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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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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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