Joshua Brauer
22 Apr 2024
ROTC students take on second Bataan March
For 13 students and two instructors in UW-River Falls’ Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC, program, Spring Break was a much different experience than for most others at the university. The team spent the beginning of their break traversing […]
22 Apr 2024
UW President speaks at civil discourse event
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman spoke at a civil discourse event hosted by the Student Government Association, or SGA, on Mar. 12 at UW-River Falls’ University Center. Rothman discussed the necessity of First Amendment freedoms and civil discussion […]
22 Apr 2024
Tony Bollig: Seven years of service and smiles
Thousands of UW-River Falls students pass through the Riverside Commons each day for meals and socialization. They take plastic cups and utensils from racks, select from a variety of food options, and sit down to eat before leaving for […]
28 Mar 2024
Dance Theatre concert marks three seniors’ last performance together
The curtains of Blanche Davis Theatre in UWRF’s Kleinpell Fine Arts building are drawn closed. The stage has been vacant, and the lights have been dim, since the conclusion of UWRF’s Dance Theatre Spring Concert, which was held from Jan. […]
20 Feb 2024
UWRF wins $5,000 sustainability award
UW-River Falls placed first in the Higher Education Kit Challenge, a statewide sustainability competition sponsored by the energy efficiency organization Focus on Energy. 11 Wisconsin colleges participated in the challenge, which was held from July 1 to Oct. 31, 2023. Focus on Energy presented UWRF with an award of $5,000 on Dec. 7, 2023.
12 Nov 2023
Equestrian therapy for veterans discussed on campus
22 veterans a day commit suicide. This poignant statement, from keynote speaker Toni Mattson in the Veterans Day commemoration at UW-River Falls on Nov. 9, is a hard truth to stomach. According to the CDC, the veteran suicide rate is roughly 60% higher than the non-veteran rate, and makes up nearly 14% of total US adults suicides. This sobering statistic was tackled by Mattson in her Veterans Day speech.
01 Nov 2023
Falcon Football soars to homecoming victory
UW-River Falls football took home the 27-16 Homecoming victory against UW-Platteville on September 30 at Ramer Field. The game marked the fourth of the season for River Falls, and the first WIAC matchup of the fledgling season.
18 Oct 2023
Andris Straumanis - The impact of a professor, a mentor, and a friend
Impact is something difficult to measure and impossible to feel until an object is removed. It’s a force of nature that possesses a life of its own as situations evolve and time progresses. For students and faculty, both past and present, that force of nature was synonymous with the name of Andris Straumanis who was an associate professor and director of the journalism program in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at UW-River Falls. To his family, his friends, his students, and his coworkers, Andris was a momentous figure. He unexpectedly died on Sep. 11, 2023. He was 66 years old.
21 Apr 2023
UWRF cadets take on 26-mile Bataan March
Walking is not something that many people consider a notable activity. It is a means to reach a destination, a way for the students at UWRF to move from one class to another, but, for three cadets from UWRF’s ROTC program, walking would come to symbolize much more.
17 Apr 2023
Local business making a splash in mocktail market
In the summer of 2019, a River Falls couple began experimenting with crafting alcohol-free cocktails, also called mocktails, while expecting their first child.
