Foundation News
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COB graduating senior excels in academics with a smile
While one of Joseph Micheel's former instructors calls him "one of the best of the best" in the classroom, the Eau Claire native reminds students to have a sense of humor to really enjoy their college years.
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47th UW-Eau Claire Holiday Concert set for Dec. 5
Join us at Pablo Center at the Confluence for the annual UW-Eau Claire Holiday Concert, featuring over 300 Blugold music students in two shows on Dec. 5. Tickets are available at the Pablo Center ticket site.
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McIntyre Library launches new MVP donor program
The newly launched McIntyre Valued Partners program offers new opportunities for people who financially support UW-Eau Claire's library. The program will help ensure the library continues to grow and evolve as new needs and opportunities are recognized.
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New UW-Eau Claire history exhibit documents parallels between COVID-19 pandemic and past crises
A UW-Eau Claire public history research team has created a virtual exhibit documenting major health-related events from early in the 20th century to the current pandemic. The project shows the parallels between the current pandemic and past crises.
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58 Blugolds win scholarships through vaccine incentive campaigns
Fifty-eight University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students were awarded a total of $106,000 in scholarships thanks to the UW System’s 70 for 70 vaccine incentive campaign and the university's Vax Games 2021 campaign.
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Dr. Josh Brown receives UW System’s Poorman Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
Brown, a professor of German and linguistics at UW-Eau Claire, says his goal as an educator is to celebrate who his students are and make them all feel welcome in his classroom.
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Alumna donates family keepsake to help build understanding of Wisconsin history
People with an interest in Wisconsin history have a new resource available to them thanks to a UW-Eau Claire graduate who donated a family keepsake to her alma mater. Kathryn Kidd Christenson donated scrapbooks about the late 1920s in Wisconsin.
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Tip top idea: Hibbard Hall studios to be renamed Henry Lippold Broadcast Suite
Henry Lippold, who developed UW-Eau Claire’s broadcast journalism curriculum when he came to campus in 1972, mentored hundreds of students, many of whom are respected radio and television journalists in Wisconsin and throughout the country.
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UW-Eau Claire Foundation receives $10 million gift
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation has received a $10 million gift, the largest investment in an endowed fund in the university’s history. This lead gift is helping launch the public phase of the Foundation’s Sustaining Human Innovation capital campaign.
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Homecoming 2021, Oct. 10-17: A great week to be a Blugold
UW-Eau Claire happily welcomes the return of Homecoming for 2021, a week of fun-filled and time-honored traditions, all in the name of the blue and gold. Be sure to take part in the citywide festivities.
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Five to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
UW-Eau Claire graduates will receive awards on Oct. 17 as part of the university's Homecoming festivities.
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UW-Eau Claire hires first donor-supported faculty professor in nursing
UW-Eau Claire has named Dr. Sonja J. Meiers its first Jane W. and James E. Moore Nursing Research Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Meiers is an experienced professor, researcher and leader in the field of nursing.
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Brady and Jeanne Foust donate $1M to establish UW-Eau Claire scholarship
Dr. Brady Foust, a professor emeritus of geography at UW-Eau Claire, sees a growing need for geospatial literacy in an increasingly interdependent world.
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Vaccinated UW-Eau Claire students eligible for scholarships, prizes
UW-Eau Claire and the UW-Eau Claire Foundation are providing about $140,000 for Vax Game 2021 to encourage students to be vaccinated.
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UW-Eau Claire Alumni of Color Network has ‘higher calling’
A reunion picnic more than a decade ago was the genesis of an effort to help current underrepresented students navigate the college experience. Learn more about the founders, the mission and ways to get involved with the Blugold Alumni of Color Network.
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Board of Regents votes to support Sonnentag Event Center and Field House
Construction of the $85.6 million multipurpose facility is expected to begin in spring 2022 at its site on Menomonie Street along the Chippewa River, a mile west of the main UW-Eau Claire campus.
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UW-Eau Claire students pass referendum to support Sonnentag Complex
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students voted this week to help financially support operations of the proposed more than $75 million Sonnentag Complex Event & Wellness Center after it is built.
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Philip Rucker to speak during UW-Eau Claire's annual Devroy Forum
Philip Rucker, a senior Washington correspondent at The Washington Post, will present “Lessons from Reporting in the Age of Trump” during the virtual 2021 Ann Devroy Memorial Forum April 15 at UW-Eau Claire.
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Martin Mogensen Education Lecture to focus on Hmong racial and gender justice in the modern era
Kabzuag Vaj will present the 2021 Martin Mogensen Education Lecture "Organizing for Racial & Gender Justice in an Era of Trumpism through a Hmong Feminist Lens" via livestream on March 8.
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UW-Eau Claire research team studies effects of alcohol on older people
A UW-Eau Claire research team has found that alcohol significantly affects older brains in ways that may threaten their health and well-being, including increasing their risk of falling.
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Alumna pays it forward to Latinx students at UW-Eau Claire
Lidixe Montoya appreciates her UW-Eau Claire education and wants to give other Latinx students the same opportunity. That's why she has started the Neighbor To Neighbor Scholarship for members of the Latinx Student Association at UW-Eau Claire.
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UW-Eau Claire Foundation selling radio station license
Blugold Radio LLC, a supporting organization of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, has accepted an offer to sell its operating license for 99.9 WDRK-FM to concentrate on its core mission of student recruitment, retention and success.
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$3 million gift to expand UW-Eau Claire education, research about First Amendment rights
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students and faculty soon will have new opportunities to engage in research, coursework and programming through a new initiative around the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment rights.
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Philanthropic alumnus quietly gave back to community
UW-Eau Claire was a primary benefactor of Don and Leatrice Mathison's generosity. Since Don first gave his alma mater $100 in 1979, the couple’s accelerated giving rose to more than $1 million.