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The University of Wisconsin system merged with the Wisconsin State University system in 1971 to create today's University of Wisconsin System.
1971 – The Legislature establishes the University of Wisconsin System, merging the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Universities. 1971 – Union South, a part of the Wisconsin Union, opens to serve the expanding campus.
The University of Wisconsin System was established in a tumultuous 1971 merger combining all of the state's public colleges and universities into a single entity. Drawing on decades of previously unpublished sources, administration insider Patricia A. Brady details this dramatic story, illuminating a continual struggle among and within the ...
Established in Wisconsin’s state constitution of 1848 and funded initially by a federal land grant, the University of Wisconsin (“the UW,” also called Wisconsin University or Wisconsin State University in the early years) enrolled its inaugural class of seventeen (male) students in 1849, holding its first classes in the Madison Female ...
In 1964, officials reclassified Wisconsin’s state colleges as universities and the institution was renamed Wisconsin State University-Superior. In 1971, it joined the Universities of Wisconsin and became the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Development of a Public Education System in Wisconsin. Before there were any public schools in Wisconsin, groups of parents often hired someone to teach their children several hours a day for several months a year. The earliest known example of that in Wisconsin was in 1791.
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Since the University’s inception as a teacher-training school in 1871 to its stature today as a premier comprehensive institution, quality and innovative higher education have been hallmarks of UW Oshkosh’s success. In the early years, the Oshkosh State Normal School was Wisconsin’s foremost institution for educating teachers and the ...
