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Ice Age Trail enthusiast to share her adventures during 'Thursdays at the U'
Sue Greenway will discuss her experiences from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County. The presentation also will be livestreamed.
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UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education to offer free foot and nail clinic this fall
The clinic will be offered Oct. 17-21 at Grace Lutheran Church in Eau Claire.
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'Thursdays at the U' to highlight Banned Books Week
Katherine Elchert, the new library director at McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids (formerly at Rice Lake Public Library), will present “Celebrate Your F-READ-om!” Sept. 22 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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Professors to discuss free speech during 'Thursdays at the U'
Drs. Eric Kasper and Troy Kozma will present “Free Speech, the Supreme Court and J.S. Mill” Sept. 15 as part of the Thursdays at the U series at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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UW-Eau Claire to host event Sept. 19 to celebrate Constitution Day 2022
The Menard Center for Constitutional Studies and the Pre-Law Club at UW-Eau Claire will host an event on Sept. 19 to recognize Constitution Day 2022.
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Creator of ‘For the Birds’ radio program to open 'Thursdays at the U' series
Laura Erickson, an author, educator and award-winning bird expert, will speak at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 8 to kick off the fall series at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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Board of Regents includes new UW-Eau Claire Science and Health Sciences Building funding in budget requests
The UW System Board of Regents approved its 2023-25 biennial capital budget request, which includes $235.5 million for a Science and Health Sciences Building project at UW-Eau Claire. The request will be considered by the governor and state Legislature.
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UW System President Jay Rothman announces Wisconsin Tuition Promise with UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout and UW-Superior
The goal of the program is to increase the number of state residents who graduate with a bachelor’s degree — especially first-generation students and those from low- to moderate-income families throughout Wisconsin.
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New grant to help UW-Eau Claire's Fostering Success program support more students who were in foster care or homeless
A $70,000 grant will help fund a UW-Eau Claire program that provides resources and support for Blugolds who were in foster care as youths and/or who identify as homeless. The university will use the grant monies to grow its Fostering Success program.
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University gardening program helps community members build speech and language skills
A community gardening project is helping UW-Eau Claire communication sciences and disorders students gain skills while also helping meet the speech and language needs of community members.
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Continuing Education announces August program offerings
UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education will present two programs in August, Growing up Transgender and Conversations about Change: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing.
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Public history students create exhibit in Irvine Park Welcome Center in Chippewa Falls
Visitors to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls can learn about the history of the city and park thanks to an exhibit in the park’s Welcome Center that was created by a UW-Eau Claire public history class. The exhibit opened earlier this summer to rave reviews.
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UW-Eau Claire – Barron County to host World Refugee Day event June 20
UW-Eau Claire – Barron County and Immigrant Advocates of Barron County will host an event this month honoring World Refugee Day. The free event will begin at 6:30 p.m. June 20 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall on the UWEC – Barron County campus in Rice Lake.
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UW-Eau Claire Spanish faculty, students host Spanish literacy event for area families
This spring, UW-Eau Claire Spanish students and faculty hosted the first campus-community Spanish Literacy Event for families with children in the Eau Claire Area School District’s dual immersion program and local families who are native Spanish speakers.
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Art students collaborate with local business on welding project
Students in a sculpture class learned how to weld as part of their final projects. They created their sculptures on campus, but partnered with a local business to have them professionally painted. Art faculty hope to grow the welding program.
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'Thursdays at the U’ to feature historical portrayal of Salem witch trial victim
Jessica Michna of Historical First Impressions theater company will portray Goode Rebeka in “Trial by Fire — the Salem Witch Trials” May 12 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County. This will be the final program of the spring series.
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‘Thursdays at the U’ to feature EMT, K-9 search specialist May 5
Emergency responder and K-9 search specialist Jan Thompson will speak about her work at 12:30 p.m. May 5 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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Summer Food Service Program to provide meals for UW-Eau Claire's Upward Bound participants
The food program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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‘Thursdays at the U’ to highlight citizen diplomacy through sister cities
Deb Neuheisel of the Rice Lake International Friendship Association will speak at 12:30 p.m. April 28 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake. She will be joined by citizens of Rice Lake’s sister city of Zamberk, Czech Republic.
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Groups contribute $12 million toward sustainability efforts in Sonnentag Event Center, fieldhouse
Pablo Foundation, UW-Eau Claire and its students, the city of Eau Claire and Xcel Energy are investing more than $12 million to reduce the carbon footprint in the Sonnentag Event Center and John and Carolyn Sonnentag Fieldhouse.
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Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns April 22-23
The cornerstone event of the UW-Eau Claire jazz studies program was strictly virtual for the last two years, but the Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns April 22-23 in full force to campus and Barstow Street.
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‘Thursdays at the U’ to feature environmental advocate Paul DeMain
DeMain (Skabewis), a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and of Ojibwe descent, will speak at 12:30 p.m. April 21 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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UW-Eau Claire to celebrate different cultures during CultureFest
People with varying backgrounds will gather on UW-Eau Claire’s campus to celebrate and share their cultures with members of the campus and greater Eau Claire communities. CultureFest will run from noon-4 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in Davies Center.
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International Poetry Reading returns to in-person event on April 20
During the event in the Ojibwe Ballroom of Davies Center at UW-Eau Claire, students, community members, faculty and staff will read and listen to poetry written in more than 15 languages, including Albanian, Croatian, Chinese, Icelandic and more.