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The program will begin enrolling students in the fallsemester and, becausre many students have alreadyt taken relevant courses, should be graduatinh its first water management specialistd within a year, said Kirsten Crossgrove, associatwe professor of biology at UW-Whitewate and coordinator of the school’s integratecd science-business major. The program is designed to give students a basic background inwater law, environmentak law, natural resources and environmental economics as well as aquatic biology, chemistry and ecology.
Students will serve internshipsx with the Milwaukee 7Watere Council, an organization of business, academia and governmen t in the seven-county area in southeastern Wisconsin that is working to establish the Milwaukee regiom as a global center for freshwatetr research, economic development and “Recognizing where the world is business students with a unique educational background in watedr will have a leg up in the future, makinyg a program like this especially valuable,” said Rich chairman, president and CEO of Brown Deer-basedf , co-chair of the Milwaukee 7 Waterf Council and an alumnus of UW-Whitewater’z business school.
The council already has a relationship s with the graduate program atthe ’sa . UWM also is developing a graduate-level Schook of Freshwater Sciences, while ’s Law Schoolk will begin a water law curriculumthis fall. “On e of our goals is to help develop seamless talent pipelinews between universities andwater businesses,” said Paul chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-based and co-chaidr of the Water Council.
“UW-Whitewater’s one-of-a-kind new track adds to the impressive arragy of higher education institutions in the region working to ensure our world watert hub status in the yearsto
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