2008 Woodie Awards
Former Warhawk Justin Beaver survived a hectic Green Bay Packers rookie tryout camp, but is waiting on a phone call from the team to sign him as a free agent.
Interim Chancellor Richard Telfer was recommended to replace former Chancellor Martha Saunders on a permanent basis. The final decision will be in June, when the full Chancellor Search and Screening Committee board acts on the recommendation.
The average ACT score for incoming freshmen at UW-Whitewater is about 22.8, according to the admissions office. The average score at UW-Eau Claire is over 24 and over 23 at UW-La Crosse.
The St. Louis Rams have limited its potential summer training sites to UW-Whitewater and Concordia University in Mequon. However, campus Athletic Director Paul Plinske said the Rams are leaning toward Concordia.
After the power plant explosion closed Esker Dining Hall two weeks ago, the University Center began offering meal transfers to students with meal plans. It has since been discontinued because the university said the UC cannot handle a large volume of diners.
Sophomore Jordan Leahy was awarded the top prize of $5,000 with his invention of the Rendlex Tool, a tool with special features designed to aid in window washing during the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization's 2nd Annual Warhawk Business Plan Contest Thursday evening in the Hamilton Center.
Profile of commencement speaker Gwynne DeBoer
Robin Fox, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, said the university has been given a gift with facilities, programs and faculty. She said students with disabilities are students first and disabled second, and are valued members of the community.
In response to the recent boiler explosion, Whitewater Student Government University Services Director Allison Rygh began fundraising for wells for India.
A UW-Whitewater sophomore was arrested recently on a disorderly conduct charge after he called the driver of a bus shuttle from campus to Milwaukee an 'idiot.'
The Leadership and Military Science Department is not offering the required military history classes for students who plan to minor in leadership or military science.
