Campus Stories

  1. Service-learning helps UW-Milwaukee communication student land a job before graduation

    Photo of UWM graduate

    September 26, 2024

    After volunteering for a children’s organization in her home country of Nigeria, Christiana Ibiwoye knew she wanted to pursue a career working with children. Her experience in service-learning helped her land her dream job even before graduating from UW-Milwaukee in May 2024. “I know no matter what you want to do, I think service-learning is […]

  2. Blugolds’ head gymnastics coach helped select women’s U.S. Olympic team

    Photo of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women’s head gymnastics coach Jessie DeZiel

    September 25, 2024

    Like much of the country, Jessie DeZiel is passionately watching Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. gymnastics team in their quest for gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women’s head gymnastics coach is not only a fan of the sport, but she is one of three members […]

  3. How UW-Stout helped these twins find their perfect paths: Ava and Emma Cinealis

    Photo of twins and UW-Stout graduates Ava and Emma Cinealis

    September 24, 2024

    This past spring, twin sisters Ava and Emma talked about their unique paths at UW-Stout They may be twins, but Ava and Emma Cinealis of Sheboygan, Wis., couldn’t have charted more distinct courses at UW-Stout. Both sisters graduated this spring, crediting UW-Stout’s unique polytechnic approach for giving them the foundation for their success, even while […]

  4. Musician’s life prompts challenge support for UW-Parkside Scholarship

    Photo of UW-Parkside alumnus and musician George F. Baumgardt

    September 23, 2024

    When George F. Baumgardt suddenly passed away in February, a community was left reeling. Not only was his loss devastating to his wife, five children and grandchildren, but to hundreds of musicians, singers and churchgoers who played, sang or worshipped under George’s musical direction. As a tribute to his talent, Spirit of Racine Music Makers, […]

  5. Driving forward: UW-Platteville student Kyle Quinn’s adapted golf and teaching journey

    Photo of Kyle Quinn, who has been working in the Lacoma Golf Shop for the past four seasons.

    September 20, 2024

    As students traverse the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, each arrives with a unique story and background all their own. Many come seeking skills and experiences to launch them into a world beyond the university. Yet there are students who, simply by their presence, impart profound lessons themselves. This is the story known to […]

  6. UW Oshkosh freshwater experience gives college, career view for high school students

    Photo of Maddie Murphy, who hails from the Chicagoland area. Maddie plans to study environmental science after finishing high school.

    September 19, 2024

    Young people interested in freshwater resources had a virtual “laboratory” of options to explore this month on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, within a stone’s throw from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The first class in a new program offered in a partnership with Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, was based at UWO’s Environmental Research […]

  7. UW-Superior Department of Education announces more student choice

    Photo of UW-Superior student-teacher

    September 18, 2024

    The University of Wisconsin-Superior Department of Education announces more student choice while earning an elementary education, early childhood, special education, or early childhood special education license. In the past, these licenses have required testing related to candidate content area knowledge centered solely on the Praxis assessment. Recent changes give teacher candidates their choice using content area GPA (based on specified courses embedded in […]

  8. Local foundation’s gift will enhance music programs, scholarships at UW-Stevens Point

    Photo of members of the Copernicus Foundation Board of Directors including (from left) Lawrence Leviton, John Kolinski, Chrismary Pacyna, Paul Anderson and Tom Mrozinski, as well as Aber Suzuki Center Director AnnMarie Novak, Music Chair and Professor Mathew Buchman, COFAC Dean Valerie Cisler and Music Associate Professor Andrew Moran.

    September 17, 2024

    The Aber Suzuki Center and students within the Department of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will benefit from gifts from a local foundation funded by notable Stevens Point businessman Edmund Bukolt. The Copernicus Cultural Foundation of Stevens Point gifted the UW-Stevens Point College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) with $130,000, with $80,000 […]

  9. Lululemon for the gold: UW-Stout alum helps develop Canada’s Olympics apparel

    Photo of Kirby Hanson, with her husband and fellow alum, Tyler, and their sons / Kirby Hanson

    September 16, 2024

    Kirby Hanson proud to see her team’s product come to life on international athletics stage As UW-Stout alum Kirby Hanson watched the Summer Olympics in Paris from her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, she and her family had a more personal reason to cheer on their nation’s athletes. Hanson, an apparel design and development 2007 graduate, is the […]

  10. UWM alum uses art to promote mental health awareness across the country

    Photo of the work of UWM alum Sarah McGinnis showcased on Kleenex boxes nationwide, carrying uplifting messages of hope. (Submitted photo)

    September 13, 2024

    The next time you reach for a tissue, you might see an uplifting message and cheery artwork on the box thanks to UWM alum Sarah McGinnis. Work by McGinnis is showcased in Target stores nationwide as a featured artist in an ongoing collaboration between Kleenex and Self Care is for Everyone, a collective working to […]

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