Tradition of Excellence

TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

Innovative programs such as The Milwaukee Experience, Project Assist, and the first Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in the United States have earned national recognition for the College of Education.
The CPA examination scores achieved by UW-Whitewater's accounting graduates have consistently ranked the University among the top ten colleges and universities nationally every year since 1985.
UW-Whitewater features a diverse student body that includes the third largest minority enrollment in the University of Wisconsin System.
With its special mission to serve students with disabilities, the University has invested more than $2 million in improvements to guarantee barrier-free access to all campus buildings. As such, UW-Whitewater ranks among the top five universities nationally in accessibility.
The UW-Whitewater Office of Disabled Student Services has earned a reputation for innovative programs as demonstrated by its receipt of the American Association of State Colleges and University's top national award in 1994.
For the fourth time, the UW-Whitewater Management Computer Systems Program was ranked as the number one four-year computing degree program in the United States and Canada by the Data Processing Management Association. UW-Whitewater is the only institution to receive the number one ranking more than once.
Due to the development and implementation of an innovative General Education curriculum, universities throughout the country regard UW-Whitewater as having a model program and actively seek out its counsel in revising their own programs.
The UW-Whitewater Business Education Program earned the 1994 and 1997 national four-year university award from the Business Education Division of the American Vocational Association.
UW-Whitewater has built a tradition of success among its 19 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs.
The UW-Whitewater Office of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies reaches out to its constituency and annually attracts over 30,000 people to a variety of camps, programs, and conferences.
The Wisconsin Innovation Service Center is a highly respected operation which provides comprehensive evaluations of thousands of new product ideas and is the only non-profit service of its kind in Wisconsin.
The UW-Whitewater chapter of the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs has earned more awards from the national organization than any other college or university in the United States.
UW-Whitewater serves as a cultural center for the region through the visual and performing arts programming offered in the Center of the Arts and the Irvin L. Young Auditorium, serving a combined annual audience of 100,000 area residents.
The America's Best Colleges, published by "U.S. News and World Report" magazine has listed UW-Whitewater in its tier one ranking of Midwestern regional colleges and universities.

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Last revised on March 10, 2000 by WDT
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