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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Willie the Warhawk Brights up Others Days

Willie the Warhawk Brights up Others Days

Salaar Akbar, Orientation Leader October 8, 2023

As an orientation leader, I vividly remember the many times Willie connected with new students and their families, making them smile and potentially easing their nerves as they embarked on this huge transition...

Willie the Warhawk points to the crowd while walking in the 2014 UW-Whitewater Homecoming Parade. Kimberly Wethal photo/
WethalKM20@uww.edu

Evolution of Willie the Warhawk

November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014 By Vesna Brajkovic It’s hard to imagine UW-Whitewater without including Willie the Warhawk, the university’s mascot since the 1950s. But Willie hasn’t always been the purple and...

Willie the Warhawk mascot

The person behind the mask: A day in the life of a Willie the Warhawk mascot

December 4, 2013

  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...

The story of a warhawk named Willie

September 28, 2011
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.
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