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Amanda Gasper, right, a senior student services coordinator in the UW-La Crosse Financial Aid Office, participates in an It Make$ Cents financial literacy program on campus prior to COVID-19. Gasper has received the national 2020 CashCourse Financial Educator of the Year Award, which honors an educator going above and beyond to promote financial literacy on their campus.

Cash kudos Posted 12:42 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 Campus financial helper finding success assisting students Read

An aerial of the final project complete with UWL colors, maroon and gray.

Photo Essay: Summer Projects Posted 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020 Photos of the summer building projects at UW-La Crosse Read

Lisa Klein (right), community engagement coordinator at UWL, receives a donation of homemade masks from Ruth Kinstler of the Coulee Region Senior Volunteer Program. The masks will be available to students and families during UWL's move-in window, Sept. 2-6.

Masking up, moving in Posted 11:10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 Volunteers donate 300-plus masks for UWL move-in Read

In a pair of new rankings, UWL is recognized for offering students a solid return on their investment and for minimizing student debt.

Big bang for their buck Posted 10:18 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 Study identifies UWL as sound investment for students Read

Ruth Kinstler, left, of RSVP hands Lisa Klein, UWL Community Engagement, a donation of homemade masks for students on campus. Move-in will look different this year. Students will return over five days instead of two. And, all students and guests on campus will be required to wear facemasks and abide by physical distancing policies.

UW-La Crosse students returning Posted 3:24 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 Heavier traffic expected in campus area Sept. 2-6 Read

UW-La Crosse Art Professor Jennifer Williams paints a portrait of Tami Plourde, co-owner and director of sales and marketing at Pearl Street Brewery. Williams is visiting La Crosse business owners to put them on canvas to provide an insight into what people are going through during the pandemic. Her project is called, “Painting us Forward.”

Pandemic paintings Posted 9:49 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 Professor captures images of despair, hope Read

Adam Hoffer, director of the Menard Family Initiative at UW-La Crosse, has compiled a collection of briefs highlighting innovative ways the Coulee Region responded to COVID-19.

Innovation during crisis Posted 10:27 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 Menard Initiative highlights creative solutions amid COVID-19 Read

Beighley Leth, now a senior marketing major at UW-La Crosse, placed 36th out of more than 1,300 college students worldwide in a virtual sales competition in April. “It was a really proud moment,” she says. “When I heard my name get called over the Zoom chat, I was freaking out.”

Selling while socially distancing Posted 11:28 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 UWL’s Beighley Leth earns high finish in virtual competition Read

From vintage food boxes and packages to glass soda bottles and arcade video games, companies are reviving products of old, tugging at the strings of society’s nostalgia. “We’ve reached a point where it’s easier for a company to restart something that has a latent memory than to invest in something new and untried,” explains Dan Wallace, an associate lecturer in the UWL Marketing Department.

Marketing and memories Posted 3:27 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 UWL Lecturer: Nostalgia is driving force behind brands Read

Eagle Edge Posted 3:13 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 View the summer issue of the School of Education news Read

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