LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) A theater student who died in a fire has been awarded the first ”extraordinary” degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Peter J. Talen, 23, was killed in a house fire near UW-Madison in November.
Talen had been a student at UW-La Crosse, but took a break in the fall of 2007 and was planning to return in January 2008, said Bill Clow, interim associate dean for the College of Liberal Studies and director of the School of Arts and Communication.