UW-L Centers and Institutes
The Academic Success Institute (ASI) is a six-week summer program to prepare incoming 1st year college students to prepare them for the work and to introduce them to campus living. ASI students earn 5-8 semester hours of college credit. Participants receive tutoring help, assessment of academic progress, help with planning first semester academic schedules, and an introduction to helpful campus resources.
Center for Death Education and Bioethics
The Center for Dealth Education and Bioethics (CDEB) is a resource center for academic materials concerened with the issue of dealth, dying, and bereavement in contemporary society. CDEB sponsors ILLNESS, CRISIS & LOSS, a quarterly peer reviewed journal published by Sage Periodicals. CDEB also makes available brochurs on grief and loss.
Center for Emergency Health and Safety for Schools
The Center for Emergency Health and Safety for Schools prepares students for emergencies according to their cognitive, social, and moral development as resource persons in emergency situations. The center develops initiatives and educational programs to meet the emergency health and safety needs of schools.
Center for Geographic Information Science
Center for Geographic Information Science provides formal mechanism for the dissemination of GIS, UWL students work closely with staff and faculty to learn about mapping units and futher their eduction.
English as a Second Language Institute
English as a Second Language Institute offers an opportunity
to non-native speakers of English. Classes are offered at five levels of English proficiency to international students.
The Human Performance Laboratory has been a wonderful
educational and research facility for the College of Education,
Exercise Science, Health, and Recreation for over 30 years. It is equipped with the latest technology for exercise science and cardiovascular study.
Institute for Latino/a and Latin American Studies
The Institute for Latino/a and Latin American Studies provides
courses dealing with Latin American at UW-L. Promotes an
understanding of Latin American, facilitates contact among
professors with Latin American specialities, seeks to respond to students, community groups, and presents speaks, and other programs.
Institute of Biomolecular Sciences
Many of the important scientific discoveries in the past decade have occurred as a result of growth in the biomolecular sciences. In response to these changes, the Institute for Biomolecular Sciences was created to foster regional education, communication and research collaborations in the biomolecular sciences.
La Crosse Institute for Movement Studies
La Crosse Institute for Movement Studies (SAH) is a
partnership between Western Wisconsin Technical College,
Viterbo University, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse, Franciscan Skemp Health Care, and Gunderson Lutheran Hospital to enhance health care, strengthen medical science education, and encourage applied research.
Research Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal
The Research Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal is dedicated to developing and promoting a renewed vision for achieving a harmonious and socially just community through education.
River Studies Center is a non-curricular unit focusing on research and informational programs pertinent to the Upper Mississippi River and its related resources.
Small Business Development Center
The UW-L Small Business Development Center is part of the
Statewide network of Small Business Development Centers
that uses a variety of resources to help small business owners solve their busines concerns.
Special Populations Programs (including Motor Development and Adult Therapeutic Fitness)
UW-L Sepecial Populations Programs (SSP) conducts a
variety of quality physical actvity/education programs serving
children and youth encompassing a wide array of disabilities
from the Coulee Region.
The Statistical Consulting Center provides advice and assistance in areas of sampling, experimental design, data modeling and analysis as well as interpretation and written communication of results for projects that require statistical methods.
Violence Intervention & Prevention Institute
The Violence Intervention & Prevention Institute enables educators, health and human service professionals, community action leaders, law enforcement professionals, counselors, clergy, shelter workers and others concerned about the impact of violence in our society to come together to receive major updates, build new skills, and network.
