Gone: the 2024-25 academic year. Here: summer at UW-Whitewater. Congratulations to our May 2025 graduates who were recognized in Whitewater over the weekend and to our Rock County graduates who’ll cross the stage tomorrow!
Warhawk Weekly will be paused for two weeks. We’ll talk to you again in June.
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Congratulations graduates! |
More than 1,500 graduates crossed the stage Saturday to receive their degrees during morning and afternoon commencement ceremonies at Kachel Fieldhouse inside the Williams Center.
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UW-Whitewater Achievements 2024-25 |
Warhawks dance, inspire and exceed all expectations at UW-Whitewater. Our academic year in review features outstanding milestones made at our Whitewater and Rock County campuses and beyond. Catch a glimpse of what it takes to be Warhawk Bold!
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Volunteer for Special Olympics
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UW-Whitewater will host the Special Olympics Wisconsin Summer Games for the third consecutive year on June 5-7 at facilities around the Whitewater campus. Help us welcome and celebrate athletes and families from around the state by serving as a volunteer for the event.
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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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Baseball, softball win NCAA regionals; three other Warhawk teams head to NCAAs
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The Warhawk baseball and softball teams combined for a 6-0 record over the weekend to win their respective NCAA regional tournaments. The baseball team will host UW-Oshkosh in the Whitewater super regional starting Friday, while the softball team (pictured above) will travel to Winona, Minnesota, to face St. Mary’s. The men’s and women’s track and field teams and men’s tennis teams will also be represented this week at NCAA Championship events.
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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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Back to back! Club softball earns another national title
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The UW-Whitewater club softball team earned the 2025 National Club Softball Association Division II national championship after winning the World Series last weekend in Salisbury, Pennsylvania.
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| UWW-TV earns 10 Best of the Midwest awards
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A total of 17 students combined to earn 10 Best of the Midwest Media awards for UWW-TV from the Wisconsin Community Media for the 2024-25 academic year.
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| Rock County recognizes students at award ceremony
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UW-Whitewater at Rock County recognized more than 60 students at an award ceremony last week to celebrate the 2024-25 academic year.
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Kudos to Dwight C. Watson, professor of curriculum and instruction, who presented at the Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS) sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 3. His presentation topic was Creating Cultural Competent and Confident Educators through Dialogue Circles.
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Kudos to Becca Hagerman, head women’s bowling coach, and Jennifer Regan, head gymnastics coach and lecturer of kinesiology, who were each named Division III National Coach of the Year in their respective sports. Hagerman earned the honor from the National Tenpin Coaches Association, while Regan was selected by both the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association and Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association.
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Did you know that the College of Business and Economics ranks among the top 1% in the world thanks to both Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and AACSB Accounting Accreditation? Paul Ambrose, dean of the college, was recently invited to join the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Global Americas Advisory Board, affirming UW-Whitewater’s status as a top business school. Dean Ambrose »
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UW-Whitewater students make a difference in their communities. Brooklyn Vavrina, criminology major from Burlington, was recently hired as a community service officer with the Whitewater Police Department. Brooklyn Vavrina »
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Jenna Cushing-Leubner, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, was interviewed by EdWeek and featured in an article about some of the unique challenges and strategies required by immigrant, refugee, and displaced Indigenous communities to advocate for, build, and maintain bilingual school programs for less commonly taught languages like Hmong, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Edweek »
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Rob Boostrom, associate professor of marketing, was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Best Car Insurance in Wisconsin. Wallethub »
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UW-Whitewater launches elementary middle education master’s program
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The university’s new Master of Science in Education in Elementary Middle Education program, which allows anyone with a bachelor’s degree a pathway to K-9 licensure, has been approved by the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents and will launch this fall pending Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction approval. New program »
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Meet UW-Whitewater’s first Space Force student
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Mackenzie Robertson, a Master of Business Administration student from Menomonee Falls, was commissioned into the United States Air Force’s Space Force, which is responsible for the country’s military operations in space. She is UW-Whitewater’s first-ever Space Force student. Mackenzie Robertson »
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