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Founded 1901

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Sustainability Coordinator Wes Enterline shares a photo of the young Albert Salisbury as he guides a tour group to a bust of the man who would become the fourth president of the Whitewater Normal School.

A walk through the campus’s past

Eric Arguelles, Campus Journalist September 8, 2025

Over the years, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s campus has gone through gradual changes. These changes, often minor ones, can be unrecognizable to newer generations of students. A recent tour...

Trip down memory lane

Brenda Echeverria, Arts & Rec Editor December 13, 2017

There are very few times when Old Main is mentioned on campus. For many students, their only time hearing its mention is during a campus tour. However, 47 years ago Old Main was at the heart of campus...

An old photo of the East Wing entrance of Old Main, now known as Hyer Hall, held up to the current building entrance.

Whitewater… Then and now: UW-Whitewater campus in the 1960s

October 2, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014 By Vesna Brajkovic UW-Whitewater is ever-expanding with new construction plans popping up at every reach of campus. Each year, students encounter gradual changes as the student body...

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History recalled

October 15, 2013

Faculty and staff members, past and present, remember the day UW-Whitewater’s most historic landmark went up in flames   By Kayla Edgar   The building that represents UW-Whitewater...

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