By Kim McDarison A new early development program, Partners in Play, debuted Tuesday at the the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Community Engagement Center, 1260 W. Main St., Whitewater. Several families with children ages 2-5 arrived at 10 a.m. for the first in a series of weekly sessions planned to run through...
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Whitewater school district highlights shared during ‘State of the District’ address
By Kim McDarison The Whitewater Area League of Women Voters State of the City and School District forum was held Thursday, Sept. 23. Whitewater Unified School District Superintendent Caroline Pate-Hefty and Whitewater City Manager Cameron Clapper each shared presentations about the school district and city, respectively. Questions were taken after each presentation...
Fort shows its homecoming spirit; wins against Baraboo 27-6
By Chris SpanglerFort Atkinson High School whipped up school spirit Friday afternoon during its Homecoming pep rally.Members of the band drumline marched through the hallways, luring students and staff to the gymnasium, where they were welcomed by the pompon squad.The rally featured contests, music, dance routines with pompon squad and...
UW-Whitewater sees increase in freshmen enrollment, overall enrollment ‘slightly down’
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has welcomed its largest freshman class in four years, with 1,873 new freshmen enrolled for the fall 2021 semester (2021-22 school year). According to a recent press release: Total enrollment at the university is 11,447, with 10,804 students at the Whitewater campus and 643 students at the...
UW-Whitewater extends leadership in cybersecurity with new degree
Editor's note: the following story has been submitted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. When Dan Stein, the Department of Homeland Security’s branch chief for cybersecurity education, visited the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2017, he noted the university’s expertise and leadership in business and computer science and encouraged it to develop...