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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.
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Ann Devroy Memorial Forum to feature deputy managing editor at The Washington Post
A deputy managing editor at The Washington Post will be the featured speaker for UW-Eau Claire's annual Ann Devroy Memorial Forum. Sharif Durhams will be on campus to speak at the April 28 forum.
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‘Thursdays at the U’ to focus on sources, health effects and remediation of PFA substances
Kay Curtin, a wastewater technician and trainer for the Wisconsin Rural Water Association, will speak at 12:30 p.m. April 14 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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Business venture reflects Blugold's love for Wisconsin
UW-Eau Claire marketing major Ethan Van Grunsven's love for his home state of Wisconsin inspired him to launch his own apparel business, the Sconny Co. Sconnyco apparel is a way for people to show their pride in and love for Wisconsin.
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Hotel will be built adjacent to County Materials Complex
Eau Claire-based Pablo Group will begin building a 128-suite hotel adjacent to the County Materials Complex site this summer, with the building scheduled to open in 2024.
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Blugolds leading new dance class for Eau Claire area children and teens with disabilities
Eau Claire area kids who have disabilities are participating in a new a dance class created just for them. The community outreach program was created and is supported by UW-Eau Claire kinesiology students and faculty.
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UW-Eau Claire hosts Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon on rural health care innovation
UW-Eau Claire hosted a meeting of the Wisconsin Technology Council's Innovation Network which took a close look at innovative plans to transform rural health care in the state through a $9.4M state workforce development grant.
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‘Thursdays at the U’ to focus on NASA’s plans for moon exploration and beyond
Matthew Coel, an associate lecturer of physics and astronomy at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County, will present “To the Moon and Beyond” April 7 on the Rice Lake campus.
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UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education to offer foot and nail clinic this spring
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Continuing Education is again offering a free foot and nail clinic this spring. The clinic will be offered April 26-29 in Eau Claire.
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'Freedom of Expression and Civil Discourse' topic of spring event at UW-Eau Claire
Two accomplished professors will be the featured guests for an in-person event this spring at UW-Eau Claire. The "Freedom of Expression and Civil Discourse with Cornel West and Robert George" event will be May 5.
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Poet Dylan Loring is featured speaker for ‘Thursdays at the U’
Loring will read some of his best poems, which are often fictional, funny and conversational, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. March 17 at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County in Rice Lake.
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Mayo Clinic Health System unveils plans for Diagnostic Imaging and Sports Medicine Center
Mayo Clinic Health System announces plans for its Diagnostic Imaging and Sports Medicine Center, an $11 million addition to the County Materials Complex in Eau Claire.
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Break from performing helps Blugold reimagine his music and his future
Samuel Stein has been performing on and around the UW-Eau Claire campus since he was a freshman. COVID-19 forced the music composition and mathematics major to pause the live performances, something he says gave him time to reimagine his music and goals.