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The School of Visual & Performing Arts (VPA) plans to expand efforts to educate students and community members about the work of contemporary Indigenous artists, thanks to a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board.

Honoring tradition Posted 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 UWL Art Department secures grant to promote Indigenous art, cultural literacy Read

Heather Walder is a lifelong resident of Wisconsin who was inspired by early visits to historic sites with her mother.  “Those early experiences led me to have an interest in understanding our past, and eventually to pursue my Ph.D. in anthropology,” she says.  Photo courtesy of Tyrel Iron Eyes.

Illuminating Wisconsin’s past Posted 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 UWL Archaeologist Heather Walder honored for innovative research and collaborative methods Read

The TEDxUWLaCrosse 2024 theme is The story I tell myself. TEDx where x = independently organized event.

TEDxUWLaCrosse returns Posted 4:19 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 Inspiring talks on personal and global change set to illuminate the stage Oct. 10 Read

Stacy Narcotta-Welp, vice chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion, has received the Academic Staff Excellence Award in recognition of her work supporting students and building a more inclusive campus community.

An advocate for all Posted 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 Stacy Narcotta-Welp receives Academic Staff Excellence Award Read

UW-La Crosse student Kailey Peterson, a McNair Scholar, presented her poster at UWL’s 2024 Summer Research Symposium.

From art to workplace equity Posted 10:34 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 UWL McNair Scholars showcase novel research at UWL summer symposium Read

Vickie Sanchez, '07, director of Multicultural Student Services at UWL, is the recipient of the 2024 Parker Distinguished Multicultural Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to the advancement of multicultural understanding.

Leading with vision Posted 9:07 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024 UWL’s Vickie Sanchez to receive Parker Distinguished Multicultural Alumni Award Read

UWL will celebrate its eighth-annual Social Justice Week with three days of programming April 2-4.

Building belonging Posted 8 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2024 Social Justice Week set for April 2-4 Read

International Admissions Counselor Heather Pearson, left, meets with international students from Malaysia, Aditya Anil, center, and Aaron Jeyaraj. Both students are from Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL).

Growing global ties Posted 8:46 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 UWL welcomes more Malaysian students with expanding list of transfer scholarships Read

Will Van Roosenbeek, director of the UWL Pride Center, received this year's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award. The award recognizes La Crosse area leaders who are committed to building community, enhancing diversity and working toward justice for all.

Taking pride in his work Posted 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 Van Roosenbeek drives change on campus, in the community Read

Refugees walk along a fence at Fort McCoy resettlement center. Nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees settled at Fort McCoy as part of the Mariel Exodus, a mass emigration of Cubans from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the U.S. in 1980. Photo credit: Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC.

Wisconsin’s unseen chapter Posted 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 New grant funding will illuminate more Cuban-Wisconsin history with interactive, online exhibit Read

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