Special Projects

Seventy-seven-year-old Kay Rober, Co-Founder and Site Manager at Whitewater’s Community Space, is a small-town Mother Teresa. Soft spoken but passionate, Rober is the heart and soul of all that goes on at the Community Space. The collection of stories Rober told laid out her mission to serve the whole Whitewater community, especially those who are […]

Wisconsin has always been a state known for beer and cheese, and it has many unheard-of cities and towns. Whitewater is one of Wisconsin’s small towns with some history. Wisconsinites realize it as a school town; it has a history, from how the school began to when it was founded. Whitewater, Wisconsin, is a small […]

The City of Whitewater’s poverty rate is three times higher than the state average, at 32.5% according to 2022 US Census Bureau data. While news coverage surrounding the city in recent months has focused on immigration, it is not the only factor contributing to the cities poverty rate. Every year, about 11,000 students attend UW-Whitewater […]

This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club.

Yuri Ostria es de Hidalgo, México y tiene cinco años viviendo en la ciudad de Whitewater, Wis. Actualmente trabaja en la tienda Guanajuato Produce. Ella más que nadie sabe cómo es vivir en los EEUU sin los mismos recursos que sus vecinos anglosajones o hablantes nativos del inglés. “La gente hispana siempre ha sufrido esa […]

Rick Rupprecht and Becky Ludeman from St. Patrick Catholic Church at Whitewater share their personal experiences with the migrant surge and how their parish is affected. Rupprecht is the Director of Faith Formation and Ludeman is the Parish Secretary. Samantha Calderon, Sonia Spitz and Elizabeth Lintonen have the story. This project was created through a […]

Whitewater’s 15,000 residents have seen between 800 and 1,000 South American immigrants land in the area since 2022, according to letters from Whitewater Police Chief Daniel Meyer and Senator Tammy Balwin. The migrants, in their numbers, are finding an increasingly limited selection of places to stay and accessible resources upon arrival. Many are finding homes […]

Rewind to around 20 years ago in Whitewater Wis., when a janitor at a grade school, Art Hughes, noticed students coming to school without coats in the middle of winter. Out of the kindness of his heart, he would bring coats to school and give them out to those kids. “The more he gave, the […]

This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club.

Student Journalists Samantha Calderon Liliana Fannin Elizabeth Lintonen Colton Pemble Dominic Rodriguez Juan Rodriguez-Mora Sonia Spitz Instructor Jessica McBride Digital Media Specialist Jeffrey John Loomis This project was created through a journalism class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies Department. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment […]

Interview projects created in the JAMS 660 Environment and the Media seminar course.

Monastic life was at its pinnacle during the Middle Ages, however during the reformation of the 16th century, Martin Luther argued against monastic life, and monasteries across Protestant lands were dissolved. While there remained a strong tradition of monasteries in the Catholic and Orthodox faith, this tradition slowly faded as society was secularized during early […]