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University of Wisconsin–Parkside
File:University of Wisconsin–Parkside logo.gif
MottoSoutheastern Wisconsin's University
TypeState university
Established1968
Endowment$949,351 [1]
ChancellorDeborah L. Ford
Students5,303
Location
Kenosha
,
Wisconsin
,
USA
CampusSuburban, 700 acres (283 ha)
Athletics13 varsity teams member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference
ColorsGreen, Black, and White
     
NicknameRangers
Websitewww.uwp.edu

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is a four-year public university located in Somers, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System.[1] UW-Parkside is one of two universities in the UW System not named for the city in which it is located, the other being UW-Stout.

History

See also: Timeline of the University of Wisconsin–Parkside

The University of Wisconsin–Parkside was created by an act of the Wisconsin legislature in 1965.[2] UW–Parkside was created in July 1968 when the University of Wisconsin combined two-year UW centers in Kenosha and Racine. UW–Parkside broke ground for the new campus in November 1967 and accepted its first on-site students in fall 1969. In 1971, when the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Universities merged, UW–Parkside became part of the University of Wisconsin System. The University has had six permanent Chancellors: Irvin G. Wyllie (1966–74), Alan Guskin (1975–85), Sheila Kaplan (1986–93), Eleanor J. Smith (1994–97), John P. Keating (1998–2008), and Deborah L. Ford (2009–present). The first students graduated from UW–Parkside in June 1970. Since then, more than 17,000 students have earned degrees.[citation needed]

Campus

UW–Parkside is a complex of buildings with the main buildings connected by an indoor walkway. The older buildings, constructed between 1967 and 1976, occupy a small part of the 700-acre (283 ha) campus, which lies in Kenosha county. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata Kassabaum of St. Louis in the late 1960s, the low-profile design helps the campus complex blend in with its natural surroundings. The campus is made up of 15 buildings, including Communication Arts, the Union, the Sports & Activity Center, Ranger Hall, University Apartments, and Pike River Suites. The newly renovated[when?] student union and the newly constructed Pike River Suites were constructed in a manner that blends seamlessly into the existing campus.

The campus has hundreds of acres of restored prairies, mature oak and maple forests and a meandering creek. The University also owns hundreds of acres of off-campus nature preserves in Kenosha and Racine counties.

Athletics

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UW–Parkside Rangers logo
Mascot

UW–Parkside is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II and the Great Lakes Valley Conference. It is the only NCAA Division II school in Wisconsin.[citation needed] Sports for men and women include soccer, basketball, track, cross country and race walking. Men's sports also include baseball, wrestling and golf. Women's sports also include softball and volleyball.

The University has 475 All-Americans, 75 national champions, 34 academic All-Americans and four Olympians.[citation needed] UW–Parkside teams won GLVC championships in women's cross country (2007) and women's soccer (2008).

UW-Parkside's mascot is the Rangers, which is depicted by a brown bear in a Parkside jersey named Ranger D. Bear. In January 2011 Ranger Bear qualified for the first time for the Universal Cheer Association Mascot Nationals, where he took third place.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ About UW-Parkside, University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
  2. ^ A Brief History, University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
  3. ^ Frank Caliendo – Celebrity College Flashback

External links

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