News and Publications

Robert Young Named Technology Park Director

Entrepreneur Robert Young has been named executive director of Whitewater University Technology Park. The park, on the city's east side, is a business incubator for entrepreneurs and high tech startup companies. The first building, the Innovation Center, opened in 2011 and is nearly 70 percent occupied. [From UW-Whitewater 2/15/2012]

LEAP Day

An unusual celebration during this leap year at UW-Whitewater will mark the campus success of LEAP, a national effort to improve learning and teaching. LEAP Day will be observed on the calendar's leap day, Wednesday, Feb. 29, with speakers and discussions expected to draw students, faculty and staff members from UW-Whitewater and other campuses. [From UW-Whitewater 2/13/12]

Entrepreneurs from 81 Wisconsin communities submitted 248 entries in the 9th annual Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest, organizers said. [From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2/8/2012]

Future teachers will graduate with top skills in the latest technology for learning, thanks to a $150,000 grant received by the College of Education and Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater. [From Walworth County Today 01/31/2012]

Although professional learning communities (PLCs) have become widespread in schools, few studies have examined either (a) the process of PLC development in high schools or (b) the contribution of PLCs to the school outcomes of ELs. This article reports the success of a PLC from Sandy Creek High School, one team in a consortium of five school districts participating in an OELA-funded National Professional Development Grant received in 2007 by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Report on Research Compliance is the only news source on research compliance created and written especially for college and university research administrators. With offices located in downtown Washington, D.C., Report on Research Compliance is well-placed to track down the news you need from NIH, NSF and other agencies, Capitol Hill, and elsewhere.

"The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is leading the effort to highlight Wisconsin’s biotechnology industry at the 2012 BIO International Convention for which housing and registration materials are currently available. "BIO, the largest biotechnology event in the world, will take place in Boston June 18-21 and offers a variety of programming and networking resources." [From WEDC January 2012]

"UW-Whitewater graduate students will battle against some of the best schools in Wisconsin at the Association for Corporate Growth Cup case competition. The ACG Cup competition is designed to give students from leading MBA and graduate programs insights into their fields of finance, investment banking and private equity."--UW-Whitewater University News [01/18/2012]

"GameZombie TV, the student-produced Web series at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, could help change the way students learn in classrooms around the world. The series is one of 60 finalists in the worldwide Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition, with a top prize of $200,000."--UW-Whitewater University News [12/15/11]

UW-Whitewater has Record Enrollment

UW-Whitewater enrolled a record number of students for the second consecutive year. Contributing to enrollment numbers are innovative programs such as the LaunchPad - a partnership with the Innovation Center that provides students with resources to develop their entrepreneurial ideas.

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