School student Eleana Maria Alvarez Yepez was afraid to speak. She was outgoing, but having been uprooted from her native country of Venezuela and moved to the United States by her parents for their safety,...
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will be holding the Fall 2017 graduation commencement on Saturday, December 16. College graduation marks the completion of a long journey through education. Students...
May 4, 2015
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
The Royal Purple wants to give a heartfelt congratulations to all of UW-Whitewater’s 2016 graduates.
We’re losing quite a few good reporters and editors...
Dec. 8, 2015
Wow. Graduation. I’m still figuring out how to say the word without thinking about my impending doom after the actual graduating thing happens.
Dude, the real world? I eat ice cream...
Oct. 13, 2015
Students have become extremely dependent on social media, both academically and in their everyday lives. Social media selfies have become an addiction that is reliant specifically on the...
May 6, 2015
It is hard to believe that my four years at UW-Whitewater are coming to an end. I am leaving a very different person than I arrived.
I chose this university because, as an eager high...
May 6, 2015
When I first walked into the Royal Purple office, I did not know what to expect. I was excited because I was finally getting the opportunity to pursue my dream career as a journalist. As...
May 6, 2015
Congratulations! You’ve graduated! But wait a second, school’s over! This is not an uncommon reaction that most students have upon graduation. The one thing that has been ingrained in...
May 6, 2015
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
Even with advising, four-year planning sheets, advice from professors and working hard to get good grades, graduating in just four years can be a difficult...
May 6th, 2015
By Alexandria Zamecnik
At the same time one chapter ends in Raechel Liska’s life, another one begins.
Liska, the Spring 2015 student commencement speaker, will spend graduation day...
Andrew Muwonge will graduate this spring with a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre, which would be impressive to many.
What may be even more impressing is that he was able to complete...
Every semester at UW-Whitewater seniors graduate and new students enroll. Those who leave UW-Whitewater are embarking on their first steps into the real world.
While this is often celebrated, today’s...
