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For seven weeks each spring semester, the Sage Hall Finance Trading Room becomes a hands-on classroom. Twice a week, UW-Oshkosh accounting students prepare free tax returns through the federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, serving community members while applying what they have learned in real time.  Kazeem Akinyele, an associate professor of accounting at […]

Marco Cortes-Lema, an accounting major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, wants to see his fellow students succeed. A leader of several student organizations on campus and a former resident assistant, he strives to build community on campus and lift others up in their academics and their daily lives.  As a first-generation college student, Cortes-Lema appreciates how the university sets […]

For UW-La Crosse senior Megan Coughlin, a moment of courage during a networking event turned into a life-changing career opportunity.   Set to graduate in May, Coughlin says the College of Business Administration (CBA) played a major role in helping her build the confidence to connect with professionals and pursue opportunities beyond campus.  “The CBA has always emphasized how beneficial conversations and […]

Meet Brody. UW-Parkside senior and business major. From the classroom to global stage, UW-Parkside students receive a personalized education from passionate and dedicated faculty. See where Parkside can take you. Apply now: https://www.uwp.edu/apply/admissions/ Produced by UW-Parkside Link to original story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eb2AGP2xc

Engineering is in Greta Boehm’s DNA. Along with teaching engineering and robotics classes at her high school in Madison, Boehm’s dad ran the school’s engineering club. As a high schooler, Boehm learned how to use 3D printers with her classmates. One of the most memorable club projects was creating 3D prosthetic hands used by local […]

Students in the AGET 4890: Structures and Environmental Control course at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville successfully completed the construction and assembly of a greenhouse for Southwestern Wisconsin High School.      Students traveled twice weekly last fall to Hazel Green for hands-on construction labs. Under the guidance of David Heimerdinger, associate professor of agricultural engineering […]

How do you produce a comprehensive, financially feasible development plan that creates value, generates attractive returns, is feasible in today’s capital markets and aligns with the long-term positioning in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward? UW-Stout School of Management students were tasked with just such a challenge recently at the Wisconsin CORE (Creation of Real Estate) Case Competition, hosted […]

Everywhere he has been, Dan Kraeger has put the heart in healthcare. Throughout his 40-year career as a physician — much of it spent in sports medicine and culminating with his current role as medical director for Heartland Hospice-Central Wisconsin — Kraeger has left a glowing impression with the patients he has served and the […]

Around 60 students from 11 area high schools put their artistic talents to the test at the Visual Arts Classic (VAC) held February 27 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.  The VAC is a competition for art students in grades 9 through 12 and is presented by the Wisconsin Art Education Association. The competition features […]

UW-La Crosse French students are giving voice to immigrant stories through web-based, interactive maps that blend text, images and video to document journeys from the Francophone world. Created as part of an advanced French course, the digital projects illuminate personal migration experiences while helping students better understand global history, cultures and human resilience.  The maps trace stories such as a man […]