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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is now offering students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration in management on the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus, making it the first bachelor\u2019s program to be offered at either of UW-Platteville\u2019s two branch campuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that some students in the Baraboo area are place bound,\u201d said Dr. Les Hollingsworth, director of UW-Platteville\u2019s School of Business. \u201cAs much as they would love to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree, that forces them to do one of two options: go entirely online or pick up and move somewhere, and a lot of students don\u2019t have the option to pick up and move. This will allow us to better meet their educational needs. We are bringing the four-year university to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Business leaders in the Sauk County area have expressed their excitement for this new offering, hoping that it draws more students who plan to stay and work in the area long term.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am thrilled to hear that UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County\u00a0is adding a BBA to its offerings,\u201d said Bryan Fiene, a 1980\u00a0graduate of then UW-Baraboo Sauk County and a 1983\u00a0graduate of UW-Platteville. As director at Robert W. Baird and leader of the Fiene Heitzkey Group, he works with clients around the country, including large and small businesses in Sauk County.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the fact that this degree will be offered in Sauk County, which has some of the state\u2019s most successful businesses, is an amazing resource for the students and businesses alike,\u201d said Fiene. \u201cThe culture is truly unique here, and the businesses feel the same about hiring kids from their area. If the kids love it here, they stay long term with the employer and the opportunities are massive. From national household names like Culver\u2019s, Mueller and Wollersheim, to local manufacturers, farm implement companies, co-operatives, insurance and finance companies as well as a massive tourism industry, Sauk County is a great place for a career in one of the friendliest and most beautiful settings in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current sophomore and associate degree student Katelyn Zajicek, from nearby Portage, Wisconsin, said she is pleased to have the opportunity to possibly continue and earn a UW-Platteville Bachelor of Business Administration at the branch campus she has grown comfortable with.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe classes are small, and you get to know your professors and actually have them for multiple classes,\u201d said Zajicek. \u201cI\u2019ve been considering other universities to finish my degree, but I think, especially if the bachelor\u2019s degree had been available [at the branch campus] when I started, I wouldn\u2019t have spent that time thinking about other programs and would have been focused on staying with UW-Platteville.\u201d<\/p>\n
The program will be offered in a hybrid format, with some classes every semester fully in-person on the Baraboo Sauk County campus and some classes fully online. Graduation requirements also include an internship which, at UW-Platteville\u2019s main campus, has converted to a full-time job offer for students over 80% of the time.<\/p>\n