The weather is warmer, and summer at UW-Whitewater is in full swing. Special Olympics Wisconsin rolls onto campus this week for the 2025 Summer Games, which includes more than 1,200 athletes and their families. Summer camps and clinics begin next week. SOAR sessions will also keep campus buzzing with energy.
We wish the best of luck to the Warhawk baseball team, which is competing this week at the NCAA Division III World Series!
Warhawk Weekly returns at the end of the month. Have a great June, Warhawks!
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Enactus wins national championship |
UW-Whitewater Enactus was named 2025 Enactus USA champion at a national expo in May. The team will represent the United States and compete alongside more than 30 other countries at the Enactus World Cup this September in Thailand.
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UW-Whitewater student earns Goldwater Scholarship |
Beto Patino Luna, a geography major from Janesville, is one of just 441 recipients nationwide — including eight from Wisconsin — to earn a Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarship.
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Volunteer spots available for Special Olympics
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Interested in helping a good cause while being an ambassador for UW-Whitewater? Volunteer spots are available for this week’s Special Olympics Wisconsin Summer Games, which begin with Thursday’s Opening Ceremony.
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Wisconsin Technology Council Luncheon
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Join us for a discussion on “Empowering Innovation from Within: Intrapreneurship” next Thursday, June 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Whitewater University Innovation Center, located at 1221 Innovation Drive in Whitewater. Networking starts at 11:30, and our panel of local experts will present at 12:30. The registration fee covers the cost of lunch, which is served at noon.
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| Show Your College Pride Day at Summerfest
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Join the Warhawk family on Show Your College Pride Day at Summerfest on Friday, June 27, on the Summerfest grounds at Henry Maier Festival Park. Wear your UW-Whitewater/Warhawks shirt or hat for free admission to Summerfest between noon and 3 p.m.
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We distribute dozens of achievements through our Merit platform each year. Is there a student achievement out there that you believe is worthy of further recognition? Please e-mail umc@uww.edu to submit your idea.
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UW-Whitewater announces Dean’s List
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More than 3,500 Warhawks earned a spot on the Dean's List for the spring 2025 semester.
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| Track and field teams amass postseason honors
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| World languages and cultures students recognized
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The Department of World Languages and Cultures recognized student inductees into three honor societies for the 2024-25 academic year. Hispanic » | French » | German »
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Kudos to Professor Barbara Grubel of the Department of Theatre/Dance, who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Dance Council. The award will be shared at the Statewide Conference and Award Ceremony on Oct. 11, 2025, at the Fine Arts Institute at East High School in Green Bay.
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Kudos to Pamela Tesch, adjunct instructor of world languages and cultures, and Timothy Holian, senior lecturer of world languages and cultures, who delivered presentations at the 49th Annual Symposium of The Society for German American Studies, “German Americans in Print,” held April 24-26 in Milwaukee. Tesch presented “Working from Home: Lessons from Die deutsche Hausfrau: Monatsschrift fuer die Frauenwelt Amerikas (January–December 1920),” and Holian presented “Qualität setzt sich durch: German American Brewers and Print Advertising in the Pre-Prohibition Era.” 49th Annual Symposium article »
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Art education students Judith Perez of Delavan and Emma Siskoff of New Berlin (pictured), along with alum Kelly Marie Hausknecht, were among eight artists chosen by the Whitewater Public Arts Commission for the 2025 Traffic Box Art Project. Alum Hollyn Peterson was named an alternate. The project is part of the city’s ongoing commitment to public art and community engagement.
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Two UW-Whitewater athletics coaches recently reached 800 career wins, and they both did it in NCAA Super Regional games. On May 22, head softball coach Brenda Volk earned her 800th career victory as the Warhawks defeated St. Mary’s (MN) 5-3. One day later, head baseball coach John Vodenlich achieved the milestone as UW-Whitewater topped UW-Oshkosh 14-1.
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UW-Whitewater at Rock County is offering 10 scholarships worth $1,000 each to encourage both current and prospective students to enroll full-time or part-time (at least 6 credits) for fall 2025 classes at URock. Students must be registered by June 16 or July 28 to be eligible. Rock Scholarships »
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Foundation board president named to BizTimes list
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Sandy Dunst, a UW-Whitewater graduate and chair of the university’s foundation board, has been selected to the 2025 BizTimes Media Notable Nonprofit Board Leaders list. Dunst, who earned a BBA in accounting in 1979, has served the foundation for the last decade and is highly engaged in the Milwaukee area. Sandy Dusnt »
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URock launches medical sciences program
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UW-Whitewater at Rock County has launched its first-ever bachelor's degree program. A Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences with two specialized emphases — diagnostic sonography and radiologic technology — will prepare students for careers in medical imaging. Medical Sciences »
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