The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and its Distance Learning Center (GoUWP.com) now can collectively reach 100,500 students in all of Iowa’s 15 community colleges, providing them the opportunity to turn coursework into credits to put toward an on-campus or online degree at UW-Platteville.

The most recent agreement outlines that students transferring from Hawkeye, Des Moines Area, Southeastern Iowa, Iowa Lakes, Iowa Valley, North Iowa Area, Iowa Central, Indian Hills, Western Iowa, Northwest Iowa, Southwestern Iowa and Iowa Western community colleges in Iowa with an earned associate of arts or associate of science degree granted on or after May 15, 2013 will have met all UW-Platteville general education requirements with the exception of the ethnic and gender studies requirements.

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Students will not be able to make any online or automated telephone payments from 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 24 to 8 a.m. Monday, July 1 due to fiscal year-end processes. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is among the top schools in the nation for an affordable online

bachelor degree in business, according to GetEducated.com, a consumer group that publishes online university rankings.

"The value of higher education, especially in business, has never been greater," said Dawn Drake, executive director of alternative delivery systems at University of Wisconsin-Platteville. "Because of that, it's vital to ensure programs remain accessible to a broad range of working adults. One way of doing that is keeping tuition affordable." 

GetEducated.com recently released its list of the Best Online Colleges for an affordable business degree or "Best Buys" at the bachelor level. The rankings were calculated by comparing tuition and distance education fees at 67 regionally accredited or regional candidate universities.

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Lisa Repp, a 2012 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s online masters’ degree in project management, has earned the prestigious 2013 North American James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award.

Repp’s thesis “Factors that Influence Critical Chain Project Management Implementation Success,” garnered her $500 and an all-expense-paid trip to the 2013 PMI® Global Congress—North America, Oct. 27–29 in New Orleans, where she’ll present her findings. Visit http://bit.ly/11SY2C7 for a summary of Repp’s research.

The James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award recognizes excellence in student development of original concepts in project management. Papers are selected based upon the research and creative effort that are best directed toward advancing the concepts, tools and techniques of managing project-oriented tasks. One winner from each of four regions (North America, Latin America, Europe-Middle East-Africa [EMEA], and Asia-Pacific) are selected annually.

Visit www.GoUWP.com, call 800.362.5460 or email disted@uwplatt.edu for more information on UW-Platteville's online master's degree programs.

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Award recognizes the important role of distance education
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and its Distance Learning Center (UW-Platteville Online) have announced the winner of the $500 Dawn Drake Excellence in Distance Education Scholarship.

Matthew Meyer, originally of Beaver Dam, received his bachelor's degree in engineering from UW-Platteville in 2002 and is set to graduate with a master's degree in engineering through UW-Platteville's online program this fall. He currently works for River Valley Testing Corporation in Neenah and Green Bay.

The academic scholarship, established by Dawn Drake, executive director of alternative delivery systems at UW-Platteville, is awarded each spring to a degree-seeking student who has successfully completed at least one course in a UW-Platteville Distance Education program and has a GPA of at least 3.0. It symbolizes the important role that distance education has played in Dawn’s life, personally and professionally.

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As the UW-Platteville Distance Learning Center celebrates 35 years of providing quality distance education, I am delighted to share our accomplishments with you.

Our publication, 35 Years of Distance Education - A Journey, will provide you with highlights of the many flexible opportunities we have made available for students at a distance.

We are proud of the achievements attained while serving the needs of non-traditional students and will continue to meet the challenges ahead.

Dawn Drake
Executive Director of Alternative Delivery Systems

 

Effective immediately, all e-mail communications between you and UW-Platteville faculty, advisors, the DLC staff, and other campus offices, such as Financial Aid, must be sent and received in the UW-Platteville e-mail account you were assigned upon admission.

You can find your campus e-mail address in PASS at Self Service – Student Center.

We encourage you to remove any auto-forwarding on your campus e-mail and use your uwplatt.edu account for all incoming and outgoing UW-Platteville communications.

To remove the auto-forward:

1. Click the E-Mail button on the Distance Education home page at www.uwplatt.edu./disted.

2. Log into your UW-Platteville account, with your NetID (username) and password that also provide access to PASS and D2L.

3. Follow the instructions at http://www.uwplatt.edu/disted/pdf/Forwarding-Instructions.pdf to disable forwarding.

If you have questions, contact the DLC Help Desk at 877.854.3083.

 

IN THE NEWS
In its annual ranking, “Best Online Education Programs,” U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s (GoUWP.com) bachelor’s in business program No. 85 in the nation.

UW-Platteville’s bachelor’s program in business administration is featured here. Regionally, UW-Platteville edged out University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (No. 123), UW-Superior (No. 148), Waldorf College, Forest City, IA (No. 128), and IAB College of Business (No. 86).

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