Student Voice

Tuesday

November 12, 2024

Alexa Hilt

02 May 2014

Pet therapy affords opportunity to combat stress

For the last two years, UW-River Falls has welcomed trained handlers and their therapy dogs to campus as a way to help students, faculty and staff deal with the stress of upcoming finals and everyday life.

17 Apr 2014

Virus should not impact annual colt sale

Since 1976, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls has held the colts in training sale, which showcases over 43 colts that students have worked hands on with for the entire semester. The sales usually go very smoothly, but this year there is one concern around the Midwest that has been brought up, and that is the EVH-1 virus.

11 Apr 2014

Intramural spring season threatened by weather

With 33 intramural softball teams and 14 ultimate Frisbee teams signed up and ready to play this spring, there are high hopes that these teams will be able to compete against each other in a full season of nice weather.

04 Apr 2014

New York Times best-selling author to appear on campus

New York Times best-selling author, Tom Rath, will be speaking at UW-River Falls on April 16 about his latest book “Eat Move Sleep” and his latest research about how small choices can lead to big changes.

28 Mar 2014

SART provides services for abuse victims

For the past 13 years, the St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) has been a small building located on North Main Street.

14 Mar 2014

Destination trips provide new experiences, volunteer opportunities for UWRF students

The Destination Program at UW-River Falls began in 2006, and has given students the opportunity to serve others through education, direct service and reflection.

07 Mar 2014

UWRF service provides health insurance information

On March 12 and 13, UW-River Falls Student Health and Counseling Services will have Affordable Care Act information tables in the University Center for students to learn more about applying for health insurance.

28 Feb 2014

Biology majors experiment with ceramics class

Students are encouraged to try out different classes in different subjects as they start their college career at UW-River Falls, but some students are experimenting with different classes and subjects toward the end of their college years.

21 Feb 2014

Speech, language, hearing clinic offers variety of services

The speech, language and hearing clinic in the lower level of the Wyman Education building on the UW-River Falls campus has been offering services to people with a variety of different needs for almost 50 years.

14 Feb 2014

Fundraising efforts begin for Dairy Pilot Plant renovation

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES), is raising money to undergo a Dairy Pilot Plant renovation that will begin in the summer of 2015. The 30-year-old plant is due for a renovation because of the old equipment and it is not able to produce cheese and ice cream at the same time due to temperature differences.

Alexa Hilt

Alexa Hilt is a student at UW-River Falls.