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Instructor Natalia Roberts cheers for her students like a coach on the sidelines. In her classroom, encouragement sounds a lot like game-day advice:  Be brave. It’s not about perfection. With progress comes proficiency. Would a coach let you play if you hadn’t practiced?  Roberts’ encouragement hasn’t fallen on deaf ears. Her students in the Russian Studies Certificate program have taken […]

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 […]

On a frigid February day, Alumnus Ben Patschull steps across the frozen backwaters of the Mississippi River, his ice cleats scraping against a sheet of ice that forms a roof over a hidden world below.  Beneath the surface, more than 140 species of fish inhabit the Upper Mississippi River. For Patschull, the river isn’t just […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

UW–La Crosse Physician Assistant Studies student Sam Weigel spent this fall semester immersed in the study of the human body — exploring everything from the gastrointestinal system to the heart, lungs and kidneys. It’s a demanding pace, but one he welcomes.    “All of the gaps in my medical knowledge are slowly being filled in,” Weigel says. “It’s a […]

Making a map isn’t just about marking locations on the Earth — it’s about uncovering the stories behind data and patterns that can ultimately help communities make informed decisions. This semester, UWL geography and environmental science students did exactly that. Through their Geographic Information Systems (GIS) coursework, they created maps that tackle real-world issues ranging from wildlife […]

When you think of chocolate, what comes to mind?  A creamy bite of a Hershey bar? A decadent layered dessert? Perhaps the whimsical world of Willy Wonka?  Those are the kinds of responses History Professor Gita Pai hears on the first day of her World History 110 course — a class built entirely around the history of chocolate. It’s a course […]

Adrián Moreno’s path at UW-La Crosse has not followed a straight line. As he prepares to graduate in December, the challenges he faced — and the people who helped him navigate them — have shaped him far more than any single accomplishment.   A veteran of the Mississippi and Wisconsin National Guards and a double major […]