The Drake has left the building.
The Drake has left the building.
Dawn Drake
End of an era
This November, we celebrated the retirement of Dawn Drake, who has led the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Alternative Delivery Systems division since its inception in 1999. Drake's role in distance education began years before, when the university was only offering courses at a distance via print-based correspondence. Today, over 2,200 alumni have graduated from UW-Platteville's distance education programs.
See our video tribute to Dawn here and photos from her retirement reception here.
 Alumni Spotlight 

Kevin Mackie (MSPM '14) is the Vice President of Product Development at CA Technologies and a current student in the Master of Science in Organizational Change Leadership program. "As I've grown into larger leadership roles, I realized the majority of my job was leading change," he said.
Mandy Thomas
 Alumni Spotlight 

Master of Science in Project Management alumna Mandy Thomas ('14) helped us celebrate National Distance Learning Week, which took place November 610, by hosting a webinar on managing the work/life/school balance.
Mandy shared her experience at UW-Platteville and how she juggled working full-time, raising two children with her husband, and relocating across the country.
For the last 20 years, Mandy has worked for Schlumberger, where she is a Segment Sales Engineer. Read Mandy's Student Spotlight here.


Watch Mandy's webinar on maintaining the work/life/school balance here.
 Thank You 
Runner Runner Runner and dog
We'd like to thank everyone who was able to join us for National Distance Learning Week, including those who participated in our Virtual Distance Dash 5K Run/Walk (see some of our participants above). This year's event raised $580 for distance education scholarships!
We'd also like to give a special shout-out to those who donated directly to the Distance Education Alumni Board Scholarship fund.
Thank you for supporting our future alumni! 
 201617 Annual Report 

The Alternative Delivery Systems 201617 Annual Report is here! See highlights from the division, Distance Learning Center, and Office of Continuing Education from the past year here.
Alumni Calendar of Events
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Kalahari Getaway Weekend (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) 
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