UW-Whitewater

February 28, 2025

One chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater rang in the new year with a surprise. In early January, Steven Girard, an associate professor of chemistry, was announced as one of three recipients of the 2024 Universities of Wisconsin Innovation Grant for his proposal, “’Sea-Change’ Silicides: Superalloy and Biomedical Coatings from Sustainable and Recycled Feedstocks.” It was a […]

February 20, 2025

UW-Whitewater Chancellor Corey King and university mascot Willie Warhawk recently visited eight Whitewater area businesses/organizations, expressing gratitude for their support of the university and the Universities of Wisconsin. These visits — documented on video and being shared on social media this week — demonstrate the mutually beneficial relationships that exist between the university and the […]

February 17, 2025

Foster Boom traces his first memories of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater back to a field trip taken as an eighth-grade student at Mahone Middle School in Kenosha. “I think we extracted strawberry or corn DNA,” Boom said. “UW-Whitewater was always in the back of my mind.” After graduating from Libertyville High School in Illinois, Boom […]

January 24, 2025

At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Rock County campus, construction is complete on two state-of-the-art spaces where the next generation of students will earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Edgewood College, the result of a collaborative nursing degree program. These graduates will be primed for high-paying jobs — and ready to fulfill a critical regional […]

December 10, 2024

Two students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater embraced the power of shared experiences — and a resulting fast friendship — to make the most out of their time as Warhawks. Alma Diaz-Cosme and Maribel Rodriguez met as students at UW-Whitewater at Rock County in the fall of 2021. They had each made last-minute decisions to enroll at […]

November 13, 2024

Soon after Anneke Lisberg came to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 13 years ago, she began to realize she had a front-row seat to her students every day — along with an opportunity to help make college doable, possible and meaningful for them. Lisberg, an associate professor of biology, was interested in student success beyond her […]

November 6, 2024

Already among the nation’s most successful college student organizations, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s American Marketing Association and Enactus chapters continued to build on their legacies of entrepreneurship and service over the summer in 2024. Five Warhawks traveled to Antigua, Guatemala, from July 20-27 to continue their work with ProChapina, a nonprofit organization that serves to support, educate, uplift, and empower […]

October 3, 2024

Seven current or former members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball programs won gold medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, continuing a strong tradition of Warhawk success on the sport’s international stage. John Boie, AJ Fitzpatrick, Nate Hinze, Talen Jourdan, Jeromie Meyer and Jake Williams were each part of the Team USA […]

September 30, 2024

Thousands of people visited the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater during the summer of 2024 as the Whitewater and Rock County campuses hosted scores of events between the spring and fall semesters. A total of 6,330 campers and 700 camp counselors participated in the university’s 67 summer programs. Another 5,538 people were served through events run by […]

August 30, 2024

Hannah Smith, a communication major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, took the words of her mother to heart when she was recently recognized for her generosity in front of a national audience at a premium sports awards show. On July 11 in Los Angeles, Smith was honored as a winner of the Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award at […]