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Lancelle honored with Early Career Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Jun 16, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, STEM

Dr. Chelsea Lancelle, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is this year’s recipient of the UW-Platteville Early Career Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence. The award recognizes a tenure-track faculty member who has made distinguished contributions to the mission of UW-Platteville as an outstanding teacher.

Pictured left to right are Julie Soja and Stephanie Young.

UW-Platteville receives Kimberly-Clark donation, benefiting several campus programs

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Jun 16, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, Corporate Relations

UW-Platteville received a donation on Friday from Kimberly-Clark totaling more than 280 boxes of diapers and period products, benefiting several campus and community programs. The donation will be distributed to The Red Basket Project at UW-Platteville, Pioneer Provisions, the Children’s Center, and partners of the Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, Inc.

UW-Platteville Richland receives funding from We Energies Foundation to support expanding outreach to underserved communities

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: Jun 16, 2021 | Featured in: Corporate Relations

UW-Platteville Richland will be expanding three of its new Professional Pathways programs, thanks to a new grant from the We Energies Foundation. The $5,000 grant, all targeted for the UW-Platteville Richland’s service area, will fund outreach efforts for programs for area high school students, particularly in traditionally underserved communities working toward enrolling in college.

UW-Platteville team ranks among top in national steel bridge competition

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Jun 15, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

A group of UW-Platteville students ranked among the top teams, nationwide, in the recent Student Steel Bridge Competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction. Twenty-five teams competed in this year’s event. The UW-Platteville team ranked eighth overall and achieved a second-place ranking in the efficiency category and third place in the lightness category.

Engineering company partners with UW-Platteville to create Husco Scholars Program

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Jun 15, 2021 | Featured in: Corporate Relations, STEM

Husco International, a manufacturing and engineering company in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is giving UW-Platteville mechanical engineering students the opportunity to work full-time while pursuing their education. It is part of the Husco Scholars Program, through which the company will pay 100% tuition assistance for students earning degrees through UW-Platteville Engineering Partnerships.

UW-Platteville Online named a top Tech Savvy university

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: Jun 09, 2021 | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Press Release

UW-Platteville's reputation as a destination for online learning has been bolstered again. The school has been recognized as one of the top five Technology Savvy Online Schools in 2021 by Online Schools Center.

UW-Platteville announces Pioneering Forward Athletic Fund to enhance student-athlete experience

Written By: Michael Salm | Published On: Jun 07, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community

UW-Platteville announces the launch of the Pioneering Forward Athletic Fund. This innovative fundraising initiative will enhance both the experience of donors and all 550 Pioneer student-athletes.

$1,000 scholarship guarantee to all Baraboo Sauk County new first-year students

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: Jun 04, 2021 | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

Every incoming full-time freshman student is now guaranteed a $1,000 scholarship at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, thanks to the Friends of the Campus, the organization that has long raised and dispersed scholarship funds for the Baraboo Sauk County campus students.

Pictured left to right are Mark Miner and Dakota Bockenhauer.

UW-Platteville Industrial Studies collaborates with local schools on innovative safety protocol

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Jun 03, 2021 | Featured in: Applied Engineering Technology Management

With 31 years of experience in the safety profession, Mark Miner, who is currently the program safety coordinator in UW-Platteville's Industrial Studies Department, is always looking for new ideas to incorporate into the program’s curriculum. During National Safety Week, he found inspiration just down the road from UW-Platteville in the Potosi (Wisconsin) School District.

School of Education to offer new loan repayment assistance program

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Jun 01, 2021 | Featured in: Education

The UW-Platteville School of Education recently announced plans to offer a loan repayment assistance program (LRAP) to incoming new freshmen elementary-middle level education majors starting in fall 2021.

Yang receives Outstanding Woman of Color Award

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Jun 01, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

Angela Yang, the TRIO student support services advisor and SUCCEED coordinator, is being honored with the 2021 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Outstanding Woman of Color Award.

Scholarship established in memory of Dylan LaMere

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Jun 01, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation announced the establishment of a new scholarship fund in memory of Dylan LaMere, a UW-Platteville senior who passed away in April.

MS Project Management grad takes career to outer space

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: May 27, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community, Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs

It's fair to say Scott Upton's head has always been in the clouds – or rather – above them. A passion for aerospace was sparked as a youth and has driven his career and educational journey. He received a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Minnesota before earning a Master of Science in Project Management degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He currently works for Blue Origin, a company Upton said is "paving the road to space."

Alumni, faculty and student research project pays tribute to Vietnam veterans

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: May 27, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community, History

Through a collaborative effort that has spanned more than a year, a couple of alumni – with the help of faculty, staff and students across campus – have been researching and identifying UW-Platteville alumni or students who were killed in action during the Vietnam War, with the hopes of memorializing the veterans on campus.

Weekly vaccination clinic set

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: May 27, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

The Grant County Health Department will hold free COVID-19 public vaccination clinics at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville main campus every Thursday, from 10 a.m. until noon, on first floor Royce Hall, beginning June 3.

UW-Platteville construction management program

UW-Platteville designated as official OSHA training center

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: May 27, 2021 | Featured in: Corporate Relations, Applied Engineering Technology Management

UW-Platteville was recently designated as an official Mid-America OSHA Education Center training site, making it one of the only universities with a construction management program to be designated as such.

Learning more about UW-Platteville’s Organizational Change Leadership program and its Safety Risk Control emphasis

Written By: Eric Herbst | Published On: May 20, 2021 | Featured in: Online Education, Master’s Degree Programs, Business

The Master of Science in Organizational Change Leadership is a relatively new degree program offered at the UW-Platteville, but its curriculum addresses a growing trend to prepare future leaders amidst rapidly changing business environments. UW-Platteville offers four emphasis areas to help students reach their individual career goals. Of particular note is the Safety Risk Control emphasis, introduced in 2018, which focuses on producing safety and risk control measures for businesses and their teams.

Compeer Financial grants $10,000 to UW-Platteville Dairy Pilot Plant at Pioneer Farm

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: May 13, 2021 | Featured in: Dairy Innovation Hub, Agriculture, STEM

UW-Platteville is one step closer to launching the new Dairy Pilot Plant, thanks to a recent $10,000 grant from Compeer Financial. The proposed plant, which will be located at Pioneer Farm, will provide research and education on dairy food product development while also giving students an opportunity to learn about rural economic development, entrepreneurship and sustainability.

Senior design team revitalizes Cuba City’s Presidential Plaza, project recognized by WEDC

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: May 12, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

In January of 2020, four UW-Platteville engineering students partnered with the City of Cuba City to enhance the Presidential Plaza. This spring, the City of Cuba City received the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Main Street Program Award for its downtown innovation.

Support from the Growmark Foundation enhances hands-on learning for students

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: May 12, 2021 | Featured in: Agriculture

Dr. Krista Hardyman, associate professor of animal science, was awarded $1,500 from the Glenn Webb Education Fund/The Growmark Foundation, which assisted in delivering a quality experience to students who completed coursework virtually this year.

Partnership with Wisconsin Technical Colleges helps industrial studies students find success

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: May 10, 2021 | Featured in: Applied Engineering Technology Management

Through a memorandum of understanding between UW-Platteville and Wisconsin Technical Colleges, students pursuing industrial studies can transfer their credits from an approved associate's degree program to UW-Platteville and significantly streamline their time to graduation.

Parker selected to AASCU Emerging Leadership Program

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: May 07, 2021 | Featured in: Press Release

Dr. Philip Parker, associate dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, is one of 35 higher education professionals from around the nation selected for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ 2021 Emerging Leaders Program.

Chancellor Shields speaking at Earth Day Event

UW-Platteville commits to achieving ‘zero waste’ by 2035

Written By: Alison Parkins and Joshua Chamberland | Published On: May 06, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, Environmental Sciences

During the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s recent Earth Day celebration, Chancellor Dennis J. Shields furthered the university’s commitment to being a leader in sustainability by pledging to become a zero waste campus by 2035.

Dr. Xiaoguang Ma, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

Electrical engineering students conduct broadband internet technology survey

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: May 06, 2021 | Featured in: STEM, Research

This past year, COVID-19 has brought many challenges for Wisconsinites, with one of the biggest struggles being internet access and network performances. To examine the issues, two electrical engineering students, Troy Januchowski and Jacob Hanacek, spent two semesters conducting an independent study with Dr. Xiaoguang Ma, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

UW-Platteville to host virtual celebration for May graduates

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: May 05, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

UW-Platteville will honor the May 2021 graduates with a virtual celebration on Friday, May 14. A commencement recognition video, including the principal and senior speakers, will be posted at 9 a.m.

The Presto Foundation continues commitment to UW-Platteville engineering students

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: May 05, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

The Presto Foundation recently furthered its commitment to UW-Platteville engineers with its renewal of funding for the Presto Engineering Scholarship. Established in 2012, the scholarship awards mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering students $13,200 each year.

Mechanical engineering students work on ice cream dispenser for Pioneer Sweets

Students to showcase capstone engineering projects at Senior Design Open House

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: May 04, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

Innovation and creativity will be on full display as engineering students showcase their capstone projects to students, faculty and industry representatives at the spring Senior Design Open House on Wednesday, May 19.

Parker to be acting dean of College of EMS

Written By: Paul Erickson | Published On: May 04, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

UW-Platteville announces that Dr. Philip Parker will become the acting dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, effective June 15, 2021. Dr. Molly Gribb, who has been the dean since 2015, is retiring from the university.

Attenborough honored with statewide distinguished teaching award

Written By: Dr. Benjamin V.C. Collins, Wisconsin Section of the Mathematical Association of America | Published On: Apr 30, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, STEM

Dr. Holly Attenborough, associate professor of mathematics at UW-Platteville, was recently honored with the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Wisconsin Section of the Mathematical Association of America.

Pioneer Spotlight: L. Joseph Barnes

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Apr 30, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, Business

For more than a decade, L. Joseph Barnes, assistant professor in the School of Business, has brought his business experience inside the classroom where he teaches courses in finance and accounting.

Horst researches use of drones in STEM education, presents at conference

Written By: Justice Hendrick | Published On: Apr 29, 2021 | Featured in: STEM, Research

Justine Horst, a senior electrical engineering major from Hartford, Wisconsin, recently had a paper published for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Integrated STEM Education Conference. Horst’s paper, “STEM Code Using Drones,” is based off of her undergraduate research and describes a methodology of STEM education that would utilize programmable drones.

Alumna credits UW-Platteville experience for engineering career

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Apr 27, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Corporate Relations, STEM

University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumna Morgan Hartman, a 2018 industrial engineering graduate, credits her experience as a student-athlete with giving her the tools to become a marketing engineer for centrifugal water-cooled chillers at Trane Technologies in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

It’s a ‘how-to’ summer for Continuing Education Institute youth programs

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: Apr 27, 2021 | Featured in: Continuing Education Institute, Press Release

This summer, elementary through high school students will have the opportunity to learn by doing, as the UW-Platteville Continuing Education Institute announces its How-To Summer Series youth programming.

Platt-Gibson selected to lead community outreach for branch campuses

Written By: John Christensen | Published On: Apr 26, 2021 | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County

Melanie Platt-Gibson has been named community outreach director for the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County and the UW-Platteville Richland branch campuses, where she will connect the campuses with opportunities in support of programming and student recruitment.

Making a Case for College series continues

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: Apr 22, 2021 | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County, Continuing Education Institute, Press Release

The Making a Case for College series continues with two panels over the next two weeks. The idea for the program was born out of the desire to connect directly with students and show them the education, career, and life benefits of attending a UW-Platteville campus.

UW-Platteville offers opportunity to sponsor engraved pavers

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 20, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community

With construction of Sesquicentennial Hall underway, the UW-Platteville Foundation is offering alumni, friends, students, faculty, staff and corporate partners the opportunity to be a visible part of its engineering legacy by sponsoring an engraved paver along the walkways and patios surrounding Sesquicentennial Hall and Busby Hall – formerly Engineering Hall

Travis Clary working on vaccine clinic on campus

Students intern at local health departments, assist in COVID-19 response

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 19, 2021 | Featured in: Biology, STEM

A group of students interning at local health departments are not only gaining a valuable experience in the health care field, but also making an impact in local communities’ response against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students recognized for academic excellence, inducted into national honor society

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 19, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

Forty-four students were recently inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, an honor society that recognizes academic achievement of top students in all majors.

UW-Platteville helps launch Koenig’s career in renewable energy

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 15, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Women in STEM, STEM

It has been less than a year since Katie Koenig graduated from UW-Platteville, and her career is already reaching new heights – from job sites in Washington and New Mexico to the occasional top of a wind turbine.

UW-Platteville to host virtual Earth Day event

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: Apr 14, 2021 | Featured in: Alumni, Campus & Community

In honor of Earth Day, UW-Platteville will be hosting a virtual event, Pioneers Protecting the Planet and Transforming Campus, from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday, April 22. Faculty and staff who are actively engaged in environmental programs on and off-campus will discuss the active sustainability programs on campus as well as building renovations at Boebel Hall and Sesquicentennial Hall.

Samantha Lopez leads the Building Leaders Through the Prioritization of Self workshop.

New student workshop explores connection between mental health and leadership

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 12, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

More than a dozen students recently completed the new five-week workshop, “Building Leaders Through the Prioritization of Self,” hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Created in response to the specific needs of underrepresented minority students at UW-Platteville, the workshop takes a unique approach to leadership development as it explores the interconnected nature of self-care, mental health and leadership.

Making a Case for College panel discussions announced

Written By: Stephen Kelley | Published On: Apr 09, 2021 | Featured in: Baraboo Sauk County, Continuing Education Institute, Press Release

UW-Platteville will host three panels that will connect prospective students with academic experts, business and community leaders, and alumni. During the discussions, the experts will explain how the new and ongoing education pathways at UW-Platteville and its branch campuses in Richland and Baraboo Sauk County continue to set students up for personal, educational and professional success.

UW-Platteville launches Supply Chain Management certificate program

Written By: Eric Herbst | Published On: Apr 09, 2021 | Featured in: Continuing Education Institute, Press Release

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Continuing Education Institute announces the launch of its new Supply Chain Management certificate program.

Pioneer Spotlight: Dr. Bob Demaree

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Apr 09, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community, Arts & Culture

Growing up, Dr. Bob Demaree, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville was surrounded by music. In 1992, he joined UW-Platteville.

Panel of industry leaders to address diversity in engineering and construction

Written By: Alison Parkins | Published On: Apr 06, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host Pathway to Progress: A Panel Discussion on the importance of Diversity in the Engineering, Construction, and Safety Industries on Wednesday, April 14, from 5:15-6:45 p.m. The virtual event is free and open to the public.

Engineering physics student conducts undergraduate research, presents at Student Showcase

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Apr 05, 2021 | Featured in: STEM, Research

As Trevor Wavrunek, a senior engineering physics major, prepares for graduation this May, he credits his experience as an undergraduate researcher with helping him with his next academic goal. He has spent the past three years researching the topic of an alternative to solvent-based microfabrication with Dr. Gokul Gopalakrishnan, associate professor of engineering physics

UW-Platteville students virtually teach physical education to students with disabilities

Written By: Kristie Reynolds | Published On: Apr 05, 2021 | Featured in: Health and Human Performance, Education

For years, students in Dr. Timothy Swenson’s Practicum in Adapted Physical Education class have had the opportunity to teach students with disabilities within a physical education setting. Students continued that experience this year, but with the added challenge – and opportunity for creativity – that was presented by virtual learning.

Dylan Notsch researches the effects of anti-icing on concrete.

Engineering student conducts research on concrete durability

Written By: Ruth Wendlandt | Published On: Mar 31, 2021 | Featured in: STEM, Research

With near-record cold stretches and snow accumulation this winter, de-icing of Wisconsin roads and highways is a common sight, but a research project at UW-Platteville is studying the long-term impacts of these treatments on concrete durability.

Ward wins state-wide civil engineering award

Written By: Justice Hendrick | Published On: Mar 31, 2021 | Featured in: STEM

Jesse Ward, a senior, civil engineering major, was recently honored by the Wisconsin Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers with the Outstanding Senior Civil Engineering Student Award. The recognition is awarded annually to one senior-level civil engineering student who has made significant contributions both to the organization, their own academic career and the career of their fellow students.

Founder of Khan Academy to discuss revolutionizing learning at annual Distinguished Lecture

Written By: Justice Hendrick | Published On: Mar 31, 2021 | Featured in: Campus & Community

UW-Platteville will host Dr. Salman Khan as the latest speaker in its Distinguished Lecturer series. The event is open to UW-Platteville students, faculty and staff, and will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 14, from 10-11 a.m.