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UW-La Crosse Admissions meets visitors at the curbside to provide a folder of information about UWL and a map featuring QR codes to begin their own self-guided tour of campus with audio. Read more → Curbside campus tour Posted 4:09 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 QR codes at popular tour stops provide prospective students and families a self-guided experience. Read more about Curbside campus tour Meredith Conn, ‘03, has been named the new state command chief of the Wisconsin Air National Guard — the first woman to hold that position. “I think my contributions to the state leadership team and to our airmen will be less about my gender and more about the diversity I bring to the table,” she says. Read more → Serving her country, community Posted 8:36 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 Meredith Conn named command chief of Wisconsin Air National Guard. Read more about Serving her country, community From left to right: UWL English faculty Ryan Friesen, Kelly Sultzbach and Matt Cashion are among nine UWL English instructors working with La Crosse County Jail inmates through the university’s Jail Literacy Program. “I don’t really see them as inmates anymore,” one professor says. “I see them as students.” Read more → Sharing stories while serving time Posted 12:06 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 Program helps inmates harness the power of literature Read more about Sharing stories while serving time Read more → Fall sports canceled, altered Posted 4:09 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 WIAC provides a statement regarding fall seasons. Read more about Fall sports canceled, altered Read more → Wowed by Wittich Posted 9:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 Remarkable renovation is impressive. Read more about Wowed by Wittich Read more → Staff and faculty retirements for 2019-20 Posted 12:31 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 Staff and faculty retirements for 2019-20. Read more about Staff and faculty retirements for 2019-20 Mary Hamman, an associate professor in the UW-La Crosse Economics Department, has been named the first UWL College of Business Administration Swenson Baier Engaged Faculty Fellow. The fellowship, funded by 1985 CBA graduate Scott Swenson and his spouse, Cynthia Baier, is UWL’s first philanthropically funded faculty fellowship supporting the vision and recognition of business faculty who are industry-engaged. Read more → Faculty fellow Posted 12:07 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 College of Business Administration names Hamman first campus fellow. Read more about Faculty fellow Kathy Thoen, a dean’s assistant in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, has won the 2020 University Staff Excellence Award. “I don’t do what I do for recognition,” she says. “I do what I do for the betterment of the students and colleagues I work with.” Read more → Going above and beyond Posted 12:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 Kathy Thoen receives UWL’s University Staff Excellence Award. Read more about Going above and beyond James Burkhart, ‘68, received the Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his extensive work in radon science. Read more → Superb scientist Posted 12:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 Burkhart recognized as a radon leader. Read more about Superb scientist San Jose State University professor Elizabeth Skovran, ‘96, is studying how methylotrophic bacteria can be used to recycle rare earth elements found in smartphones. This work has major implications for those pursuing more sustainable technology and manufacturing. Read more → Phoning it in Posted 12:26 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 Alum finds impactful new way to use smartphones: destroy them. Read more about Phoning it in

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