451st Army Band to Present Concert at UW-River Falls The 451st Army Band will present a concert along with the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Symphony Band at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building on the UWRF campus.
Groundbreaking for $63.5 Million Falcon Center Set for May 2 The largest building project in the 140-year history of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls moves one step closer to reality this week with a groundbreaking ceremony for the $63.5 million Falcon Center. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 2, outside Hunt Arena.
RADD Jazz Series Presents Universal Language X at UW-River Falls The University of Wisconsin-River Falls RADD Jazz Series presents “Universal Language X” featuring the UWRF Jazz Ensemble, directed by Craig Hara, on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., at Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building. The event is free and open to the public.
Small Business Development Center at UW-River Falls Relocates The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls has relocated off-campus to the River Falls Municipal Power Plant building at 401 S. Winter St., just a few blocks from UWRF. The SBDC is housed in the newly renovated east office addition and is sharing that space with the new Center for Innovation and Business Development (CIBD).
UW-River Falls Horse Show Team Advances to National Competition The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Western Equestrian Team brought home the Reserve Championship from the national semi-finals competition, earning a trip to the IHSA National Championship Show in Harrisburg, Penn.,
UW-River Falls Hosts Juried Student Art Exhibition The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Art Department announces the 2014 Juried Student Art Exhibition in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building from April 18-May 7. Free and open to the public.
UW-River Falls Soils and Crops Teams in the Top Three at NACTA Teams from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls took first place in the soils competition and third place in the crops competition at the annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging Conference at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., April 10-12.
UW-River Falls Student Named ASABE Ag Engineering Technology Student of the Year The Wisconsin chapter of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named Miles Erickson the 2014 Agricultural Engineering Technology Student of the Year. Erickson, of Hastings, Minn., is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls majoring in Agricultural Engineering Technology.
UW-River Falls to Hold Annual Colts-in-Training Sale May 3 If you are looking for a serious performance horse or a trail horse for the family, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Colt Sale offers more than 43 high quality colts that will excel in any discipline. The 38th annual sale is Saturday, May 3, at 2 p.m. at the UW-River Falls Campus Farm, 1475 S. Wasson Lane, River Falls.
Wyman Series at UW-River Falls Presents an Evening with Tom Rath Rath, one of the best-selling authors of the last decade, will review his latest research about the impact of choices on our health, life, and work. Rath will share his deeply personal story about his battle with a serious illness for the past 20 years, and describe how this journey led him to accumulate a wealth of research about the impact of eating, moving, and sleeping on our health and everyday energy.