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Blugold to graduate after 2½ years, pursue career in marine biology
After just 2½ years, Emily Witt is graduating from UW-Eau Claire with a degree in biology. The new alumna, whose parents are both Blugolds, now is looking forward to pursuing a career in marine biology-related research.
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One year, one goal: Blugold alumnus travels to 31 countries
If you want to travel, there’s no better time than to do it now, says UW-Eau Claire alumnus Andrew Kleist. The Blugold made traveling a top priority over the past year, going on a yearlong expedition to 31 countries, spanning five continents.
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Blugold alum composes new finale work for annual Holiday Concert
Kyle Newmaster '99 is a Los Angeles-based composer who was commissioned to write a new finale piece for the annual Holiday Concert. His inspiration comes from the people and places unique to Eau Claire and is set to poetry by Max Garland.
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The results are in: Blugolds are more generous than ever
On Nov. 27, the Foundation celebrated Giving Tuesday, an international day of giving. Filled with matching gifts and hour-by-hour challenges, this year's success yielded a record amount of support for the people and programs of UW-Eau Claire.
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Blugold Spotlight featuring Dr. Heather Ann Moody
Dr. Heather Ann Moody is a Blugold alumna and assistant professor of American Indian studies. An enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Moody is passionate about preventing and addressing stereotypes about American Indian people.
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'Christmas with the Niskas' concert to feature Blugold alumni, Jazz I and II ensembles
The Niskas — a three-person Minneapolis-based trio of Blugold alumni — will join with UW-Eau Claire’s jazz ensembles to present a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Pablo Center at the Confluence.
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'Engaged with UW-Eau Claire' features Angela Pittman Taylor
The Alumni Association is proud to profile Blugolds who return to campus and make a difference in the monthly video series "Engaged with UW-Eau Claire." Every video features a Blugold alum who gives back to UW-Eau Claire in some capacity.
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Liberal studies and McNair Program alumna earns Fulbright-Hays Award
Choua Xiong '14, a liberal studies graduate, is pursuing a doctorate in public education policy at UW-Madison, and has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award to complete her research in Thailand.
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'Engaged with UW-Eau Claire' features John Raymond
The Alumni Association is proud to profile Blugolds who return to campus and make a difference in the monthly video series "Engaged with UW-Eau Claire." Every video features a Blugold alum who gives back to UW-Eau Claire in some capacity.
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‘An affirming space’: Black Cultural Center opens at UW-Eau Claire
After months of planning that involved a network of students, faculty and staff across the university, black students’ vision for their own campus space came to life with the opening of the UW-Eau Claire Black Cultural Center.
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Giving back to where it started
Dave and Gloria Weiss '52 have recently personalized their planned gift to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation that endows a separate Local Blugold Scholarship fund in both their names. Their gift helps ensure highly talented youth in the region remain local.
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UW-Eau Claire alumni play key roles in 'True North' storytelling extravaganza
Nine Blugolds will participate as writer/storytellers or producers in “True North: Real Wisconsin stories unfolding live on stage,” to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17 in the Jamf Theatre of Pablo Center at the Confluence.
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Wisconsin's butterflies to be focus of 'Thursdays @ the U'
Naturalist and educator Nikki Janisin will present "Butterflies of Wisconsin" Thursday, Oct. 18, as part of UW-Eau Claire – Barron County's "Thursdays @ the U" series on the Rice Lake campus.
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International alumni host 'Back to the Good Old Days' in Beijing
International alumni from the Chinese dual-degree program, along with the Foundation and Alumni Association, hosted a reunion in Beijing this summer to connect and reminisce about their time at UW-Eau Claire.
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Journalism graduate has front-row seat to historic election
The 2018 midterm elections will be held next month in the U.S., but earlier this year a Blugold alum had a front-row seat to a historic election 9,000 miles from Eau Claire.
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Blugold Spotlight featuring Charles Vue
Charles Vue, a 1989 UW-Eau Claire alumnus, is the associate director in the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Vue was the first Hmong student to graduate from UW-Eau Claire.
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Campus games, parade, football and alumni gatherings part of Homecoming 2018
Thousands of Blugolds will gather on campus and in the community next week for the 2018 Homecoming festivities, one of UW-Eau Claire’s biggest celebrations of the year. This year’s Homecoming celebration will run Sept. 30-Oct. 7.
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'Engaged with UW-Eau Claire' features Jesse Martinez
The Alumni Association is proud to profile Blugolds who return to campus and make a difference in the monthly video series "Engaged with UW-Eau Claire." Every video features a Blugold alum who gives back to UW-Eau Claire in some capacity.
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Alumnus founds nonprofit to engage girls in STEM
Todd Herbert '80 and his wife, Jody, founded the Milwaukee-based Engaging Girls in STEM Initiative aimed at encouraging high school girls to pursue STEM-related careers.
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Blugold SuccessShops connect UW-Eau Claire students with alumni in the professional world
Join fellow students and UW-Eau Claire alumni for some Blugold-to-Blugold career advice. Hear tips and tricks of navigating the professional world from alumni who were once in your shoes. Learn from experts what it takes to be successful after college.
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Prolific composer remembers UW-Eau Claire roots
Prolific Hollywood composer Mark McKenzie has not forgotten the important role his professors and mentors at UW-Eau Claire played in his success.
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Regents approve Visitor and Admissions Center design, UW-Barron County name change
On June 8, the UW System Board of Regents authorized UW-Eau Claire to take next steps on a new construction project and approved a new name for UW-Barron County.
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German professor earns UW System's top teaching honor
Dr. Martina Lindseth, professor of languages at UW-Eau Claire, will receive the 2018 UW System Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award. Lindseth, who teaches German, will receive the award during the June Board of Regents meeting in Milwaukee.
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Man on a mission
UW-Eau Claire is attracting more students from inner-city neighborhoods in Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Indianapolis thanks to Dennis Beale, a grad who uses his own life experiences to help convince them college is a path to a better life.
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