Reputation of University of Wisconsin Campuses (houses, residential, parks)

[Prairieparson]

The "pot" thing makes sense at UW-Steven's Point. I graduated in 75. and the big thing was beer. Over a hundred bars in town and 17 on the square. The pot is probably cheaper than beer these days too. In my day, you could still buy a glass of beer for a dime, and a bottle for a quarter, unless you wanted the stuff that was imported, from MILW.

[jefffla01]

I am from Milwaukee---we now live in the desert in southwest. I graduated from the Univ of Wis--Oshkosh-----I can reflect positively on my college experience and I second the thought that Wisconsin residents should indeed be proud of the fine university system the state has.

Also Milwaukee has evolved and transitioned into a very solid city over the last 20-25 years. The solid downtown transition, the growth of the third ward, the nice development along Lake Michigan, and the entertainment centers offerred by the casino and summerfest grounds all have been solid developments.

I still cringe when I talk to people who still feel Milwaukee is still Happy Days and LaVerne and Shirley-----that it is and always will be beer, bowling, and brats.

To an extent Milw is still a great family area-----yet there has been a great transition and there is now a fine sense of the arts, music, restaurants, and theatre around Milwaukee-----its been fun to see the transition.

[ranger17]

Originally Posted by Prairieparson

The "pot" thing makes sense at UW-Steven's Point. I graduated in 75. and the big thing was beer. Over a hundred bars in town and 17 on the square. The pot is probably cheaper than beer these days too. In my day, you could still buy a glass of beer for a dime, and a bottle for a quarter, unless you wanted the stuff that was imported, from MILW.

we used to go up and stay on the river and hit Point on weekends for cruising and "fun" in early 80's... i forgot how many bars were on the square. No wonder drinking was almost a sport back then (same for us in Madison though to be fair it was a lower legal age back then )

[NoToKen]

Can anyone tell me more about Parkside? People seem to not put it in their rankings...

[Milwaukee City]

Originally Posted by NoToKen

Can anyone tell me more about Parkside? People seem to not put it in their rankings...

A little nice school D2, nice campus and draws a lot of people from all over IL and WI. Parkside is also known as UW-Darkside because of all the black people that go there. I'm not calling it that just relaying what I have heard white and black people call it. I applied there and after applying and taking a placement test they told me they would have my results back in 2 weeks but when I called 2 weeks later they said they lost all my paper work and have no record of my financial aid info which I had already obtained and they didn't have my results for my placement test so before spring semester they told me I would have to re apply and wait until winterm to apply. Then I got a call back 3 days later and they told me somebody deleted all my info. We'll after going back and forth with them for weeks I decided their staff is so incompetent that I didn't even want to go to school there so I just went to UWM instead which made applying seamless and easy and glad I switched from Parkside to UWM.

[wolfman24]

Hello

River Falls is the Ag college in Wisconsin. Stevens Point is the Wildlife and Nat Res school and GB is the environmental school.

I went to Point for Grad in Wildlife Bio

Wolfman24

[wolfman24]

Hello

Right after the State schools went acquired by the UW system (1972ish) each state school had its own particular area of expertise. I am not familiar with all of them but here are the ones I do know.

UWGB - Environmental Studies - This still seems to be the case. As I remember GB came into existence as a UW school.

UW Oshkosh - Education - Was a party/suitcase college and may still be

UW Milwaukee -Not familiar

UW Whitewater- Education in particular special ed

UW Plattville - Engineering and related

UW LaCrosse - Physical Education and OT/PT

UW River Falls - Ag

UW Eau Claire (My School) - Nursing, Fine Arts, Education and Psychology. It also had a good Educational Program

UW Stout - Fine Arts and Home Ec

UW Superior - Not Familiar

UW Stevens Point - Wildlife and Natural Resources

UW Parkside - Business

I am not sure when the change occurred but from what I have been told it took place in the 80's, this type of system virtually disappeared (I may be wrong here) and most of the colleges became cookie cutter images of each other. Some still specialize in some things like Point, Platteville and Eau Claire (Nursing), but not to the same extent. For example you can no longer get a degree in Wildlife Management from Point.

Thanks

Wolfman 24

[Folks3000]

Originally Posted by everwinter

What? UW - Madison is definitely not an urban campus. Here's a list from 2006 of the top 25 urban colleges with a list of the urban campus criteria towards the bottom.
Springfield College Named Among Top 25 Urban Colleges As "Saviors Of Our Cities"

Here's a list of more urban colleges. See UW - Madison on there?

cumuonline.org/downloads/CUMU%20Members%20List.pdf

Agh I see, I thought "urban campus" was actually referring to the sort of physical city geography around the campuses themselves, or some sort of official or statistical method used in the determination. I didn't know it was some list or group that campuses had to join. According to the second one the University of Texas, in Downtown Austin, (City proper +800,000 and metro +1.7 million) wouldn't be considered urban either, which would be silly. Some cities that are large have campuses in them considered urban, yet are not in urban neighborhoods at all. Take UWM, yes it is in Milwaukee, but if it moved just two blocks north it would be in Shorewood, not even in the city proper, and not in a really urban area to start with. So that was why I was confused, sorry I didn't realize the metric was coming from some sort of group/magazine article. My bad.

[Jesse276]

Originally Posted by Folks3000

Take UWM, yes it is in Milwaukee, but if it moved just two blocks north it would be in Shorewood, not even in the city proper, and not in a really urban area to start with. So that was why I was confused, sorry I didn't realize the metric was coming from some sort of group/magazine article. My bad.

It seems like you are conflating whether something is urban in form with where it's located. Shorewood is by definition a suburb but it is decidedly urban. The area around UWM is a very urban area located within the city limits of Milwaukee.

When you say 'urban', do you only think of skyscrapers? There is more to cities and urbanity than that. Just as there's more to rural areas than farms & more to suburbs than parking lots.

[Folks3000]

Originally Posted by Jesse276

It seems like you are conflating whether something is urban in form with where it's located. Shorewood is by definition a suburb but it is decidedly urban. The area around UWM is a very urban area located within the city limits of Milwaukee.

When you say 'urban', do you only think of skyscrapers? There is more to cities and urbanity than that. Just as there's more to rural areas than farms & more to suburbs than parking lots.

I guess I was thinking at least 3+ story buildings around, or buildings with a mix of uses, like retail and street frontages with people living above stores, etc. When I was there the surrounding areas looked like simple residential neighborhoods of single family homes (albeit likely turned into student rentals.) They are traditional urban residential neighborhoods perhaps, owing simply to their age and location on a grid pattern, but in terms of form it just didn't seem that urban. When I thought of urban I had just thought of "built up" areas, not skyscrapers or anything like that, heck most European cities are more urban in form that US cities and they often completely lack skyscrapers. Perhaps I missed something. But yes I was apparently confusing urban in form with location.