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Monday, November 25, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving week! We are grateful for our students, faculty and staff who make UW-Whitewater a wonderful place. The next full edition of Warhawk Weekly will be distributed Monday, Dec. 2. 

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Friends thrive together at Rock County and Whitewater campuses

Marketing students Alma Diaz-Cosme and Maribel Rodriguez embraced the power of shared experiences — and a resulting fast friendship — to make the most out of their time as Warhawks. Both transferred to the Whitewater campus after starting at Rock County.

Read more about Alma and Maribel
 
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Cyber Monday at the

UW-Whitewater Bookstore

Get ready for Cyber Monday at the Bookstore this Monday, Dec. 2! Shop online at and enjoy 20% off your entire purchase of gifts and apparel until midnight. Don’t miss out — happy shopping! 

UWW Bookstore
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Men’s cross country, volleyball highlight banner weekend for Warhawk athletics 

History major Christian Patzka became the first Warhawk men’s cross country runner to win an individual national championship on Saturday, leading UW-Whitewater to fourth place — the highest finish in program history — at the 2024 NCAA Division III Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. Fellow All-American Gunner Schlender, a physical education major, earned the NCAA Elite 90 award, one of the nation’s top academic honors. 

Men's cross country

The Warhawk volleyball team claimed the NCAA Whitewater Regional title over the weekend to punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship, which is set for Dec. 4-7 in Salem, Virginia. 

Warhawk Volleyball team
 

Student achievements

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 students thrive at AMA Regional Conference

Four students earned notable honors and awards at the 2024 American Marketing Association Regional Conference on Oct. 18 on campus at Hyland Hall.

American Marketing Association 
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UW-Whitewater awards students at Student Juried Art Exhibition

A total of 16 students were recognized for their work during UW-Whitewater’s Student Juried Art Exhibition earlier this fall in the Crossman Gallery. 

Student Juried Art Exhibition
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Warhawk soccer student-athletes named all-conference

Eight students from the UW-Whitewater men’s and women’s soccer teams earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors for the 2024 season. 

Men's soccer
Women's soccer
 

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Kudos

Kudos to Shannon Stuart, professor of special education, and Courtney Wilt, assistant professor of special education, who co-authored a chapter on culturally responsive special education that will appear in “Handbook for Educating Students with Disabilities: Implications and Strategies.”

Kudos to Lauren Zepp, assistant professor of special education, who co-authored two recently published works. Her article “Introducing the DEI Committee” was published in the Journal of Case Learning and Exceptional Learners. Zepp also co-authored a review of the literature on foundational reading skills that will appear in the Journal Teacher Education and Special Education. Read more about Lauren Zepp »

 

Additional Events

College of Arts and Communication event schedule

The Young event schedule

Warhawk Athletics event schedule

In the UC: University Center event schedule

Worksite Wellness web page (faculty/staff)

 
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