Experience the power of a UWL education through high-impact learning and life-long friendships, all while surrounded by the epic beauty of La Crosse. Follow your path. We’ll show you the way.
You’re part of a group of truly amazing people. At UWL, we are inspired every day by the driven, active and engaged students who make us so proud. That’s right, you’re amazing!
Here in La Crosse, people come together to work for the common good.
At UWL, we live out the Wisconsin idea of public service and community engagement. We are proud to work with our many partners in La Crosse, giving back every day to a community that generously supports our teaching, learning and service mission.
The "La Crosse Experience" stays with you for a lifetime.
UWL pride stays strong long after graduation! Stay connected with our beautiful campus and the faculty and friends who made your "La Crosse Experience" so special.
Experts. Scholars. Public servants. Community members.
UWL consistently delivers a high-quality and life-changing experience. We’re able to do it because of you, our talented and dedicated faculty and staff. You are the reason for our excellence!
Weekend to feature Christmas at the Domes, Art Museum, shopping
Jump-start the holiday season with an art and garden tour to Milwaukee. A weekend bus tour from La Crosse runs Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21-22.
The first stop will be the Milwaukee Museum of Art. The museum’s special exhibit is “Andy Warhol: The Last Decade and Figurative Prints – 1980s Rewind.” The museum collection includes nearly 20,000 works from antiquity to the present. Permanent holdings include: Old Masters and 19th and 20th century art, American decorative arts, German Expressionism, and more. (See more at www.mam.org.)
Evening accommodations are at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 176 W. Wisconsin Ave. (See www.hamptoninn.com.) The evening is “on your own,” allowing time for walks along the Milwaukee River walk, a short stroll from the hotel. The walk features a current display of large jewelry-type artwork by UW-L art professor John Ready. Other walk highlights include an array of restaurants, the Historic Third Ward, Theatre District, Grand Avenue Shopping Mall and the Downtown Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival.
Sunday features a stop at the first weekend of Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes Holiday Show: “A Children’s Christmas.” Self-guided tours lead through the formal Japanese garden, a street in Dickens’ London, a Caribbean beach Arid Dome, and the Tropical Dome with 450 species of tropical plants and more.
On the return to La Crosse, the tour will stop at the Tanger Mall in Wisconsin Dells for shopping.
Cost is $259 per person, double occupancy. Pre-registration is required; space is limited. UW-L's Continuing Education in the Arts Director Linda Steine will lead the tour. To register or for information, contact Continuing Education at 785.6504 or www.uwlax.edu/conted.