History News
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History Students Present their Research at CERCA
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History Department Celebrates Student Success
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Blugolds deliver digital tools to teachers to help bring history to life
A website created by UW-Eau Claire faculty and students includes history-based essays and short stories — written by Honors students — in interactive digital formats. The site supports K-12 educators as they use technology to teach history.
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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after assassination
People across the United States are celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as they honor the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination. Dr. King was killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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UW-Eau Claire to host regional National History Day competition March 8
The event, an opportunity for more than 300 students in grades 6-12 to "do history," will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 8 in Davies Center.
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UW-Eau Claire to host variety of Black History Month events
UW-Eau Claire’s celebration of Black History Month ramps up during the final weeks of February with a variety of events, including award-winning music and important discussions about the pioneers and heroes who have impacted generations of Americans.
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History faculty member investigates a 1910 Hungarian immigrant marriage
History faculty member Jim Oberly published an article in the inaugural issue of the *Journal of Austrian-American History* on a 1910 arranged marriage between a pair of Hungarian immigrants to the US.
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Historians and their books: 2017-18 Schedule of book-signings
The UWEC History Department continues to celebrate the book publications of its faculty and affiliated historians.
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"A Woman of Action: UW-Eau Claire Professor Improves Her Community by Doing,"
"A Woman of Action: UW-Eau Claire Professor Improves Her Community by Doing,"
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History harvest aims to digitize stories, artifacts relating to Eau Claire's music history
UW-Eau Claire public history students and faculty are asking Eau Claire community members to participate in a history harvest, a spring event designed to gather stories and artifacts about the city's music history.
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Professor Emeritus Richard St. Germaine on Wisconsin Public Television
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Blugold brings education to Fiji
Spending summer vacation 7,000 miles from home in a foreign country, with no access to to the internet, sounds like any college student’s worst nightmare; but for one, it was the experience of a lifetime. Sam Leifeld, a senior History major at UW-Eau Claire, spent four weeks of his summer renovating elementary schools on the island of Fiji.
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History project showcases icons of local music scene
A team of UW-Eau Claire public history students is working to share the stories of the artists, producers, publicists and others who are longtime contributors to the city of Eau Claire’s thriving, eclectic music scene.
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Wisconsin Historical Society honors Blugolds
The Wisconsin Historical Society is honoring three Blugolds for their work in documenting the state’s history. Dr. Robert J. Gough, professor emeritus of history, Dr. James W. Oberly, professor of history and American Indian studies, and Greg Kocken, head of special collections, university archives and records management, are 2017 Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators Award recipients.
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History M.A. Students Present Thesis Summaries
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2017 History Awards Ceremony
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Fourteenth Amendment topic of May 1 Law Day talk
In celebration of Law Day, the UW-Eau Claire Center for Constitutional Studies and the Pre-Law Club will host a talk by Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, professor of history at UW-Eau Claire. The event will begin at 5 p.m. May 1 in Room 2614 in Centennial Hall.
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Oberly Co-Authors New Book on Austro-Hungarian Migration History
Oberly Co-Authors New Book on Austro-Hungarian Migration History
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Danielle Schroeder at Capitol Rotunda
Danielle Schroeder, Public History Class of 2016, presents research at State Capitol
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History Students and Faculty Mentors at CERCA 2017
History Students and Faculty Mentors at CERCA 2017
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Why African American History Month still matters in 2017
African American History Month, clearly, publicly and unflinchingly, defends the humanity, citizenship and rights of African Americans and our multiracial allies. It serves not just African Americans, but all Americans.
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History + football = dream internship
One of the things that Jeremy Swick appreciates about UW-Eau Claire is its work to ensure that Blugolds have access to the kinds of internships that give students experiences that go far beyond fetching coffee. Yet for a couple of days during his Ohio-based internship, the history graduate student eagerly volunteered to fetch or deliver anything that was needed … well, at least anything needed by anyone associated with his much-loved Green Bay Packers. Jeremy was an intern at the Pro Football Hall of Fame the summer that his childhood hero, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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A collection of century-old photos gives history students unique hands-on experience
Thanks to a generous donation of photographs to the Chippewa Valley Museum, 15 public history seminar students in 2016 had a unique chance to create a photo-based exhibit of Eau Claire history to cap off their major requirements.
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Blugold alumnus brings history of leadership to local museum
The Chippewa Valley Museum has a new communications and outreach specialist — a Blugold with a long record of civic leadership in the community. Jeremy Gragert, a 2005 history graduate, brings his leadership skills to benefit a Chippewa Valley treasure.