UW-La Crosse

July 9, 2025

As Ilee Smith trained for the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota this spring, she logged some extra miles — alongside a group of fourth and fifth grade girls. Smith, a senior majoring in public health and community health education at UW-La Crosse, recently helped launch and coach a chapter of REAL Girls at Southern Bluffs […]

June 13, 2025

There’s a strong connection between UW-La Crosse and Tomah Health, especially when it comes to the hospital’s Rehabilitation Services Department.   Over the years, many UWL grads have made their way to Tomah Health, where they’ve built meaningful careers helping patients regain strength, mobility and independence. Today, nearly 75% of Tomah Health’s Rehabilitation Services Department (RSD) is […]

June 2, 2025

Over the spring semester, students in Adam Schneider’s plant taxonomy course tackled a real-world challenge for the City of La Crosse — and the results of the experiment are in.  The mystery began last November, when Abby Reichling, a civil engineer contracted with the city, reached out to Schneider with an unusual request: The city had discovered […]

May 14, 2025

Over the past four years, UW-La Crosse’s Win-Win program has helped 126 former students turn unfinished college business into a proud accomplishment. The annual outreach initiative reconnects with students who were close to completing their degrees but left before finishing — giving them a clear, supported path to graduation. The results speak for themselves: Since […]

April 18, 2025

Step by step, rep by rep, students in the occupational therapy master’s program at UW-La Crosse are serving the community and gaining valuable hands-on experience. During the spring semester, students in Kim Servais’ Community Mental Health Promotion course have been working with employees at ORC Industries in La Crosse, offering them personalized training exercises designed to promote wellness in their lives […]

April 7, 2025

The rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries from healthcare to banking, offering new opportunities to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate research. However, as AI’s influence grows, so too do the ethical dilemmas it presents for businesses, governments and society at large. To help students navigate these challenges, UW-La Crosse is launching […]

March 17, 2025

An initiative at UWL has redefined campus dining while saving 100,000 containers from the landfill — and counting.  The OZZI reusable container program at UWL was introduced in 2020, initially funded through a $40,000 grant from UWL’s Green Fund, a student-led organization, and a subsequent $25,000 Green Fund grant.  The program provides students, faculty and staff with durable, […]

March 11, 2025

The University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, managed by UW-Eau Claire, has been ranked among the top 20 online MBA programs in the nation for more than a decade, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online MBA Programs rankings. The UW MBA Consortium, consisting of UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, and UW Oshkosh, is the […]

March 6, 2025

Student teaching is often the most transformative experience in an education major’s college career — putting lessons taught in the classroom to work in a real-life setting, while having an experienced educator as a mentor.  The collaboration between the UW-La Crosse and the Notre Dame School of Milwaukee has become a model for meaningful professional development, […]

February 21, 2025

J.F. Brennan, a fourth-generation, family-owned marine construction firm based in La Crosse, specializes in environmental remediation, dam construction, commercial diving, harbor management and submarine cable services. It is also a top employer of UW-La Crosse students.  Students in Colin Belby’s Geospatial Field Methods course (GEO 410) recently gained hands-on experience in hydrographic surveying through a unique […]