Campus Stories
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UW-Milwaukee easing students’ return to campus by nurturing well-being
September 30, 2021
Rachel Comande spent last year at UWM caught in a two-step dance between attending classes in her suite in Sandburg Residence Hall and her bedroom back home. Gone were the crowded lecture halls and bustling student union she remembered from her first fall semester. As the COVID-19 pandemic pushed social events and classes online, Comande […]
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ACT fast: How the perfect program and its proactive leader changed a 58-year-old teaching student’s life
September 29, 2021
“The stars must be aligned because this is all coming together.” Michael Czerwinski remembers that line well. It was written to him in an email by Tammy Ladwig, then the director of the Alternative Careers in Teaching (ACT) program at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, back in January. It came as part of an exchange […]
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UW-Whitewater extends leadership in cybersecurity with new degree
September 28, 2021
Building on the strength of a popular cybersecurity minor within the College of Letters and Sciences, the new undergraduate cybersecurity program will offer both a major and a minor as well as three emphases, including a cyber-operations emphasis that is designed to offer a seamless transfer pathway for two-year technical college graduates. Provost John Chenoweth, who […]
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UW-Milwaukee alumna researches ways to prevent and treat dangerous blood vessel diseases
September 27, 2021
Sarah Parker is studying what’s happening inside large blood vessels to find better ways to diagnose and treat threatening conditions like atherosclerosis and aneurysms. A UW-Milwaukee (UWM) alumna who earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in kinesiology and psychology at UWM, Parker is a researcher at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars Sinai in Los […]
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Making a difference: Thomas Harris a driving force for UWL, area social justice
September 24, 2021
When Thomas Harris was graduating with a bachelor’s degree, three of his UW-Stevens Point mentors told him he had what it takes to make a difference among college students. Harris drove to La Crosse in August 1988 to discover how to do that through UWL’s college student personnel master’s program. He started classes that fall — the […]
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First UW-Green Bay water science undergraduate heads to graduate school at UWM
September 23, 2021
Kunze’s path exemplifies how undergraduate research opportunities and mentoring can lead to more water scientists Tyler Kunze never anticipated a career as a water scientist. Yet in May, he became the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in water science from UW-Green Bay. He’s now a graduate student in UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences […]
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UW-Platteville to support rural entrepreneurs with new prototyping services
September 22, 2021
Already known as a hub for creativity and innovation in the tri-state region, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will soon be offering additional services to budding entrepreneurs throughout the region with the launch of Pioneer Prototyping Services. In March, UW-Platteville was awarded an Entrepreneurship Support Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in order to create […]
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New Blugold becomes fourth generation in her family to study at UW-Eau Claire
September 21, 2021
Like many families, Lucy Franklin cherishes her family’s traditions, those special experiences shared among generations that help to keep them connected. This fall, Lucy is carrying forward one especially meaningful family tradition — becoming a Blugold. The new freshman is the fourth generation in her family to attend the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. “My parents, […]
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UW-Whitewater cybersecurity program validated by the U.S. National Security Agency
September 20, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has received the Program of Study Validation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. This recognition extends to the Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Technology with a Networking and Security emphasis offered by the College of Business and Economics. “It is an honor to earn this designation from the National Security […]
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UWO RTF grad has experience of a lifetime, ‘bucket list opportunity’ filming Olympics
September 15, 2021
As the Paralympics Games are underway this week in Tokyo, it’s fitting to recognize the work of a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus who helped bring the recent Olympic Games into our living rooms. Anyone who tuned in to NBC daytime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics was almost certainly watching the camera work of 2017 […]