WHITEWATER, Wis. \u2014 UW-Whitewater will officially break ground on two halls on April 17.<\/p>\n
This project, which consists of an almost $90 million renovation of\u00a0Winther and Heide halls, two 1960s-era buildings on the campus’ east side.<\/p>\n
The groundbreaking celebration will take place beginning at noon outside of Winther Hall, home of the College of Education and Professional Studies.<\/p>\n
Guided tours of the building and appetizers will be available between noon and 12:30 p.m., with the groundbreaking ceremony and remarks to begin at 12:30. Opportunities for networking and taking photos will follow the ceremony at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
People planning to attend are asked to register<\/a> by Friday, and free parking will be available in lots 12 and 14<\/a>, adjacent to the building.<\/p>\n School officials say this project was approved as part of a capital budget bill<\/a> signed by Gov. Tony Evers in March 2024. The renovation<\/a> at Winther Hall will include student study areas, lecture halls with updated technology, and open labs.<\/p>\n As for Heide Hall, it will hold classes during the renovation. Heide Hall will receive roof and window replacements, along with new elevators as part of the project.<\/p>\n Construction is slated to begin in May 2026, with classes expected to resume in the building in spring 2029.<\/p>\n \u200bCOPYRIGHT 2026 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITEWATER, Wis. \u2014 UW-Whitewater will officially break ground on two halls on April 17. This project, which consists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,526,451,983,3,13109,452,453],"class_list":["post-565042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-state","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}