Campus Stories

  1. UW-Eau Claire esports scholarships reward gamers

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire esports gamer: First-year student Christopher Brockert, left, received a $2,000 esports scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. Nate Garvey, right, advisor for the university’s Esports Club, was at Kimberly High School for Brockert’s signing day.

    July 3, 2024

    Some incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are being rewarded for their competitive video gaming skills with esports scholarships. For the second straight year, UW-Eau Claire is offering five, one-time $2,000 scholarships to first-year students for the 2024-25 academic year. Billy Felz, UW-Eau Claire’s vice chancellor for enrollment management, says colleges across the […]

  2. UWRF alum/New Richmond teacher named Wisconsin Teacher of the Year

    Photo of New Richmond High School agriscience teacher Rachel Sauvola shoveling corn from a gravity box as she instructs students, from left, Michael Mast, Jazzmira Traynor and Melany Rodriquez how to remove corn to be fed to animals at the school-operated farm that Sauvola began and oversees. Sauvola, a 1999 UW-River Falls graduate, was recently recognized for her teaching expertise by being named a 2025 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year. UWRF photo.

    July 2, 2024

    Educator noted for her inspired education methods, development of school farm Whether developing a new program to produce beef for school lunch or training agriculture teachers across the nation to better instruct their students, Rachel Sauvola comes up with innovative ways to convey knowledge, a process she credits in part to her time as a […]

  3. Engaging with art beyond sight: UWL students enhance Winona museum exhibition accessibility with classroom project

    Photo of UWL art students

    July 1, 2024

    Art students from UW-La Crosse are lending their talents to make art more accessible at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) in Winona. Students in the ART: 215 “Introduction to Museum Studies” class developed audio guides for select artworks featured in the museum’s upcoming marine art exhibition, “Fluid: What is Marine Art and What Can It […]

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