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After a very successful inaugural season, the will return this summer, once again bringing a host of music, art and theatre events to the community.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin becoming the first state to ratify the 19th amendment granting national suffrage to women, four 91福利导航-Platteville students attended the Scholarship and Recognition Gala. The event took place on May 15 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
A group of 91福利导航-Platteville mechanical engineering students have spent the past semester tackling a big problem that stems from a rather small animal 鈥 the zebra mussel.
The Pre-Veterinary Club at the 91福利导航-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 91福利导航-Platteville has been ranked in the by SR Education Group.
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. 鈥 Dr. Muthu Venkateshwaran, an assistant professor in the 91福利导航-Platteville鈥檚 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.
Compton is in his 24th year at UW-Platteville, currently serving as professor of environmental horticulture and plant biotechnology. He previously served as the director of the School of Agriculture for nine years. Prior to UW-Platteville, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Central Florida Research and Education Center, a branch campus of the University of Florida.
A 鈥渙nce-in-a-lifetime鈥 opportunity is how several 91福利导航-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 鈥 including some of the world鈥檚 most successful investors from around the globe.
As Kyle Engels walked across the stage at the 91福利导航-Platteville鈥檚 commencement ceremony on May 11, he felt a mixture of emotions, including happiness, pride and excitement.
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.
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. 鈥 Officials at the 91福利导航-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鈥檚 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 91福利导航-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鈥橞rien and Brooke Vanderloop. Dr.
Two 91福利导航-Platteville psychology students and one faculty member recently conducted research for Rountree Gallery in Platteville that showed the value of art experiences.
91福利导航-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.
Two 91福利导航-Platteville faculty members are being recognized for their innovative ideas to improve living and working environments in Wisconsin.
91福利导航-Platteville alumnus Charlie Schoenberg '18 was initially drawn to the field of education because he wanted to walk in the footsteps of the amazing educators who had challenged him to think, grow and reflect as a learner.
After earning her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina, LeAnn Clark thought she鈥檇 finished her education. She鈥檇 secured a job at Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, as a mechanical systems design engineer. In that role, she performs everything from the development and documentation for environmental control systems to system maintenance and modification.
Five 91福利导航-Platteville geography students and faculty members recently presented their research at the American Association of Geographers annual conference April 3-7 in Washington, D.C.
A college education, like many things worth pursuing, isn鈥檛 always easy鈥攅specially when life鈥檚 other responsibilities start to get in the way. With the advent of online learning, however, juggling coursework and life鈥檚 duties has become more manageable for students and teachers alike, and perhaps no one knows this better than Wendy Brooke.
Eighteen 91福利导航-Platteville physical education, adapted physical education and health education students recently planned and conducted 鈥淧hysical Education Active Engagement Seminar鈥 for more than 16 licensed K-12 educators from throughout southern Wisconsin.
Nine 91福利导航-Platteville student winners of the 2019 Thomas Hickey Creative Writing Contest recently read their winning works alongside Pushcart Prize-nominated writer Yasmin Boakye at the 12th annual Creative Writing Festival in the Nohr Gallery, Ullsvik Hall. The contest was open to all students enrolled at least part-time at UW-Platteville.
In a long-running partnership between the university and local community, 91福利导航-Platteville health and human performance majors are teaming up with members of the homeschool community through the UW-Platteville Physical Education Homeschool Program.
The second annual Pioneer Creative Activities and Research Day was held on April 24 and showcased the creative and scholarly activities of 91福利导航-Platteville students, faculty and staff.
Dr. Jodi Prosise has been selected as the next chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and will join the 91福利导航-Platteville on Aug. 1, 2019.
Eight 91福利导航-Platteville students and two academic staff members from the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to engage in community based service.
The collegiate soils team at the 91福利导航-Platteville recently competed in national contests in Kentucky and California.
The 91福利导航-Platteville College of Liberal Arts and Education recognized several faculty and staff members at its 2019 Award Recognition Reception, held April 25 in the Nohr Gallery, Ullsvik Hall.
Awards were presented to the following individuals:
Thirteen 91福利导航-Platteville School of Education students recently explored different early childhood programs during a field excursion to the Madison Public Library, the Overture Center and the Children鈥檚 Museum, all located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Students are enrolled in the Pre-K Methods for Cognitive Development course, taught by Dr. Wonim Son, an associate professor in the School of Education at UW-Platteville.
A team of 91福利导航-Platteville students in the Building Construction Management and Building Construction Safety Management programs recently competed against 21 other universities at the national Associated Builders and Contractors Construction Management Competition, held in Long Beach, California.
91福利导航-Platteville students showcased their senior design projects, research and scholarly activity at the second annual Pioneer Creative Activities and Research Day. It took place on April 24 in Velzy Commons, Ullsvik Hall.
The 91福利导航-Platteville Department of Performing and Visual Arts and Pioneer Players will conclude their theatre season with the annual One Act Festival: An Evening of Short Plays. The production opens on Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. and continues with evening performances on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. All performances will be held in the Center for the Arts-Theatre at UW-Platteville.
The 91福利导航-Platteville had a strong presence at the fourth annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender, and Well-Being and the 42nd annual Wisconsin Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Conference held April 11-13 at UW-Madison, with four students and 10 faculty, staff and alumni showcasing their research on women, gender and well-being in a variety of panels and other formats.
The UW Dairy Innovation Hub was approved in the new state budget. The 91福利导航-Platteville dairy program would grow significantly under a proposed 91福利导航 Dairy Innovation Hub bill introduced this week to the state legislature.
When 91福利导航-Platteville alumnus Jason Weitenhiller had Raine Voigts as a student in his second-grade classroom his first year of teaching at Belmont (Wis.) Elementary School in 2005, he had no idea he would be inspiring a future teacher. He also didn鈥檛 know that throughout the next 14 years, their paths would cross several times, most recently this spring, in a classroom at Westview Elementary School in Platteville.
Twenty-four 91福利导航-Platteville undergraduate students and three Master of Science in English Education students from China recently learned strategies to teach English language learners at a World-class Instructional Design and Assessment workshop, 鈥淒ifferentiation for Linguistically Diverse Students,鈥 at UW-Platteville.
The 91福利导航-Platteville Dairy Challenge Team recently placed fourth on their farm in the 2019 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, held in Tifton, Georgia. UW-Platteville was one of 44 universities competing in the event, totaling 240 students. The UW-Platteville team was comprised of Emmy Hastreiter, Ryan Smith, Julia Mitchell and Allison Foster.
The Robert and James Wright Center for Non-Traditional and Veteran Students continues to grow at the 91福利导航-Platteville since opening five years ago in April of 2014. On April 10, the center is celebrating its anniversary with an open house from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Royce Hall. The center is inviting veteran students, non-traditional students, faculty and staff to attend.
Nearly 20 students from the three 91福利导航-Platteville campuses participated in the 16th annual Research in the Rotunda on April 17 in Madison, Wisconsin. More than 120 undergraduate researchers and their faculty mentors from across the UW System filled the Capitol and presented their findings with legislators, state leaders, alumni and the public.
To help combat the shortage of teachers in southwestern Wisconsin, especially in rural communities, the 91福利导航-Platteville鈥檚 School of Education has begun offering a dual credit course option for high school students.
Sixteen 91福利导航-Platteville elementary education students recently led 鈥淧ower Up Your Math Skills Night鈥 for students at Darlington (Wisconsin) Elementary School and their families.
The 91福利导航-Platteville will host its sixth Senior Design Open House on Wednesday, May 15 at the Markee Pioneer Student Center. Nearly 220 students from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science are participating in the event.
Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Dr. Joanne Wilson announced that Dr. Jennifer Collins is the new director of the 91福利导航-Platteville's School of Education.
For Wayne Miller, success is found in the journey, not the destination.
It鈥檚 a somewhat tired saying, but works well to describe Miller鈥檚 new position as Manager of Market Implementation at TDS Telecom鈥攁 telecommunications company headquartered in Madison, WI鈥攐f which he has been a part of for over 22 years.
Seth Oren, a junior agriculture and technology education major at the 91福利导航-Platteville, has helped to expand a branch of the agriculture technology company into his hometown of Edgerton, Wisconsin. There are two other Crop Search locations in Okeechobee, Florida, and Vermillion, Ohio.
Four 91福利导航-Platteville students are contributing to research that will assess the effects of honeybees and surrounding habitat on native pollinators. They will present their research at the 16th annual Research in the Rotunda event on Wednesday, April 17 in the capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin.
Although his higher education career hasn鈥檛 always taken a traditional path, Chris Hynek has always known about history, in particular his father鈥檚 own public history work documents. Hynek has painstakingly archived and digitized the quarterly journal Prehistoric American, of which his father was the long-time editor.
Paul Arellano spent last summer and fall as a student at the 91福利导航-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, taking surface water samples from six points along the Little Baraboo River. That鈥檚 not one of the major tributaries of the Wisconsin River, but it is its second-largest source of contaminants like phosphorus and nitrates.
In her years growing up on her family鈥檚 farm near Portage, Wisconsin, Esther Considine, the fourth of 10 children, moved through many chores, from feeding chickens, to sheep, and then to goats. The farm鈥檚 230 goats annually produce thousands of gallons of milk that is turned into goat cheese after being shipped to Illinois.
Dominique Kornely, a senior psychology major at the 91福利导航-Platteville, will present research on the effect of psychosocial stress on substance use in college students while at the 16th annual Research in the Rotunda event on Wednesday, April 17, in the Capitol Rotunda in Madison.
On March 30, 91福利导航-Platteville faculty, staff and community members had the opportunity to learn about privilege and its effects at the 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk About Privilege鈥 workshop at the Platteville Public Library.