Activities, Involvement and Leadership News
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New conference brings Blugolds together to focus on equity and diversity
UW-Eau Claire will host the “Bridge to Change: EDI Student Conference” Nov. 8. It will bring students together to explore inclusive leadership while focusing on equity and diversity.
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The Forum presents Mohammed Soriano-Bilal, a virtual event on Oct. 27
Once best known as a reality TV star, Soriano-Bilal of Stanford University is a diversity consultant and strategist, a poet and an award-winning producer of both music and film.
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The Forum welcomes gender violence prevention expert Jackson Katz
The author and global educator, who will address the controversial topic he calls "toxic masculinity" and his efforts to educate about and end gender violence, will speak at 7:30 p.m. March 10 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium.
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Viennese Ball ticket sales begin Feb. 3
Ticket sales begin Monday, Feb. 3 for the 46th annual Viennese Ball at UW-Eau Claire, to be held April 3-4 in the W.R. Davies Student Center.
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Special Forum presentation Feb. 27: Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi, a bestselling author and the founding director of The Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, will appear as a special Forum speaker Feb. 27 with his "How to Be an Antiracist" presentation.
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Forum speaker takes on climate change: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
At age 19 Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has more experience educating and building a movement to battle climate change than many scientists or elected officials. His Forum presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium.
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Artists Series welcomes VocalEssence Singers Of This Age Nov. 21
Singers Of This Age, the youth branch of VocalEssence of Minneapolis, is a talented, diverse group of high school singers who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium.
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Aquila Theatre opens Artists Series season with Orwell's '1984'
New York City-based Aquila Theatre presents a modern interpretation of George Orwell's "1984," the dystopian classic centered on the dangers and inescapable outcomes of government overreach and totalitarianism.
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Author, educator and literary critic Bill Deresiewicz to be Forum speaker Oct. 16
Once an Ivy League professor himself, Deresiewicz has spent the last decade writing and speaking about what he sees as the disadvantages, dysfunctions and disservice to society of an elite education in the U.S.
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The Forum opens season with first Latina U.S. military pilot
Olga Custodio, the first Latina to complete U.S. Air Force pilot training and serve as a fighter pilot and commercial pilot, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium.
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Artist Series season closer: The Canine Stars dog show
The Canine Stars was created by a Colorado couple who trained and competed their rescue dogs in agility, racing, dock diving and Frisbee. The business has grown to a tour covering all of North America on a mission to educate, inspire and entertain.
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Artists Series event added: Poet Paul Tran to read on May 2
Paul Tran is a highly acclaimed young poet, a graduate fellow at Washington University, and an accomplished editor and contributing poet for multiple magazines and anthologies. Tran will read from their work at 7:30 p.m. May 2 in Riverside Theatre.
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Blugolds work to build financial literacy across campus
Blu$Gold Financial Management is working to give UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff the knowledge they need to better manage their finances from the time they are young adults through their retirement years.
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Leadership Fellows program seeking applications, nominations
The Leadership Fellows program is seeking nominations for the 2019-20 cohort. Those selected will play an integral role in shaping the future of the program and will develop curricula that fit within the larger institutional leadership programming goals.
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The Forum presents atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is a prolific publisher, speaker and expert in the areas of climate change and the environment. Her Forum presentation will be at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in UW-Eau Claire's Schofield Auditorium.
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UW-Eau Claire Artists Series presents The Mystical Arts of Tibet
From March 11-15, the Drepung Loseling monks of Tibet will create a mandala sand painting on campus. Come experience this ancient and sacred tradition in the making.
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The Forum hosts bestselling author Peggy Orenstein March 5
Bestselling author Peggy Orenstein will discuss the current and complicated landscape for sexually active young women — a landscape of conflicting messages, imposed beliefs and increasingly low levels of meaningful and useful communication.
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UW-Eau Claire's 'Alternative Spring Break' will take Blugolds on a journey of service
Looking to fulfill your service-learning requirement [AND] get away from home for spring break? Look no further than UW-Eau Claire’s Alternative Spring Break, hosted through the office of Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (AIL).
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Presenter for The Forum to discuss gerrymandering in Wisconsin and beyond
Election law in the U.S. is complicated, and the maps that decide voter districts are part of that tangled web. UW-Madison political science professor Dr. Barry Burden is equipped to help make sense of the rules, the history and the future.
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Artists Series presents 'All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914'
Theater Latté Da presents the story of a real-life Christmas miracle when troops on both sides of the Western Front laid down their weapons for a holiday peace.
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The Forum opens season with author Kevin Young addressing 'fake news'
The 2018-19 Forum series at UW-Eau Claire opens Oct. 18 with critically acclaimed poet and author Kevin Young. Young's presentation, "The Rise of Hoaxes and Fake News," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium.
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Artists Series presents the Langston Hughes Project
When legendary poetry and world class jazz music meet — magic happens. Ron McCurdy has set Hughes epic poem to music that blends a dozen genres of jazz-based music together in a thrilling show.
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Forum Eyes Second Quarter Century
The appearance at the state university here Monday night of the great humanitarian and author of more than 70 books, Mrs. Pearl Buck, will mark more than the opening of the 1967–68 Forum series. It marks the beginning of the Forum Series.
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Research aims to help people with autism succeed in workplace
An international research project that helps people with autism be more successful in their workplace was the perfect way for Johannah Erffmeyer to use her tech and language skills to benefit people who often struggle to find meaningful employment.