Contact: Jonathan Enslin
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enslinj@uww.edu
WHITEWATER A recent gift of real estate valued at $1 million will be used to help provide local housing for University of Wisconsin-Whitewater faculty and staff members.
Whitewater businessman and First Citizens State Bank president Jim Caldwell and his wife, Julie, donated 23 parcels of land to the UW-Whitewater Foundation. The lots are located in a new housing development on the City of Whitewater’s northwest side near West Bloomingfield Drive.
“This is a generous gift that will give us yet another tool to help attract and retain faculty and staff members,” Chancellor Richard Telfer said. “The Caldwells continue to put the university and the Whitewater community first with their many gifts of support. I, and the entire UW-Whitewater community, am grateful for their gift of this land as well as the time and energy they put into helping campus on many levels. I am looking forward to seeing how this real estate gift develops and impacts the entire community.”
Caldwell said he hopes this property will encourage faculty and staff members to make the Whitewater community their home.
“Julie and I were pleased to be able to make this gift to the Foundation to assist UW-Whitewater in its mission to continue to attract top talent to the university,” he said. “This may provide an opportunity to create a cluster of faculty and staff living in a central area close to the campus.”
The real estate parcels will be managed by a real estate subsidiary of the UW-Whitewater Foundation. The UW-Whitewater Foundation approved the creation of this subsidiary as well as the planned use of the land for university housing at its Feb. 3 meeting. Foundation officials will consult with university and community leaders over the coming months to develop specific plans for the use of the real estate.
“University leaders have long been interested in increasing the numbers of faculty and staff who live in the Whitewater community,” said Jonathan Enslin, UW-Whitewater Foundation president and assistant chancellor for University Advancement. “It is wonderful that the Caldwells not only share this vision, but have stepped forward with such a wonderful gift.”
