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UW-Eau Claire Foundation receives $10 million gift
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation has received a $10 million gift, the largest investment in an endowed fund in the university’s history. This lead gift is helping launch the public phase of the Foundation’s Sustaining Human Innovation capital campaign.
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New grad creates documentary telling stories of African students at UW-Eau Claire
A documentary that shares the experiences of three African students at UW-Eau Claire will premiere during a special screening Nov. 6 in Eau Claire. Kehinde Olu Famule, who graduated in May, filmed “Ndani Eau-Claire” while he was still a student.
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Inaugural Keezer Legacy Concert set for Oct. 21 at Pablo Center
UW-Eau Claire jazz studies presents the inaugural Keezer Legacy Concert on Thursday, Oct. 21, in the RCU Theatre at Pablo Center at the Confluence. Buy your tickets now.
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College of Business alumna honored for national leadership in STEM
Beatris Mendez Gandica '13, an information systems and international business graduate, is one of 125 women immortalized in a national exhibit of life-sized statues of women leaders in their fields of STEM.
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Homecoming 2021, Oct. 10-17: A great week to be a Blugold
UW-Eau Claire happily welcomes the return of Homecoming for 2021, a week of fun-filled and time-honored traditions, all in the name of the blue and gold. Be sure to take part in the citywide festivities.
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Five to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
UW-Eau Claire graduates will receive awards on Oct. 17 as part of the university's Homecoming festivities.
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From student employee to CIO: Menards chief information officer Adam Duquaine
When Adam Duquaine was named chief information officer at Menards in May 2021, he thought back to being a Blugold when he took his first job in their distribution center. The 2001 management information systems graduate is a proven leader and innovator.
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New Blugold becomes fourth generation in her family to study at UW-Eau Claire
This fall, new freshman Lucy Franklin is the fourth generation in her family to attend UW-Eau Claire. Lucy's parents, grandmother and great-grandmother all have degrees from the university.
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UW-Eau Claire’s Business of Sports Symposium features alumni
Thirteen Blugold alumni currently working in the sports industry will return to campus Sept. 17 to be part of the Business of Sports Symposium hosted by the College of Business.
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Two Blugolds heading to Germany for Fulbright teaching assistantships
UW-Eau Claire graduates Michael Konetz and Mary Kate Schneeman will use their passion for Germany during their 2021-22 Fulbright English teaching assistantships in the European country.
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Alumnus successfully navigates international company through pandemic
Wisconsin native Dick Johnson has fond memories of college — meeting his future wife, bonding with cross country and track teammates, and learning from faculty members who helped start him on a journey to become the leader of a Fortune 500 company.
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UW-Eau Claire Alumni of Color Network has ‘higher calling’
A reunion picnic more than a decade ago was the genesis of an effort to help current underrepresented students navigate the college experience. Learn more about the founders, the mission and ways to get involved with the Blugold Alumni of Color Network.
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Board of Regents votes to support Sonnentag Event Center and Field House
Construction of the $85.6 million multipurpose facility is expected to begin in spring 2022 at its site on Menomonie Street along the Chippewa River, a mile west of the main UW-Eau Claire campus.
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Nursing students raise awareness about challenges of returning to community after being incarcerated
UW-Eau Claire nursing students and recent graduates are working to raise awareness about the challenges and resources needed to support people as they return to the community after being incarcerated. The research team partnered with local organizations.
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Blugold's journey takes her from opera singer to award-winning poet and bestselling novelist
UW-Eau Claire graduate Jacqueline Cobian West is an award-winning poet and a New York Times bestselling author whose young adult novels are beloved by tweens, teens, parents and teachers. She was a music major but realized writing was her passion.
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Chancellor: UW-Eau Claire graduates showed perseverance
Chancellor James Schmidt told University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduates on Saturday that the 2020-21 school year was “an extraordinarily taxing year.”
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Graduating twins value shared experiences, opportunities to follow their own path
Allie and Chloe Knuth, twins from Green Bay, will graduate together this month from UW-Eau Claire, a campus they say is small enough that their lives sometimes overlap as students but big enough that they each could follow their own path.
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UW-Eau Claire to celebrate 1,646 new graduates during May 14-15 commencement events
A virtual commencement ceremony and in-person diploma ceremonies on May 14 and 15 will celebrate 1,646 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students who are graduating this spring.
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Philip Rucker to speak during UW-Eau Claire's annual Devroy Forum
Philip Rucker, a senior Washington correspondent at The Washington Post, will present “Lessons from Reporting in the Age of Trump” during the virtual 2021 Ann Devroy Memorial Forum April 15 at UW-Eau Claire.
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Blugolds in sports industry to discuss COVID’s effect on business
“It will let people talk with insiders about what it was like the day sports stopped,” says Dr. Brewer Doran, dean of the College of Business who will moderate the panel discussion.
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Blugold alumna launches HR software platform
When Bugold graduate Jana Morrin left a toxic work environment, she took with her the resolve to help others deal with this destructive situation. In 2019 she co-founded Speakfully Inc., an online human resources tool for individuals and organizations.
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Research in Yellowstone brings Blugold national attention
Mara Reed remembers being awed by the geysers in Yellowstone National Park when she visited the park for the first time as a girl. The UW-Eau Claire graduate never guessed that nearly 20 years later her research there would bring her national attention.
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Survey to measure UW-Eau Claire alumni satisfaction
The survey will collect college student pathway data to gauge successes and challenges alumni have faced.
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Alumna pays it forward to Latinx students at UW-Eau Claire
Lidixe Montoya appreciates her UW-Eau Claire education and wants to give other Latinx students the same opportunity. That's why she has started the Neighbor To Neighbor Scholarship for members of the Latinx Student Association at UW-Eau Claire.
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