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Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

The walk to success

The walk to success

Bleron Grajçevci, Asst. Campus Editor May 4, 2025

As the 2024-25 academic year ends, another Warhawk class celebrates the achievement of graduating as the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater holds its commencement ceremonies with more than 1,500 students...

Nick Galvan (left) and Jodi Galvan (right).

A Warhawk full circle moment

Aliza Kaiser, Campus Journalist May 4, 2025

Temperatures are rising, finals are approaching and the class of 2025 will soon be filing into the Williams Center for the spring commencement ceremony. For Jodi and Nick Galvan, this occasion holds...

Leaving their mark

Leaving their mark

Natalie Illikainen, Arts & Rec. Asst. Editor May 4, 2025

The graduating seniors share one thing: wanting to achieve their best outside college. The big step before being thrown into the real world is earning a degree that many have spent four or more years earning,...

UW-Whitewater senior, Katie McIlheran.

The fun had on the way

Katie McIlheran, Senior Photographer April 20, 2025

As the saying goes “time does fly when you are having fun,” and I had a lot of fun these past four years at UW-Whitewater. Whether it be the small town feel of the Whitewater community and campus,...

UW-Whitewater senior, Kaitlin Bruchert.

Saying goodbye

Kaitlin Bruchert, Multimedia Manager April 20, 2025

As my time here at UW-W is coming to a close in the next month, I can look back at all that I learned these past two years. I transferred to the university for my junior year in fall of 2023 after receiving...

Bleron Grajçevci holding the "John Belushi Street" sign (Spelled "Xhon Belushi" in Albanian) in Podujeva, Kosova

It’s goodbye, but not for long

Bleron Grajçevci, Assistant campus news editor December 9, 2024

After a long time at Rock County, it’s time to say goodbye, but you’ll still see me around. Yeah, changing campuses within the same university is a bit complicated, and pricey if you saw how much I’ve...

Key fixtures and graduation rates

Key fixtures and graduation rates

Mackenzie Juedes, Assistant Community Editor December 1, 2024

Whitewater Unified School District board members held a meeting last Monday to discuss facilities challenges and graduation rates of students.  Some of the challenges they are facing are that the plumbing...

Natalie Van Acker of East Troy, Wisconsin, a criminology major, waves to the crowd as students thank their families and friends for supporting their high education journeys. UW-Whitewater celebrated the achievements of 620 graduates at the commencement ceremony held at Kachel Fieldhouse on Dec. 16, 2023.

Warhawks fly the coop

Katie Popp, Campus Editor April 28, 2024

As the 2023-2024 academic year drew to a close, students, faculty, staff, families and the entire Whitewater community showed out for the annual spring graduation ceremony.  UW-Whitewater Commencement...

Brain Gale

Four quick years

Brian Gale, Women’s Sports Journalist April 28, 2024

I can't believe that my time has come to graduate college. Time has flown by and it feels like just yesterday my parents were helping me move into my freshman dorm. During COVID I really didn't apply to...

Personal growth at Royal Purple

Personal growth at Royal Purple

Dauntae Green, Editor April 28, 2024

Wow, a deaf journalist for about four years on campus? You don’t hear about that kind of thing, pun intended. When I first came on as a journalist I had no idea on what to do, how to organize, how to...

Signing off one last time

Signing off one last time

Mason Thompson, Men’s Sports Journalist April 21, 2024

I’m glad to be graduating and pursuing my career goals. Although I don’t necessarily know where I will be in a few months, I am excited for the journey I am set to go on, wherever that may take me....

Now what? Time to be a sports journalist

Now what? Time to be a sports journalist

Matt Ellis, Women’s Sports Journalist April 21, 2024

After four years of college, I am now getting ready to graduate. It's a great feeling because It now means I can go and pursue what I love, which is writing, reporting, and talking about sports as a full-time...

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