Announcements
2008-2009 Academic Calendar
The 2008-2009 Academic Calendar can be found here. The calendar includes dates for Graduation, Exams, and other important university events.
May 2008 Graduation
Deadline for Applying for May 2008 Graduation is Friday, January 25, 2008.
Graduate students planning to graduate in May 2008, must apply for graduation by Friday, January 25, 2008. Students must: submit the application for graduation (available through the Graduate Office, or downloadable online at the Graduate Studies web page); complete a Graduate Outcomes and Satisfaction Survey; and submit a graduation fee of $35.00 (will be added to your student account and must be paid prior to graduation). Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for more information (gradschl@uww.edu).
September 1, 2008, Application Fee Increase
Graduate Admission applications, both domestic and international, postmarked or electronically submitted on or after September 1, 2008, are subject to the new application fee rate of $56, regardless of the applicant’s starting term.
August 2008 Graduation
Deadline for Applying for August 2008 Graduation is Friday, May 30, 2008.
Graduate students planning to graduate in August 2008 need to apply for graduation by Friday, May 30, 2008. There is no August ceremony; therefore, students wishing to participate in the May 2008 ceremony must apply by Friday, January 25, 2008. Students must: submit the application for graduation (available through the Graduate Office, or downloadable online at the Graduate Studies webpage); complete a Graduate Outcomes and Satisfaction Survey; and submit a graduation fee of $ 35.00 (will be added to your student account and must be paid prior to graduation). Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for more information (gradschl@uww.edu).
Graduate Research Grants
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recognizes the importance of basic and applied research in the graduate experience and supports such initiatives by making small research grants available. Grants up to $750 will be awarded to single or multiple-student research projects that involve supervision by a member of the graduate faculty. Funds may be used for travel, supplies, photocopying, long-distance calls, or wages for student help (other than the student investigator[s]), and/or for the dissemination of project results (e.g., travel to present findings at professional meetings, costs of publication).
The deadline for application is October 19, 2007. You can learn more about Graduate Research Grants here.
December 2007 Graduation
Deadline for Applying for December 2007 Graduation is Friday, September 28, 2007.
Graduate students planning to graduate in December 2007, must apply for graduation by Friday, September 28, 2007. Students must: submit the application for graduation (available through the Graduate Office, or downloadable online at the Graduate Studies web page); complete a Graduate Outcomes and Satisfaction Survey; and submit a graduation fee of $35.00 (will be added to your student account and must be paid prior to graduation). Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for more information (gradschl@uww.edu)
.2007-2008 Academic Calendar
The 2007-2008 Academic Calendar can be found here. The calendar includes dates for Graduation, Exams, and other important university events.
New Admission Deadlines
Deadline for Applying for the Counseling program for the Fall or Summer 2008 semester is 1 February 2008.
Deadline for Applying for the School Psychology program for the Fall or Summer 2008 semester is 15 February 2008.
Deadline for Applying for the Communication Sciences and Disorders program for the Fall or Summer 2008 semester is 1 February 2008.
School of Graduate Studies Announces Outstanding Thesis Award Winner for 2006
James A. Mead has been selected as the recipient of the 2006 UW-Whitewater Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award. His thesis, "Survivor and Other Reality T.V. Gameshows: The Uses and Gratifications Perspective on a Reality ,” was selected by a panel of graduate faculty evaluators representing each of the four colleges.
Graduate faculty who served as evaluators for this year’s competition were asked to assess the entrants relative to such issues as the extent would the thesis appear to contribute to the discipline, the quality of the writing and overall expression, the appropriateness of the research design and data collection procedures, the effectiveness and appropriateness of the analysis and interpretation of the data, and finally, the overall creativity of the project. The quality of all entrants this year was noteworthy. In the words of one evaluator, “It was a pleasure to review each of the theses. The literature review for each was very well done and the writing was very impressive. All of the authors should be proud of their work.”
Mr. Mead’s thesis will be forwarded as UW-Whitewater’s nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate School’s (MAGS) Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. The MAGS competition, which was originally started to “recognize and reward distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level from across the Midwest,” typically fields approximately 150 master’s level entrants from a variety of disciplines and degree programs at a number of Division I, II, and III institutions. Mr. Mead will also receive a certificate of recognition from UW-Whitewater and will have his name engraved on a plaque displayed in the School of Graduate Studies.
The UW-Whitewater Outstanding Thesis Award has been given annually since 1990. For a list of previous Outstanding Thesis Award winners, go to: http://www.uww.edu/gradstudies/awards.php
Tuition Bills Emailed
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School of Graduate Studies Mission
The School of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater oversees programs whose goal is to provide high quality, practitioner-oriented programs that use knowledge and skills acquired through baccalaureate degrees as a foundation for advanced preparation and professional development for careers in business and industry, education and human services.
The graduate programs achieve this through provision of learner-centered processes which couple professional experiences with advanced knowledge and highly-refined analytic, communicative and functional skills such that their students are capable of performances that characterize the best practices of their profession.
To that end, all master's level graduates will be able to:
- comprehend and discuss advanced theoretical questions and current issues;
- collect, analyze and interpret data applicable to complex questions and problems;
- conceptualize, evaluate and implement solutions to complex problems;
- use appropriate technologies as needed; and
- synthesize and articulate multiple concepts in a clear, concise and persuasive manner
UW-Whitewater Core Values and Mission
