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.
Citing low enrollment, UW-Platteville announced in October that it is closing its Baraboo Sauk County branch campus on May 22. The school opened in 1968. Area students will be left with fewer options for education after high school.
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Jon Meyer, a 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.
Sarra Modaqiq studies near the main entrance to the Baraboo campus under a portrait of 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.
The science building on the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus 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.
Citing low enrollment, UW-Platteville announced in October that it is closing its Baraboo Sauk County branch campus on May 22. The school opened in 1968. Area students will be left with fewer options for education after high school.
Jon Meyer, a 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.
Sarra Modaqiq studies near the main entrance to the Baraboo campus under a portrait of 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.
The science building on the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus 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.
