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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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Speaker to graduates: Critical thinking will be key in real world
Dr. Nancy Fugate Woods, a 1968 UW-Eau Claire graduate and recipient of the university's Lifetime Excellence Award, delivered the “Charge to the Class” to May 2018 graduates during commencement.
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Nine to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
Nine alumni and friends of the university will receive UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association awards May 19 at an event in conjunction with spring commencement.
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Alumni award honorees share words of advice for new grads
For the benefit of UW-Eau Claire's newest graduates, this spring’s Alumni Association award recipients share some of the wisdom gained from their valuable life experiences.
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Gift to fund first nursing faculty chair at UW-Eau Claire
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation announces the creation of the Jane W. and James E. Moore Chair in Nursing Research — the first donor-supported faculty chair in UW-Eau Claire’s department of nursing.
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Blugold pays it forward with creation of own scholarship
Katie Dietlin will graduate in three years and zero debt. A scholarship recipient with a passion for business and philanthropy, she's on a mission to give back by creating her own scholarship before she even walks across the stage at commencement.
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UW-Eau Claire to celebrate newest graduates during May 19 ceremonies
Commencement exercises for 1,342 students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will be held May 19 in Zorn Arena.
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Student researchers studying nitrate levels in area private wells
UW-Eau Claire environmental public health students and faculty researchers are working with Eau Claire County homeowners to determine how nitrates are getting into their private wells.
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Midwest Living magazine highlights Eau Claire revival
UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire’s new state-of-the-art Pablo Center at the Confluence and UW-Eau Claire alumnus Justin Vernon all are noted in Midwest Living magazine’s story about the recent revival of the city of Eau Claire.
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Internship takes UW-Eau Claire grad on Olympic journey
Lauri Miller Bausch had a great seat for the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea — she had a seat in PyeongChang’s Olympic Stadium, where moments earlier, she had marched in with the hundreds of Olympic athletes.
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Devroy Memorial Forum to feature Washington Post White House reporter Ashley Parker
Parker will present "Covering Washington in the Age of Trump" at 7 p.m. April 19 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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NBC job puts Blugold in midst of biggest sports events in the world
After a week of rubbing elbows with pro football players in Minneapolis during the Super Bowl, 1994 graduate Matt Edwards flew straight to South Korea, where he spent the rest of February mingling with Olympians during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
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Alum teaches coding to fifth-grade class thanks to UW-Eau Claire summer program
With the help of UW-Eau Claire’s Blugold Beginnings program and community partners, Katie Albin has added computer coding to her fifth-grade curriculum at Sherman Elementary School in Eau Claire.
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Blugolds' foundation donates $5 million to downtown arts center
Three UW-Eau Claire alumni are the founders of a philanthropic foundation that has given $5 million in support of the new community arts center being constructed in downtown Eau Claire.
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Blugold hits nothing but net in dream job with Globetrotters
Finding the perfect career is not an easy task, and often people dread the daily grind at work. Emily Kidd is not one of those people. As an athletic trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters, she approaches each day with passion, energy and excitement.
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Another chance to say, 'Thank you'
The COB Faculty Excellence Fund was started by business alums to show how much they value and appreciate the work of the faculty. Learn why Jeff Schwantes, BBA '72, supports this fund.
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Blugold coaching in the 2018 Winter Olympics
A Blugold is coaching one of the Olympians competing in skeleton, a sport that features athletes lying on bobsleds while racing headfirst down an ice track at breakneck speeds.
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Blugolds tell spooky story about Mabel Tainter theater in new children's book
A new children’s book, “Mystery at the Mabel Tainter,” written by Mary Heimstead, a 1975 UW-Eau Claire graduate, and Taylor Kysely, a UW-Eau Claire senior, is a mystery story that takes place in the historic theater.
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Experiences as Blugolds inspire grads to pursue careers in higher education
Four Blugold grads who were inspired to pursue careers in higher education because of outside-the-classroom experiences they had while students at UW-Eau Claire now are co-workers in the student affairs unit of a small college in Minnesota.
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Six to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
Six alumni and friends of the university will receive UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association awards Dec. 16 at an event in conjunction with winter commencement.
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Alumni award honorees share words of advice for new grads
For the benefit of UW-Eau Claire's newest graduates, this winter’s Alumni Association award recipients share some of the wisdom gained from their valuable life experiences.
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