Community Page
The community's involvement is vital for the success of Wisconsin's youth. Please help us guide hundreds of students to dream big and reach for higher education with the support of our Blugold Beginnings Program.
Learn more about the beneficial services available through the Blugold Beginnings Program including mentors, UW-Eau Claire campus events and summer camps!
Make a Contribution!
Contributions of all shapes and sizes are always welcome. For more information, please visit: http://www.uwec.edu/fndn/BGBeginnings.htm
The Blugold Beginnings Program is a great way to unite and strengthen the relationships between UW-Eau Claire community and the Eau Claire and surrounding communities. All communities involved can learn and benefit from each other.
Who Benefits from this program?
K-12 Students
Elementary through high school students benefit by having Mentors support them academically and personally while promoting higher education.
UW-Eau Claire Students
UW-Eau Claire student Mentors benefit through gaining practical experience working with community youth and completing their university service learning requirement. Middle and High School Mentors are paid positions.
The Community
The community benefits through having its youth educated to believe that higher education is important and possible for them. This belief and pursuit of higher education opens doors for the children of our community, inspiring futures to dream big through education.
Blugold Beginnings Partners
- UW-Eau Claire Student Affairs
- Office of Multicultural Affairs
- Continuing Education
- Great Lakes Higher Education
- College of Education and Human Sciences
