University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
UWL Celebrates
Disability Pride Month
A dynamic & diverse learning environment.
Acknowledging and respecting the contributions of all
Hear from our students
![Active student 1](/globalassets/home/active/active-background-1.jpg/Medium)
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"Mens Corpusque"
The university's
official motto means mind and body.
Empowering our students
fostering curiosity &
life-long learning.
![Mitch Haeuser with his advisor Pablo Raúl Stinga at graduation from Iowa State University.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/mitch-haeuser1.jpg/Medium)
![From left, David Mindel and Nikki Pegarsch look at charts from 1932 of locks and dams on Upper Mississippi River. Collections related to the Upper Mississippi River and Driftless Area have been growing organically on the UWL campus since the university's inception.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/2024-uwl-driftless-river-initiative-25.jpg/Medium)
![UWL student Anika Oplanic works with fish in Tisha King-Heiden's lab in Prairie Springs Science Center.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/photo-1.jpg/Medium)
![From left, Rachel Hohensee, Evelyn Norton and Emjay Hilliker pose for a picture in their lab.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/2024-uwl-rna-day-103.jpg/Medium)
![Bao Xiong, May 2024 graduate with degrees in English and Theatre Performance, started the show, “Cooking with Bao” in 2020 during pandemic to raise money for Hmong farmers. Her volunteer work to launch a non-profit organization has resulted in securing numerous grants and donations to support Hmong farmers.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/2024-uwl-almumna-bao-xiong.jpg/Medium)
Serving as a regional cultural center
Preparing students for an ever-changing community.
![Archaeologists Heather Walder, UWL assistant teaching professor, helped uncover evidence that glass beads reached the Western Great Lakes region before European settlers arrived around 1670. Photo courtesy of Tyrel Iron Eyes.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/fieldwork-photo.jpg/Medium)
![A stereoscope is used to view stereoviews, images that were traded in the late 1800s and early 1900s, much like today’s Pokémon cards. Photo courtesy of Teri Holford, Murphy Library.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/stereoview2.png/Medium)
![Students, Emma Everett and Courtney Osmek, use their GIS knowledge to make a difference in the La Crosse community.](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/2024-gis-community-garden_-7.jpg/Medium)
![UWL Art Students Carlyn Farrow and Abby Eftemoff at UWL’s Communication & Media Lab. Both students were part of a ART: 215](/contentassets/d2492d337f8a4841b98d59100cb0f8ab/audio-recordings2.png/Medium)