Greetings! It’s Homecoming Week at UW-Whitewater. Check your inboxes for a special Homecoming edition of Warhawk News and Events for all the details on this year’s festivities.
In this edition, make sure to head to the HR Corner for important information on Open Enrollment, which is available through the end of October.
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Hands-on learning across the Atlantic |
UW-Whitewater students traveled to Germany over the summer, working closely with their peers and with native Germans to complete a capstone project for a communication class. More than 25 Warhawks immersed themselves in the nation’s culture and lived a shared experience with memories to last a lifetime.
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Award-winning Warhawk thrives through experiences |
Elizabeth Toffel, an elementary/middle education and art education major from Wilmot, earned the 2026 Wisconsin Art Education Association (WAEA) Pre-Service Art Educator of the Year Award last spring. Toffel is highly involved at the university with undergraduate research, community-based learning (CBL), and more.
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Open Enrollment concludes Oct. 30!
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| Eat lunch, learn tactics to stay healthy on Oct. 27
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Bring your lunch, learn how to boost your immune system as winter approaches, and network with colleagues at Lunch & Learn with Warhawk Wellness on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from noon to 1 p.m. in UC 259.
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| Warhawks in Motion winners announced
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Here are the top three placers in the Warhawks in Motions contest!
First place — Walking Incidents: Ashley Lee, Bridget Slamann, Chris Skrandzius, Nick Brasch, Antonio Ponce
Second place — Las Mexicanas: Miguel Aguilar, Angeles Cortez, Luz Mireles, Gabriela Guzman Garcia, Maria Gonzalez Gomez
Third place — Crime Steppers: Christina Berndt, Karissa Powers, Jeff Von Alven, Kelsey Servi, Alison Fish
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Thank you for all who donated at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Oct. 13! Each donation can save more than one life!
Presenting donors: 54
Deferred donors: 6
First time donors: 25
Whole blood donations: 40
Power red cell donations: 14
Total donations: 54
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Support our graduates: Volunteer for fall commencement!
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Join us in making commencement day special for our graduating students! Staff volunteers are needed on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 7:30 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. Roles include greeters, door attendants, wristband checkers, hallway monitors, fieldhouse hosts, and remote viewing room attendants. It is a rewarding experience and a great way to support students you have worked with without using guest tickets.
Please submit your interest using this form by Nov. 9.
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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 awards scholarships for 2026-27
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More than 1,500 students earned scholarships from UW-Whitewater for the 2026-27 academic year.
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| Student tutors, CSOs, admissions workers recognized by UW-Whitewater
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Warhawks who work in Campus Tutorial Services and Admissions and who serve as Campus Safety Officers (CSOs) were honored by the university for working in service-oriented roles that are crucial to student success and the operations of the university.
Tutors »
CSOs »
Admissions »
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| Student entrepreneurs named Launch Pad scholars
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A total of seven Warhawks are scholars in Launch Pad, a startup business accelerator, for the fall 2026 semester.
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Kudos to Courtney Powers, assistant professor of communication, who collaborated on the "Handbook of Infrastructure Communication" published by the Wiley Online Library. Her research is included in Chapter 9: "Essential Infrastructure in the Built Environment: Systems and Society, Public Involvement and Infrastructure Changes."
Kudos to Saymin Lee, assistant professor of communication, who attended the 2026 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference on Aug. 5 in New Orleans. She gave a presentation titled "Refining ‘the public’: A typology for the communicative roles of active publics in emerging technology issues."
Kudos to Jessica Lauer and Janine Tobeck, associate professors of literature, writing, and film, who published “A Phenomenology of Risk and Failure in Community-Based Learning Course” in a special issue of Composition Forum.
Kudos to Un Chae Chung, assistant professor of communication (advertising), who in July published his research on AI and Ethics titled "Institutional AI communication: publisher ideology and perceived algorithmic fairness."
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Students in a math education class taught by Ozgul Kartal, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, used virtual reality to engage with an AI avatar to simulate a conversation with an elementary school student about solving a math problem. Wisconsin Public Radio published a story about the activity. Five Warhawks were referenced or quoted in the article — Kartal; Corey King, chancellor; Jonathan Spike, interim AI special assistant to the provost and teaching, learning, and technology manager; Amber Seefeld, an elementary middle education major from Janesville; and Mckenzie Weiss, a special education major from Walworth.
Andrea Wieland, head golf coach and lecturer of kinesiology, was featured in an article on the website wisconsin.golf in August.
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