Learn About UW-Richland
Alumni
Alumni and friends of UW-Richland and the Richland County College are welcome to
join the Association, an organization with these goals:
- to promote and cultivate friendships and foster mutual aid among members
- to promote and cultivate the interests and welfare of the school
- to expand and gain a strong relationship between alumni and the school
- to receive, invest, and use gifts, contributions and bequests of money
and/or real and personal property.
To achieve these goals, the Association shares news of alumni and the campus with
members and friends through twice-a-year newsletters, and helps support the campus
in a multitude of ways, one example being co-sponsorship of the spring Graduation
and Awards Night reception. The Association membership funds scholarships for
current students. And, each year the Association recognizes two alumni-one from the
current campus (1967 or later), and one from the earlier campus (1966 and
before)-for their success and accomplishments by naming them "Outstanding
Alumni of the Year."
To bring former students into contact with each other and the campus, the
UW-Richland Alumni Association organizes special events. Those typically include
Fall Alumni Day, typically held the first Saturday in October, and Alumni Homecoming,
featuring Red-versus-Blue alumni basketball, in March (Saturday, March 7, in 2009).
Board members meet about every other month and all former students of either campus
are eligible to join the Association, participate in events and activities, and
serve on the board.
History
The tradition of higher education in Richland County has deep roots. In 1903, the
first college was established in Richland Center. Through various changes and
incarnations-from Normal School, to Teachers College, from the WSU System to the
UW Center System to the University of Wisconsin-Richland Colleges campus of
today-the tradition continues. Supporting that tradition since 1967, when the
last graduating class at the County College to keep the memory of their campus
alive established an alumni association, today known as the UW-Richland Alumni
Association.
Join the association! Membership dues are:
| per year |
$4/individual |
$5/couple |
| for 3 years
| $10/individual
| $12/couple
|
| lifetime
| $75/individual
| $100/couple
|
To join, send your check made out to the UW-Richland Alumni Association
to:
Alumni Liaison John Poole
UW-Richland
1200 Highway 14 West
Richland Center, WI 53581-1399
Contact info:
Alumni Liaison John Poole
Alumni Association President Cheryl Crook.