Service-Learning News
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Blugold tackles food insecurity with local food bank
Kaitlin Mattis, a fourth year ceramics major with a Chinese certificate, is volunteering her time and talent with Feed My People Food Bank in Eau Claire to raise funds for individuals impacted by food insecurity.
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Blugold reaches out to young boy in community through Big Brothers Big Sisters
Blugold Malachi Dornfeld. Dornfeld, a sophomore environmental public health major at UW-Eau Claire, is completing his service-learning project at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Eau Claire.
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Service-Learning's Star-Studded Recognition Breakfast
Tuesday, April 23rd, 7 am, the Dakota Ballroom was dressed to the nines, and had highly anticipated the arrival of Service-Learning award, scholarship and fellowship recipients.
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Honors Health Equity - Creating Community Safe Spaces
Discover how Honors Students have made a tangible impact in the Eau Claire community. In partnering with the Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing and Grace Lutheran Church, students created a safe space for ex-incarcerated people to reintegrate with society.
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Blugolds to serve community on Global Youth Service Day
UW-Eau Claire students have the opportunity to serve the Eau Claire community on Global Youth Service Day, Saturday, April 13, assisting with projects helping various local organizations.
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Blugold distributes hot meals and winter care packages to homeless population
For her service-learning project, Jia has teamed up with the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation in Minnesota to distribute hot meals and winter care packages for the homeless population at the Simpson homeless shelter in Minneapolis.
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Blugold drafts $32,000 grant to restore Wisconsin wildlife
Armed with a love for her local nature and a sense of the pollutant danger currently facing a large majority of our wildlife, Kristina Olson teamed up with the Chetek Lakes Protection Association (CLPA) to fulfill her service-learning.
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UW-Eau Claire's 'Alternative Spring Break' will take Blugolds on a journey of service
Looking to fulfill your service-learning requirement [AND] get away from home for spring break? Look no further than UW-Eau Claire’s Alternative Spring Break, hosted through the office of Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (AIL).
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Blugold lends a helping paw through 'Teddy Bear Clinic'
On any given day, Blugolds can be seen lending a helping hand throughout the community. One Blugold, however, is adding her own twist to service by lending a helping paw.
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Blugold 'stretches creative wings' at Pablo Center
Determined to find a service-learning project she was passionate about, Gehl sat down with one of her professors in the art department to brainstorm some possible ideas. This, Gehl says, is when she formulated the idea of working with the Pablo Center.
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Blugold helps save lives in Mexico through service-learning
Ally Heidorn, a sophomore kinesiology major and Spanish minor at UW-Eau Claire, paired up with Niños de Mexico, a nonprofit that focuses on providing care for orphaned or abandoned children around the Mexico City area.
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Blugold tackles addiction issues through service-learning
Claire Guentner, a UW-Eau Claire psychology major, fulfilled her service-learning through Coulee Recovery Center. By serving as an intern, she was able to connect with and support recovering addicts in need of help.
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Blugold travels to Guatemala, builds appliances for families in need
Lindsey Drachenberg, a psychology major and family studies minor at UW-Eau Claire, spent a portion of her winter break in Guatemala, where she dedicated countless volunteer hours to help create a safer cooking environment for women.
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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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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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Service-Learning project helps Blugold decide on career path
In 2016 alone, 73 lives in Wisconsin were lost to domestic violence. Broken down, that’s an average of 6 deaths per week. These numbers are shocking, and the statistics only get worse when looked at globally.
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In commemoration of a life dedicated to service: UW-Eau Claire alumna Barbara Rolland
It is with great honor that the Center for Service-Learning commemorates the life of UW-Eau Claire alumna Barbara Rolland (1929-2018).
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Blugold shares passion for theater with elementary students
Kayla, a vocal performance and theatre major, has paired up with the campus theater for her service-learning project.
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Blugold sends school supplies to impoverished South African town
As the the end of summer quickly approaches, you will find most students pulling themselves from their sunny spot at the beach and rushing to department stores for back-to-school clothes and supplies. Most students in America, that is.
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Blugold joins fight against human trafficking
Human trafficking is a form of slavery used to illegally abduct human beings and transport them around the nation, sometimes even around the globe, and utilize them for forced labor or sexual exploitation
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Blugold rescues threatened wildlife in the Galapagos Islands
As final exams ended this spring semester, most students could be seen packing up their dorms, soaking up the sun, and heading home to reunite with family. One Blugold you won’t find taking part in end of the year festivities, however, is Joel Wilson.
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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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Blugold partners with Eye to Eye, mentors children with learning disabilities
In the United States alone, more than 2.4 million high school students suffer from learning disabilities. Only 68% of these students will graduate with a high school diploma. If this number surprises you, you aren’t alone.
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Blugold helps revitalize Eau Claire neighborhood in wake of controversial city ordinance
They say timing is everything; but, is it? Just ask UW-Eau Claire junior Brooke Stein, whose service project with the Randall Park neighborhood comes just in time for the widely debated public good ordinance.