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Five years ago, a handful of courses at UW-La Crosse tried something different. Instead of focusing learning within the walls of a classroom, instructors built assignments around real questions from real organizations in the community.  Today, that experiment — under the umbrella of UWL’s Community Engaged Learning Program — has become a defining characteristics of the academic experience at UWL.  For the 2025–26 academic year, 41 courses have already received the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) designation. Sixteen of […]

A student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is pursuing a lifelong dream and leaving an impact on an internationally recognized event. Each year, thousands of participants from around the country gather in Stevens Point to participate in the World’s Largest Trivia Contest, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s student-run radio station 90FM. Frank […]

Hayden Halstead, a first year University of Wisconsin-River Falls management major from New Richmond, had a great start on a college degree and a career before he even graduated from high school. Halstead already had work experience as a manager at McDonald’s, where he started working at age 14, and he started earning college credit as a junior by taking chemistry classes […]

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 […]