| Judy Berthiaume (story); Jesse Yang (video)
Dr. April Bleske-Rechek, professor of psychology at UW-Eau Claire, shares her passion for teaching in a recent Blugold Spotlight, a video profile series that celebrates the campus community.
Her enthusiasm for teaching and her commitment to including her students in her research have earned her numerous honors over the years, including the 2017 UW System Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award.
Enjoy the "Blugold Spotlight" featuring Dr. April Bleske-Rechek.
Judy is an IMC storyteller, sharing stories about the many exceptional people that make UW-Eau Claire such a phenomenal place. She talks with students, faculty, staff and alumni to find and to share their successes, initiatives, challenges and dreams with the campus community and the world beyond.
Jesse is a marketing specialist with an emphasis in videography in the Integrated Marketing and Communications Department at UW-Eau Claire. She is tasked with capturing stories on camera that tell the incredible successes and achievements of students, faculty, staff and alumni. She produces video content for various platform needs to celebrate, inform and help connect and engage Blugolds and the greater community.
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For nearly three decades, Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, professor of history, has been working to make people and communities better through her work as a teacher, advocate, mentor, activist, community-builder and leader.
Dang Yang, director of UW-Eau Claire’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, is one of the four co-chairs of the recently launched Chippewa Valley Transformation Project, an effort to create a more antiracist community.
When Melady Vue of Eau Claire learned about a college preparation program called Upward Bound, she had no way to know it would bring her not only to her goal of a degree but also to a fulfilling career helping area youth chase their own college dreams.
