Eric Pringle

10 Dec 2009

UWRF student dies in horseback riding accident

A UW-River Falls junior died Dec. 4 after a horseback riding accident Nov. 21 in Prescott, Wis. Cayla Ann Hankwitz-Jenss, 22, originally of Appleton, Wis., was flown immediately to Regions Hospital in St. Paul after a trail riding accident where […]

27 Oct 2009

Racist, violent graffiti found in Davee Library

A racist graffiti message threatening black and Asian students was found in a men’s restroom in the Chalmer Davee Library at UW-River Falls. The vandalism threatened that violence against these two groups of the campus population would occur on Nov […]

15 Oct 2009

Career Fair needs to have diversity, dress code

UW-River Falls hosted the 18th annual Career Fair on Wednesday, showcasing 81 regional businesses in the ballroom. The Student Voice Editorial Staff would like to commend Career Services for their exemplary job on coordinating, promoting and executing the Career Fair. […]

30 Apr 2009

Online courses offer UW students more flexibility

As budget cuts continue to take their toll on the number of new professors hired, courses offered and class sizes at UW-River Falls, more students are looking to online classes to fulfill program requirements. “We currently offer between 40-70 online […]

23 Apr 2009

On-campus pub a possibility at University

Student Affairs and Academic Services (SAAS) has begun to work with the UW-River Falls Student Senate and administration on a plan that could potentially implement a pub on-campus. Jordan Harshman, the College of Education and Professional Studies (COEPS) representative to […]

09 Apr 2009

Professor Hedahl retires after ten years at UWRF

For the past 10 years, theater professor Gorden Hedahl has called UW-River Falls home. After becoming the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1998 and serving in that position for seven years, Hedahl taught in the communication […]

02 Apr 2009

University's federal, local grants affected by struggling economy

In addition to the high local and national unemployment rates and national recession, the struggling economy is also affecting the number of grants that UW-River Falls and other universities are being awarded. William Campbell, director of grants and research at […]

12 Mar 2009

New biotechnology center opens at UW-River Falls

UW-River Falls biology students, professors and doctors from across the region gathered in the University Center Ballroom on Monday for the symposium and opening event of the new Tissue and Cellular Innovation Center (TCIC). The idea for the center came […]

05 Mar 2009

UWRF graduates, retired professor teach in Bolivia

A retired UW-River Falls professor and two recent graduates have spent the past few months teaching English at a university in Bolivia. Former communication studies and theater arts professor Pat Hanson retired after last semester and has been in Bolivia […]

26 Feb 2009

Professor receives high honor

In just eight years of teaching at UW-River Falls, psychology professor Travis Tubre’ has already won one of the University’s biggest honors. Tubre’ is the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2008, which gives alumni a chance to recognize […]