We, the UW-W chapter of the AAUP join the AFT-WI, in endorsing Tony Evers for Governor of Wisconsin.  As professionals dedicated to the university and our students, we write to urge you to vote in the...

Construction of a new residential hall at UW-Whitewater will begin after 3 years of delays with hopes of opening by Fall 2019. Although the building is still in the early design phase, The Director of...

Last year, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater officials were facing an unbalanced budget situation and were anticipating a necessary $1 million dip into cash reserves just to keep instruction going during...

April 12, 2016 Royal Purple Staff Opinion Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidelines in an attempt to rein in the prescribing of opioid painkillers to address...

March 15, 2016 When Scott Walker won the recall election in 2012, I said that if he were to be reelected in 2014 he would then attack the professors and tenure. One professor laughed, saying that he wouldn’t...

Royal Purple Staff Opinion Nov. 17, 2015 Gov. Scott Walker recently approved an administrative rule that will allow the state to drug test people who receive public benefits. The rule took effect...

By Kimberly Wethal News Editor Emily Lepkowski Staff Editor While the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater didn’t lose the most money when the state budget was finalized (UW-Madison shouldered...

May 6th, 2015 By Alexandria Zamecnik Weeks away from leaving the Joint Finance Committee and even being signed into law, the 2015-17 biennial budget is already causing waves in the higher education...