Black History Month events at inspire hope for improved race relations Feb. 7, 2023 - As Angel Riley scanned the audience at the February 1 Black History Month kickoff event at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, she was grateful for not only the number of attendees, but at how many white faces were gathered there.
Concert to showcase pipe organ along with musicians performing Feb. 16, 2023 - A concert featuring multiple styles of organ music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls is intended not only for audience enjoyment but also to raise money to restore the pipe organ musicians will play during the performance.
Dance Theatre to present spring concert Feb. 8, 2023 - An upcoming University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre event will not only showcase various forms of dance but will serve to honor a former student of the program who died last year.
New business analytics master’s degree to address shortage Feb. 13. 2023 - A new master’s degree program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls will fill a growing need in the business sector, helping fulfill demand for more data analysts and data-informed professionals, university officials said.
Stage and Screen Productions to present ‘Miss Havisham’ and other short films Feb. 7, 2023 - Join the Music and Stage and Screen Arts Department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Thursday, Feb. 16, for a Red Carpet Gala Premiere Screening of “Miss Havisham” and other short films produced by students in the Stage and Screen Arts Program.
UWRF's first choral exchange with an area high school Feb. 23, 2023 - University of Wisconsin-River Falls choral students and the Woodbury (Minn.) High School Choir sang together and to one another Monday afternoon in Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building on campus as part of the university’s first choral exchange with an area high school.
UW-River Falls business program reaffirms distinguished accreditation Feb. 16, 2023 - Students attending business classes at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls have a leg up compared to many of their peers when seeking employment after graduation, thanks to a prestigious accreditation of the university’s business school.
UW-River Falls students finding success after graduation Feb. 10, 2023 - Virtually all of the 2022 University of Wisconsin-River Falls graduating class had either landed jobs or were continuing their education by the end of last year, according to First Destination Survey results that measure students’ post-graduate employment.
UW-River Falls students win five state broadcast journalism awards Feb. 27, 2023 - University of Wisconsin-River Falls students garnered five awards, including two first-place honors, at the February 25 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) Student Seminar in Middleton.
Visiting scholar to address Black politics, education and inequality in Chicago Feb. 22, 2023 - Changes in public education prompted by desegregation of schools have resulted in significant alterations, such as numerous experimental education models and teachers’ organizing efforts, a Chicago-based author, professor and school board member says.
Zimmerman is featured Innovator in Residence speaker Feb. 24, 2023 - Angel Zimmerman, local entrepreneur and business leader, is the spring 2023 Innovator in Residence speaker at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She most recently helped navigate the business growth and, after many years, the sale of local winery Belle Vinez.
