UW-La Crosse

  1. A great Trane-ing experience for UW-La Crosse students

    group of Trane interns

    July 30, 2013

    A company that produces 40 percent of the world’s chillers is also dedicated to warming up UW-La Crosse students for the real world of business. For nearly 40 years, Trane has offered internships to UW-L students. The numbers have steadily increased over the years. Currently the company employs 44 UW-L student interns in positions from […]

  2. May graduate spins new business idea from UW-La Crosse experience

    business owner posing with his single-speed bike

    June 25, 2013

    May graduate Wyatt Hrudka discovered a market for single speed bikes while adjusting gears and greasing chains at UW-La Crosse’s outdoor equipment rental service. With help from UW-L business classes and the university’s Small Business Development Center, Hrudka built a single-speed bike business from the ground up, Wyatt Bicycle Co. “From the moment I sold […]

  3. UW-L aims to offer another MOOC: Online course improves college readiness

    Bob Hoar, far right, math professor at the UW-L, and Jim Jorstad, middle, director of ITS/Academic Technologies, presented a live webinar at the corporate headquarters of Sonic Foundry in Madison. Sean Brown, vice president of education at Sonic Foundry, moderated the event, with over 1,200 online viewers from across the globe participating and asking questions.

    June 10, 2013

    In January, more than 1,900 virtual classmates began solving linear equations and adding exponents in UW-La Crosse’s first massive open online course (MOOC). It was a new venture for UW-La Crosse and the University of Wisconsin System. “We learned a great deal, we believe that a large number of students learned some or all of […]

  4. UW-La Crosse alumni prosecute criminal cases statewide to preserve justice

    people standing in front of the Capitol building

    March 13, 2013

    Kevin Potter stands in his office on the eighth floor of the Wisconsin Department of Justice overlooking the capitol. From a shelf filled with UW-La Crosse football memorabilia, he grips a coffee mug with a picture of himself and three other teammates in UW-L jerseys. The picture is from one of the years they won […]

  5. UW-L to develop math MOOC to boost college success

    students writing messages on a sidewalk with chalk

    November 13, 2012

    University of Wisconsin System officials today announced that UW-La Crosse will lead the development of a new “massive open online course” – MOOC – at the developmental math level, with a $50,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Once developed, the free online course, available to everyone, has the potential to help students […]

  6. Marsh lead contamination studies continue with $60,000 EPA grant

    students on a raft in the marsh

    November 6, 2012

    A $60,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant will help UW-La Crosse researchers further investigate high levels of lead in the La Crosse River marsh and partner to educate the community about the marsh ecosystem. Four UW-La Crosse professors — two from Geography & Earth Science and two from Biology — collaborated in writing the grant […]

  7. Health and Wellness Online Degree Grows to Meet Demand

    running shoes on feet in motion

    November 6, 2012

    “The skills I’m learning will give me the ability to help people take the initiative, to get involved with health programs, and gain control of their own well-being. My co-workers helped me get healthy. Now I’m helping them.”

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