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In addition to conducting undergraduate research and being on the track team, Noelle Hackenmueller, a Spanish and TESOL Education major with a linguistics minor, has been a campus tour guide and resident assistant in her residence hall. She also works at the rock-climbing wall at the campus Recreational Eagle Center and is a student leader of the organization, Cru.

Finding home among the bluffs Posted 9:10 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2024 UWL experience redefines what Noelle Hackenmueller wanted in a college Read

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Finding home among the bluffs UWL experience redefines what Noelle Hackenmueller wanted in a college

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