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Garfield Avenue redo changes face of UW-Eau Claire lower campus
UW-Eau Claire’s reputation as “Wisconsin’s Most Beautiful Campus” has been enhanced with the completion of the $12.4 million Garfield Avenue redevelopment project.
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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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Wisconsin's butterflies to be focus of 'Thursdays @ the U'
Naturalist and educator Nikki Janisin will present "Butterflies of Wisconsin" Thursday, Oct. 18, as part of UW-Eau Claire – Barron County's "Thursdays @ the U" series on the Rice Lake campus.
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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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UW-Eau Claire to celebrate redesigned Garfield Avenue Oct. 18
A celebration of the redesigned Garfield Avenue corridor on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18.
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Blugold gives back to veterans through service-learning project
In the United States alone, more than 1.4 million military veterans are living at or below the poverty line. Keaton Duchow, a finance major in his junior year at UW-Eau Claire, has found a way to support area veterans through service-learning.
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University Staff Council scholarship awarded to Rachel Knuth
One way that the University Staff Council helps to support professional development is through the yearly scholarship award to a university staff member who is enrolled in a class.
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Journalism graduate has front-row seat to historic election
The 2018 midterm elections will be held next month in the U.S., but earlier this year a Blugold alum had a front-row seat to a historic election 9,000 miles from Eau Claire.
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Blugold Spotlight featuring Charles Vue
Charles Vue, a 1989 UW-Eau Claire alumnus, is the associate director in the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Vue was the first Hmong student to graduate from UW-Eau Claire.
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Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp: A community of healing
For the last 17 years, stroke survivors in the Chippewa Valley have had a unique resource brought to them through a partnership between UW-Eau Claire's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Mayo Clinic.
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Pratt named IACIS Computer Educator of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Jean Pratt, 2018 IACIS Computer Educator of the Year. Pratt is a professor of IS, and interim associate dean of the College of Business.
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Speaker to discuss transition process during ‘Thursdays @ the U’
Cheyne Taylor will present “Out at Work: Being Transgender” Thursday, Oct. 11 – National Coming Out Day — as part of UW-Eau Claire – Barron County's "Thursdays @ the U" lecture and performance series.
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UW-Eau Claire construction update: Oct. 1, 2018
UW-Eau Claire provides an overview of work completed since Sept. 1, 2018, and expected in the next 30 days on UW-Eau Claire construction projects.
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New research finds sextortion an issue for surprising number of teens
A surprising number of teens — one out of every 20 — report that someone has threatened to share intimate or embarrassing images of them that are sexual in nature if they did not provide things like additional images, sexual acts or money, research finds.
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UW-Eau Claire junior celebrates nature one internship at a time
UW-Eau Claire junior Tressa Lange is one of just 20 individuals across the country selected to participate in the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program.
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Blugold fights climate change in Costa Rica with service-learning
According to studies conducted at Yale University, more than 70 percent of people believe that climate change is happening. Part of this percentage of concerned citizens is UW-Eau Claire junior, Kyra Luttenegger.
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New book explores nation's shift in thinking about gay marriage
Dr. Peter Hart-Brinson, an associate professor of sociology, is the author of a new book that explores the nation’s dramatic shift in thinking about gay marriage as a younger generation views homosexuality differently than their parents.
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Eau Queer Film Festival returns to campus for ninth year
Queer cinema will be featured on screen from Oct. 9-13 for the ninth annual Eau Queer Film Festival (EQFF) at UW-Eau Claire. Each movie reflects this year’s festival theme: "becoming."
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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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'Thursdays @ the U' to focus on Wisconsin's brewing industry, beer culture
Timothy Holian will present "Wisconsin's Beers and Breweries After Prohibition" at noon Thursday, Oct. 4, as part of UW-Eau Claire – Barron County's "Thursdays @ the U" series on the Rice Lake campus.
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The Forum opens season with author Kevin Young addressing 'fake news'
The 2018-19 Forum series at UW-Eau Claire opens Oct. 18 with critically acclaimed poet and author Kevin Young. Young's presentation, "The Rise of Hoaxes and Fake News," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium.
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Campus games, parade, football and alumni gatherings part of Homecoming 2018
Thousands of Blugolds will gather on campus and in the community next week for the 2018 Homecoming festivities, one of UW-Eau Claire’s biggest celebrations of the year. This year’s Homecoming celebration will run Sept. 30-Oct. 7.
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yMusic residency program offers music students new opportunities
UW-Eau Claire is hosting yMusic for a yearlong residency, giving music students multiple opportunities to work one-on-one and in groups with the team of accomplished musicians.
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Blugold Spotlight featuring Dr. Harry Jol
Dr. Harry Jol, professor of geography and anthropology at UW-Eau Claire, is featured in this Blugold Spotlight video.