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Founded 1901

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Faculty Senate Chairperson Tracy Hawkins presents new policies of grade changes, final exams, and extenuating circumstances with members during the Faculty Senate meeting on Feb. 14, 2023, in Hyland hall.

Faculty Senate discusses campus renovations

Katie Popp, Campus News Editor February 19, 2023

Chancellor’s Office Chief of Staff Jim Disrude presented renovation plans of academic buildings to the Faculty Senate during the Feb. 14 meeting. Chair Tracy Hawkins highlighted policies of grade changes...

Faculty Senate talks COVID mandates and more

Brooklyn Stevenson, Campus News Editor January 23, 2022

With much debate about how to improve the way faculty deals with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Faculty Senate meeting on Jan. 18 was packed full of different issues and points of view.  “Omicron...

Chairperson Tracy Hawkins addresses the Faculty Senate Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Faculty Senate faces challenging decisions

Samantha Butzen, Journalist October 18, 2020

Professors and campus leaders gathered over WebEx for their monthly Faculty Senate meeting Oct. 13  to pass a green energy resolution, a smoking ban, and to address other pressing topics in Academic Affairs.  Senators...

Meet the new voice behind WSG

Meet the new voice behind WSG

Benjamin Pierce, Staff Writer October 25, 2017

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student body has a new voice. The sophomore accounting major Charles Kudy will serve as speaker of the senate for the UW-Whitewater Student Government for the remainder...

Letter to the Editor: Administration fails on shared governance

March 29, 2016

March 29, 2015 On March10, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted on new policies related to Faculty Tenure and Post-Tenure Review, among others. This was followed immediately by a...

Government shutdown yields problems for students, citizens

Government shutdown yields problems for students, citizens

October 15, 2013

By Michael Riley If a UW-Whitewater student has been living under a rock for the past month or is simply confused by the whole government shutdown situation, a brief breakdown will bring anyone up to...

Students vote down redistricting act

November 13, 2012

  The Student Representation Efficiency Act was voted down during the Whitewater Student Government elections held on Oct. 30 and 31. If passed, the act would have resulted in the Drumlin and...

WSG campus redistricting act requires student vote

October 24, 2012

  Students can vote to redistrict campus for Whitewater Student Government because of legislation recently passed by the Senate. Currently, WSG has four districts: Drumlin, which represents...

Time for state politicians to grow up

February 24, 2011
In light of growing political tensions in Madison, both political parties have failed Wisconsin voters. Neither political party has handled the progression of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill proposal in a mature and professional manner.
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