UW-Eau Claire business organization members embrace local service projects -
When kids trekked from house to house dressed in costumes in pursuit of candy on Halloween, UW-Eau Claire Beta Upsilon Sigma members joined them in pursuit of something just as sweet: community service. Read More...
Building Bridges for Hmong Youth
In 1994, a group of UW-Eau Claire students, in collaboration with the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Inc. (ECAHMAA), started a program known as Building Bridges. This program offers Hmong youth the opportunity of meeting and working with a mentor—typically a university student—on their school work. It also offers Hmong youth the opportunity to interact with someone outside their culture, so they can get used to living in a dual culture society. But the program doesn't run itself; it is run by two student interns, one of them being One Yang. Read More...
Chippewa Valley Free Clinic
When I interviewed the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic a few weeks ago, I learned about the service-learning opportunities they offer from the organization's perspective. But while there I was introduced to Chris Maierhofer, one of the student volunteers who spent a lot of time there. He shared with me how he had started out as a volunteer and was then offered an internship; however, when his internship ended, he still came back to volunteer. He loves spending time at the clinic and was very enthusiastic about the work he does there. I knew right away that his service-learning experience would make a great, motivational story for other students! Read More...
Literacy Volunteers of Chippewa Valley
"Forget graduation requirement; service-learning is a graduation privilege!" These are the compelling words of Briana Bryant, a UWEC student who fulfilled her service-learning hours through the Literacy Volunteers of Chippewa Valley (LVCV). Briana learned of this opportunity last year while attending the Service-Learning Community Action Fair, which takes place in both the fall and spring. "I was looking for something that I could be good at and something for someone who likes English type things." And when she came across the literacy booth, she knew it was the perfect place for her! Read More....
Students mentor area youth through hockey training sessions -
UW-Eau Claire student volunteers are helping area youth hockey players become more physically fit and more knowledgeable about how their off-ice fitness routines can enhance their on-ice performance. The university students are leading weekly dryland (off-the-ice) training sessions for youth hockey travel teams. Read More...
Library Learning Garden: "If you're going to do something, do it right. Don't just do something to get it done, do it the right way." This is just one of the things Mike and Alex Somers learned while fulfilling their service-learning hours. Last summer, Mike and Alex, brothers attending UW-Eau Claire and both majoring in microbiology, were home on break working at the Beaver Dam Community Library. The library's Director, Sue Mevis, asked the brothers if they could take on a small gardening project, which they agreed to. But, before they knew it, the project turned into something much bigger than they expected! Read more....
Sojourner House - Shelter Coalition Project
When Don Mowry, Professor of the Global Poverty course offered here at UWEC, asked his students to choose a project they would be working on for the semester, Julie, Shauna, and Alyssa never expected it to turn into something so impactful; they never expected to be part of the team that created Sojourner House, the new homeless shelter in Eau Claire. Read more...
Last year's Sally A. Webb International Service Fellowship recipient Anna Ott has written up a report on her experiences in Ghana, West Africa. If you would like to read the report or view pictures please Read More...
Accounting students to provide free income tax assistance
EAU CLAIRE — University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire accounting students will provide free income tax assistance through April 13 to those who cannot afford to pay for professional help.The assistance is provided through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, a special program of the Internal Revenue Service and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. VITA provides income tax assistance to those with adjusted incomes under $49,000.Read More...
Tech savvy students teach seniors about their cell phones
The L.E. Phillips Senior Center in Eau Claire has created cell phone usage classes by pairing tech savvy students with seniors. This is just one of the service-learning opportunities that are available for students in the Eau Claire area. Read More...
Students & Faculty Engage in Service Around the World
EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire sends more students abroad for mid-length study abroad experiences than any other master's-level university in Wisconsin, according to the2010 Open Doors Report of the Institute for International Education. Read more...
Collaboration with high school theater department results in unique learning experiences
Theater students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have been helping actors from North High School prepare for the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association theater competition. Students from North are in the second round of competition and have an opportunity to advance to the state level.
The collaboration coincided with the performance of "Anatomy of Gray," staged last month at UW-Eau Claire under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Chapman, assistant professor of theatre arts at UW-Eau Claire. North High School teacher Lucas Risinger's students are performing the same work for the WHSFA. Read more...
Student recognized for research on diversity issues
EAU CLAIRE — A student from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire received an honorable mention award for her research presentation at the Wisconsin College Personnel Association Conference Oct. 21-22 in Wisconsin Dells.
Elsa Kraus' presentation, titled "Responding to the Challenge of Social Justice through Immersion Experiences," which was co-presented with her faculty mentor, Jodi Thesing-Ritter, associate dean of students at UW-Eau Claire, covered the preliminary design of the research. Read More...
