WSBVI Alumni Association

05/19/2026

Greetings,
It is with sadness that we share, at the behest of his family, that Dr. Jim Wilhelm has recently passed away. The family has asked that an invitation be issued to our staff and alumni to attend a celebration of life for him next month. Obituary information will be forthcoming, but please find the date and location of Jim’s celebration of life below.

Please join the Wilhelm family
Jim’s Celebration of Life
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
June 20, 2026
The Venue
2645 Main Street, East Troy WI
www.thevenueeasttroy.com

Please RSVP your numbers if attending to 608-201-6293. It will help greatly for planning.

05/18/2026

Check out the following article from the Janesville Gazette featuring one of our more recent alumni!

UW-Whitewater at Rock County student Jasmine Bertschy became blind at age 15 from a traumatic brain injury that to this day has not been explained. She remains positive. Bertschy strives

04/17/2026

Greetings,
Please see the link below for some exciting information that was shared with our email subscribers. More information will be shared as it becomes available.
Thanks!

Exciting news! We have our website on a new server, and along with that comes new software for our listservs. You will also notice that the officers of the AAWSBVI have new email addresses.

03/12/2026

An annual event hosted by WCBVI (Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired), where students of all ages get have fun while engaging in all things ...

02/01/2026

01/17/2026

Today our College and Career Readiness class met with TJ Jerke from the Business Enterprise Program. It was a great discussion. He talked about his journey to get to where he is now, starting from South Dakota working in journalism and political science, and finally making his way here to Wisconsin as he director of the Wisconsin BEP.

The Business Enterprise Program gives blind and visually impaired people the chance to run their own business, running vending machines all around the state in federal and state facilities.

BEP is a part of the Department of Workforce Development and works with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. TJ gave a lot of great information, and I hope he can make it to our resource fair in May. Overall, he was a great guest speaker!

Written by Elias T.

11/21/2025

Wondering how the Goalball season went for the Badgers? Here’s an update! Congratulations on an amazing season!

11/12/2025

Hello fellow alumni! Many of you received an email copy of this notice, but I wanted to post it here for those that may not have. Many of you also should have received a letter by now. Remember if you do not receive one either a physical letter or an email of updated information, you can always reach out to us with your new and updated addresses.

The AAWSBVI Fundraising Committee is excited to reach out and share a few fun ways you can help support our organization and acquire some fantastic AAWSBVI memorabilia at the same time!

09/13/2025

It is with sadness that we share that Bob Raisbeck (please excuse the spelling is incorrect) passed away recently. We have no further information or obituary, but anyone that does is welcome to place it in the comment section here. Thank you.

09/05/2025

It is with sadness that we share that Fran Groene papsed away earlier this week. A link to her obituary is included here.

View Frances S. Groene's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.