University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

More than 4,300 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are first-generation college students, including more than one-third of undergraduates on the Whitewater campus and more than one-half on the Rock County campus.

Steven Schilhabel, a 2024 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award. His dissertation, Drivers, Barriers, and Benefits of Blockchain, discusses the use of blockchain technology and the need for more research surrounding its adoption.

Lily Portmann-Kranz, a sociology major from Winneconne, Wisconsin, represented the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at the 2025 Wisconsin Sociological Association conference on Nov. 14 in Menomonie.

A total of 180 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are scholars in the TRIO program, which includes federally funded programs that support low-income, first-generation, or Americans with a disability at college.

Four marketing students led the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to a runner-up finish at the 2025 Great Northwoods Sales Warm-Up on October 9-11 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

A total of 175 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater have been admitted to the Professional Education program as part of their journey toward entering the workforce as an educator.

A total of 44 students will serve as certified tutors for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Campus Tutorial Services during the 2025-26 academic year.

Ten members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater esports team collected All-Academic Team honors for the spring 2025 semester from the Wisconsin Esports Conference (WEC).

Two students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earned induction into Nu Lambda Mu, an international honor society for students graduating from academic programs in nonprofit management, following the 2024-25 academic year.

Three students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater combined to claim three awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Milwaukee Press Club for work done in 2024.

Five students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were national qualifiers during the 2024-25 academic year as members of the Warhawk forensics team.

More than 220 students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were recognized for being hired or promoted by an employer, earning acceptance to graduate school, or starting their own business prior to commencement.

Eight students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were selected to be a part of Sigma Delta Pi, the national collegiate Hispanic honor society, for the 2024-25 academic year.

Two students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were selected to be a part of Delta Phi Alpha, the national German honor society, for the 2024-25 academic year.

Two students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were selected to be a part of Pi Delta Phi, the national French honor society, for the 2024-25 academic year.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Rock County recognized more than 60 students at an award ceremony last week to celebrate the 2024-25 academic year.

A total of 13 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earned 2025 University Writing Awards for writing in an academic course.

Two students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were recognized by the Wisconsin Association of Chinese Language Teachers (WACLT) for their participation, commitment, and dedication to Chinese language learning.

Three students in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Master of Science (M.S.) in Counseling program earned third place in the American Counseling Association's Graduate Student Ethics Awards for Master's Students competition.

A total of 15 students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were recognized as award winners at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) 2025 Student Forum on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Ten University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students served as presenters and three students were award winners at the 2025 Wisconsin Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual convention.

Greta (Wollmer) Barrett, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's school psychology program and native of Whitefish Bay, has earned the 2024 Outstanding Capstone Award from the university's School of Graduate Studies.

Five University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students represented the university at the 2024 Wisconsin Sociological Association conference on Nov. 1 in Waukesha.

More than 250 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are scholars in the TRIO program, which includes federally funded programs that support low-income, first-generation, or disabled Americans at college.

Three students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were members of the university's sales program at the 2024 Great Northwoods Sales Warm-Up held Oct. 10-12 in Eau Claire.

A total of 49 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students will serve as Certified Level 1, 2 or 3 Tutors for the university's Campus Tutorial Services in 2024-25.

A total of 175 students were admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's professional education program as part of their journey toward entering the workforce as an educator.

Parker Olsen, a journalism student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, claimed a pair of awards from the Milwaukee Press Club and another from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association for his work as a journalist for the Royal Purple, the university's independent student newspaper, in 2023.

A total of 17 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater combined to earn 17 Best of the Midwest Media awards for UWW-TV from the Wisconsin Community Media for the 2023-24 academic year.

Three students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were selected to be a part of Pi Delta Phi, the national French honor society, on April 16.