Psychology News
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Blugold fosters reading and literacy skills at local elementary school
Is there any greater feeling than getting lost in a good book? Ask UW-Eau Claire senior Michaela Smith, and she’ll probably tell you this: the only thing greater than being consumed by great literature is being able to help a child while doing so.
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UW-Eau Claire's new neuroscience major already attracting students
Abbey Kastner and Amelia Schneider are among the first UW-Eau Claire students to declare neuroscience as their major. They are among the many Blugolds excited about the university's newest academic program.
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Blugold tears down language barriers at local health clinic
Corinne Klopotek, a senior psychology major and Spanish minor, completed her service-learning through the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic (CVFC) as an interpreter for non-English speaking patients.
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Blugold Spotlight features Dr. April Bleske-Rechek
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.
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UW-Eau Claire to offer degree in neuroscience beginning in the fall
Current or future University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students with an interest in studying the brain and nervous system will have a new academic program available to them beginning in the fall.
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Blugold changes lives at children's hospital
“We believe children are the most amazing people on earth - and that drives us to do everything we can do to live up to the privilege of caring for them.”
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Blugold helps families in need at Human Development Center
If there’s one thing UW-Eau Claire students and faculty can pride themselves on, it’s their inherent backing of strong community involvement [AND] support of interdisciplinary experiences.
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December commencement is a family tradition
Gathering in Zorn Arena is a December tradition for the Kronholm family. When she walks across the stage next month, Kelsey Kronholm will become the fourth member of her family to graduate from UW-Eau Claire — all during winter commencement ceremonies.
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Blugold shares family's traditions, culture through dance
Like many Blugolds, Gabrielle White values the traditions — as well as the heirlooms — her family has passed down from generation to generation. However, unlike most of her Blugold peers, Gabrielle gets to share her cherished family traditions and treasures with the UW-Eau Claire campus and greater Eau Claire communities. Since she was a teen, the junior psychology major from Black River Falls has been among the dancers at UW-Eau Claire’s annual Honoring Education Powwow. This year, she was the head dancer at the powwow on her campus.
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Seven faculty and staff recognized for excellence
Seven UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff members were recognized for excellence during the university's academic year opening meeting Aug. 22.
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Summer program helps kids overcome math struggles
Math has never been at the top of Sophie Topper’s list of favorite things to do. Yet this summer the 9-year-old is eager to get to her math class every morning and she talks nonstop about what she learned all the way home. Why the sudden interest in story problems, math facts and fractions? The fourth-grader is one of a handful of youth participating in UW-Eau Claire’s summer math intervention program. The program pairs kids — typically elementary school students who need extra help with math — with school psychology graduate students to work on math skills.
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Q&A with psychology and religious studies alumnus Bryan Krause
Recent grad Bryan Krause is glad to be serving youth at Rawhide Boys Ranch. He credits his religious studies minor with broadening his viewpoint and increasing his compassion, and says his psychology major equipped him with the skills he needs to succeed in his current career.
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Life's challenges help new grad find career path
They say that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Cassondra (Cassi) Ott has made a lot of lemonade during her years as a Blugold. A psychology major who will earn her degree from UW-Eau Claire in May, Cassi has battled health issues and has suffered the loss of several loved ones during her time in school, and is choosing a career helping others with similar challenges.
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Persistence, patience help psychology student land dream internship
A strong interest in addiction research drove UW-Eau Claire junior, Meredith Watson, to land a prestigious paid internship at the University of Missouri’s Summer Alcohol Research School.
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McNair Program, research projects prepare Blugold for grad school
Megan Schilling, who will graduate in May with a degree in psychology, is looking forward to putting her research skills to use when she begins graduate school in the fall. She credits the McNair Program for making it possible for her.
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Undergraduate research earns top national honors
While Jenna Jandrt won’t begin her master’s program until the fall, already she is immersed in the research that she expects will shape her graduate studies and make the future career she envisions possible. UW-Eau Claire’s success in supporting highly effective undergraduate research programs that benefit students like Jandrt has earned the university top honors from the Council on Undergraduate Research. CUR named UW-Eau Claire the top master’s-level university in the country in providing excellent undergraduate research programs.
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Center for Academic Preparation to offer program for young children
The CAP program, for children ages 6 months to 6 years, aims to help with communication, cooperation and early academic skills.
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Psychology team presents findings in New Orleans
A student-faculty research team in the psychology department sent the 2015-16 year conducting research related to binge drinking, and presented their findings in New Orleans last June.
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Globally showcasing Blugold faculty research
Three UW-Eau Claire psychology faculty have traveled around the world in the past year to present research and engage in educational conferences from New Zealand to China.
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Sociology study of elderly Chinese health status
Dr. Jianjun Ji and 2016 psychology graduate Lauren Bollaert completed a study of the health status of over 1000 Chinese elderly individuals and presented their findings at a Denver conference in October.
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Research explores male-female friendships
A new study headed by Dr. April Bleske-Rechek, professor of psychology at UW-Eau Claire, finds that men are more likely to define a female friend as “a member of the opposite sex to whom I am attracted and would pursue given the opportunity.” Women, however, tend to define their opposite-sex friends as simply “a friend of the opposite sex.”
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Researchers work to reduce the risk of suicide among college students
What specific behaviors or psychological features exist or change over time that make some — but not all — of the young adults who self-injure move toward suicidal thoughts or behaviors? That’s the question a UW-Eau Claire associate professor of psychology and a student team hope to answer through a new three-year research project.
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A Blugold bond in the workplace
Six women who work at Water’s Edge Counseling and Healing Center in Burnsville, Minnesota, come from different backgrounds, but they share a common bond: They're all Blugold alumnae.
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Faculty members receive Friend of TRIO awards
This year, the McNair program began to formally recognize the program's most successful and involved mentors with awards to be presented at the annual TRIO Day each year. These new Friend of TRIO awards recognize the many contributions of McNair mentors. The 2016 award recipients are Dr. Jennifer Dahl, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Kevin Klatt, professor of psychology.