Former UW-Whitewater chancellor Beverly Kopper was on leave – apparently for part of that time under federal or state medical leave act provisions – before her resignation from UW-Whitewater. I’ll not speculate about the circumstances under which she claimed leave under the law. There’s another matter that requires attention. There’s talk at UW-Whitewater these days…
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Assault Awareness & Prevention, City, Culture, Misconduct, Nepotism, Public Relations, Sexual Harassment, That Which Paved the Way, University, UW System
Kopper Resigns, Whitewater Remains
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
One reads that Beverly Kopper, UW-Whitewater chancellor, has resigned her position effective 12.31.18. Her resignation was generally expected for at least the last few weeks, and was, more importantly, necessary. This was a public matter involving a spouse appointed to a public position accused of sexual harassment by at least five women while the appointing chancellor kept…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Misconduct, University, UW System
Chancellor Kopper Should Resign
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
A few hours ago, the Janesville Gazette published portions of an open letter from Whitewater City Councilwoman Stephanie Vander Pas describing harassment that she experienced from Pete Hill, husband of UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper, while Kopper was nearby. See Whitewater council member: UW-Whitewater chancellor should resign after her husband’s sexual harassment. Reading her remarks, along…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Crime, Official Misconduct, University
Chancellor Kopper’s Belated Statement on Another Federal Complaint
by JOHN ADAMS • • 9 Comments
Today, only after publication of an account of a second Title IX complaint against UW-Whitewater from a second sexual assault survivor, Chancellor Kopper finally chose to issue a statement in her own words (assuming that she wrote it). I have published that statement in full, at the bottom of this post. (For the story on…
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Beverly Kopper Selected as UW-Whitewater Chancellor
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
As anyone might have expected. So predictable, in fact, it would have been silly to expect another choice: this was a process of selection from among a very weak field, and thereby a design that would lead to one probable, internal selection. (The external candidates might have been found at Greyhound bus terminals or all-night…
City, Daily Bread, University
Daily Bread for 9.17.24: Good News on UW-Whitewater’s Enrollment
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 85. Sunrise is 6:36, and sunset is 7:02, for 12 hours and 25 minutes of daytime. The moon is full tonight, with all of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM on the UW-Whitewater campus.
On this day in 1787, the United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to a successful end.
Whitewater received good news yesterday as did a few other Universities of Wisconsin campuses. Corrinne Hess reports Universities of Wisconsin enrollment up overall (‘8 UW campuses see enrollment increases over last fall’):
Preliminary enrollment figures released Monday show eight colleges in the Universities of Wisconsin system have more students this year than last fall.
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UW-Whitewater’s enrollment is the highest it has been since 2020. The Rock County campus, included in Whitewater’s 11,784 headcount, is expected to hold steady at nearly 700 students.
“We’re thrilled that more students are choosing to join the Warhawk family,” said Jackie Briggs, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment and retention. “UW-Whitewater’s commitment to student success, great teaching, inclusivity, and affordability continue to resonate.
Preliminary headcount enrolment:
- UW-Eau Claire: 9,969
- UW-Green Bay: 10,749
- UW-La Crosse: 10,438
- UW-Madison: 51,729
- UW-Milwaukee: 22,517
- UW Oshkosh: 13,127
- UW-Parkside: 3,875
- UW-Platteville: 6,419
- UW-River Falls: 5,093
- UW-Stevens Point: 8,263
- UW-Stout: 6,870
- UW-Superior: 2,756
- UW-Whitewater: 11,784
This is good news for Whitewater. Enrollment gains in the present demographic environment are hard-won. This community will be better off leaving the last decade’s mistakes(1, 2) behind us. To support education is not to support anything or anyone but to support worthy endeavors and leaders. As always, the heart of the university experience lies in the relationship between professors & students and between students and their peers.
Whitewater’s social and economic health depends on a healthy campus. See Arrive for the Campus, Stay for the City. One hopes for continuing gains free of yesteryear’s errors.
Partial Lunar Eclipse September 17-18, 2024:
City, Daily Bread, Law, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 1.20.23: Regents Select a New Chancellor for UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.5.22: UW-Whitewater’s Chronic Administrative Turmoil
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:26 PM for 12h 58m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, and Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission…
City, Daily Bread, Police
Daily Bread for 12.4.21: Whitewater’s Police Chief Placed on Administrative Leave
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, UW System
Daily Bread for 11.23.21: Myopic Leading the Myopic in UW System Search
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 44. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset 4:25 PM for 9h 27m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 85.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1924, Edwin Hubble‘s discovery, that the…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, City, Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.8.21: Ex-student Stephanie Vander Pas sues for failure of UW-Whitewater to protect her and others from sexual harassment by former chancellor’s husband
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:22 PM for 11h 21m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin: Peshtigo, Wisconsin was devastated by a…
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Daily Bread for 5.23.21
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see morning showers followed by a thunderstorm this afternoon, and a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:23 AM and sunset 8:19 PM, for 14h 55m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 87.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1854, the first railroad reaches…
City, Local Government, Politics, School District, University, Whitewater's Local Politics 2021
Whitewater’s Local Politics 2021: The Campus
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
This is the fifth in a series on Whitewater’s local politics of 2021. Whitewater, Wisconsin is a small town where about half the residents are university students. Town-Gown conflicts here aren’t the most in all North America, but they’re not the least, either. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is beset with challenges apart from politics: long-term structural…
Budget, City, Demographics, Government Spending, University, UW System, Wisconsin
UW-Whitewater’s Budgetary Challenges Require a Studied Approach
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Whitewater is a college town. If a college town, then a college: the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. I’ve written about the university now and again. A simple summary of my views would be that Whitewater benefits from having a university, but that the school’s leaders (notably Telfer and Kopper) have failed both individuals and the community.…