Higher Education
UW-Eau Claire awards 764 scholarships to incoming freshmen
EAU CLAIRE — Five hundred and eight incoming freshmen received scholarships from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for the 2018-19 academic year, with many students receiving multiple awards. Each award varies in amount and criteria, ddetails of which can be found online.
Read MoreHeidi Lieffort earns second discus All-America honors
By Layne Pitt / UW-Stout Sports Information Director LA CROSSE — UW-Stout’s Heidi Lieffort (Senior, Colfax) earned her second career All-America award in the discus when she placed sixth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship Thursday, May 24, at UW-La Crosse.
Read MoreArea students receive degrees from UW-River Falls
RIVER FALLS – The following local residents were among 744 students to receive degrees from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in May:
Read MoreFasbender, Knutson named to UM-TC Dean’s List
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN – Elizabeth K. Fasbender of Elk Mound and Halle N. Knutson of Boyceville have been named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced recently.
Read MoreUW-Barron County announces spring semester Dean’s list
The University of Wisconsin-Barron County has announced the Dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. All of the students on the Dean’s list have obtained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for their spring semester classes.
Read MoreYang to graduate from UW-Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – Mr Nounee Yang of Elk Mound was among 3,400 prospective candidates for degree attending University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee commencement exercises Sunday, May 20, 2018 in Milwaukee.
Read MoreColfax’ Ethin Kiekhafer named NAIA National Scholar Athlete
KANSAS CITY, MO — Colfax native Ethin Kiekhafer was one of three Viterbo University V-Hawks to recently be named a Daktronics-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II scholar-athlete.
Read MoreGabbert receives WolfPACT Scholarship
Natalie Gabbert, daughter of Ed and Mary Gabbert and graduate of Glenwood City High School, was among the WolfPACT Scholarship winners for 2017-18 at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The amount of her scholarship is $5,000. The WolfPACT is the largest guaranteed, four-year scholarship in South Dakota. Students entering their freshman year at…
Read MoreCollegiate update: trio of local football players faring well
By Cara L. Dempski The end of the high school football season does not always signify the end of the sport for other players from the area.
Read MoreCollege athlete update: Colfax and Elk Mound
By Cara L. Dempski Between Colfax and Elk Mound High Schools, there are eight former prep athletes who are continuing their careers in college. Lakken Meredith, Kori Buchanan and Marianne Scharlau represent Colfax well as volleyball players at UW-La Crosse and Jamestown University, while Abbagail Schotter is working her way through her first cross country…
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