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Blugold volleyball helps CSD graduate student stay calm during academic, clinical experiences
Collegiate athletics helped introduce Arianna Barrett to her academic program and her future career as a speech therapist.
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The Forum at UW-Eau Claire welcomes YouTube host and disability advocate Jessica McCabe March 14
Jessica McCabe is the creator and host of “How to ADHD,” a popular YouTube series focused on educating and supporting ADHD brains around the world.
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Couple establishes new research grant to improve lives of people with primary progressive aphasia
A retired UW-Eau Claire nursing professor and her husband are funding a new grant to support research they hope will improve the lives of people diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and advance the understanding of the disease.
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New University Fellows program rewards, celebrates high-achieving UW-Eau Claire faculty
UW-Eau Claire has named 10 educators as University Fellows, a new donor-supported initiative that aims to recognize and celebrate high-achieving members of the university’s faculty and instructional staff.
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New internship fund will financially assist Blugolds in unpaid internships
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation has launched the Eau Claire Internship Fund to provide financial support to students choosing to accept an unpaid internship. Senior Nik Carpenter is the first to receive funding as he interns at an area hospital.
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Fulbrights gaining experience, confidence teaching in other parts of the world
The saying “if you can dream it, you can do it” is coming true for Greta Wiederhold and Kaitlyn Zenner, recent University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduates now working as English teaching assistants abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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Blugold social work major's research helping change lives
Julieta Murillo knew that her future career would involve helping youth and their families, but the Blugold didn’t expect to make an impact on people’s lives before she even graduated from college. However, that's what she's doing through her research.
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After overcoming obstacles, Blugold social work graduate aims to help others do the same
Social work major Finn Hinnefeld is a shining example of the power of perseverance. After taking a needed break from school to address their mental health, Hinnefeld is now set to launch a career in social work.
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Future teacher hopes to make a difference in nearby classrooms and around the world
When Maisee Yang graduates from UW-Eau Claire, she will take with her a long list of goals that she hopes to accomplish during her future teaching career. An elementary education major with a TESOL minor, she wants to teach close to home but also abroad.
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Building her career plans around empathy and cultural awareness: Samantha Ruppert ’22
Fall Creek native and December graduate Samantha Ruppert hopes to build a practice in speech pathology rooted in cultural competency and basic empathy, tools she developed as a highly engaged Blugold.
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Blugold’s research aims to better prepare future teachers to instruct students with disabilities
Maura Laesser saw the passion of special education instructors while she was a classroom assistant as a high school student, and the UW-Eau Claire senior has developed a similar devotion to the profession as she prepares to graduate.
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New Honors Fellowship program prepares Blugolds to be future community leaders
A new UW-Eau Claire Honors Fellowship program is giving Blugolds new opportunities to gain the communication and other skills they’ll need to become future leaders in their jobs and communities.
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Blugold from Alaska finds adventure and knowledge studying abroad in Prague
When Kylie Judd decided to study abroad in Prague, the UW-Eau Claire senior was determined to embrace every opportunity to learn about the culture and history of the Czech Republic. So, Judd said yes to a 35-mile nighttime hike to a holy site.
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Special alumna to receive Blugold Spirit Award during Homecoming Week
On Oct. 6, UW-Eau Claire alumna Susan Tietz will receive a special award from the Alumni Association, the Blugold Spirit Award. Tietz is being recognized for her steadfast support for all things blue and gold since her graduation in 1971.
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U.S. News & World Report ranks UW-Eau Claire as the top public regional university in Wisconsin
In its report released today, U.S. News & World Report ranks UW-Eau Claire first among public regional universities in Wisconsin, seventh among public schools in the Midwest and in the top two of public regional universities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Forbes ranks UW-Eau Claire among top schools in the country
Forbes has ranked UW-Eau Claire among the top universities in the United States. UW-Eau Claire is ranked third in Wisconsin among all colleges and universities — public and private — on Forbes’ 2022 America’s Top Colleges list.