These women will be honored at the annual Women's History Month Program at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the Fern Young Terrace.
Around 600 manuscripts were considered for the honor, which includes a $1,000 prize and publication by Grayson Books.
Cameron Conaway will make his presentation, "Bare Knuckle Warrior Poetics: On Fighting, Writing and the Worlds Between" at UW-Whitewater on Monday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Young Auditorium.
Taking into account university spending on payroll, supplies and capital investments, and spending from students, faculty, staff and visitors, UW-Whitewater accounts for $407,177,739 in economic activity and supports 4,352 jobs.
Wisconsin school districts that offer early childhood education programs are seeing higher math scores by the time their students get to 4th grade.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is one of only 44 schools in the nation chosen to participate in a sweeping initiative to improve the first-year experience for college students.