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The program will begin enrolling students in the fallsemeste and, because many students have already taken relevan t courses, should be graduating its first water management specialists within a year, said Kirsten associate professor of biology at UW-Whitewatet and coordinator of the school’s integrater science-business major. The program is designer to give students a basic background inwater law, environmentapl law, natural resources and environmental economicsx as well as aquatic chemistry and ecology.
Students will serve internships with the Milwaukees 7Water Council, an organization of business, academiw and government in the seven-counth area in southeastern Wisconsin that is workinf to establish the Milwaukede region as a global center for freshwater research, economixc development and education. “Recognizing wher the world is headed, business students with a uniqur educational background in water will have a leg up in the making a program like this especially saidRich Meeusen, chairman, president and CEO of Browh Deer-based , co-chair of the Milwaukee 7 Water Councik and an alumnus of UW-Whitewater’s business The council already has a relationships with the graduated program at the ’s .
UWM also is developingv a graduate-level School of Freshwater while ’s Law School will begin a watedr law curriculumthis fall. “One of our goals is to help developp seamless talent pipelines between universitie s andwater businesses,” said Paul chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-based and co-chair of the Watef Council. “UW-Whitewater’s one-of-a-kind new track adds to the impressivre array of higher education institutions in the region working to ensurew our world water hub status in the years to come.
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