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UW-Whitewater reveals winners of University Writing Awards

WHITEWATER – A total of 12 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earned 2026 University Writing Awards for writing in an academic course.

The following students from your coverage area were honored:

Kory Makos, a Journalism major from Argyle, won the Distinguished Writing award(s) with his piece titled

"The Effects of Avian Influenza on the Whitewater Community."

Bri Peterson, a Communication Sciences and Disorders major from Blanchardville, who won the Honorable Mention Writing award(s) with her piece titled "Supporting Student Use and Evaluation of AI Image Generation."