UW-La Crosse

  1. Powerful partners: UWL, Brennan agreement strengthens college experience

    Photo of Ryan Sands, a 2015 UWL graduate, who says the new partnership of his alma mater with his employer J.F. Brennan Company will help students receive specific skills making them job-ready. “This should build networking with local employers and provide training on potential career fields for future students,” says Sands.

    November 10, 2022

    The J.F. Brennan Company is partnering with UWL to strengthen research, curriculum and the company’s talent pipeline. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed Tuesday, Oct. 18, will get students on the Mississippi River to use technology they’ll find when they head into the workforce — and give them an opportunity to experience what it’s like […]

  2. Business builder: UWL’s Michail Walker recognized for work with businesses

    Photo of Michail Walker, business consultant and outreach specialist with the UWL Wisconsin Small Business Development Center, who has been named to the 7 Rivers Alliance’s Rising Stars Under 40 list.

    November 3, 2022

    He’s helped hundreds of western Wisconsin small businesses steer through the pandemic. But UW-La Crosse’s Michail Walker says he’s the one benefitting from those partnerships. “One of my favorite things about helping small businesses is learning more about creativity and innovation in the context of business,” says Walker. “Though clients may come to me for consulting, it […]

  3. A tribute to Truman: UWL dedicates Center for the Arts to artist, alum Truman Lowe

    Photo of friends and family of the late Truman Lowe who gathered at UW-La Crosse on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, as the university dedicated the Center for the Arts in his honor. While Lowe often avoided the limelight, those who knew him say he would have considered the dedication a significant milestone for Native America.

    October 28, 2022

    A day to remember, and to build upon.  That’s how friends and family of Truman Lowe described Monday’s building dedication ceremony at UW-La Crosse — a chance to honor the late Ho-Chunk artist and UWL alum, and to inspire current and future Native American students to pursue their passions.  The Truman T. Lowe Center for […]

  4. New major meets big need: UWL business analytics major set to launch in January

    Photo of Prof. Peter Haried: UW-La Crosse's new major in business analytics is set to launch in January 2023. Professor Peter Haried, the program's lead faculty member, says the major will cover an array of disciplines and provide students with experiential learning opportunities.

    October 25, 2022

    UW-La Crosse launched its business analytics minor at the worst possible time: the fall of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But thanks to students and faculty who embraced the new minor — even in an online setting — the program thrived. It has done so well, in fact, that the College of Business Administration is going […]

  5. Camp Offers River Adventures, Water Education and Leadership Opportunities

    Photo of high schooler Blossom Xiong, one of 30 students to participate in UW-La Crosse's pre-college camp. /Mike Lieurance, UW-La Crosse

    October 14, 2022

    Nadalee Thao, a high school junior from Milwaukee, had heard that the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse was a good science school, and she was interested in checking it out. She had the opportunity to do so as a participant in My River Adventures Camp (MRA), a pre-college summer camp at UW-La Crosse supported in part […]

  6. ‘A novel idea’: UW-La Crosse alum starts mobile library serving Viroqua

    Photo of Mary Mulvaney-Kemp (left) in front of RedLou Library, a mobile library she created to serve Viroqua-area residents. Mulvaney-Kemp, ’82, hopes the library will create more equal access to reading materials in the community.

    September 27, 2022

    Having spent her career in schools and libraries, Mary Mulvaney-Kemp has seen books transform lives. But what happens when someone can’t make it to the library? Apparently, you bring the library to them. Mulvaney-Kemp, an ’82 health and physical education graduate, is the founder and operator of RedLou Library in Viroqua — a volunteer-run library […]

  7. A world without insects? UWL entomologist says art is a powerful way for us to address the destruction of the planet

    Photo of Professor Barrett Klein, UW-La Crosse biology professor

    September 14, 2022

    Human destruction of the planet is growing. While scientific and media reports continue to outline categories of human-induced environmental damage, these efforts haven’t been enough to lead to substantial policy change to forestall our impact, says University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Entomologist Barrett Klein. Klein says that in addition to science and media, art can serve as […]

  8. Art installation inspiration: Visiting artist works with art students, UWL community to create a site-specific sculpture

    Photo of UW-La Crosse students working on a collaborative art installation with a professional visiting artist

    September 2, 2022

    Artist Leslie Iwai’s brought her art process that incorporates studies in mathematics, chemistry and architecture to the UWL campus community spring semester. Iwai, an installation artist and sculptor, collaborated with UWL art students and faculty, as well as La Crosse community members on a site-specific sculpture, The Shape of Silver, at the UWL Art Gallery during the 2022 Creative Imperatives […]

  9. Magic man: Renowned hypnotist Chris Jones got his start at UW-La Crosse

    Photo of Chris Jones, '08, a world-renowned hypnotist and comedian who had his big break hypnotizing Howie Mandel during a 2015 episode of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Jones got his start performing card and magic tricks at UW-La Crosse.

    September 1, 2022

    Chris Jones remembers one of his first times performing in front of an audience. It was the mid-2000s, and he was representing the now-defunct Baird Hall in the Mr. UW-La Crosse competition. His mind-reading trick failed. His card trick flopped. Then it was time for his final act: levitation. “I tried to levitate a woman’s […]

  10. Building skills and stories: UW-La Crosse digital storytelling project amplifies diverse voices

    Photo of UW-La Crosse Professor of Educational Studies Heather Linville helping local middle school student Julia Bacalso on her digital storytelling project. Through the "We live in La Crosse: Stories of belonging" project, Linville hopes to amplify diverse voices in the La Crosse community.

    August 22, 2022

    An award-winning logroller who started at 6 years old. A school district employee supporting coffee bean farmers in his native Guatemala. These are the types of stories featured in “We live in La Crosse: Stories of belonging” — a digital storytelling project led by UW-La Crosse Professor of Educational Studies Heather Linville. “As someone who has […]

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