Dr. Chris Schulenburg, professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has earned the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence. The award is presented annually to a tenure-track or tenured faculty member who has made distinguished contributions to the mission of UW-Platteville.

“I relish receiving the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence because it relies on evidence from the classroom itself,” said Schulenburg. “That is, the committee filmed a class of the three finalists in order to see what an actual class looks like from an outside observer. In the end, no one really knows how professors teach unless they choose to visit our classes. The fact that this award reflects a real class means everything to me.”

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Department of Performing and Visuals Arts and the Platteville Summer Arts Festival will present the musical “Big Fish.”

Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the critically-acclaimed 2003 film directed by Tim Burton, this musical has a book by John August and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. The production runs July 26 and 27 and Aug. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. and July 28 and Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. in the university’s Center for the Arts Theatre.

“Big Fish” tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest. Edward’s incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – except his son Will, who, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales before it’s too late.

Chancellor Dennis J. Shields announced changes in his leadership team and direct reports today, as the University of Wisconsin-Platteville begins preparation for its 154th academic year. Chancellor Shields is beginning his 10th year as the head of UW-Platteville.

As part of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s goal to build strategic partnerships with industry in Wisconsin, a group of faculty and staff members – from multiple disciplines across campus – recently participated in the Industry 4.0 Impact on Manufacturing Workforce conference, sponsored by the NEW Manufacturing Alliance.

Jeffrey Strange, associate professor of theatre, resident scenic and lighting designer and technical director of the Center for the Arts Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, was recently honored with the university’s third annual Nimocks Family Faculty Appreciation Award.

He was nominated for the award by Dr. Laura Anderson, chair of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at UW-Platteville, and Dr. Ann Farrelly, associate professor and theatre program coordinator at UW-Platteville.

The award, created in 2007 by Dr. Mittie Nimocks Den Herder, former provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, honors and recognizes outstanding faculty at UW-Platteville who teach effectively, teach the value of diversity, teach the ability to argue sensitive issues with competence and civility, create opportunities for students to engage in high-impact practices, and teach the importance of a liberal arts education.

Six University of Wisconsin-Platteville education students recently gained knowledge about the American Civil War at the “Civil War 101 Teachers Institute” at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

The three-day institute examined the compromises and controversies leading up to the American Civil War and provided an overview of the war and its effect. It also delved into the challenges wartime presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis faced and explored the outcomes of the Civil War, providing a framework for understanding Reconstruction and the legacies of the war.

Students were led by Dr. Jen Collins, director of the School of Education at UW-Platteville.

Seven University of Wisconsin-Platteville pre-service teachers gained experience working with seven elementary-aged English language learners, thanks to “Hooked on Books,” an after-school reading program held this spring at Westview Elementary School in Platteville.

The goal of the reading program, now in its second year, is to provide pre-service teachers with hands-on experiences working with English language learners and to provide those learners with opportunities to increase their English and literacy skills. English language learners or English learners are those students who come from a family where the home language is different than English.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host the 29th annual Wisconsin Space Conference on Thursday, Aug. 15 in Velzy Commons, Ullsvik Hall. The event will bring together faculty, industry, students and community members from across the state with a common interest in aerospace.

The annual conference is sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, which is a joint effort between NASA and statewide organizations dedicated to helping provide Wisconsin residents with tools, connections and resources needed to support the aerospace community in the state. UW-Platteville is an affiliate member of the consortium, and according to Dr. Katie Rabidoux, assistant professor of engineering physics and WSGC institutional representative, bringing the conference to campus is a great opportunity that aligns UW-Platteville’s institutional values with WSGC’s mission.

Dr. Shan Sappleton, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, received the Excellence in Advising International Students Award for her efforts in helping further international experiences at the university.

The award is presented annually to a UW-Platteville faculty or staff member who has demonstrated passion for and innovation in helping students incorporate an education abroad experience into their degree program and who has had a significant positive impact on the international student population.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville senior Jessica Wells is spending her summer in the field pursuing her research interest as a part of UW-Platteville’s Summer Undergraduate Scholars Program. The biology major and West Allis, Wisconsin native is studying environmental factors that could be potentially contributing to tadpole abnormalities.

Now in its second year, the Summer Undergraduate Scholars Program offers 10 students – across a variety of majors – an opportunity to spend the summer engaged in research in their area of interest while mentored by a faculty member. The program includes weekly group sessions to explore topics such as leadership development, research ethics, preparing for graduate school and more.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Performing and Visual Arts and the Platteville Summer Arts Festival will present A.R. Gurney’s classic play “Love Letters,” featuring former associate professor of theatre Dr. David Schuler and former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Dr. Mittie Den Herder. The production runs July 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and July 21 at 2 p.m. in the university’s Center for the Arts Brodbeck Concert Hall.

The play, performed in the style known as “reader’s theatre,” is comprised of two actors reading letters exchanged over a lifetime between two characters, Andrew and Melissa, who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences.

“It’s a play about how relationships are affected by how we communicate our needs and desires to those closest to us,” said Schuler. “Unfortunately for Andrew and Melissa, they never seem to be on the same page.”

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneer Farm earned high rankings at the recent District 3 Holstein Show, sponsored by the Wisconsin Holstein Association, held June 21.



Maddy Gwidt, a sophomore dairy science major from Pulaski, Wisconsin, showed two heifers and two cows. The highest ranking was earned by a cow in the Senior 3-Year-Old class, which ranked second in its class and went on to receive the title of Reserve Intermediate Champion, as well as Honorable Mention Grand Champion of the show.

Jessica Sprenger-Schulenburg, academic advisor/ academic coach in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Department of Criminal Justice, earned the Outstanding Professional Academic Advisor Award for exemplifying the best qualities of academic staff advisors. The award is presented annually to a UW-Platteville faculty/instructional academic staff member whose primary or only responsibility is advising.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and UW-Madison are exploring a new collaboration aimed at addressing a shortage of physician assistants (PAs) in underserved rural areas.



Representatives from the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at UW-Madison joined UW-Platteville representatives and area health care professionals to discuss expanding UW-Madison’s PA program to UW-Platteville.



Under the concept, students would earn a degree through UW-Madison’s nationally recognized program by attending classes at UW-Platteville. UW-Madison would provide administrative oversight.

Sixteen University of Wisconsin-Platteville students recently collaborated with teaching staff at Dodgeville (Wis.) Elementary School to present Family Math Night for students and their families. It was the first time the program has been held for students from Early Childhood through fifth grade.

Students were enrolled in the university’s Teaching Elementary Mathematics course, taught by Dr. Jodean Grunow, senior lecturer of mathematics at UW-Platteville.

Under the direction of Grunow, students developed and delivered the program activities, working side-by-side with Dodgeville Elementary School teachers. All of the Dodgeville teachers, with the exception of one, are UW-Platteville graduates. All had planned and coordinated Family Math Nights, as UW-Platteville students, through the university’s Teaching Elementary Mathematics course.

Assistant Professor of chemistry Dr. Raymond Pugh will continue his research on Writing-to-Learn through the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars program. Pugh is one of three University of Wisconsin-Platteville faculty members selected for the 2019-20 program. The program supports outstanding educators in pursuing teaching and learning questions emerging from the classroom.

“Wow! It’s exciting,” said Pugh of his reaction to being selected. “It confirmed the belief that people are excited about it. They want to see the outcome of the research, see how it can impact my classroom and how it can be shared throughout the university.”

$750,000 federal grant brings new opportunities to Soil and Crop Science program in the School of Agriculture

Dr. Muthu Venkateshwaran, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville School of Agriculture, was recently selected to receive the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The $750,000 award – the largest in the School of Agriculture’s more than 100-year history – will fund up to five years of research in the area of plant-microbe symbioses.

To offer students more educational opportunities and to help meet the region’s workforce demands, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville is offering new associate degrees at its branch campuses, UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County and UW-Platteville Richland.

Beginning in fall 2019, students can work towards two-year Associate of Science in Food and Agriculture or Associate of Science in Business Administration, either of which would also fulfill the general education requirements for a four-year degree from any UW institution. 

As June Dairy Month comes to a close, University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumna Charitee Seebecker ’18 received the opportunity to share her passion of agriculture and represent her home state in the National Miss United States Agriculture Queen pageant in Orlando, Florida.

Seebecker, a native of Mauston, Wisconsin, graduated with a degree in agriculture business. In 2018 she was crowned Wisconsin Ms. United States Agriculture. Seebecker is an advocate of the agricultural industry and uses her platform to raise awareness about the importance of farmers. “We need to invest in the youth, invest in agriculture and invest in the future,” she said.

You were crowned Wisconsin Ms. United States Agriculture in 2018 and participated in the National Miss United States Agriculture Queen pageant from June 21-22 in Orlando, Florida. Can you describe your experience?

When Sean Hayes heard he’d been selected for the 2019 Dawn Drake Excellence in Distance Education Scholarship, the impact went well beyond finances. When pursuing his undergraduate on campus at UW-Platteville he was focused on passing and getting out into the workforce. Now, as a Managing Engineer at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the father of two said taking the time to earn his Master of Science in Engineering online from his alma mater felt more serious.

“My wife and I thought a lot about a master’s degree – if we could afford it, if I could afford the time,” Hayes said. “Winning the scholarship is great to defray the costs of school, but it also proved the hard work is worth it, that I’m really earning this degree.”

Country breakout artists Mitchell Tenpenny and Chris Lane will take center stage at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Welcome Back concert on Monday, Sept. 2. The concert will be held in Williams Fieldhouse with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale for the public.

Tenpenny’s single “Drunk Me” is Platinum-certified number one and has had more than 200 million on-demand streams. He’s also being called the 2019 artist to watch by Country Music Television and was nominated for a 2019 Academy of Country Music award for new male artist of the year.

Lane is known for his hits of “Fix,” “For Her” and “Take Back Home Girl” which became his third Gold-certified single in a row. He’s launched two albums “Girl Problems” and most recently “Laps Around the Sun.”

Dr. Kristina Fields, professor of civil engineering, is one of two recipients recognized with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville 2019 Excellence in Advising International Students Award. This award is presented annually to recognize faculty and staff who have demonstrated passion for and left impacts on incorporating international studies into education for both foreign and domestic students.

“[The award] definitely means a lot to me because this is a big campus, and there are a lot of amazing faculty,” Fields said. “When I was at the international night, it was humbling as well because there are a lot of remarkable international faculty on our campus.”

University of Wisconsin-Platteville faculty recently participated in Declaration Day at Racine Unified School District’s Park High School, helping students explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and careers.

Park High School, which has an enrollment of 1,400 students, celebrates a Declaration Day for students to officially declare their area of study and select an Academy and Pathway for their high school career. Closely aligned with STEM programs, the Academy and Pathway programs are novel programs implemented at Park High School where minority enrollments are prevalent – 35% African-American, 31% Hispanic-Latino, and 70% Economically Disadvantaged – according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Social justice may not come to mind when one thinks of the lead mining boom of the Driftless Region of Wisconsin from 1826-1848. Yet, this is precisely what a University of Wisconsin-Platteville history class and staff did, through a special collaborative project with The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums in Platteville.

After working at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville for 35 years, not much surprises Jeanne Robinson, but the School Certifying Official for veterans’ benefits was caught off-guard when she opened her email this spring and read that she won the University Staff Award of Excellence.

“I won what? I was shocked, very shocked. I didn’t know I was nominated until I found out in an email that I won,” she said.

Greg Tremelling, coordinator of the Wright Center for Non-Traditional and Veteran Students, is the one who nominated her.

“She’s deserving of this award for the amount of work she has put in,” he said. “She has been instrumental in righting the ship after a couple of challenging years for the office of the veterans’ certifying official. She had glowing recommendation letters (from her co-workers), and it’s an honor to work with her.”

For exemplary contributions to Wisconsin innovation, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Caleb Dykema will receive the 2019 Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year Award.

The honor will be given to Dykema at WSTS, a two-day UW System-focused research and innovation symposium, that will be held at UW-Stout in July.

“We have been very impressed with Caleb’s determination and progress as an inventor and entrepreneur," said WiSys President Arjun Sanga. "Each year he has improved upon his ideas through participation and success in various competitions including WiSys’ Prototype Hackathon. It’s remarkable how much he has accomplished while balancing his course load as a student.”

The proposed Dairy Innovation Hub bill moved two steps closer to reality this week when the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate both passed the proposal that the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance originally recommended in the 2019-21 state budget. The budget now goes before Gov. Tony Evers.

The original bill provides $7.9 million annually to UW System to increase offerings at UW-Platteville, UW-Madison and UW-River Falls. More than $1.8 million of that would fund approximately four UW-Platteville Dairy Science faculty positions, research opportunities and equipment in the Russell Hall laboratories and at Pioneer Farm. The JFC recommended $8.8 million for the next two years.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville criminal justice programs have been recognized by Online School Report for best online degrees for 2019. The online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice program was recognized in the Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees in Criminal Justice and the online Master of Science in Criminal Justice ranked in the top ten for Best Online Master’s Degrees in Criminal Justice.

Recent graduate Caroline Sawyer had the opportunity to take what she learned in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Dairy Science program and apply it to a lesser-known animal – the water buffalo. Sawyer recently returned from the fourth International Buffalo Federation training program in Monterotondo, Italy.

Kari Frederick, chemistry laboratory manager for the chemistry department, was awarded the University of Wisconsin-Platteville 2019 Academic Staff Award for Excellence. This award is presented to an instructional or non-instructional academic staff member with a minimum of 12 consecutive months of employment at UW-Platteville who has provided essential services to the university while demonstrating excellence of performance, personal interaction, initiative and creativity.

“I am humbled and grateful to be chosen for this award, as I am sure there were many deserving candidates. It is truly a great feeling to be recognized and appreciated for my efforts over my 20 years at UW-Platteville,” Frederick said. “I must also express my appreciation for my staff in the stockroom for all their hard work and dedication. It takes a team to get all the labs prepped every week so that they run smoothly for faculty and staff instructors.”

Dr. Eugene Tesdahl, assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is one of three UW-Platteville faculty members selected for the 2019-20 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program.

The Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program is a statewide professional and instructional development program that offers UW System faculty and teaching academic staff a unique opportunity to collaborate with other exceptional teachers from across the UW System and from various disciplines. The objective of the program is to connect exemplary early-career and late-career teachers into a mentor program. They will each work together and lead efforts to further their individual research.

Nearly $30,000 has been raised, to date, for the Barry L. Ellis Music Scholarship Fund. The fund was created by UW-Platteville’s Department of Performing and Visual Arts and Ellis’s wife Terri in memory of Dr. Barry Ellis, who passed away suddenly in October. Ellis was a professor of music and director of bands at the university for 27 years.

The Barry L. Ellis Music Scholarship Fund will provide financial support for music scholarships for incoming, continuing, and transfer students who have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and are participating in an instrumental ensemble, with preference given to music and music education majors. The Department of Performing and Visual Arts is pleased to announce that the scholarship is now fully endowed.

For many, the mention of the term “Cold War” elicits images of distant past in which socialist and capitalist superpowers fought far-away battles for global supremacy through space exploration, nuclear missile technology, local insurgencies and espionage. Yet, global Cold War did not only unfold in Cuba, Vietnam, Moscow or Washington – it also affected Wisconsin.

This spring, Dr. Andrey Ivanov, assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, brought this event closer to home for students in his Global Cold War course through fieldwork explorations that included a visit to Platteville’s city nuclear fallout shelter, the study of UW-Platteville’s nuclear preparedness plans and the exploration of UW-Platteville’s connection to the Soviet Union through the UW-Platteville-USSR study abroad trip program in the 1970s.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville dairy program would grow significantly under a proposed University of Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub bill introduced this week to the state legislature.

The bill provides $7.9 million annually to UW System to increase offerings at UW-Platteville, UW-Madison and UW-River Falls. More than $1.8 million of that would fund approximately four UW-Platteville dairy science faculty positions, research opportunities and equipment in the Russell Hall laboratories and at Pioneer Farm.

The proposal, authored in part by local representatives Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), Rep. Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City) and Rep. Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville) among others, calls for disciplines in four areas:

Health care is an innovative and demanding field, but the work goes far beyond doctors and nurses. There are hundreds of people behind the scenes in business management, research, and more who drive progress. Krista Lea has had the opportunity to learn this first hand after joining the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota last year as a Health Systems Engineer.

Lea started her career in food manufacturing but was excited to transition to a role that would better utilize her industrial engineering skills. In her new role, she and her team provide management engineering and business consulting services to practices across the Mayo Clinic enterprise. “We help teams solve complex problems that ultimately benefit our patients in terms of care, value, and quality,” Lea said. “It is incredibly rewarding work, and I feel honored to do what I do.”

Shannon Konkol credits outstanding professors and unique, hands-on learning experiences for helping her gain the knowledge, skills and confidence she needs to continue her journey toward her career goal: to earn a law degree and represent victims of domestic violence.

In May, Konkol, a Hatley, Wisconsin native, earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and political science with an emphasis in pre-law from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. This fall, she will begin graduate school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she will pursue a Master of Arts in political science and a Juris Doctor in family law.

After a very successful inaugural season, the Platteville Summer Arts Festival will return this summer, once again bringing a host of music, art and theatre events to the community.

 “We are so excited to be back,” said Ann Farrelly, associate professor of theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and festival artistic director. “The overwhelming response from the community to our events last year reinforced our belief that the arts belong in Platteville in the summer.”

In support of the mission of UW-Platteville, the Platteville Summer Arts Festival seeks to foster an environment in which artists, educators, students, audience members and the greater tri-state community collaboratively create and celebrate the arts.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin becoming the first state to ratify the 19th amendment granting national suffrage to women, four University of Wisconsin-Platteville students attended the Wisconsin Women in Government Scholarship and Recognition Gala. The event took place on May 15 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

The participating students included Kristen Hephner, a junior criminal justice and accounting double major from Auroa, Illinois; Lindsy York, a senior education major from Hennepin, Illinois; Mikayla Ney, a junior chemistry major from Waterford, Wisconsin; and Rachel Eckmann, a senior chemistry and forensic investigation double major from Waukesha, Wisconsin.

A group of University of Wisconsin-Platteville mechanical engineering students have spent the past semester tackling a big problem that stems from a rather small animal – the zebra mussel. As part of a senior design project, sponsored by the United States Geological Survey, a six-student team created a test apparatus to infuse carbon dioxide into the water to decrease the population of this invasive species.



Advised by Dr. Thomas Zolper, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, the students included Robert Brunker, Hailey Mayer, Luke Johnson, Kolbi Lackey, Kian Costea and Sara Scofield.

The Pre-Veterinary Club at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently attended the annual American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association Symposium at Pennsylvania State University, where students had the opportunity to attend various lectures and wet labs related to veterinary medicine, as well as meet and talk with specific veterinary colleges about their programs. 

The online Master of Science in Engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has been ranked in the 2019 Most Affordable Master’s in Engineering Management Online by SR Education Group.

“The affordability and accessibility of the Master of Science in Engineering program provides students with opportunities that can help them achieve their career goals,” Program Coordinator Mike Zampaloni said. “This award reaffirms the important role programs like ours can play in preparing individuals to advance and excel in the workforce.”

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Dr. Muthu Venkateshwaran, an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s School of Agriculture, was recently awarded an Applied Research Grant from the WiSys Technology Foundation, totaling more than $46,000. The grant will support his development of natural and safe pesticides as novel alternatives for sustainable plant disease management.



According to Venkateshwaran, each year Wisconsin farmers spend up to $22.4 million on fungicide for disease management, and yet, up to 20% of crop loss is due to plant diseases, with an additional 10% loss due to post harvest diseases. This is partially caused by the emergence of resistant strains of pathogens, which is why Venkateshwaran is researching the use of natural pesticides produced by plants, such as plant-derived essential oils.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Joanne Wilson announced today that Dr. Mike Compton has been appointed interim assistant provost for the branch campuses.

"This new position helps solidify the strong relationship and collaboration between UW-Platteville, UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County and UW-Platteville Richland," Wilson said. "Dr. Compton will be an excellent liaison for all three campuses. We are particularly excited to have him be a leader for the new associate of science degrees in Food and Agriculture and Business Administration. Mike is no stranger to branch campuses, as he began his academic career as a faculty member of a branch college in Florida."

A “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity is how several University of Wisconsin-Platteville students described their recent trip to the annual Berkshire Hathaway investors meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company, and the annual shareholders meeting is attended by more than 40,000 people – including some of the world’s most successful investors from around the globe.



Among the highlights for students was the opportunity to listen to Warren Buffet as he delivered a speech and answered shareholders’ questions.

As Kyle Engels walked across the stage at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s commencement ceremony on May 11, he felt a mixture of emotions, including happiness, pride and excitement.

Happiness, because after five years of intensive, challenging coursework at UW-Platteville, his hard work and dedication had paid off – he had earned a Bachelor of Science in a field he was passionate about, political science.

Pride, because he was the first member of his family to graduate from college.

And excitement, because he had recently been accepted into a doctoral program at the University of Colorado-Boulder and was confident that his education at UW-Platteville had fully prepared him for the challenge.

Sergio Romero lives and works two hours from Platteville in Delavan, Wisconsin, but he has managed to maintain a strong tie to the campus community as an alumnus and to the online community as a current student within the M.S. of Organizational Change Leadership program.

Romero originally came to UW-Platteville to pursue engineering, but then began to explore computer science. When he found himself reading lines of code late into the night, he changed his plans. Friends in the industrial tech program then persuaded him to combine his interest with a B.S. in Industrial Technology Management.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville held a ceremony on Monday to honor the late Patricia A. Doyle and rededicate the Patricia A. Doyle Center for Gender and Sexuality in her memory. The rededication ceremony was held as part of the center’s annual end-of-the-year celebration. A new plaque to honor Doyle was unveiled during the ceremony.

Four members of the Agribusiness Club at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently attended the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference in Murray, Kentucky. This national judging conference was hosted by Murray State University. The Agribusiness Club members who participated include Emily Adelmeyer, Alyssa Demrow, Colton O’Brien and Brooke Vanderloop. Dr. Chuck Steiner, director of Pioneer Farm and professor in the School of Agriculture, served as their coach.

The students competed in two contests: Agriculture Knowledge and Ag Business. In the Agriculture Knowledge contest, they competed against other university teams to answer toss-up and bonus questions from a variety of agricultural areas including agri-business/farm management, agricultural mechanics, animal sciences, crops/soils, current agricultural events and horticulture.

Two University of Wisconsin-Platteville psychology students and one faculty member recently conducted research for Rountree Gallery in Platteville that showed the value of art experiences.

Student researchers Shannon Smith, a senior psychology major from Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Amanda Richey, a senior psychology major from Frederic, Wisconsin, are enrolled in Behavioral Research II, taught by Dr. Joan Riedle, professor of psychology at UW-Platteville.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville students, faculty and staff could play large roles in solving water issues in Southwest Wisconsin and beyond if a new initiative is passed.

Several UW-Platteville faculty members spoke in favor of the proposed UW System Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Water Task Force public hearing Wednesday in Lancaster, Wisconsin.

The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin would establish the nation’s most significant, integrated, multi-institutional higher education program serving the freshwater economy, according to UW System. A majority of the 13 comprehensive universities would be involved, each tasked with different areas of study. The program would bring 1,000 undergraduate and 400 graduate students to the system, as well as add 100 new faculty and researchers, to address important water issues.