University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
- University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
The University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac, part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA.
UW-Fond du Lac is one of 13 freshman-sophomore liberal arts transfer campuses of the UW Colleges and offers a general education associate degree. After beginning their studies at UW-Fond du Lac, students transfer to other UW System institutions as well as to colleges and universities throughout the country to complete their bachelor's degrees. The college offers seven bachelor's degree programs from five 4-year state colleges which can be completed on campus.
The campus features a convert|2|acre|m2|sing=on lake surrounded by six buildings. A 60 acre Gottfried Arboretum is under development and will serve as an outdoor classroom and provide recreational opportunities.
History
The beginnings of the campus are rooted in the 1950s when the University of Wisconsin-Madison operated an extension campus in Fond du Lac. By the beginning of the 1960s however, that venture had ended, and local community organizers were hoping to bring a fully operating campus to the community. Setting up a joint commission between the city and county, they successfully persuaded for the building of a campus and set aside land in 1966, the previous home of the county airport on the city of
Fond du Lac's east side.
The campus opened as a satellite campus of UW–Oshkosh on September 9th, 1968. It would become its own independent two-year campus in 1972.
The addition of a student commons, 300 seat Prairie Theater, and renovation of the original buildings was completed in the fall of 2000.
External links
* [http://www.fdl.uwc.edu/ UW-Fond du Lac Official website]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
University of Wisconsin (disambiguation) — University of Wisconsin may refer to: * The University of Wisconsin System, the public state university system of Wisconsin, and its components: ** Research Universities granting doctorates: ***University of Wisconsin Madison, the largest and… … Wikipedia
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Fond du Lac, Wisconsin nickname = FDL, Fondy motto = imagesize = image caption = mapsize = 250px map caption = Location within the state of Wisconsin. subdivision type = Country subdivision name = U.S.A.… … Wikipedia
Fond du Lac — Several places and things have this name including:United States*Fond du Lac, Wisconsin the city *Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin the county *Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Ojibwe Indian reservation *Fond du Lac Indian Reservation *Fond … Wikipedia
Fond du Lac (town), Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Fond du Lac, Wisconsin settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = United States… … Wikipedia
University of Wisconsin Colleges — The University of Wisconsin Colleges is a unit of the University of Wisconsin System composed of 13 local campuses and an online campus, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online.The campuses are: *University of Wisconsin Baraboo/Sauk County… … Wikipedia
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee — Established 1885, 1956 (details) Type Public Endowment … Wikipedia
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh — Established 1871 Type State university Chancellor R … Wikipedia
Fond du Lac — /fon deuh lak , joo lak / a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago. 35,863. * * * ▪ Wisconsin, United States city, seat (1844) of Fond du Lac county, east central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies on the Fond du Lac River, at the southern end of Lake … Universalium
Lomira, Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Lomira, Wisconsin settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = United States… … Wikipedia
List of colleges and universities in Wisconsin — The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Doctoral/research universitiesPublic*University of Wisconsin Madison *University of Wisconsin MilwaukeePrivate*Marquette University *Medical College of Wisconsin… … Wikipedia