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The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has implemented more community based hands-on classes within their course offerings. These classes, titled Community Engaged Learning Classes...
Photo Series: The Racquet Press newspaper locations
Dec 9, 2024 · In March of 2024, The Racquet Press returned to print after almost a decade of publishing exclusively online. The return to a physical newspaper revived an old method of spreading news, and Isabel Piarulli, fourth-year student and executive editor of The Racquet Press, is passionate about sharing the paper with the entire community. “I carry...
From classroom to correctional facility: UWL students foster family ...
Dec 13, 2024 · The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has implemented more community based hands-on classes within their course offerings. These classes, titled Community Engaged Learning Classes (CEL), involve academically based community engaged courses where student learning takes place in partnership with a community organization or business. This semester, a class within the sociology department ...
Explained: “Happy Holidays” compared to “Merry Christmas”
Dec 22, 2019 · While “Merry Christmas” has been a largely common greeting during the holiday season, many have begun to transition to a new phrase, “Happy Holidays.” There are many different holidays that fall during the month of December such as: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years and Christmas. The adjustment to “Happy Holidays” has been done out of respect...
UWL Department of Theatre and Dance presents “What the …
Nov 16, 2024 · The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre and Dance presented their first two performances of “What the Constitution Means to Me” on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15. They have two performances left, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2:00 p.m. at the Frederick Theatre in Morris Hall. The play was written...
Small first-year enrollment gains among students of color at UWL: …
Nov 14, 2024 · After the United States Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to overturn race-conscious admissions, many universities, including those in the University of Wisconsin System, worked to implement other strategies to recruit and retain their number of students of color. At the time, The Racquet Press wrote an article featuring Assistant Vice Chancellor of Admissions Corey Sjoquist and Vice Chancellor...
Chancellor Beeby delivers the 2024 welcome address
Aug 29, 2024 · On Wednesday, Aug 28, Chancellor James Beeby gave his Fall Welcome Address inside of the Bluffs Ballroom in the Student Union. Faculty and staff gathered to listen to Beeby and other members of UWL’s Leadership Team speak. Beeby welcomed staff and faculty members and thanked them for the work they do for the university. “We...
New chalking policy presented to Student Association by Dean of ...
Oct 4, 2024 · On Wednesday, Oct. 2 the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Student Association (SA) met to introduce the new directors, hear from Dean of Students Kara Ostlund about the Interim Chalking Policy and the Interim Expressive Activity on Campus Policy and discuss the presented changes. These policies had already been …
Photo Series: Capella Performing Arts Center and Capella …
Oct 28, 2024 · Located on King Street in downtown La Crosse, the Cappella hosts a variety of events throughout the year. Two companies are based in the location. The nonprofit Cappella Performing Arts Center focuses on its educational mission to foster powerful, inclusive art experiences and hosts concerts and recitals; Cappella Weddings and Events, is …
Photo Series: La Crosse’s Holiday tradition, The Rotary Lights
Dec 11, 2023 · Every year the Rotary Lights illuminate Riverside Park in downtown La Crosse as they welcome in the holiday season and bring the community together for a charitable cause. This is the 29th year the lights have been open, and they have certainly grown since the project was first started in 1995. Patrick Stephens, president of the Rotary Lights, said, “We’ve got an inventory now of probably ...