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UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association honors Angela Pittman Taylor with Blugold Spirit Award
The award is given to a university supporter who has a true love for the campus, exemplifies excellence in everyday life and strives to share the UW-Eau Claire story.
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Foundation scholarship fund established in memory of UW-Eau Claire alumnus
The Justin Tubyeej Vue Memorial Fund will provide student scholarships through UW-Eau Claire’s Multicultural Student Services office.
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Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance recommends completion funding for UW-Eau Claire Science and Health Sciences Building
The legislative committee voted today on the 2023-25 capital budget and approved $231.3 million in completion funding for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Science and Health Sciences Building.
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County Materials Complex truss-signing ceremony in pictures
Philanthropists John and Carolyn Sonnentag were joined by community leaders on May 26 for a truss-signing ceremony at the County Materials Complex.
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The Forum at UW-Eau Claire welcomes award-winning poet, author Naomi Shihab Nye on April 6
The Forum presents its final installment of the 2022-23 season April 6 with nationally acclaimed poet, author and editor Naomi Shihab Nye. Nye is a professor of creative writing at Texas State University.
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Three UW-Eau Claire faculty members receive excellence awards
Three accomplished UW-Eau Claire faculty members have received recently established $10,000 donor-supported excellence awards, recognizing their outstanding teaching in computer science, physics and mathematics, and their commitment to their students.
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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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Blugold history class creates digital exhibit about women who changed societal norms after WWII
A team of Blugolds created a digital exhibit that tells the story of a group of talented women who changed societal norms and gender expectations in the years following World War II.
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Ecology and environmental biology grad eager to help protect the natural world
When Leandra O’Connell came to UW-Eau Claire, she brought with her a passion for and curiosity about the world around her. As she graduates with a degree in ecology and environmental biology, she’s even more determined to protect the natural world.
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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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Helping shape what shaped you: Young alum supports two key programs at UW-Eau Claire
Alex Brown, a 2016 actuarial science graduate of UW-Eau Claire, has established a forensics fund and scholarship through the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and provides ongoing financial support to the university's Civil Rights Pilgrimage.
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Lifting as we climb: Blugold alum creates endowed scholarship for LGBTQ+ students
Matthew Beasley is grateful for the assistance he received as a UW-Eau Claire undergraduate and wants to give back to the university.
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Alum honors former faculty member with endowed scholarship supporting international experiences in arts and sciences
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College of Arts and Sciences recently received a $30,000 gift to create and endow a fund supporting annual international education experiences for a student in the college.
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Construction to begin on County Materials Complex
The transformation is underway for a 21-acre brownfield site along the Chippewa River to become the largest indoor event venue in northwest Wisconsin — the $107 million state-of-the-art County Materials Complex — when it opens in spring 2024.