UW-La Crosse history professor named Wisconsin Professor of the Year

La Crosse, Wis. – A UW-La Crosse Professor who has been named the state’s top educator says his students deserve the recognition.

“This award, in the end, belongs to them. I wouldn’t be here without them,” says Greg Wegner, UW-L professor of history. “My ability to teach, research, write and publish is refreshed and renewed through teaching students.”

Wegner will accept the 2011 Wisconsin Professor of the Year award today in Washington, D.C. He was selected from college educators across the U.S. for the award from The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Wegner, a UW-L graduate, says questions are what ‘make a university tick’ and a good teacher respects the power of the question....