Bio: Kaiser, Laura – UW-La Crosse Honor Graduate (2019)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kaiser

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) 29 May 2019

An area student has earned top graduation honors at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Laura Kaiser, a 2014 graduate of Loyal High School, received one of the Murphy Awards for Academic Excellence, which recognizes the university’s top two graduating scholars as chosen by the Scholarship and Awards Committee. A grant from the Murphy Foundation created the awards in 1980. Marjorie P. Murphy, foundation president, cited a desire to recognize outstanding and exceptional scholastic ability. Kaiser received $1,500.

Kaiser graduated on May 12 with a bachelor of science in chemistry and mathematics. She made the Dean’s List each semester and conducted a variety of undergraduate research in chemistry and biochemistry during college.

Kaiser was named Outstanding Student of the Year in Physical Chemistry and Outstanding Student of the Year in Inorganic Chemistry, along with receiving an Outstanding Work in Mathematics certificate. She was involved in a variety of campus organizations, including Wind Ensemble, Women’s Choir, Golden Key International Honor Society and Eta Phi Alpha Honor Society, among others.

Kaiser plans to pursue a doctorate in organic chemistry with an environmental focus. The 2014 valedictorian of Loyal High School is the daughter of John and Beth Kaiser, Unity.

UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UWL has more than 10,500 full and part-time students enrolled in 101 undergraduate, 28 graduate and two doctoral academic programs.

UW-La Crosse — www.uwlax.edu — is the state’s top ranked public or private higher education institution by U.S. News & World Reports for best regional universities and has been ranked among the top four Midwestern public institutions for more than a decade. UWL is also listed annually among Kiplinger’s Top 100 Best Values.