Foundation News
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'Engaged with UW-Eau Claire' features Mark Cosby
The Alumni Association is proud to profile Blugolds who return to campus and make a difference in the monthly video series "Engaged with UW-Eau Claire." Every video features a Blugold alum who gives back to UW-Eau Claire in some capacity.
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Blugold alum composes new finale work for annual Holiday Concert
Kyle Newmaster '99 is a Los Angeles-based composer who was commissioned to write a new finale piece for the annual Holiday Concert. His inspiration comes from the people and places unique to Eau Claire and is set to poetry by Max Garland.
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McIntyre Library staff sows seeds of philanthropy in community garden project
In an effort to give back to the campus community, McIntyre Library staff started growing their own produce in a plot at a local community garden. Fruits of their labor were harvested and donated to the Campus Harvest food pantry for students in need.
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The results are in: Blugolds are more generous than ever
On Nov. 27, the Foundation celebrated Giving Tuesday, an international day of giving. Filled with matching gifts and hour-by-hour challenges, this year's success yielded a record amount of support for the people and programs of UW-Eau Claire.
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'Engaged with UW-Eau Claire' features Angela Pittman Taylor
The Alumni Association is proud to profile Blugolds who return to campus and make a difference in the monthly video series "Engaged with UW-Eau Claire." Every video features a Blugold alum who gives back to UW-Eau Claire in some capacity.
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‘An affirming space’: Black Cultural Center opens at UW-Eau Claire
After months of planning that involved a network of students, faculty and staff across the university, black students’ vision for their own campus space came to life with the opening of the UW-Eau Claire Black Cultural Center.
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Giving back to where it started
Dave and Gloria Weiss '52 have recently personalized their planned gift to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation that endows a separate Local Blugold Scholarship fund in both their names. Their gift helps ensure highly talented youth in the region remain local.
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44th Holiday Concert set for Dec. 9 at Pablo Center
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation and department of music and theatre arts will present the 44th annual Holiday Concert at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Pablo Center at the Confluence. Tickets go on sale Nov. 1.
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Blugold Spotlight featuring Julie Carr
UW-Eau Claire alumna Julie Carr is a university executive staff assistant who started and continues to lead the Campus Harvest food pantry and Campus Closet.
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Hilfiker Symposium to feature debate on free speech, campaign finance laws
The Mary L. Hilfiker Symposium will feature a discussion titled "Free Speech and Campaign Finance: Debating the First Amendment and Citizens United" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in Room 100 of Schneider Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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International alumni host 'Back to the Good Old Days' in Beijing
International alumni from the Chinese dual-degree program, along with the Foundation and Alumni Association, hosted a reunion in Beijing this summer to connect and reminisce about their time at UW-Eau Claire.
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University Staff Council scholarship awarded to Rachel Knuth
One way the University Staff Council helps support professional development is through the University Staff Scholarship, presented each semester to a university staff member who is enrolled in a class.
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Teacher of the Year to present at 10th annual Schneider Disability Issues Forum
Kathy Nimmer, the 2015 Indiana Teacher of the Year, will present “What Kindergartners and Canines Know: Lessons from a Life with Students and Service Dogs” for UW-Eau Claire’s 10th annual Schneider Disability Issues Forum Oct. 18.
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Eau Claire celebrates opening of Pablo Center at the Confluence
Thousands of people from UW-Eau Claire and the Eau Claire community gathered this month to celebrate the opening of Pablo Center at the Confluence, the new modern arts center that will serve the university and local arts organizations.
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Students gain real-world experience with Bloomberg and FactSet
Thanks to a generous gift from the Presto Foundation, business students have access to Bloomberg and FactSet, leading business information and financial data platforms used by professionals around the world.
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Authors of best-selling book will give lecture during Pablo Center celebrations
James Fallows and Deborah Fallows will give a lecture titled "Local-Level Renewal across the Country: What are Today’s Secrets of Success?" at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Pablo Center.
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Blugold Beginnings receives two major grants for 2018-19 program year
Blugold Beginnings at UW-Eau Claire was awarded two grants to for its robotics and College and Career Readiness programs. The grants support STEM and career preparedness programming for low-income, first-generation students and community youth.
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Speaker series to focus on suffering, loss, survival after Holocaust and genocide
The first session of the UW-Eau Claire series "Holocaust and Genocide: Voices of Their Families' Suffering, Loss and Survival" will be from 6:30-9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25. Individuals planning to attend a session are asked to RSVP in advance.
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Blugold SuccessShops connect UW-Eau Claire students with alumni in the professional world
Join fellow students and UW-Eau Claire alumni for some Blugold-to-Blugold career advice. Hear tips and tricks of navigating the professional world from alumni who were once in your shoes. Learn from experts what it takes to be successful after college.
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Prolific composer remembers UW-Eau Claire roots
Prolific Hollywood composer Mark McKenzie has not forgotten the important role his professors and mentors at UW-Eau Claire played in his success.
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Regents approve Visitor and Admissions Center design, UW-Barron County name change
On June 8, the UW System Board of Regents authorized UW-Eau Claire to take next steps on a new construction project and approved a new name for UW-Barron County.
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Gift to fund first nursing faculty chair at UW-Eau Claire
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation announces the creation of the Jane W. and James E. Moore Chair in Nursing Research — the first donor-supported faculty chair in UW-Eau Claire’s department of nursing.
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Blugold pays it forward with creation of own scholarship
Katie Dietlin will graduate in three years and zero debt. A scholarship recipient with a passion for business and philanthropy, she's on a mission to give back by creating her own scholarship before she even walks across the stage at commencement.
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Attitude, talent help Argentinian drummer find success at UW-Eau Claire
With a feisty mom as a role model, Camila Mennitte Pereyra grew up determined to show the world that she could do anything that a man could do, including being an award-winning drummer.