Michael Brun

11 Nov 2011

IBR plan helps to reduce loan stress

Jake Fritz graduated with a marketing communications degree from UW-River Falls last spring. He left the University with optimism, new-found knowledge and nearly $20,000 in federal student loan debt.

04 Nov 2011

UWRF works to overcome budget lapse challenges

UW-River Falls Chancellor Dean Van Galen is looking at ways to cut spending after the University was ordered Oct. 14 to return nearly $1.8 million of taxpayer money over the next two years back to the Wisconsin government as part of a plan to balance the state budget. UWRF administrators said the order unfairly targets the UW-System.

28 Oct 2011

UW-River Falls grows rare flower

In September 2010 UW-River Falls received attention for a rare blooming flower. The corpse flower, also known as a Titan Arum or Amorphophallus Titanum, which had been grown from a seed planted in the greenhouse by Daniel Waletzko bloomed.

28 Oct 2011

Senate wants student IDs to help voters

The UW-River Falls Student Senate is working to get student ID cards to comply with a new Wisconsin law requiring voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot, a requirement Student Association President Tyler Halverson called “a transparent attempt” by Republican lawmakers to keep college students from voting.

21 Oct 2011

Senate redistributes allocable funds

While the Allocable Fee Appropriation Board, or AFAB, prepares to begin hearings on student organization budget requests for next year, Student Senate passed a motion that will give AFAB coffers a yearly boost.

14 Oct 2011

AFAB allows seg fee funding for dues-based student orgs

The Allocable Fees Appropriations Board, or AFAB, voted Oct. 6 to approve a motion that would give dues-charging organizations like fraternities and sororities access to student- provided funds next year, thus ending a debate that had persisted at UW-River Falls since 2008.

07 Oct 2011

Derogatory language being used carelessly

The results of a national poll show a majority of teenagers and young adults think it is OK to use derogatory language, as long as it is kept between friends. A UW-River Falls Student Life program aims to change that view.

29 Sep 2011

Vandalism victim searches for answers

Despite a $1000 reward for information, the names of vandals who last spring flipped a car belonging to a UW-River Falls professor remain a mystery.

23 Sep 2011

Student Senate back in gear for fall 2011

The new UW-River Falls Student Senate met for the third time this semester on Sept. 13 in the Willow River Room of the University Center. Among the first order of business was a vote that approved an amendment to change the way club sports programs are funded.

06 May 2011

Charity event collects socks for Japan disaster relief

Students taking a nonprofit marketing class hosted the Rock for Socks event May 3 at Junior’s Bar and Grill to raise funds and collect socks for Japan tsunami relief efforts.