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A new curriculum has been developed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP). The revised curriculum creates a focus on infrastructure topics and the built environment. Classes on infrastructure will be added to the curriculum and infrastructure topics will be added to required engineering courses. Students will develop a local infrastructure report card as a service learning activity to increase awareness of the infrastructure. The local infrastructure report card will also serve as an ABET assessment tool. Details on how an infrastructure theme will be infused throughout the curriculum are presented.

His primary teaching responsibilities are in the environmental engineering area, but he also enjoys teaching freshman engineering courses and the Computer Applications course. His research interests include solid and hazardous waste management, drinking water purification, and assessing best teaching strategies.

His primary teaching responsibilities are in the environmental engineering area, but he also enjoys teaching freshman engineering courses and the Computer Applications course. His research interests include solid and hazardous waste management, drinking water purification, and assessing best teaching strategies.

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IntroductionUndergraduate student retention and graduation rates are, and have been for many years, frequently discussed topics within the higher education community. The May 2015 Condition of Education report from the National Center for Education Statistics puts the current first-year retention rate for four-year institutions at 80% and the six-year graduation rate for four-year institutions at 59% 4 . With the national attention and focus on these numbers and their