Newsletter

May 2023

Spring. The season of new beginnings. It’s the perfect time to celebrate the graduating class of 2023 as they prepare to enter the workforce.

At UWL, these young adults bring with them a toolbox of eight key skills the UWL campus calls the Eagle Advantage. Qualities like adaptability, collaboration, accountability, and digital literacy and technology give our graduates a boost when entering the job market. Professionals in the community have identified these as key skills they want to see in applicants. And employers nationwide have regularly found them to be critical to workforce success. 

Faculty help students gain these essential skills through various methods, including instruction, labs, research, community projects and service learning, just to name a few.

We are thankful for the community partners who have played a huge role helping students gain these critical skills. Take a look at the stories below that feature our students in action in their community — all the while learning workforce skills to bring them one step closer to graduation day and earning their Eagle Advantage.  

Congratulations to the graduates in your life!

Lisa Klein, UWL Community Engagement Coordinator