% ADDRESS AND CLICKING ON THE
% LOCATION OR AVAILABILITY
% CHALLENGE LINKS.
% IN OTHER NEWS UW-RICHLAND NOW A
% SATELLITE OF UW-PLATTEVILLE HAS
% PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE
% THAN 55 YEARS, EVEN THROUGH MOST
% OF THE MERGERS, RESTRUCTURES AND
% REORGANIZATIONS TO RICHLAND, THE
% TWO-YEAR CAMPUS HAD ONCE
% FLOURISHED WITH MORE THAN 500
% STUDENTS AS RECENTLY AS 2015.
% NOW WITH JUST 60 STUDENTS, UW
% SYSTEM PRESIDENT JAY ROTHAM IS
% CUTTING HIS LOSSES CALLING
% IN-PERSON CLASSES THERE NO
% LONGER TEN ABLE GIVEN THOSE
% ENROLLMENT DECLINES SAYING
% ENDING IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AT
% RICHLAND WAS A VERY DIFFICULT
% DECISION.
% WE'RE FACING THE ENROLLMENT
% COLLEGES THAT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES
% ARE FACING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
% WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS 60
% STUDENTS, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
% PROVIDE A HIGH-QUALITY COLLEGE
% EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS WHILE
% MAINTAINING OUR FIDUCIARY
% RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE SOUND
% UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS.
% THIS IS DEVASTATING DEVELOPMENT
% TO THE STUDENTS WHOSE NUMBERS
% MAY BE SMALL BUT RESPONSE HAS
% BEEN OVERWHELMING.
% >> WE CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THIS
% CAMPUS.%WE HATE TO SEE IT GO
.
% >> THE BIGGEST THING WAS
% AFFORDABILITY.%COMING HERE RA
THER THAN GOING TO
% A FOUR YEAR RIGHT AWAY IS SUCH A
% BIG DIFFERENCE.
% >> THE STUDENT BODY IS JUST SO
% TOGETHER LIKE A CLOSE KNIT
% FAMILY.
% >> LOCATION AND AFFORDABILITY.
% I LIKED THE CLOSE KNIT
% COMMUNITY.
% SO MANY FARM KIDS AROUND HERE
% THAT WANT TO PURSUE A HIGHER
% EDUCATION BUT CAN'T GO FAR FROM
% HOME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LEAVE
% THE ENTIRE FARM.
% >> A CRITICAL ACCESS POINT FOR
% STUDENTS IN THE AREA AND BEYOND
% TO START HIGHER EDUCATION.
% >> THIS HAS BEEN COMMUNITIES HAS
% BEEN A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY
% SINCE THE 60s.
% >> STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATES
% FOR TRYING TO SAVE THIS PLACE.
% >> AFTER ALL OF OUR FACULTY WAS
% TAKEN AWAY AND AFTER EVERYTHING
% HAS BEEN SLOWLY BEEN TAKEN AWAY
% FROM THE CAMPUS WE ARE LOSING
% ENROLLMENT.
% IT HAS BEEN A LACK OF SUPPORT
% THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HELPING US.
% >> WHAT WILL WE DO NEXT?
% >> NOW THAT THIS OPTION IS BEING
% TAKEN AWAY FROM ME I DON'T KNOW
% WHAT I'LL DO.
% >> I DON'T HAVE THE PLANS IN
% PLACE.
% NAVIGATING IT HAS BEEN A
% CHALLENGE.%>> SAD.
% I HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM MY
% FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
% >> I HOPE THE UW BOARD OF
% REGENTS AND SYSTEM PRESIDENT CAN
% REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND
% IMPORTANCE OF THIS CAMPUS.
% >> I HOPE THEY DO LOOK IN THE
% MIRROR HARD AND REALIZE THIS IS
% THE WRONG DECISION.
% >> IF THEY'LL MAKE DECISIONS FOR
% US, TALK TO US.
% THIS IS OUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
% WE'RE HERE FOR AND THIS IS OUR
% CAMPUS WE'RE HERE FOR, COMMUNITY
% AND FAMILY AND NOW YOU'RE TAKING
% IT AWAY FROM US.
% >> WHEN YOU MAKE THAT DECISION