The University of Wisconsin–Marathon County (UWMC), part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges

University of Wisconsin Colleges

The University of Wisconsin Colleges is a unit of the University of Wisconsin System composed of 13 local campuses and one online campus, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online.The campuses are:*University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County...

, is a two-year campus of the University of Wisconsin System

University of Wisconsin System

The University of Wisconsin System is a university system of public universities in the state of Wisconsin. It is one of the largest public higher education systems in the country, enrolling more than 182,000 students each year and employing more than 32,000 faculty and staff statewide...

. It is located near downtown Wausau, Wisconsin

Wausau, Wisconsin

Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau.According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people...

, United States, adjacent to 78 acres (32 ha) Marathon Park. The Dean of the campus is Keith Montgomery. The campus consists of six buildings: the main building, the fieldhouse, the ceramics/pottery building, the art building, Marathon Hall (residence hall), and the Center for Civic Engagement. UW Marathon County has an average enrollment of 1,400 students, and an average class size of 23 students. At UWMC, 53.3% of students are male, and 9.7% are minority students. UWMC is the home of the Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Public Radio is a network of 32 radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct analog services, the Ideas Network and the NPR News and Classical Network, as well as the "HD2 Classical Service," a digital-only, full-time classical music service.-Ideas...

 Wausau Regional Studio.

Academics

The University offers courses leading to either an associate’s degree or the Guaranteed Transfer Program, under which students are guaranteed admission to a four-year University of Wisconsin System college of their choice if they meet the academic requirements. UW Marathon County also has a collaboration program with UW Stevens Point and UW–Oshkosh that allows students to be dually enrolled in both colleges, and to take select courses from those colleges on the UW Marathon County campus, to earn bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration, General Studies, Web and Digital Media Development, and Nursing. UWMC also has an agreement with neighboring Northcentral Technical College

Northcentral Technical College

Northcentral Technical College is a technical college in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. The district of the college includes all of, or portions of, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor, Price, Langlade, Menominee, Clark, Portage, Shawano and Waupaca counties. The main campus is located in Wausau...

 (NTC) whereby a student can earn a one-year, 30- to 32-credit general studies certificate at NTC then transfer to UWMC to complete the Associate of Arts and Sciences degree.

Athletics

The University of Wisconsin Marathon County sponsors teams in golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, and soccer. UWMC has a pool, a weight room, an open gym, and a racquetball

Racquetball

For other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...

 court in the field house. The school mascot is the Husky

Husky

Husky is a general name for a type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast hard pulling style...

.

Newspaper

UWMC's sponsored school newspaper is The Forum, a student-run organ issued monthly. The Forum distributes upwards of 5,000 newspapers per issue. The paper has a Facebook fan page and distributes throughout the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Student Government Association

UWMC's student governing organization is the "Student Government Association". It has six officers, and ten senators who represent student interests. The campus is a member of United Council, a lobbying organization that represents 23 of the 26 UW campuses at the state level, as well as a member of Student Governing Council, an organization that represents the 13 two-year campuses in the UW System.

External links

• University of Wisconsin–Marathon County