Transfer START

**Please note that Transfer START is designed for admitted transfer students and their families. **

Program Schedule

Program runs from 9am-4pm.  You will receive a detailed schedule when you arrive on campus.                      

** There will also be faculty and staff participating in the Transfer START program who can help to supplement the advising you receive prior to your attendance of Transfer START.

Incoming admitted and deposited transfer students, who have submitted their enrollment deposit, are encouraged to RSVP to attend Transfer START.  You will have received an email about this from Admissions.

UWL provides admitted transfer students the same opportunity to register for courses as continuing students.  However, courses do fill quickly, therefore early attendance is encouraged. 

Program space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Please call Admissions at 608-785-8939, if you have questions regarding Transfer START dates. 

If you are no longer able to attend the date you signed up for, please indicate that online where you signed up.  

 **Please note that Transfer START is designed for admitted transfer students.**

We are excited to meet you at Transfer START and answer all of your questions, until then here are some things you need to do to prepare for Transfer START!

• Follow the directions in the email message you receive from your academic college.
• Register on your assigned registration date.  You can find this information in your WINGS account. If you have questions regarding your registration date/time please contact your college/school dean's office.
  • Academic Advising Center 608.785.6950 www.uwlax.edu/aac
  • College of Science and Health 608.785.8156 www.uwlax.edu/csh
  • College of Business Administration 608.785.8090 www.uwlax.edu/cba
  • College of Liberal Studies 608.785.5454 www.uwlax.edu/cls
  • School of Arts and Communication 608.785.5454 www.uwlax.edu/sac
  • School of Education 608.785.8134  www.uwlax.edu/soe
• Check your to-do list on your WINGS Student Center (Need help? Check out WINGS Help)
• Review the Admitted Transfer Student Next Steps

**Please note that Transfer START is designed for admitted transfer students only.**

Transfer START Program Questions:

Student Life: First-Year Experience

Sarah Joslyn

608-785-8062 or fye@uwlax.edu

Academic Advising and Course Registration:

Academic Advising: Advisor

Shari Schoohs

608-785-6950 or sschoohs@uwlax.edu

RSVPing for Transfer START:

Admissions

Scott Johns

608-785-8939 or sjohns@uwlax.edu

Directions to UWL

Parking instructions, including a permit, will be emailed after you have RSVP'd to attend Transfer START. Please consider printing a campus map. The  La Crosse Convention and Visitors Bureau  and the  Onalaska Tourism Commission  provides additional information about our community and lodging options available to visitors. 

La Crosse and Onalaska Exits

From Interstate I-90, Exit 3, Exit 4 and Exit 5 all lead to the UW-La Crosse campus, but only the closest exit is listed below for each direction. 

From the North (Hwy. 53): If traveling south on Highway 53 (go over I-90 at Exit 4). Follow Highway 157 to Highway 16. Turn right on Highway 16. Drive 3.5 miles and turn right on La Crosse Street and then left on East Avenue to campus. 

From the West (I-90): Exit Interstate I-90 at Exit 3 onto US 53 South. Drive 3.9 miles and turn left on La Crosse Street; continue for 1.1 miles and turn right on East Avenue to Campus.

From the East (I-90): Travelers heading west to La Crosse on Interstate I-90 exit at Onalaska-La Crosse Highway 16 (Exit 5). Turn left onto Highway 16. Drive 4.8 miles and right on La Crosse Street and then left on East Avenue to campus.

From the South: Highway 14, 61, and 35 enter the city on the south. Follow the green "UW-La Crosse" signs north on Losey Boulevard to Highway 16 (3.0 miles). Turn left on La Crosse Street and then left on East Avenue to campus. 

Transfer START Feedback Survey (click here)