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News Packages for May 19, 2025

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Degrees within reach: UWL’s Win-Win Program helps 126 former students cross the college finish line

Over the past four years, UW-La Crosse’s Win-Win program has helped 126 former students turn unfinished college business into a proud accomplishment. The annual outreach initiative reconnects with students who were close to completing their degrees but left before finishing — giving them a clear, supported path to graduation.

Download text and images: Degrees within reach zip

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Breaking gridiron ground: UW-Stout triumphs in first-ever women’s flag football league sponsored by Minnesota Vikings

Just a handful of months after being recruited for a brand-new team in a brand-new league, the members of the University of Wisconsin-Stout’s flag football team hoisted a championship trophy April 26 on the field at the Minnesota Vikings’ TCO Performance Center.

Download text and images: Flag football championship zip

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Innovations in Technology: UW-Stevens Point professor explores AI’s role in K-12 classrooms

UW-Stevens Point Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Aaron R. Gierhart aims to guide students into the world of generative AI (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, etc.) to increase awareness of its nuances and how it can be a tool effectively used in the field of education. His course for pre-service teaching candidates explores the impacts and implications these tools have on instructional design, student learning, accessibility and more.

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News Packages for May 12, 2025

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More than 1,000 K-12 students dive into UWO math contest, get a taste of college
The buzz started early at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. By 8 a.m., buses from 30 school districts across the state began unloading more than 1,000 middle and high school students on campus, their chatter and excitement echoing across academic buildings and hallways.

Download text and images: Taste of college zip

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UW-Milwaukee fashions strategies for artificial intelligence in the classroom

Thousands of UW-Milwaukee students take English 101 every year. But in Fall 2024, the English department debuted a new curriculum designed to teach students rhetoric in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Hope beyond ‘no cure’ conditions: UWL students explore new evidence for Parkinson’s and other chronic conditions

For a patient, few things are as discouraging as hearing, “There’s no cure for your condition.” At UW-La Crosse, Naghmeh Gheidi is preparing future occupational therapy (OT) professionals who can add a hopeful “but” to that statement.

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News Packages for May 5, 2025

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Creative studio at URock builds opportunities for students

A lecturer of communication and theatre arts at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Rock County, Trevor Rees is using his unique skill set — which includes a theatre background and broadcasting expertise — to enhance student success and provide a resource to the community.

Download text and images: Creative studio zip


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UW–Parkside, Racine County sustain partnership that supports care center

Some much-needed care center facility improvements were informed by University of Wisconsin–Parkside students enrolled in Dr. Aubri McDonald’s criminal justice course on race, crime, and law over the past four years. Since 2021, McDonald and Superintendent Tony Chavez have worked together in a partnership that began with UniverCity Alliance and was fostered in the following years by UW-Parkside’s Community and Business Engagement Department.

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Steel Strong: UW-Platteville Steel Bridge Team dominates regionals and heads to nationals

The Steel Bridge Team at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville proudly earned the prestigious title of first place overall at the 2025 Western Great Lakes Student Steel Bridge Regional Competition, held this month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—a first for UW-Platteville. The competition is an annual event where student teams design, build and assemble a scale-model steel bridge.

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News Packages for April 28, 2025

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Checking out DNA: Students apply molecular biology to ID plant species for City of La Crosse

Adam Schneider, assistant professor of biology at UW-La Crosse, and his class are helping the city of La Crosse ID a plant species found in a city reservoir.

Download text and images: ID plant species zip


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From Leipzig to UWS: Michael Fuchs’ Journey with Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’

Michael Fuchs, director of choral activities and associate professor in the Music Department at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, recently co-published a book, Bach’s St. John Passion for the Twenty-First Century, which aims to celebrate Bach’s work while providing a modern context.

Download text and images: Journey with Bach zip

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An Epic class: Graphic design students collaborate with Epic Systems to improve UX in healthcare software, apps

Graphic design and interactive media students at UW-Stout are collaborating with professionals from Epic Systems, one of the nation’s leading healthcare software companies, to improve the user experiences of patients and healthcare providers.

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