Spring Break
The first annual "Taste of Whitewater" was deemed a major success with an estimated 1,000-1,500 people attending Saturday according to committee member Derek Henze.
Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Wis., told a campus news conference Sept. 11 that Wisconsin's budget crisis was delaying financial aid to 178 UW-Whitewater students. As required by law, the state budget was due on July 1. More than two months have passed and the state senate and assembly are still deadlocked.
State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, will be coming to speak to the College Republicans about the Wisconsin State budget stalemate next Wednesday at 9 p.m. in Esker Hall 119.
The UW-Whitewater/City of Whitewater Liaison Committee met for the first time Friday to discuss ways to maintain and improve the relationship between the campus and city.
Lee Jones, a former dean and founder of the Brothers of the Academy, launched an inspirational magazine this summer, more than a year after resigning from the university under allegations of misspending his organization's funds.
The College of Letters and Sciences hosted the reopening of the newly renovated office space in White Hall last week Wednesday.
The management computer systems (MCS) department has been named the No. 1 four-year degree program in the U.S. and Canada by the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP).
K. Praveen Parboteeah, assistant professor for the Department of Management at UW-Whitewater, addressed the importance of students learning ethical business practices while in school in his lecture titled "International Understandings of Work Place Ethics" as a part of the Fairhaven Lecture Series Monday.
Jerry Gosen and Sameer Prasad, management professors at UW-Whitewater, are heading to India this December to help sari-weavers facing extreme difficulties.