News for Education
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls hosted 184 high school students interested in careers in education Friday, Nov. 6, during Future Educator Day, presented by UWRF's College of Education, Business and Allied Health (CEBAH). The students came from 11 high schools across western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.
The students attended information sessions and Q&As covering areas including ...read more
Categories: Education, Press Release, Community, Human Interest
Thursday, November 05, 2026
Students from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls earned first-place team honors at the Mid-America Collegiate Horticultural Society (MACHS) Conference Horticulture Competition held Oct. 16-17 at Iowa State University.
Eight UWRF students competed in four core divisions central to horticultural education and industry readiness: plant judging, woody plant identification, herbaceous plant ...read more
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Wednesday, November 04, 2026
Ronald Owen has had to chart a new course more than once in his life. After graduating from St. Croix Central High School in Hammond in 2009, Owen enlisted in the U.S. Navy, working as a Navy corpsman at medical centers in Virginia and California and serving two deployments to Afghanistan. His path then took some twists and turns before he earned his bachelor’s degree in geography from the ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Human Interest, Papers/Research, Press Release
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Internationally acclaimed artist Caledonia Curry, known professionally as Swoon, will visit the University of Wisconsin-River Falls as the fall 2026 Wyman Visiting Professor in Art. Swoon will deliver a free public lecture Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 5-7 p.m. in 222 North Hall, 410 S. 3rd St., River Falls.
As the visiting guest artist, Curry will be in residence on campus Nov. 9-12. She will ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, General News Article, Human Interest, Press Release
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
When Tia Lisa Erickson of Osceola attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the 1980s, she broke ground in a couple ways. She was the first woman to work on the university’s grounds maintenance crew and she created a landscape feature that still stands on the campus mall to this day.
Forty years later, Erickson decided to come back and give the landscape an update.
“I contacted ...read more
Categories: Education, Community, Fun Facts, Human Interest, General News Article, Press Release
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
When the news broke Oct. 6 that University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Francis Halzen had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, a number of current and past faculty and students from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls joined in the celebration. UWRF has longstanding ties to the research recognized for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of ...read more
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will offer student pianists the chance to learn from accomplished artists and strengthen their musical skills during the UW-River Falls Keyboard Festival, Nov. 13-14 in Abbott Concert Hall in Kleinpell Fine Arts, 420 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls. The event welcomes students in 1st grade through college, parents and teachers to experience engaging ...read more
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