Dec. 4, 2013
By Bethe Croy
Willie the Warhawk is most often seen giving high-fives, dancing around and getting students pumped up at a variety of athletic events, parades and...
According to university archives, Whitewater’s signature purple hawk came to be more than 50 years ago, when UW-Whitewater President Robert C. Williams approved Willie as the official mascot.
When UW-Whitewater Associate Director of Recreation Sports Therese Kennedy heard about the Munger Training Systems fitness boot camp, she was a bit hesitant to jump back into fitness after three years of inactivity.
Yet months of classes and 40 lost pounds later, Kennedy said she thinks she made the right choice.
