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News Packages for May 13, 2024
Soon to graduate at 72, student reflects on the life lessons she’s learned
JoAnne Potter is 72 years old. That makes her among a very small group of older seniors working on a bachelor’s degree at UW-Milwaukee, and almost certainly the oldest student ever in the Honors College. She’s set to graduate this month with her bachelor’s degree, 55 years after she first began college.
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From classroom to career: Creative projects bridge language learning and professional success
Introducing yourself and learning how to order food in a foreign language are some of the basics of French language education. But UW-La Crosse Assistant Professor of French Dany Jacob wants students to finish his classes with much more than this.
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UW-Stevens Point internship creates path towards land conservation careers
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News Packages for May 6, 2024
Video production seniors shoot Western short ‘Ghosts of Gold Creek’ in Montana
Traveling 1,200 miles from Menomonie, Wis., to Anaconda, Mont., nine UW-Stout students recently hiked through snow-dusted mountain meadows, wooded gulches, and streams to film a Western short.
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Scheels Sport For All Camp to provide multisport experience for youth
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics is partnering with Scheels Sporting Goods to provide opportunities for boys and girls to learn leadership through athletics in a positive multisport camp experience.
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Reaffirming a commitment to students
Holly Hufnagle will continue her academic career at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls beginning in the fall, when she will pursue a degree in biomedical and health science. She is one of many students who begin at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) and then go on to further their education at UW-River Falls, a process made easier because of an agreement established three years ago between the two schools.
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News Packages for April 29, 2024
Design students collaborate to combine couture, dance, video game
Collaboration across disciplines is just one part of the polytechnic experience students receive at UW-Stout. For students in the game and fashion design programs, recent collaborations even crossed over into athletics, as they worked with members of the Blue Devils dance team on two projects.
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Been there, flown that: UWO software engineering students develop airport-logging app for pilots
Now that it has taken off, a class of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh software engineering students hope a new app they developed to help pilots track their airport stops keeps ascending.
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Beyond the textbooks: How Ryan Jennings, ’23, is bridging languages and cultures in Independence, Wisconsin schools
Ryan Jennings is a 2023 Spanish Education alumnus of UW-La Crosse. A high school Spanish/English teacher, Jennings spends his prep periods teaching younger students about Spanish language and culture.
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News Packages for April 22, 2024
UW-Eau Claire students to conduct research at Mayo Clinic through NIH grant
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire undergraduate students will participate in high-level laboratory research and training in the fields of neuroscience and regenerative sciences this summer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, through a nearly $600,000 National Institutes of Health grant.
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UW-Platteville launches new partnership in construction safety training for WisDOT
Faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Construction Safety Management program have been working on a partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the last two years to provide construction safety training for WisDOT staff in all regional offices – Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Rhinelander, Superior, Waukesha and Wisconsin Rapids.
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Putting UW-La Crosse on the map: Annual student mapping event provides research experience, internship opportunities
Have you ever tried to make your own map? It’s harder than it may seem. Madeline Meltesen, a senior majoring in archaeological studies with minors in history, earth science and geoarchaeology and a certificate in GIS, was among those who participated in the December 2023 GIS and Mapping Poster event. Her projects were awarded first place in the GIS category and second place in the mapping category.
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