The log walls of Eric Hammer’s home tell the story of his life — mainly spent outside of them. They are decorated with snowshoes, buckskins, deer skulls and fishing poles. Out in the tall grass he maneuvers slowly around wooden beehives. Back in the dark, cool woods he grows patch of Shitaki mushrooms. Education at UW-La Crosse helped Hammer see...
Do we perceive more attractive people as more trustworthy? One UW-La Crosse alumna scientifically tested that theory while studying psychology at UW-L. Her undergraduate research study recently landed her some publicity in the national beauty magazine – Allure.
Campus has changed a lot since Ruth (Beaver) Kramer was a student from 1931-32. But when she returned in August, she saw some familiar names. Kramer, an Ontario, Wis., native, was visiting campus to retrieve transcripts from when she was an elementary education major nine decades ago.
Two UW-L alums donated five, UW-L football-themed commercials to the university. The commercials, valued at $250,000, will remind students of the legacy of the school and help recruit outstanding athletes. Watch the videos here.
UW-L alumnus Dana Zimmerman's inner drive led him to earn a silver metal in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. It also allowed the young man with Cerebral Palsy to never let his disability stand in the way of his academic and athletic dreams. “In my head I was saying ‘believe, believe, believe — There is nothing that...
Therese Walth is brave, bold — and she has big hair. Walth, ’06, is playing the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ production of “Hairspray,” the Broadway musical, Aug. 5-Jan. 28.
The swing outside of Graff Main Hall holds a lot of significance for UW-L alums Jenn O’Neill and Michael Hemmer. After meeting as seniors on the UW-L Student Senate, O’Neill and Hemmer started dating. Their meeting place between classes and before dates was always the swing.
Two long-time UW-L coaches are retiring. Head swimming & diving coach Richard Pein will retire at the end of the 2011-12 season, completing his 30th season with the Eagles’ swimming program. “I think it’s time,” said Pein. “This is a chance for my wife, Jill, and I to go and do some of the things we’ve saved for and...
