Online Learning
In a world of technological innovation, online learning is increasingly becoming a top choice for nontraditional and undergraduate students alike. From accessing lectures-on-the-go to using mobile apps for submitting homework assignments, UW students benefit from the online and technologically advanced learning available at UW System institutions.
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Opening doors in public health: UW-La Crosse online master’s program seeks to address critical need
August 16, 2023
UW-La Crosse is offering public health workers the chance to earn their master’s degree and grow in their career — all without leaving the comfort of home or the security of their current job. The application window for UWL’s new online Master of Public Health program opens Tuesday, Aug. 1, with classes set to begin in January […]
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M.S.E. in Counseling is UW-Superior’s fastest-growing graduate program
June 16, 2023
Modern society is far more open about discussing mental health than at any time in the past. Many mental health professionals believe that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated anxiety and depression for a significant population of people. The fact that mental health concerns are a shared experience has encouraged more of us to open up and […]
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Driven by data: UW System data science program producing career-ready graduates
November 22, 2022
UW-La Crosse graduate student Caleb Waack is ready to launch his career in data science — and he will be joining a fellow program alumnus. Waack, who will complete UWL’s data science master’s program in December, was recently hired by Epsilon, a media company that is part of the France-based Publicis Groupe. In his new role, Waack […]
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Students laud UW-River Falls’ first doctoral program
July 22, 2022
Bridgette Williams owns a private Montessori school in Fayette County, Georgia. For the past two weeks, Williams, who is the head of the school and lead elementary guide, has been at University of Wisconsin-River Falls as part of a residency component for her Doctor of Education degree, the university’s first doctoral program. The Ed.D. program in […]
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UW-Superior professor Michael Waxman starts Tutoring Without Borders, an academic service for Ukrainian children displaced by war
June 22, 2022
Like many Americans, Michael Waxman watched from afar with a heavy heart and a nagging question in his mind as the war in Ukraine unfolded. “What can I do to help?” he thought. “It just broke my heart and I wanted to do something to help those kids,” he said. “There isn’t much I can do with […]
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Help on the way: UW-La Crosse to offer unique program to grow state’s school psychologists
April 5, 2022
A new online program at UW-La Crosse aims to help address Wisconsin’s extreme shortage of school psychologists. Working with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Department of Education on the School Based Mental Health Professionals Grant, UWL is adding an online program to its esteemed traditional program that will allow current teachers to become […]
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New ‘grow your own’ UW-Platteville program hopes to address shortage of STEM teachers
March 30, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is helping to address the critical shortage of qualified math and science teachers in Southwest Wisconsin by partnering with local school districts and STEM teachers to implement a “grow your own” program. The program was created by Dr. Tim Deis, professor of mathematics at UW-Platteville, and Dr. Jodean Grunow, senior lecturer […]
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UW-Whitewater to offer an online bachelor’s in supply chain management
February 24, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College of Business and Economics will deliver a 100 percent online Bachelor of Business Administration in supply chain management beginning this fall. “The complexity of supply chains has become dinner table conversation, and the demand for supply chain management professionals has increased exponentially,” said Paul Ambrose, interim dean of the College of Business and Economics. […]
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New Immersive Simulator Lets Game Players Reimagine Land Use Based on Real Science
February 15, 2022
UW–Madison researchers teamed with New England conservation nonprofit Mass Audubon to create an online learning game that lets players model how different zoning choices would affect the environment, jobs, housing and other real-world factors for any location in the contiguous U.S. Built using a variety of state and federal data sets, the free game, known as iPlan, lets […]
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UW-Eau Claire Blugold excited to begin teaching career despite ongoing pandemic
February 9, 2022
“I was around 5 years old, and I made my basement into my first classroom and taught silly little lessons to my stuffed animals and Polly Pockets,” says Holzmann, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December 2021. “For as long as I’ve had a working memory, I’ve known I wanted to be […]