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New: Apply for scholarships online

Incoming and continuing UW-L students are invited to take advantage of a new online system to apply for scholarships through the UW-L Foundation.

Tavern League gives gift to UW-L Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex

The group of local small business owners has made a year-end gift of $2,500 to the UW-L Foundation to recognize veterans and further support the new athletic complex.

UW-L Water Ski and Wakeboard Team voted national Team of the Year

The UW-La Crosse Water Ski and Wakeboard Team is making some big waves. The group was voted the 2011 National Collegiate Water Ski Association Team of the Year among 72 collegiate teams throughout the nation.

Public hearing on UW-L’s proposed parking ramp and police building

A public hearing to present the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed UW-La Crosse Parking Ramp and Police and Parking Services Building project will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in the Ward Room in UW-L’s Cartwright Center.

Women travel thousands of miles to share their language, culture

Two UW-L faculty members have a lot in common besides their time living in Concepción, Chile. They both have an appreciation for other cultures and know the challenges of adapting to a new one.

UW-L students, staff deliver gifts for the greater good over the holidays

Kurt Grunwald and Scott Cooper, Biology, were busy crafting wooden gifts for kids once again this holiday season. This year they built stepstools, which were donated to the Family & Children's Center on Main Street in La Crosse. The stools are intended to help kids reach the bathroom sink to brush their teeth. Renee Redman, Biology, coordinated collecting gifts to deliver with the stools from members of the Biology Department and Sue Kelly, Math, and several of Cooper's students painted them. Cooper and Grunwald started building toys to donate to charitable organizations at Christmas time 13 years ago.

UW-L club donates blankets

The students in UW-L’s Radiation Therapy Club made fleece blankets again this year for cancer patients at Gundersen Lutheran. They were delivered in early December. They raised money by having a Yankee Candle Fundraiser to buy the fleece. Here the club is pictured with Melissa Weege, UW-L Radiation Therapy program director and Patrick Conway, a doctor at Gundersen Lutheran. Front from left, Courtney Belot, Marisa Haeska, Conway, Marcia Mattingly, Ryanne Falls. Back row: Weege, Tara Mulry, Liz Doherty, and Becky Scheuermann.

 

 

5th Annual Aging and Film: Stories from a Splendid Age

January is a great month for this annual program — a fireplace, hot soup, cozy chairs and our aging journeys illuminated through film. Come for an evening of insights, reflections and good energy. Early registration encouraged. The film event will be Friday, Jan. 27 at Port O' Call, Cartwright Center at UW-L. Registration is $25 or $20 if you register with a friend. A light meal and snacks are included. Learn more and register. For more information contact 608.785.6508, 866.895.9233 or kdeschepper@uwlax.edu.

Esten inducted into Cross Country Coach Hall of Fame

Former UW-La Crosse head men's cross country coach Phil Esten was enshrined in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Hall of Fame Dec. 14 at the USTFCCCA Convention. Esten served as head coach of the men's cross country program at UW-L for 28 years – a run that lasted from 1970 until his retiring after the 1997 season. Esten, the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Co-Coach of the Year in 1996, led UW-L to a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III cross country national title in the same year. Read more.

Check out dining services hours over break

Find a schedule of January hours.

New Employees

Lance Hubbard, Facilities Planning Specialist, Facilities Management, Dec. 19 Amy Sloan, University Services Associate 1, Financial Aid, Dec. 19

Resignations

Lori Lazzari, Instructional Specialist, Microbiology, Nov. 12 Karina Hess, Research Intern, River Studies Center, Dec. 7 Edward Malone, Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Professions, Jan. 6, 2012

Retirements

Paul Rifkin, Assistant Director of University Housing, Residence Life, Dec. 3 Russell Stockel, Custodian Lead in University Centers, Jan. 20, 2012

Transfers

Deborah Miller to Residence Life, Dec. 4 Bill Olson transfer within Cowley Hall Custodial Services, Dec. 18 We would like to thank everyone for your cards, thoughts and prayers during our 15-month-old grandson’s surgeries. Finnegan came out of the biopsy surgery very well. However, after the first major surgery — with only 30 percent of the tumor taken and some paralysis — more surgery has been delayed until he gains some strength back. If you would like to follow his progress, Mike and Nicky are updating a website on caringbridge.org/visit (use finneganringdroski as the sign in). Thank you again during this difficult time for our family. - Pat and Kathy Ring. Thank you to everyone who made my retirement celebration on December 16 such a memorable event for me and my family. I thoroughly enjoyed my 30 years at UW-La Crosse and have been proud to work with such an outstanding group of staff and students. I wish each of you only the very best. - Paul Rifkin. Sally Fink, a member of Chartwells Campus Dining Catering Services staff, died unexpectedly in her sleep Tuesday, Dec. 20 at her home in New Albin, Iowa. For the past 20 years she was as a member of UW-L’s Chartwells staff. She was a wonderful presence at major events including the recent Chancellor's Holiday Reception. "After taking care of her three grandchildren all day, she hustled her way to the Cleary Center to help me and staff with the party. Always a trooper and always a pillar of strength for us when we needed help the most. She was an angel on earth, and now her duties will continue above,” says Vickey Moutsopoulos, a friend and colleague. For more information about Sally's life see the obituary in the La Crosse Tribune.