Good morning.

Monday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 38. Sunrise is 7:14 and sunset is 5:01, for 9 hours, 48 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 6:15 PM, and the School Board meets at 7 PM.

On this day in 1776,  Henry Knox‘s “noble train of artillery” arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

On 1.9.25, UW-Whitewater Chancellor Dr. Corey King delivered a State of the University presentation at a Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ meeting. (The university’s formal State of the University Address will be on 3.18.25.)

A few remarks:

While I don’t believe that Wisconsin’s university system is better off with a WISGOP legislature, legislative pressure has demanded in response a more skillful university chancellor than ones our campus has fifteen years ago. There’s less local control over public universities in Wisconsin than in years past, but Whitewater did poorly with the choices her local input produced (Telfer, Kopper). See on the problem of poor local judgment The Dark, Futile Dream and Revisiting Kozloff’s ‘Dark, Futile Dream.’

These are not times of local university control. For this city, the decline of local control has led, it seems, to a decidedly more competent chancellor. If local control should one day return, Whitewater will have to produce better recommendations than she did years ago.

For now, however unwelcome the legislative balance, Whitewater is fortunate that she has better than her own past judgment brought.

One should be careful about breaking pets’ treats in half. They don’t like it:

Good morning.

Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 6:52, and sunset is 6:35, for 11 hours, 42 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent, with 1.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM.

On this day in 1908,  Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale.

The Universities of Wisconsin (UW System) writes that UW-Whitewater welcomes 20,000 visitors for summer programming:

Thousands of people visited the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater during the summer of 2024 as the Whitewater and Rock County campuses hosted scores of events between the spring and fall semesters.

A total of 6,330 campers and 700 camp counselors participated in the university’s 67 summer programs. Another 5,538 people were served through events run by external partners, including the Special Olympics Wisconsin Summer Games and the Drum Corps International Whitewater Classic.

UW-Whitewater’s First Year Experience office welcomed 2,182 students and 2,493 guests for Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR). The Department of Admissions held three preview days and 126 campus tours over the summer for prospective students and their family members and guests, attracting another 3,279 visitors to campus.

“It was an incredible summer at UW-Whitewater, and I’m so proud that nearly 20,000 people visited our campuses,” said Chancellor Corey A. King. “We have a vibrant community, and it was on full display across the wonderful plethora of events we hosted. I’d like to thank our students, event volunteers, faculty, and staff, including our camps and conferences office, for fostering a welcoming, inclusive environment for learning and engagement.”

Keep going: Whitewater is made happier and more prosperous when she has visitors.

Night Sky Oct 2024 Events:

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’):

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: