Student Resources
Helpful Links
The University Bookstore strives to provide everything you need for an enjoyable experience at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Check back for links to sites that we find interesting.
Unversity Links
UW-W Homepage - This is the home page for UW-W, from which most other UW-W topics can be found.
The Bookstore on Facebook - Our Facebook page is home to a lot of useful information, including news of upcoming sales and specific new items, including the chance to give feedback about what you'd like to see us offer for products.
Campus Weather - This weather page, maintained by the Geography/Geology department, contains live information on Whitewater's weather as measured here on campus.
Hawkcard Office - All the information you ever wanted concerning meal plans, purple points, and student IDs.
Campus Map - An up-to-date, printable map of the campus's various features, including new buildings and construction sites.
Campus Directions and Map - Directions on how to drive to UW-W both from major nearby cities and by zip code, and links to maps of the campus.
Plan-It Purple - A required orientation/registration program for Freshman students, to familiarize them and their families to what campus life involves.
Student Internships - This webpage includes internship advice and details on available internships in the area.
FAFSA - Sumbit a request for federal student aid, for free! There is a deadline for priority consideration, so be sure to apply as soon as you can.
Other Links
The Scale of a Carbon Atom - A thought-provoking interactive graphic created by the University of Utah, showing the successive size differences between a coffee bean, amoeba, chromosome, and carbon atom, as well as many other tiny objects.
W3Schools - This is a very handy site for learning how to use and manipulate the various programming codes used in web design.
National Geographic - The main website of National Geographic, which includes science news, photograph galleries, and various other interesting things.
Scienceblogs - A collection of blogs by scientists about science, in both professional and informal uses.