AASHE Recognizes Sustainability Efforts and Cascade Avenue Project at UW-River Falls The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS) 2014 Annual Review, issued earlier this fall by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), includes two special recognitions of sustainability efforts at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Brazilian Program Fuels Record International Student Enrollment at UW-River Falls As part of its current strategic plan, Pathway to Distinction, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls set a goal of enrolling 147 international students by 2017. The goal was ambitious as less than 90 international students were attending UW-River Falls in fall 2012. UW-River Falls achieved its goal by the fall 2013 semester and has nearly doubled the goal with a fall 2014 international student enrollment of 285.
Record Setting Number of Scholarships and Total Dollars Distributed at UW-River Falls The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Foundation hosted its annual Scholarship Reception Oct. 26 bringing together scholarship donors and their respective student-recipients. This year, more than 850 scholarships were awarded, totaling more than $925,000 in financial support to students of all backgrounds.
UWRF Experiential Learning Course Seeks Projects for Spring 2015 Semester The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) at UW-River Falls is seeking businesses and organizations which have projects that they would like teams of university students to tackle, under the guidance of faculty mentors, as part of an Experiential Learning course.
UW-River Falls Professor Named to Latvian Research Center's Advisory Council Andris Straumanis, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, has been appointed to the advisory council of the recently created Diaspora and Migration Research Center at the University of Latvia.
UW-River Falls Solar Study Leads to Antarctic Adventure Life on Earth relies on the energy that we get from the sun. But the sun can also be destructive for our technology-based society. A team from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, UW-Waukesha, and the University of Delaware is going to McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica to work on detectors used to study solar storms.
Week of Events Honoring Veterans Scheduled at UW-River Falls With Veterans Day next week, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls invites the community to attend a week’s worth of events honoring and supporting veterans and active duty members of the military.
