BARABOO — UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County student Jon Meyer had just settled into his first semester of college at the two-year university when he got the news: After nearly six decades, the branch campus was shuttering.
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Jon Meyer, first-year student at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, studies in the Academic Success Center on campus. The school is known as the Boo-U Fighting Spirits.
Student Sarra Modaqiq studies near the main entrance to the Baraboo campus under portrait of UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County founding dean Theodore Nelson Savides. The campus is closing May 22.
Keeli Kraemer, a second-year student at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County from Sauk City, studies in the computer lab on campus. Kraemer is transferring to UW-Platteville’s main campus next fall.
Matt Fencl, UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus director, shows the geology lab on campus. Fencl plans to work at the UW-Platteville main campus next fall as a professor.
A newer science building at UW-Platteville Baraboo campus, which was built in 2015. The closure is another in a series of branch campuses that have shuttered since 2023, when UW-Platteville Richland County ceased operations.
To help the branch campus students transition to the main campus or online classes, UW-Platteville is offering the same tuition rate through spring 2027. The university is also giving the students a $1,500 housing stipend per semester to live in the main campus’ residence halls for the next academic year.
Jon Meyer, first-year student at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, studies in the Academic Success Center on campus. The school is known as the Boo-U Fighting Spirits.
Student Sarra Modaqiq studies near the main entrance to the Baraboo campus under portrait of UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County founding dean Theodore Nelson Savides. The campus is closing May 22.
Matt Fencl, UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus director, shows the geology lab on campus. Fencl plans to work at the UW-Platteville main campus next fall as a professor.
A newer science building at UW-Platteville Baraboo campus, which was built in 2015. The closure is another in a series of branch campuses that have shuttered since 2023, when UW-Platteville Richland County ceased operations.
To help the branch campus students transition to the main campus or online classes, UW-Platteville is offering the same tuition rate through spring 2027. The university is also giving the students a $1,500 housing stipend per semester to live in the main campus’ residence halls for the next academic year.
Keeli Kraemer, a second-year student at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County from Sauk City, studies in the computer lab on campus. Kraemer is transferring to UW-Platteville’s main campus next fall.
