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Karissa Adams

Karissa Adams, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy student, received the La Crosse Youth Climate Action Fund Grant at Ecolution 2025 on April 22 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: April 23

Lauren Brickley

Lauren Brickley, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy student, received the Dean's Distinguished Fellowship award from the College of Science & Health. For her fellowship, Lauren will be exploring camp experiences on parent subjective well-being and sense of community through photovoice.

Submitted on: April 2

Tara Delong and Jennifer Taylor

Tara Delong and Jennifer Taylor, both Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, presented "How to Establish a Facility Dog Program" at Great Lakes Recreational Therapy Student Conference on Saturday, April 5 in Hudson, IL.

Submitted on: April 2

Tara Delong

Tara Delong, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, was interviewed by Rob Ferrett of Wisconsin Public Radio on March 31. How to be in awe explores the feeling of awe and wonder as an opportunity to support health and well-being for improved mental health. Listen to DeLong, a UWL teaching professor, as she talks through the importance of integrating awe inspiring moments in our life. DeLong's interview is the third episode listed on the page. 

Submitted on: April 1

W. Thomas Means

W. Thomas Means, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, presented "(Re)Discovering Feyerabend: Dogma, Anarchy, and the Case for Anything Goes" at The Academy of Leisure Sciences Annual Conference on March 7 in Pittsburgh, PA. This presentation examined Paul Feyerabend’s epistemological anarchism as a response to hegemonic dogma in leisure studies, analyzing historical and contemporary debates on pluralism, methodological shifts, and the implications of an “anything goes” approach for paradigmatic pluralism.

Submitted on: Mar. 15