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UW-La Crosse event & conference facilities

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s (UWL) park-like 128-acre campus is nestled between the serene La Crosse River and majestic Grandad’s Bluff in the picturesque Driftless Region of western Wisconsin. The campus is in a residential section of the city, which is a short walk to the mighty Mississippi River and a bustling downtown area.

The campus offers: 

  • Residential accommodations
  • Classrooms/breakout spaces
  • Auditoriums
  • Exercise facilities
  • On-site catering
  • Dining facilities
  • Audio/visual and technology systems
General conference session with multiple screens for easy viewing.

Superb Facilities

  • Year-round meeting space is available including classrooms, general session seating for up to 3,000, summer housing for 2,500 and performance stages.
  • Campus food service provides excellent refreshment breaks, receptions, banquets, buffets and more. Meals can vary from low-cost cafeteria-style service to formal banquets.
  • Other available buildings on campus include the Centre for the Arts with theatre and recital hall, planetarium and the Recreation Eagles Center with running track, basketball courts, dance studio, racquetball courts, weight room and tennis courts. UWL also has rock climbing walls and an outdoor ropes course.
  • Our conference staff can arrange for AV equipment, photocopying, phone hook-ups, Internet access, teleconferencing and video conferencing.

Frequent clients have included:

  • Professional associations and societies
  • Educational organizations
  • Scientific organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Community organizations
  • Youth leadership organizations
  • Youth athletic organizations and events
  • Religious organizations

Proven track record

UW-La Crosse's Conference Services provides conference management services for a wide variety of events on a local, national and international level. Successful conferences and events have ranged from 50 to 3,000 participants. Our professional conference planners are experts in managing conferences and events at any meeting venue or location.

Whether hiring a faculty member/speaker for a presentation, coordinating the use of all UW-La Crosse facilities and services as well as those of the larger La Crosse Community, arranging a field trip and identifying local tour options, or making block reservations for off-campus lodging, your professional coordinator knows the available resources and the process of planning and conducting a successful event.

We get involved in your program as a partner. We'll manage the day-to-day marketing, financial and logistical details — allowing you to concentrate on the conference content.

Our partnership is based on the services you need and want. The services we provide are tailored to your individual event. We continually expand our services to meet the needs of our clients. Our services include planning, logistics, financial management, marketing including web design and hosting, registration, issuing Continuing Education Units (CEUs), and much more!

A successful conference means pulling together details so that an event flows seamlessly from inception, to post-conference evaluation, to the closing of financial accounts. Let our professional staff handle those details. We are your one-stop.

Contact us to learn more!

When it's time to start planning your next event, make one call. Our conference staff will make your event successful.

Milandrie WakimFor more information, contact: 
Graduate & Extended Learning 
Conference Services 
1725 State St, 205 Morris Hall
La Crosse, WI 54601 

Milandrie Wakim
Program Manager
608.785.6509
mwakim@uwlax.edu