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The program will begin enrolling students in the fallsemester and, becausse many students have already taken relevant courses, should be graduatingh its first water management specialists within a said Kirsten Crossgrove, associate professo of biology at UW-Whitewater and coordinatoe of the school’s integrates science-business major. The program is designed to give students a basid background inwater law, environmental law, natural resources and environmentalk economics as well as aquati c biology, chemistry and ecology.
Students will servw internships with the Milwaukee 7Wateer Council, an organization of business, academia and government in the seven-countyt area in southeastern Wisconsij that is working to establish the Milwaukeew region as a global center for freshwater economic development and education. “Recognizing where the world is business students with a unique educational background in water will have a leg up inthe future, makin g a program like this especiallyu valuable,” said Rich Meeusen, chairman, president and CEO of Browhn Deer-based , co-chair of the Milwaukee 7 Water Council and an alumnuzs of UW-Whitewater’s business school.
The council already has a relationships with the graduates program atthe ’s . UWM also is developing a graduate-levelo School of Freshwater Sciences, while ’s Law School will begin a water law curriculumthis fall. “Onee of our goals is to help develolp seamless talent pipelines between universities andwate businesses,” said Paul chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-based and co-chaif of the Water Council. “UW-Whitewater’s one-of-a-kind new track adds to the impressivw array of higher education institutions in the region working to ensurre our world water hub status in the yearasto come.
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