University of Wisconsin-River Falls — Attraction in River Falls

Where to begin? So I graduated from UWRF in Spring 2012. UWRF has a great psychology program with professors you can actually get to know. Most of them are overqualified but they stay with RF because they love what they do. I could not have received a better education between their psych and sociology programs. Their sports teams offer a welcoming environment for athletes of all levels. I competed for sports teams and found a highly supportive community among other athletes. The WIAC conference is one of the best D3 conferences in the NCAA, so there's plenty of competition. Their hockey and track teams regularly make it to the NCAA national competitions. While in RF, I also found plenty of leadership opportunities that really helped me figure out who I am as a professional. Having the Twin Cities nearby offers great options for jobs, internships, or just a night out. River Falls is literally a college community. It has the small-town feel but there's plenty of nightlife and activities to keep you busy. Unfortunately, a large portion of its students are commuters, which means the campus is mostly quiet on the weekends. It's also not a very diverse community. As an African American, there were others like me, but UWRF attracts mostly white farm-boys and girls. I found that because of the proximity to the Twin Cities metro, River Falls is a melting pot of young urban adults looking for an inexpensive education, immigrants coming from abroad, and white-suburban or white-rural adults looking to stay close to home. Most people there are pretty respectful of the diversity. River Falls has plenty of parks, great system of trails around Glen Park, and they are upgrading a lot of their recreational facilities. River Falls is a great place if you are young and open-minded, ready to get a quality education for less than half the price of the U of M, if you want small class sizes and personalized attention, and if you like to...

I graduated quite a while back but this school was wonderful! I grew up in a small town in western Wisconsin and was very nervous about going to a big school but wanted a solid education. This school happened to be the closest university to my home town so I chose it (which tells you a lot about the decision-making skills of a teenager). This turned out to be one of the luckiest and smartest things I ever did.

The teachers are very approachable and knowledgeable in their area and they treat the students like real people. The computer curriculum was first rate when I went there, considerable better than the University of MN that looms over the local academic landscape. The costs (back in the day) were extremely reasonable, especially considering that I got a first-class education. I hope they still have the textbook library, that was a stroke of genius for keeping costs down.

As I grew more comfortable around the campus, I started getting involved in the activities and there was a lot to do. I'm told that there is even more to do now.

The sports teams did their best to foster school spirit but they were usually in over their heads but I didn't go to the school to watch the sports teams and I learned SO...

Small school that has staff who are incompetent at their jobs. Not so much the professors but in other areas. They don't reply to emails and are never in their office. Best for Agricultural and Education degrees and nothing else. They are drowning in debt so they are limiting student growth by denying URSCA grants and limiting organization funds because of their mismanagement of money. The Chancellor just got a raise because $300k isn't enough while they are slashing the budget for clubs and denying grant proposals which is limiting student growth. This school is being run by people who should be embarrassed by their lack of priority which should be us students but clearly is not. The UW system should just shut this...