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UWL student Maggie Lombardi reacts during one of the sessions with a resident at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. The “Happiness Project” helped students learn more about telecommunicating with older residents, while making those residents feel more comfortable meeting virtually with the students and family members during COVID visit restrictions. A happy project Posted 6 a.m. Sunday, May 23, 2021 UWL students, Westby nursing home residents benefit from telehealth Read more about A happy project Dick Hebert, ’83, retired from the Chippewa Falls Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department in March after a nearly four-decade career. “Parks and recreation is not for everybody,” he says. “It’s a lot of work, and occasionally, you have to work nights and weekends. But I really enjoyed making the community I grew up in a better place to live, work and play.” Passion for parks Posted 2:57 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2021 Hebert leaves lasting mark on Chippewa Falls parks system Read more about Passion for parks Recreation students take part in an outdoor activity in the 2017 event. Students in the upper-level recreation management and therapeutic recreation class have created five programs focusing on physical, social, spiritual, environmental and occupational well-being. They will hold the event for an introductory general rec class on Saturday, April 24. Day of well-being Posted 8:16 a.m. Monday, April 19, 2021 UWL recreation class offers fellow students ideas for wellness Read more about Day of well-being Students in Dan Plunkett’s REC 351 class are working with city officials and other local stakeholders to gauge public opinion toward plans for an indoor tennis complex at Green Island Park. The partnership is a kickoff to UWL’s new Community Engaged Learning program, which matches faculty experts and their students with organizations working to address issues in the community. Class lends time, talents to city tennis project Posted 8 a.m. Monday, March 22, 2021 Community engaged learning puts ball in students’ court Read more about Class lends time, talents to city tennis project Harmon, a professor in UW-La Crosse’s Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation Department, will present on the connection between recreation and overall health and well-being during the February installment of the UWL Alumni Association’s What’s New Wednesdays series. Winter wellness Posted 11:26 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 What’s New Wednesdays to cover winter recreation activities Read more about Winter wellness Assistant Professor Brian E. Kumm-Schaley, shown here leading the rec class in 2019, says students have had to become creative while planning community activities this fall. Changes have included adapting communication strategies, while maintaining a sense of humor. “It has definitely been challenging, but it has also been an opportunity,” he says. Family fun Posted 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 UWL rec class sets three events Read more about Family fun UW-La Crosse senior Elyse Weber enjoyed painting in the outdoors earlier in October in rural La Crosse County when the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration opened the gate to 200 acres in Saint Joseph. The visit, along with others from UWL faculty and students, initiated future classes on the land, opening a new collaboration between the university and FSPA. Country class Posted 10:14 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 Students head to rural La Crosse County for COVID safe haven Read more about Country class Michele Thorman, retired director of UWL’s Physical Therapy program, started the Thorman Family Pay It Forward Scholarship supporting PT students who have overcome adversity. Thorman also served on the UWL Foundation Board of Directors for nine years and chaired its scholarship. PT shot in the arm Posted 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 Leaving a Legacy: Family scholarship supports students overcoming adversity Read more about PT shot in the arm The Grandad Bluff Park shelter and overlook is vacant on a beautiful spring day earlier in May. A UW-La Crosse Tourism Research Institute survey found that due to COVID-19, half of the respondents planning a La Crosse visit have postponed at least one trip, especially if was in May or early summer. Read more → Summer vacation? Posted 12:21 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 UWL survey finds late summer travel, outdoors popular Read more about Summer vacation? Students at UW-La Crosse who study trends at the university’s Tourism Research Institute have been discussing challenges resulting from COVID-19, along with the opportunities. Assistant Professor Dan Plunkett, director of the institute, says opportunities to more closely look at the environmental impact of tourism is becoming a hot topic. Read more → Tourism talk Posted 12:21 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 COVID-19 provides challenges, opportunities for tourism Read more about Tourism talk

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