UW-Platteville Career and Professional Development Office

As we wrap up the spring semester and begin looking forward to the summer months, we can't help but start thinking about the upcoming fall semester.

With that, we opened employer registration this morning for the Fall Career & Internship/Co-op Fair!

Visit go.uwplatt.edu/career-fair for more information!

Our final Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight!

William Foucault
Hometown: Neenah, WI
Major: Industrial Technology Management

Employment: Ahern- Fire Protection Designer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, William!

Involvement: Sigma Phi Epsilon & Men's Basketball Director of Operations



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Madison Arickx
Hometown: Rock Falls, IL
Major: English

Employment: Southwestern Wisconsin Middle School - Middle School ELA Teacher

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Madison!

Involvement: Greenwood Avenue Market, Tutoring Center, Rotaract Club



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Thank you so much Kate Wright and the Vierbicher staff for your generous donation! The Pioneer Career Closet has helped a lot of students this year and it wouldn’t be possible without donations like these!!

Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Philippe Ndagijimana
Hometown: Neenah, WI
Major: Sustainability and Renewable Energy Systems

Employment: Power System Engineering, Inc - Renewable Energy Technician

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Philippe!

Involvement: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship; Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineer; National Society of Black Engineers; Just 4 Fun Soccer Club



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Erin Trocke
Hometown: Highland, WI
Major: Engineering Physics

Employment: NextEra Energy - Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant – Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Erin!

Involvement: Clay Club, President of Society of Physics Students, Student Research



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Alex Miller
Hometown: Cuba City, WI
Major: Broad Field Social Studies Education with an Emphasis in History

Employment: Yellowstone National Park– Park Ranger

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Alex!

Involvement: History Club, Environmental Sciences and Society Club, Effigy Mounds National Monument, History Symposium Presenter



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Gretchen Johnson
Hometown: Waunakee WI
Major: Civil Engineering

Employment: Strand Associates – Civil Engineer Municipal Department

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Gretchen!

Involvement: APWA Wisconsin Chapter Scholarship, Chemistry and Calc 2 Tutor, Student Grader



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Madeline Ritter
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Employment: Trane Technologies – Industrial Systems Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Madeline!

Involvement: Women Golf Team, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Pioneer Pantry, Society of Women Engineers, Alpha Pi Mu, Outdoor Adventure Club, Women in STEM Tour Guide & Student Assistant, CenterPOINT Student Assistant, Industrial Academic Student Assistant, Women in STEM Mentor Program



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Cade Nimrick
Hometown: Cambridge, IL
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Employment: John Deere – Engineering Development Program Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Cade!

Involvement: Residence Life - Resident Assistant, Senior Assistant; Intervarsity



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

April Molitor
Hometown: Reedsburg, WI
Majors: Ag-business and Soil & Crop Science

Employment: United Cooperative – Sales Agronomist

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, April!

Involvement: Agronomy club; ASA, CSSA, SSSA membership; Collegiate Crops Team; Pioneer Activity Center



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Elisabeth Winkler
Majors: Environmental Science and Conservation

Continuing Education: Indiana State University– M.S. in Quaternary Sciences

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Liz!

Involvement: TREES Lab Senior Research Assistant, Steward of Place for Environmental Science and Society, McNair Scholar, Amazing People Scholarship, National Collegiate Honor Society



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Carly Stupar
Hometown: Sun Prairie, WI
Majors: Industrial Technology Management

Employment: CG Schmidt– Safety Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Carly!

Involvement: TRiO, Disability Access Center, Disability Education Awareness and Leadership (DEAL)-President, Women in STEM, Special Olympics, American Foundry Society, Society for Women in Engineering, American Society of Safety Professionals, The National Society of Leadership and Success, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and The Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement. Campus Tour Guide, Women in STEM Peer Mentor, Disability Access Center Peer Mentor and Notetaker, Laundry Assistant- Pioneer Athletics.



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Kiteara Malueg
Hometown: Mauston, WI
Majors: Psychology

Continuing Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison– Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Kiteara!

Involvement: TRIO Student Support Services, McNair's Scholars Program, Greenwood Avenue Market (GWAM) Independent research on ageism



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Connor Guysky
Hometown: Grafton, WI
Majors: Sustainability & Renewable Energy Systems

Employment: Alliant Energy– Construction Coordinator

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Connor!

Involvement: UWP Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers Chapter President



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Makenna Halvensleben
Hometown: Reedsburg, WI
Majors: Software Engineering, Data Science

Employment: Amazon– Software Dev Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Makenna!

Involvement: Association of Computing Machinery-Women President, Math Club Secretary, Chancellor's Scholars



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Alex Bishop
Hometown: Tomahawk, WI
Major: Construction Management

Employment: Tweet Garot Mechanical – Safety Coordinator

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Alex!

Involvement: American Society of Safety Professionals President, CMA member



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Tim Highum
Hometown: Peterson, MN
Major: Industrial Technology Management

Employment: Eck Industries– Process Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Tim!

Involvement: American Foundry Society, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Segregated University Fee Allocation Commission (SUFAC), Pioneer Involvement Center



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Erin Colgrove
Hometown: Waukesha, WI
Majors: Cyber Security & Forensic Investigation

Employment: Quad Graphics – IT Compliance Administrator

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Erin!

Involvement: Circle K international, Marching Pioneers, Pioneer Pep Band



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Brandyn Voegeli
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Major: Civil Engineering

Employment: SRF Consulting – Civil Engineer - I

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Brandyn!

Involvement: Phi Sigma, Swim Club, Hydropower Club, TA Student Grader



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Isabelle Varga
Hometown: Big Flats, WI
Major: Forensic Investigation

Continuing Education: UW-Platteville – Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Isabelle!

Involvement: Tour Guide, Lead Student Recruitment Assistant, Student Assistant- Wright Center for Non-Traditional and Veteran Students, TRIO, Alpha Phi Sigma, and National Society of Leadership and Success



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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Favour Butterfield
Hometown: Florence, WI
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Employment: John Deere – Engineering Development Program - Quality Engineer

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Favour!

Involvement: National Society of Black Engineers, Women in STEM

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Hired Before Graduation Student Spotlight

Brad Nies
Hometown: De Pere, WI
Major: Accounting

Employment: PwC – Audit Associate

Congratulations and best wishes on the start of your career, Brad!

Involvement: Men’s Basketball; Pioneer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

University of Wisconsin-Platteville University of Wisconsin-Platteville/BILSA UW-Platteville Athletics

It's almost that time!

Launching Monday morning we'll be highlighting some of our upcoming May 2024 graduates to show just a tiny bit of the diverse outcomes our graduates have achieved. We had over 125 nominations for this semester's campaign! While we can't highlight everyone, know that we are extremely proud of all of our graduating Pioneers!

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Shout out to all of our students working on campus! Not only are they helping to create a great learning and living environment on our campus, they are also learning valuable skills that will compliment and enhance the great skills and knowledge learned in their classes!

Congratulations University of Wisconsin-Platteville Chancellor, Dr. Tammy K. Evetovich!