Investing in Students
and the Dreams They Pursue

The true measure of any university’s success is student achievement — achievement not only in the classroom, but in the performing arts, campus or community activities, academic research, athletics and, ultimately, life after graduation. At UW-Eau Claire, all our efforts are aimed at enhancing our students’ educational experience. Investments in student success through the Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence campaign will ensure that we continue to attract great students to our campus and that we provide a supportive environment to keep them here. Such investments also will make a UW-Eau Claire education accessible to more students with financial need.

Cost alone should not stand in the way of dreams and aspirations. For years, UW-Eau Claire has provided thousands of first-generation college students with a life-changing educational experience. Even today, approximately half of our incoming freshmen each fall represent the first generation in their families to pursue a college education. We want to ensure that they won’t be the last.

UW-Eau Claire’s Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence campaign seeks private funding to support students with financial need and to enhance student success by:

• Providing more renewable scholarships that help students in their educational pursuits throughout their attendance.
  

• Engaging more students in faculty-student research and acquiring the necessary updated equipment and technology to support this research.
  

• Increasing the number of paid student internships.
  

• Providing more scholarships and stipends for older, nontraditional students.
  

• Offering additional Blugold Fellowships, which provide scholarships, stipends and faculty-student research experiences for eligible freshmen and sophomores.
  

• Establishing scholarships targeted to students pursuing degrees in fields with a high need for qualified graduates.
  

• Making international study-abroad programs more accessible.
  

• Enhancing career advising and other support services to students