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UW-Richland

Patrick Glenn Hagen, CEO/Dean

John Poole, Assistant Campus Dean for Student Services

Student Services Office
1200 Highway 14 West
Richland Center, WI 53581-1316

Phone: (608) 647-6186, Option 3
Fax: (608) 647-2275
rlninfo@uwc.edu
www.richland.uwc.edu

The University of Wisconsin-Richland is located in the southwestern Wisconsin city of Richland Center, midway between La Crosse and Madison, on U.S. Highway 14.

Student Body

In fall 2011, 476 students were enrolled, with 22% over the age of 22. The campus attracts students from southwest Wisconsin, from throughout the state, other states, and around the world.

Resources

The 135-acre campus has seven main buildings: the Classroom Building, East Hall, Melvill Hall, Miller Memorial Library, Roadrunner Gymnasium, Science Hall, and the Wallace Student Center/Coppertop Theatre. Symons Recreation Complex, with a heated indoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, racquetball courts, and fitness center/weight training room, is also located on campus. Adjacent to the campus are student residence halls: Edith Rice Symons Hall, Meyer Hall and Deans Hall. These facilities provide apartment-style and suite-style housing for 120 UW-Richland students. Outdoor facilities include an athletic field, Wellness Trail, recently upgraded tennis and basketball courts, and an arboretum with a trail for cross-country skiing in winter. The 194-acre UW-Richland Joe and Mae Senneke Smart Farm is an additional facility with learning opportunities for students in a variety of disciplines.

Special Programs

Academic

Academic Alliance 2.0 with area high schools
Academic/Career Advising
Articulation Programs with Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Mt. Mary College and Northland College
Developmental Skills program
Engaging Students in the First Year Freshman Seminars
Faculty Advising
Guaranteed Transfer Program
International Student Orientation
Joint Pre-engineering program with UW-Platteville
Live and Learn Community
Majors Day
Richland Rocks Week
New Student Orientation
Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Orientation & Welcome Week
Phi Theta Kappa honor society
Precollege Program
Quintessence, a publication of the best student writing from courses
Study Abroad opportunities with UW Colleges
Transfer College Program agreement with UW-Stevens Point in Natural Resources
Transfer Fair
Transfer Information System
UW-Madison Connections Program
UW-Milwaukee College Connections degree completion program
UW-Richland "Your Way" for non-traditional students
Youth for Understanding (YFU) & IREX programs that bring students from around the world to study at UW-Richland

Scholarships

More than 100 scholarships ranging from $150-$2,250 are available through the Richland County Campus Foundation Scholarship Program. The program annually awards more than $100,000.

Extracurricular

Campus Ambassadors
Co-curricular transcript/Record of Student Involvement
Dances and other social events
Educators of the Future
Gamers Club
Gay/Straight Alliance
History Club
Intercollegiate and intramural sports
International Club
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Love of Learning lecture series
Phi Theta Kappa honor society
Political Clubs
Returning Adult activities
Special events, including Burlap Olympics and Roadrunner Road Rallye
Student membership in community concert series
Student membership to Symons Recreation Complex fitness center
Student Senate

Community Programs

Continuing Education courses for people of all ages are offered, including College for Kids, computer skills, literature and a wide variety of others. UW-Richland also sponsors campus-community theater, campus-community band, and a lecture series. International student programs add a cosmopolitan flavor to the campus atmosphere.