-wide advising awards
Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Press ReleaseDr. Lucie Kadjo, assistant professor and coordinator of the Agribusiness Program, and Kathleen Kerr, academic advisor and coach, were recently recognized by the Wisconsin Academic Advising Association for excellence in advising.
UW-Platteville wins Region 3 Soils Contest, Strobel takes top individual honors
Written By: Dr. Chris Baxter | Published On: | Featured in: AgricultureThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville Collegiate Soils Team took first place in the 64th annual Region 3 Collegiate Soils Contest, held Oct. 5-8. The event was held in McLean and Tazewell counties in Illinois and was hosted by Illinois State University. Participating in the event were 38 students from four universities: UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point, Purdue University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.