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The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UW–Whitewater or UWW) is a public university in Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System . As of Fall 2024, the university offers 47 undergraduate majors and 13 graduate programs and enrolls approximately 11,000 students. [ 3 ]
The Groundbreaking Ceremony took place on October 6, 1965 [3] The campus opened in 1966 and was called "The University of Wisconsin-Rock County Center." The intent of the college was to provide affordable college education to all types of students (traditional and non-traditional) and to prepare them to transfer to a four year university.
The college used the center to welcome the UW-W football team when it won the 2010 Division III national championship. [2] The center hosted the 2010 Division III Volleyball championship for universities in the University of Wisconsin System. [3]
Andersen Library is the second oldest building on the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater campus, and was named in honor of Harold Gilbert Andersen. Andersen was the president of the First Citizens State Bank in Whitewater, Wisconsin , and represented the Whitewater State Teachers College on the Board of Regents from 1947 to 1960, as well as a ...
Waukesha-based Carroll University is the state's oldest four-year post-secondary institution as it was founded on January 31, 1846, two years before Wisconsin achieved statehood. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Beloit College , located in the city of Beloit , was established two days later on February 2.
A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast this weekend in an off-campus apartment, days before the start of the fall semester.
A gristmill was built on Whitewater creek, the resulting pond now called Cravath Lake. The town grew quickly when the first railroad line in Wisconsin passed through in 1853, but struggled when the two largest employers left town. [7] Whitewater was originally founded entirely by settlers who arrived there from New England.
The Halverson Log Cabin is located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It is a one-story 16 by 20.5 feet (4.9 m × 6.2 m) log cabin which was built in 1846 by Norwegian immigrant Gullik Halverson, who came to Wisconsin in 1845 when 23 years old.