Milwaukee State Teacher’s College

It's a real school, but the name has been changed a couple of times, there's been a merger, and it's at a larger campus... Milwaukee State Teachers College is now known as University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Wikipedia page is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

In 1885 the Wisconsin State Normal School opened it's doors. The Normal School was originally at a downtown site and later moved to the Lakeside campus.

In 1927 it became Milwaukee State Teachers College. By 1935, all academic programs lasting less than four years were discontinued.

In 1937 the Wisconsin state legislature authorized the college to grant Bachelor's of Science degrees in education.

Milwaukee State Teachers College granted its first Master's of Education degree in 1945, and in 1951 was authorized by the Wisconsin state legislature to offer liberal arts degrees. The addition of liberal arts degrees to the Milwaukee State Teachers College's academic programs brought about a name change for the school, as it was no longer solely a teachers college, so also in 1951 the school changed its name to Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee.

In 1955, the Wisconsin state legislature passed a law combining the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee with the Milwaukee Extension Division. The result of this merger was the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

The old Normal School Lakeside campus is now the primary Eastside campus.

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In the Spearfish Lake Tales universe Mel Austin started college on the GI Bill in 1946 at Chadron State College.^BR1-4 After one year, in the summer of 1947, he transferred to Milwaukee State Teacher’s College and graduated in 1950.^BR1-5

Arlene Pewabic graduated as a nurse from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College in 1948.^BR1-29