University News

UW-Platteville places third in national soils contest, Nollen qualifies for Team USA

Written By: Dr. Chris Baxter | Published On: | Featured in: Agriculture

The Collegiate Soils Team competed in the 60th Soil Science Society of America National Collegiate Soils Contest April 18-23, where they took home third place overall. Isaac Nollen placed in the top four and was chosen to be part of a four-member team representing the United States at the International Soils Competition in Scotland in June.


Students take center stage as the annual One Act Festival returns

Written By: Ann Farrelly | Published On: | Featured in: Arts & Culture

The Department of Performing and Visual Arts and Pioneer Players will conclude their theatre season with the return of the annual One Act Festival: An Evening of Short Plays, May 5-7.


Rehberg excels at Corteva Agriscience, UW-Platteville’s newest corporate sponsor

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Corporate Relations, Agriculture

Growing up on a small dairy farm in Northeast Wisconsin, Liz Rehberg, a 2010 graduate, always knew she would be involved in agriculture. Now, in her eighth year with Pioneer, Corteva Agriscience’s flagship seed brand, she has found her own way to help farmers.


UW-Platteville to hold 208th commencement, celebrating the class of 2022 and graduates of 2020 and 2021

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community, Press Release

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will celebrate the class of 2022 and graduates of spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020 and spring 2021 at the 208th commencement on Saturday, May 14. The College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture ceremony, which will include graduate programs and associate degree candidates, will take place at 10 a.m.


New athletic mentorship program to strengthen ties between athletics and academics

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community

UW-Platteville announced a new program to strengthen the connection between athletics and academics. Launching this fall, the Athletic Mentor for the Pioneers (AMP) program will match faculty and academic staff mentors with athletic teams in order to enhance the experience of the 500-plus student-athletes on campus, as well as the greater university and Platteville community. 


Continuing Education Institute announces partnership with Association for Supply Chain Management

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Continuing Education Institute, Press Release

UW-Platteville Continuing Education Institute announces a new partnership with the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), a global leader in supply chain certification, in order to prepare learners to meet the ever-growing demand for well-trained and knowledgeable workers in the supply chain industry.


UW-Platteville reaffirms commitment to sustainability with Sesquicentennial Hall

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences, STEM

UW-Platteville is continuing its commitment to sustainability with the construction of its newest engineering building, Sesquicentennial Hall. Set to open this fall, it will be the university’s first building to seek certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s internationally-recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Development rating system, known as LEED.


Construction management students place among the top in national competition

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Applied Engineering Technology Management

A team of six construction management students recently competed in the 2022 National Associated Builders and Contractors’ annual Construction Management Competition, where they placed fifth overall.


Interim provost, interim dean named

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Tammy Evetovich, who becomes the university’s interim chancellor on June 1, announced that Dr. Wayne Weber will replace her as the interim provost and vice chancellor when she assumes the chancellor role. Dr. Charles Steiner has been selected to serve as the interim dean of the College of BILSA.


UW-Platteville Bee Squad discusses importance of honeybees and native pollinators

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Biology, Environmental Sciences

The beekeeping season is underway, and the UW-Platteville Bee Squad is ready to observe honeybees and native pollinators across campus.


Trast honored with ASCE Outstanding Senior Civil Engineering Award

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: STEM

Eli Trast, a senior civil engineering major from Green Bay, Wisconsin, was recently honored with the 2022 Outstanding Senior Civil Engineering Student Award by the America Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Wisconsin Section.


Students take part in prescribed burns on campus

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences

Just in time for Earth Day, students had the opportunity to contribute to the stewardship of campus lands – an important part of the university’s commitment to sustainability. They did so by participating in prescribed burns across Memorial Park.


Students compete in national agriculture judging contest

Written By: Dr. Kishore Joseph | Published On: | Featured in: Agriculture

Four members of the Agribusiness Club at UW-Platteville recently participated in the 2022 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference in North Platte, Nebraska.


UW-Platteville reflects on more than a decade of sustainability, students look toward future

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences

As the week of Earth Day kicks off, we take a look at UW-Platteville's role in sustainability both on and off campus over the years.


Johnson family makes record gift of $10 million to the Foundation for student scholarships

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Press Release

In a ceremony today, Chancellor Dennis J. Shields announced a monumental gift of $10 million from Todd and Susan Johnson – the largest gift to support the university in history. This transformational gift will establish the Capstan Scholarship Program, which will allow selected students to graduate debt free, providing scholarships covering full tuition, room, and board to students every year, beginning this fall.


UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County to hold first recognition ceremony for graduates since 2020

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County will hold a special celebration event on Saturday, May 7 at 4 p.m., to include all campus graduates who missed out on in-person recognition at the campus since 2020, alongside other end-of-year awards and local congratulations to the class of 2022. 


Campus spring play 'Time Flies' by David Ives runs April 21-24

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

The company of student and community actors and crew at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County will present “Time Flies” by David Ives.


UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County to host employment fair in partnership with Wisconsin DWD

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

Over 30 employers and the Department of Workforce Development will help job seekers match with employers from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at the employment fair at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County. 


Sappleton, Adams co-publish in The Professional Educator

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Political Science, Education

The work of two UW-Platteville faculty members, Dr. Shan Sappleton and Dr. Douglas Adams, was recently published in The Professional Educator, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.


UW-Platteville announces renewable housing and dining grant for eligible freshmen

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release

UW-Platteville announced a new housing and dining grant for select incoming freshmen, offering them total potential savings of $4,000 across their four years of attendance.


UW-Platteville Reaffirmed as PMI Global Accreditation Center University

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release

To demonstrate that UW-Platteville is preparing students for the rapidly growing and highly demanded field of project management, the Master of Science in Project Management program has been reaffirmed by the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) through 2027.


Technology Education program introduces new coordinator

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Applied Engineering Technology Management

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Technology Education program recently welcomed a new coordinator. Duane Elfering started full-time as the technology education coordinator last fall after first joining the university in 2020 as an adjunct professor in Construction Management.


M.S. in Integrated Supply Chain Management program renews credential transfer agreements

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release

The Master of Science in Integrated Supply Chain Management program has renewed agreements on accepting professional credits transfers from two industry leaders in supply chain management certifications. The agreements affirm the quality of these certifications and allow another avenue for students to join UW-Platteville’s online master’s program.


UW-Platteville announces initiative to expand industry engagement in higher education

Written By: Gaile Schwickrath | Published On: | Featured in: STEM

With sights set on creating enduring change in higher education, seven universities, including UW-Platteville, are launching a transformation of industry engagement in higher education. The intent is to help advisory boards move from a traditional advisory role to an active partnership in engineering education with a goal of helping institutions advance an entrepreneurial mindset in engineers.


Provost Tammy Evetovich named interim chancellor of UW-Platteville

Written By: UW System | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release

University of Wisconsin System Interim President Michael J. Falbo today named Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Tammy Evetovich as interim chancellor of UW-Platteville. Evetovich will begin that position June 1.


Trenkamp researches Native American boarding school era in the Midwest, presents project to U.S. national park

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences, History, Research

Grace Trenkamp recently completed her capstone project titled, “Native American Boarding Schools and Cemeteries (Midwest),” shedding light to the injustices Indigenous people faced in the 19th and 20th century.


Campus gallery exhibit examines perceptions of sexual assaults

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

“What Were You Wearing,” an art exhibit showing clothing and accessories recreated from the stories of survivors of sexual assault, will be on display in the Schwalbach Art Gallery on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus from April 4-15.


Murrin leads UW-Platteville Aspiring Educators chapter, selected to attend national conference

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Education

Nathan Murrin, a junior English education major from McHenry, Illinois, is leading a community of future educators through the UW-Platteville Aspiring Educators chapter.


Getz joins elite group of forensic anthropologists with highest professional certification

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation

Dr. Sara Getz, assistant professor of forensic investigation at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville earned the highest professional certification available in her field and is now a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA).


JP Cullen continues long-time support of Construction Management program

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Corporate Relations, Applied Engineering Technology Management

JP Cullen continues to support its long-time relationship with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Construction Management program.


UW-Platteville to offer summer coding camps to high school students

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release, Youth Programs, STEM

The UW-Platteville Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering is offering three new, interactive summer coding camps for high school students.


UW-Platteville receives more than $55,000 from Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin to train next generation of water scientists

Written By: Alison Parkins, UW-Platteville and Heidi Jeter, Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin | Published On: | Featured in: Biology, Environmental Sciences, STEM, Research

UW-Platteville will receive $55,373 in support from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin this year to enhance its water-related academic programs. The funding is part of a statewide initiative to tackle 10 grand water challenges and support curriculum development, undergraduate research opportunities, career development and field training experiences for students interested in studying water-related fields at the 13 UW Schools. 


M.S. in Criminal Justice program renews credential transfer agreements

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release

The University of Wisconsin -Platteville Master of Science in Criminal Justice program is pleased to announce its renewal of two transfer agreements which ensure students will have advanced placement with professional credentials in UW-Platteville’s highly-regarded online graduate program.


MSOCL student appointed as Chief Deputy Director of DPOR by Virginia Governor

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release, Business

Learning while doing will be the new motto for Kishore Thota. The UW-Platteville Master's of Science in Organizational Change Leadership student was recently appointed by the Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, to serve as the chief deputy director of the Department of Professional Occupation Regulation, or DPOR. 


Distinguished lecturer to share how she brings imagined worlds to life at Pixar

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Press Release

UW-Platteville will host Danielle Feinberg, a visual effects supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios, as this year’s distinguished lecturer. Feinberg’s lecture, “Bringing Imagined Worlds to Life,” is open to students, faculty, staff and community members and will take place from 10 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, April 12 on Bo Ryan Court inside Williams Fieldhouse. 


Reflecting on 50 years of Women’s and Gender Studies on campus

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Social Sciences

As Women's History Month wraps up, Dr. Dong Isbister, coordinator of UW-Platteville's Women's and Gender Studies Program, shares reflections on the history and future of the program, which just celebrated 50 years.


The Pioneer Players’ return to live theatre continues with the hilarious musical “Something Rotten!”

Written By: Ann Farrelly | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release, Arts & Culture

The Department of Performing and Visual Arts-Theatre and Pioneer Players will continue their comeback season with the Broadway hit musical, “Something Rotten!”


Underwood helps reconstruct thousands of years of fire history in the most-visited national park

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences, STEM, Research

Dr. Chris Underwood is working on a project, funded by the National Park Service, to expand fire history research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At the conclusion of the project, the researchers will have a spatially comprehensive fire and vegetation history of the entire park that dates back to the last major North American glaciation.


Alumni win national award in back-to-back years

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, STEM

UW-Platteville graduates have been awarded the annual American Society of Civil Engineers Martin S. Kapp Excellence in Foundation Engineering Award for the past two consecutive years.


UW-Platteville students recognized at Research in the Rotunda

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Research

UW-Platteville undergraduate researchers filled the state Capitol showcasing their projects at the 18th annual Research in the Rotunda held on Wednesday. Seven research teams from UW-Platteville and UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County presented their findings to lawmakers, state leaders, alumni and the public.


Students compete in inaugural energy blitz challenge, help Platteville businesses

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community, Corporate Relations, STEM

A dozen students recently competed against each other, while helping local Platteville businesses reduce their carbon footprint and save money, as part of Trane Technologies’ inaugural Carbon Reduction Energy Blitz Challenge at UW-Platteville. 


Symposium to address pandemic impacts on women in Wisconsin

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Humanities, Social Sciences

UW-Platteville will host a symposium, “Caregiving, Race, and Gender: COVID-19 Impacts on Women in Wisconsin,” on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23. The symposium, open to the public, is funded in part by a grant from Wisconsin Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.


New ‘grow your own’ program hopes to address shortage of STEM teachers

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Education, STEM

UW-Platteville is helping to address the critical shortage of qualified math and science teachers in Southwest Wisconsin by partnering with local school districts and STEM teachers to implement a “grow your own” program.


Hispanic Outreach program builds connections across Southwest Wisconsin

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Campus & Community

UW-Platteville's Hispanic Outreach program continues to grow as it connects the institution, area businesses and Southwest Wisconsin Hispanic and Latinx communities through a variety of initiatives.


Student researches virtual, augmented reality in construction, helps implement in curricula

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Applied Engineering Technology Management, Research

Senior Allison Stencil’s research project has her viewing construction sites through a new lens. The construction management and construction safety management double major is researching the use of both virtual reality and augmented reality software to determine how it improves pre-planning on construction sites.


Students explore new methods of energy harvesting

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: STEM, Research

A group of mechanical engineering majors are researching new ways to harvest energy and will present their findings to legislators, state leaders and the public at next week's annual Research in the Rotunda event in the Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin.


Students to present Central Sands of Wisconsin research in Madison

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: | Featured in: Environmental Sciences, STEM, Research

Four students received the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research focused in the area of dendroecology, by assisting Dr. Evan Larson, professor of environmental sciences and society, with his project titled, “Groundwater Access Impacts Tree Productivity in the Central Sands of Wisconsin.”


UW-Platteville student earns national physical education major award

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: | Featured in: Health and Human Performance

Senior Riley Glonek was honored with the 2022 Society of Health and Physical Educator (SHAPE) Major of the Year Award. The national award celebrates undergraduate students in the fields of health, physical education, recreation and dance who exhibit excellence in and out of the classroom as teacher candidates.


Construction Networking Event offers a valuable opportunity to students, industry partners

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: | Featured in: Alumni, Corporate Relations, Applied Engineering Technology Management

UW-Platteville recently hosted the 2022 Spring Construction Networking Event. Held twice a year, the event  allows UW-Platteville students to network with company representatives and learn about their projects, company culture, and job and internship opportunities.


UW-Platteville 2021-22 COVID-19 Policies

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: | Featured in: Press Release

Guidelines to keep UW-Platteville safe as we return to in-person instruction in 2021-22.