Housing + Residence Life News
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UW-Eau Claire increases investment and programming to prevent suicide
With grant funds matched by university dollars, UW-Eau Claire has a bold new plan to take concrete steps to reduce both the risk of suicide among students and promote overall wellbeing and a mentally healthy campus.
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The Living Learning Community: Honors Beyond the Classroom
The Honors Living Learning Community—located in Bridgman Hall—truly lives up to its name: a community.
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UW-Eau Claire celebrating first-generation college students on Nov. 8
The university is joining other colleges around the country to recognize students who intend to be the first in their family to obtain a four-year degree.
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COVID-19 testing expands to all UW-Eau Claire students
Beginning Jan. 23, all UW-Eau Claire students will be required to take a free, rapid-result COVID-19 test through the end of the spring semester.
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Community COVID-19 testing extended through mid-January
Free rapid-response COVID-19 community testing resumes at Memorial High School on Wednesday, Jan. 6, and will continue through mid-January as part of the University of Wisconsin System's surge testing operations.
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Blugold is marching to the beat of his own drum
When Kehinde Olu Famule is drumming, he’s doing more than entertaining those around him. The UW-Eau Claire junior is connecting with his West African heritage while also sharing an important part of his culture with the campus and Eau Claire communities.
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Fall 2019 event recognizes faculty, staff for service to students with disabilities
The Services for Students with Disabilities office at UW-Eau Claire celebrated Disability Awareness Month on Oct. 29 and honored faculty and staff members for their service to students with disabilities.
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UW-Eau Claire Governors Hall project to proceed following Board of Regents vote
The UW System Board of Regents has authorized UW-Eau Claire to proceed with a construction and renovation project on Governors Hall, a residence hall on the university’s upper campus.
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The Finals Countdown: Events to help you get through finals week
The end of the semester is in sight and finals week is near. We know that life can get stressful during this time, so we've compiled a list of events to help you de-stress and take a break when you need it.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: April 16, 2019
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since Feb. 1, 2019, and expected in the next 60 days on campus construction projects.
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Blugold Spotlight features Lissa Greer
The former Blugold volleyball athlete shares with students about her undergraduate experience and the importance of engaging in experiential learning opportunities that that can help them develop into a better version of themselves.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: Feb. 5, 2019
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since Dec. 1, 2018, and expected in the next 60 days on campus construction projects.
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Building Commission OKs additional $3 million for David Karlgaard Hall renovation
The state Building Commission has unanimously approved a $3 million increase in the budget for the renovation of David Karlgaard Hall, the north tower of the Karlgaard Towers residence hall on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s upper campus.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: Aug. 1, 2018
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since July 1, 2018, and expected in the next 30 days on UW-Eau Claire construction projects.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: July 1, 2018
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since June 1, 2018, and expected in the next 30 days on UW-Eau Claire construction projects.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: May 1, 2018
UW-Eau Claire overviews work completed since April 1, 2018, and expected in the next 30 days on UW-Eau Claire construction projects.
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Groundbreaking launches new residence hall construction
A Feb. 19 groundbreaking event marked the start of construction on the first new UW-Eau Claire residence hall in nearly two decades.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: Feb. 1, 2018
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since Dec. 1, 2017, and expected in the next 30 days on the university's construction projects.
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Project prep to begin for new UW-Eau Claire residence hall
Preparation for construction of UW-Eau Claire’s new residence hall is set to begin. Fencing will be installed the week of Jan. 15 around the project’s staging area, and preparation of the construction site is set to begin in early February.
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New residence hall project to mean upper-campus parking changes
Parking changes will take effect Jan. 16 on UW-Eau Claire’s upper campus as the Governors parking lot becomes the staging area for the construction of the university’s new residence hall.
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Governors Hall serves local food pantry
Carrying out service work at the St. Francis Food Pantry has been a Governors LLC tradition for three years, and they don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. These students dedicate the first and third Saturday of every month to serving at the food pantry, forming lasting relationships with people in need.
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'Tunnel of Oppression' program set for Nov. 7-8
UW-Eau Claire will host its “Tunnel of Oppression” program from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 7-8 in David Karlgaard Hall on upper campus. Tours will run every 30 minutes and last two hours. This year’s theme is “The Dangers of Neutrality.” Organizers say their goal is to open people’s minds and promote understanding and respect for all people of all identities. During the event, small groups will travel through four different rooms, including an active room about autism, an active room about indigenous identities, a passive room about transgender rights and another passive room about toxic masculinity.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: Oct. 1, 2017
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since Sept. 1 and expected in the next 30 days on the UW-Eau Claire Garfield Avenue redevelopment and Karlgaard Towers renovation projects.
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‘Towers’ of Blugold support: Residence hall renamed for generous alumni couple
Towers Hall, UW-Eau Claire's largest residence hall, became Karlgaard Towers on Sept. 29 in recognition of Marilyn and David Karlgaard, Blugold alumni whose history of giving to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation includes the largest sum in support of student scholarships in university history.