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UW-W Campus police offer free CPR/AED training

September 19, 2014

By Vesna Brajkovic Sept. 17, 2014 The campus police, partnered with public access defibrillation (PAD) instructors, offer free CPR/AED training to staff, faculty, students and community members. The...

Photo by Sean Kirkby:
A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student poses with a playing card distributed by the campus warning of the penalties of a drug conviction. The student, who requested anonymity because he is looking for a job, sold drugs to another student on campus who was a confidential informant.

Students used to fight drugs

September 17, 2014

Sept. 17, 2014 By Sean Kirkby: Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism   Moments after Javonni Butler was busted for selling marijuana in 2011, he says police officers offered him a...

Chief of Police: Kiederlen

UW-W Police awarded new grant

March 12, 2014

March 12, 2014 By Thomas Zimmer   As the semester draws to a close, students can expect to see a new addition to Police Services on campus. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently...

Polar Plunge makes a splash

Polar Plunge makes a splash

February 19, 2014

Feb. 19, 2014 By Michael Riley   The last words by UW-Whitewater Police Chief Matthew Keiderlen before he jumped into a pool of 18,000 gallons of frigid water on Feb. 15 were jokingly, “Someone...

Despite student concern, UW-Whitewater remains open in cold

Despite student concern, UW-Whitewater remains open in cold

February 12, 2014

Feb. 12, 2014 By Vesna Brajkovic   With campus closings and class cancellations throughout Wisconsin due to dropping temperatures and harsh wind chills, some students are wondering why UW-Whitewater...

Students, faculty must learn safety procedures

October 2, 2013

By Josh Hafemeister Virginia Tech, Washington Naval Yard, Westgate Mall in Kenya and Sandy Hook Elementary School are all names students and faculty around the world are familiar with. Students and...

Students who ride their bikes to Hyland Hall and Upham Hall can feel more secure leaving their bikes on campus. Due new technology including a tracking system for ‘bait bikes,’ bike theft is down almost 70 percent.

The cycle of stealing

October 2, 2013

By Michael Riley   Every day in 2010, Cameron Barker would ride home from class to Benson Hall where he would secure his new $1,500 bicycle in the bike locker he had purchased at the beginning...

Man convicted of stalking banned from campus

September 5, 2013

A Whitewater man has been banned from the UW-Whitewater campus for three years, according to a release from campus Police Services. David M. Duvair, 52, was convicted of felony stalking and two counts...

Samantha Jacquest

Surviving college, a freshman’s guide

September 4, 2013

Dear freshmen, College has officially begun. You’re away from your parents, many of you for the first time. You have complete control of your sleep schedule, eating habits, money and lifestyle....

Tumbarello

Campus shooter safety plan

April 24, 2013

  Despite the many tips and tools that UW-Whitewater Police Chief Matthew Kiederlen provides students in the event of an active shooter, they must rely on their instincts to ensure their safety. “It’s...

Kiederlen

UW-W professor studies drug deaths in Wisconsin

February 6, 2013

  There have been 4,828 drug-related deaths in Wisconsin between 1999 and 2008. According to a report by David Nordstrom, Ph.D., an associate professor at UW-Whitewater and an epidemiologist,...

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