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Special alumna to receive Blugold Spirit Award during Homecoming Week
On Oct. 6, UW-Eau Claire alumna Susan Tietz will receive a special award from the Alumni Association, the Blugold Spirit Award. Tietz is being recognized for her steadfast support for all things blue and gold since her graduation in 1971.
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Social work graduate pursues career helping Wisconsin youth
Ricardo "Ricky" Ruel has experienced some hardships in life, and by pursuing a career as a social worker in child welfare, Ruel intends to be the person who can help Wisconsin youth facing some of the same challenges he faced.
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Senior social work major hopes to help fellow veterans: Paige Kurtz
By summer 2022, Paige Kurtz will have completed her commitment to the U.S. Army National Guard with her social work degree in hand. After graduate school, she hopes to help promote a more mentally healthy military force as a counselor.
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Lifting up students and closing the gap: Upward Bound at UW-Eau Claire
When Melady Vue learned about the college preparation program Upward Bound, she had no way of knowing 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.
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National Student Exchange creates new learning opportunities for Blugolds
UW-Eau Claire senior Kenzie Beam was studying in Arizona when COVID-19 cut her National Student Exchange semester short. While disappointed, she enjoyed the experience so much that she's signed on for another NSE semester, this time on the East Coast.
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Pilot program aims to save students money by reducing textbook and materials costs
UW-Eau Claire is piloting a program that gives faculty the time, resources and support they need to redesign a course using open educational resources, which are teaching, learning and research materials that live in the public domain so they are free.
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Virtual Civil Rights Pilgrimage set for Jan. 11-15
Refusing to let another CRP trip go the way of 2020 cancellations, students have created an entirely online version of the pilgrimage, free to current Blugolds and affordable to alumni and community members.
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Federal child welfare grants assist future social workers at UW-Eau Claire
UW-Eau Claire students can receive a $9,000 grant for tuition and fees and a $1,800 stipend from a federal program intended to support training for future child welfare social workers.
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Grant helps UW-Eau Claire assist at-risk preschoolers
A grant from the United Way’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Community Fund will enable UW-Eau Claire’s Early Childhood Literacy Intervention Program to potentially double the number of children served from 350 to 700.
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Social work majors find new ways forward after COVID-19 ends internships
Savana Stuhl, a social work major in her last semester, had two internships cut short this spring because of COVID-19. While challenging, she says the experience will make her an even better social worker.
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Peer-to-peer outreach programs help Blugolds address mental health
UW-Eau Claire's SPARC program is a multifaceted initiative involving mental health outreach, programming, training, academics, research and policy/protocol development. Peer-to-peer education is a big part of the outreach.
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Recognizing student mentors: College of Education and Human Sciences honors partners
UW-Eau Claire’s College of Education and Human Sciences recently honored outstanding area educators and professionals who mentor education and human sciences students at the college’s annual awards reception April 18.
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Man on a mission
UW-Eau Claire is attracting more students from inner-city neighborhoods in Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Indianapolis thanks to Dennis Beale, a grad who uses his own life experiences to help convince them college is a path to a better life.
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Immersions, internships, student groups shape social work major's college career
Larrick Potvin, a social work major, embraced a wealth of opportunities at UW-Eau Claire. As a result, his college career included everything from international immersions to internships to service.
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International experience inspires Blugolds to make change in the world
Nineteen UW-Eau Claire students and two faculty members traveled to Senegal as part of an international immersion program focused on community-led development training.
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Experiences as Blugolds inspire grads to pursue careers in higher education
Four Blugold grads who were inspired to pursue careers in higher education because of outside-the-classroom experiences they had while students at UW-Eau Claire now are co-workers in the student affairs unit of a small college in Minnesota.