Service-Learning News
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UW-Eau Claire students giving back to hometowns during COVID-19
Since the COVID-19 moved classes online and sent many students home for the semester, Blugolds near and far are finding ways to give back to their hometowns during the pandemic.
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Blugold Helps Young Students Participate in Government
Jackson Lindquist, a senior at UWEC majoring in psychology with a certificate in legal studies, decided that to complete his service-learning he wanted to work with high schoolers in the YMCA’s Youth in Government program to inspire interest and passion f
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Blugold Guides Visually Impaired Runners and Skiers For Past Four Years
Wyatt Pajtash is a fourth year student majoring in geology and economics at UWEC from Drummond, Wisconsin and for his Service-Learning, he worked to guide visually impaired athletes from his high school in Cross-Country and skiing.
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Environmental and social justice focus of immersion in Guatemala
A group of Blugolds spent part of Winterim in Guatemala as part of an immersion program that focuses on social and environmental justice.
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Blugold with Passion for Service Becomes a Camp Counselor
Senior Alexa Shelton, a business administration major and economics minor——interested in working with nonprofits after graduation—decided to work with Camp O’Dayin to complete her service-learning.
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Service, immersions and internships add value to Blugold's college career
Lydia Ishmael has been creating art since she was a young girl. But it was a plethora of experiences she found as a Blugold on and off campus that helped the new grad see where her artistic talents and passions can take her.
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Blugold Gains More From Translation Experience
Cimiaskaite, a marketing analytics major and a Spanish minor, wanted to put her language skills to use and volunteered as a translator to help the Health Care Network provide care to Hispanic members of the Racine community.
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Blugold provides valuable research to Department of Natural Resources
“The wildlife around us and the natural resources we use are very important. It is dire that we continue to care for our wildlife and know that there is always more we can be learning about the animals, plants, and so on.”
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Blugold spreads Awareness for Veterans
For Payton Sullivan, a senior majoring in illustration, she knew that she wanted to turn her passion, art, into something that could benefit her community.
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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.