IMPACT is a student organization that provides a safe space for people of all sexual, romantic and gender identities. It is a place for students to hang out, socialize, get support, and get more educated...
On August 28 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater staff held a virtual workshop focused on educating participants about the discrimination LGBTQ individuals face in the healthcare industry and the importance...
For the tenth year, UW-Whitewater’s LGBTQ student organization, IMPACT, has brought music, color and diversity to campus with their annual drag show event.
This year’s show, which was titled Fire...
“A World at War: Taking a Closer Look at WWII.” That is the theme for this semester’s Fairhaven Lecture Series.
Since 1983, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Continuing Education program has...
Charlie Fries, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
• February 18, 2019
While registering for classes for the 2019 spring semester, students may have noticed new course opportunities listed on the course catalog.
Last semester The Royal Purple wrote a story introducing a...
Charlie Fries, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
• December 4, 2018
As the spring semester approaches, students will find new course options added to the catalog. Many new courses available for students during the spring semester are diversity or minority related, such...
A haunting experience once again arrived on the UW-Whitewater campus in the wake of the Halloween season.
UW-W hosted its annual diversity experience called Boxes & Walls, which many have...
With the semester in full swing, University Health and Counseling Services (UCHS) want to ensure that every student knows the resources and help available, along with how to get in contact with them.
“Academics...
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students and staff celebrated National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 in an event held in the Warhawk Connection Center.
The day’s event, which looks to promote LGBTQ awareness,...
April 15, 2015
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
The “religious freedom” laws taking place in Indiana as well as other states in the news lately have created a lot of controversy surrounding the topic...
March 5, 2014
By Thomas Zimmer
As part of this year’s International Week, The Center for Global Education teamed up with PRIDE and IMPACT to screen “Born This Way” on Feb....
Feb. 5, 2014
By Michael Riley
Two UW-Whitewater employees are among four couples named in a lawsuit filed Monday aiming to lift Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage.
“We expect that...
