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 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 21 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.