Since the world slowed and countries shut down due to the pandemic, feelings of connection and closeness are important in the daily lives of millions. Communities have moved to creating virtual spaces...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day commemorates the birthday of the lead spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement who successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state...

Whitewater residents were evacuated from their homes Tuesday, Jan. 12 around 5 p.m. after the Whitewater Fire Department received a call about a break in a gas line. The break occurred near the intersection...

Intramurals allow students on campus to play and compete in games they love. While fall semester games were scaled back to just badminton, volleyball, bag toss and basketball shooting competitions, the...

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Council of Chancellors voted Friday Dec. 11 to resume winter sports competition for the 2020-21 season in February. The season is contingent...

As 2020 wraps up with UW-Whitewater’s 150th commencement, faculty, students, and staff reflect on persistent challenges and emerging benefits of learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.  UW-W...

The Whitewater Chamber of Commerce is celebrating hometown holiday spirit with a storefront window display competition across the city from Nov. 28 - Dec. 26. An official voting committee judged the...

As the winter holidays approach, local churches have created new ways to celebrate and embrace the season despite the circumstances of COVID-19. Due to the pandemic a lot of events for churches nationwide...

This year the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater commemorates the graduation of 2,942 graduates who earned degrees in May, August and December of 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony will be...

Over the past few years, the graduate program enrollment rate here at UW - Whitewater has continued to climb, with this fall 2020 setting a new record of 1,567 students. Much credit for this success can...

This fall members of the music department didn’t let social distancing guidelines defeat them. They stood nine feet apart left to right between a 15-foot gap. At times it was difficult for students to...