In November 2019, the UW-Superior Foundation and the Lake Superior Research Institute (LSRI) announced a new Superior Floating Classroom initiative to re-establish hands-on learning and research aboard a Lake Superior vessel. The project received another major boost recently with a generous $100,000 challenge gift from UWS alumni, Bill and Lynne Rogers. The Rogers’ gift will […]

From Japan, to England, to Germany, Idaho, Virginia, Texas and now…Superior, Wisconsin – J’Vaun Walker has lived all over the world and aims to make a positive mark at UW-Superior. The son of two military parents, Walker has lived in more places and experienced more in his young life than most people do in a […]

The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Center for Community Engaged Learning has received a $35,000 grant from the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership to host a speaker series titled, “Bridging Civic and Public Health during a Pandemic.” The speaker series, which will take place throughout the 2020-21 academic year, will include four speakers, featuring at least one elected public […]

University of Wisconsin-Superior associate professor of chemistry Dr. Lorena Rios Mendoza, along with colleagues from UW-Eau Claire, UW-Madison and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, have been awarded a grant by the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin to study microplastics in the St. Louis River Estuary and western Lake Superior. “I am pleased because this research is […]

UW-Superior 2020 graduates will forever be remembered as a group that overcame tremendous obstacles to finish what they had started. Meet graduating Yellowjackets  

Free consulting also available to help owners cope with challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network is helping small businesses apply for federal disaster loans to mitigate the substantial economic injury as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “We know that business owners are facing uncertain times as the nation combats […]

UW-Superior is the only university in the region to receive this classification The University of Wisconsin-Superior has been named a recipient of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement. This is the first time UW-Superior has received this recognition and it is the only university in the […]

Student-athletes had an opportunity to give back during the UW-Superior Athletic Department’s recent fourth-annual Week of Giving. In December, Yellowjackets did everything from wrapping gifts for the university’s Giving Tree, ringing bells for the Salvation Army, collecting items for a local food pantry, to hosting a free community holiday party with activities and games for […]

From open-heart surgery in high school to her first day of college at UW-Superior two years later, Rachael Jackman has come a long way. The supportive campus community and close proximity to family and her physicians helped Rachael choose a college that felt like home. She continues to advocate for causes she believes in, such […]

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin recently toured UW-Superior’s new ballast water treatment facility at the Lake Superior Research Institute. This one-of-a-kind facility gives researchers access to new information to protect the world’s largest body of fresh water from invasive species and other threats. This influential research is funded through the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which […]