[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Scott Knitter]

My mom, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, calls
her alma mater UWM and refers to the mother campus as UW-Madison. So
there. :)

Scott, who wonders why Michigan never developed a statewide system
like Wisconsin's. Perhaps because no one dared suggest either Ann
Arbor or East Lansing as the central campus and risk the wrath of the
other's people.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> What was annoying about changing the names of the Wisconsin state colleges
> was that "UW-M" was always the distinctive appellation for the University
> of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the change confused everything because now
> there are TWO "UW-Ms", Madison and Milwaukee. The latter should probably do
> what the SUNY schools do and just refer to itself as "Milwaukee", or else
> should be allowed to do what UT-Memphis did and become the University of
> Milwaukee.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/18/2015 10:32:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
>>
>> "Normal  School" historically means one which trains teachers.  >>>>>>
>>
>> And also in Wisconsin.  They then changed from Normal Schools  into
>> Wisconsin State Teachers' Colleges, and then Wisconsin State  Colleges.
>> Eventually  the State Legislature simply declared them all to be  branches
>> of the
>> of the University of Wisconsin System.
>>
>> This was initially very unpopular in the flagship UW-Madison, but I  think
>> everyone has gotten used to the nomenclature.  We now have
>> UW-Milwaukee, UW-Superior, UW-Whitewater, UW LaCrosse,
>> UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout (Menomonee), UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens
>> Point, UW-Green Bay, UW-Parkside (Racine), UW-Platteville, in  addition
>> to UW-Madison.
>>
>> UW-Milwaukee presently has 28,000 students and grants graduate
>> degrees on its own, including masters and PhD's.
>>
>> Several of the others have student bodies over 10,000.
>>
>> Education is big business.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA