Ronda Smith, Communication Studies, has been appointed to a 50 percent position as interim director of the School of Arts and Communication for the 2009-10 annual year and assumed duties on July 1. Smith has been chair of Communication Studies,…
Middle-school girls learn about math, science in Girls in Science workshop
Eighty middle-school girls from the La Crosse area and across the state, as well as one from New York and one from California, were on campus June 27-28 for the 11th annual Girls in Science weekend. The workshop included hands-on…
Centennial Gala Celebration planned for Oct. 24 -Reserve tables now
UW-L is celebrating its centennial during the 2009-10 academic year. There have been many obvious changes to the campus since the Normal School doors opened in 1909 but “academic excellence” has been a hallmark for all 100 years. There will…
Centennial Hall construction map updated
Demolition of Baird, Trowbridge and Wilder halls is underway and the contractor needs to begin running new utilities to the site. In order to tie the new steam lines that will feed Centennial Hall into the existing campus steam distribution…
New UW-L residence hall public meeting set for July 14
A public meeting to present the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for UW-L’s new residence hall project will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Representatives of UW-L, Residence Life, UW System…
Freedom Fest honors veterans
A motorcycle rally at Veterans Hall of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Sports Complex at UW-L followed by a Michael Martin Murphy performance brought many Freedom Fest participants to campus June 20. Other Freedom Fest events were concerts by The…