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Media Memo: Background on student mascot selection

TO: News Editors and Directors

FROM: Julie Poquette

DATE: May 19, 2011

SUBJECT: Background on student mascot selection

The UW-Eau Claire Student Senate announced today the selection of a student mascot based on the results of a survey emailed to all students last week. The mascot will represent the students of UW-Eau Claire but not the university itself.

The following links are to background information about the university mascot issue and the events that led to the selection of a student mascot:

• an overview of the origins of the Blugold: http://www.uwec.edu/theview/spring09/Blugold.htm
  
  
• background on the official university mascot contest:
  http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/10/mar/0305MascotSurvey.htm
  
  
• background about students creating their own mascot:
  http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/10/sept/0929StudentMascotMM.htm

For additional information, contact Mike Rindo, executive director of university communications, at 715-836-4742 or rindomj@uwec.edu.

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