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2024 at UWL

2024 at UWL

Relive the year through some of our favorite images

Posted 6:49 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

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It was a year packed with memorable moments inside and outside the classroom. Take a look at some of our favorite photos from 2024 at UWL. 




Now retired Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance Bob Hetzel shares a laugh during former interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan's opening address for the spring semester.
International education students gather by the fire after ice fishing on Lake Onalaska.
UWL biology students teach children at Red Balloon Early Learning Center about bugs. The children learned about insect biology, created their own bugs from Play-Doh and even had the chance to pet a hissing cockroach.
During the Eagle Sales Competition, students gained valuable experience pitching to sales professionals, while a panel watched their pitches from another room and provided feedback.
Safety first: Interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan demonstrates the proper use of protective eyewear during the solar eclipse in April.
Trustee Carolyn Fleckenstein Scott holds the crushed champagne bottle after christening UWL’s new, state-of-the-art watercraft, the Research Vessel Prairie Springs. The $500,000 vessel promises to transform freshwater education at UWL and beyond.
That "I did it" feeling.
James Beeby became the 11th leader in UWL history when he assumed the role of chancellor July 1.
Students from the UWL Foundry Club pour hot metal into green sand molds consisting of sand, bentonite and a small amount of water. The green sand is compacted around an object the artist wishes to cast. Once the object is removed, its negative 3D impression is left behind.
This fall's TEDx event at UWL explored the theme, "The Story I Tell Myself." Speakers included, from left to right: Andrew Ives, director of the UWL ACCESS Center; Carolyn Colleen Bostrack, author and UWL alumna; and Sona Kazemi, assistant professor of race, gender and sexuality studies at UWL.
Here come the Eagles!
    Students, staff, and faculty gather for the kick-off of One Day for UWL in October. The event raised nearly $530,000 for UWL students — a One Day for UWL record.
    Emotions run high as members of the UWL men's cross country team share an embrace after capturing the NCAA III title. Photo by Sashi Popke
    The moment when all your hard work pays off.
    James Beeby's first commencement as chancellor: a great day to be an Eagle.

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