Social Work News
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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.
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Blugolds learn to help children with trauma return to the classroom
Blugolds Nicole Fox and Emma Nickerson are pursuing different majors, but a UW-Eau Claire summer immersion program that took them to a children’s hospital in California helped them discover how closely their paths may interact in the future. Fox, Nickerson and eight other Blugolds were part of the Shriners Children’s Hospital-Northern California immersion program that gave the students hands-on experiences working with diverse youth who had a significant burn or orthopedic trauma.
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Immersion gives social work majors up-close look at future profession
Thanks to a summer immersion program, Emma McIlquham is more certain than ever that she wants to be a social worker so she can help children. The senior was among the eight UW-Eau Claire students considering careers in child welfare who got an up-close look earlier this summer at what it is like to work with high-risk children and their families. The Blugolds, along with Jamie Tester, field director and clinical instructor in UW-Eau Claire’s social work department, spent nearly two weeks in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, as part of a Child Advocacy Immersion program.
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UW-Eau Claire signs agreements for NTC, WITC social work transfers
Students holding an associate's degree in from two area technical colleges now have improved options for transferring to UW-Eau Claire and pursuing a bachelor's in social work, thanks to newly signed articulation agreements.
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Blugold family helps veteran make dream come true
Unlike most of the Blugolds who will graduate this month, no one expected Bronsen Smith to earn a bachelor’s degree. From being expelled from his high school to overcoming the death of his sister, the odds have been stacked against the Army veteran for a long time.
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Making Eau Claire a safer place for LGBTQ+ people
Community members will gather this month to celebrate a new Blugold-led initiative aimed at making Eau Claire a safer place for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking medical care. Safe Spaces Coalition of the Chippewa Valley will celebrate the first edition of its “Resource Guide to LGBTQ+ Friendly and Competent Service Providers” during an April 17 launch party. The event, open to all members of the community, will run from 6-8 p.m. in the Eau Claire Room of L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in downtown Eau Claire.
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Immersion fosters Blugold connections with Somali community
Growing up in a Twin Cities suburb, Connor Zielinski was aware that there was a large Somali community in Minneapolis, yet he knew little about the people who live there. As immigration and other issues touching on diverse populations, including his Somali neighbors, became part of the rhetoric in state and national elections last fall, Zielinski — a UW-Eau Claire freshman with an interest in politics — realized he didn’t understand enough about the issues or diverse cultures to join the conversation in a meaningful way. So he decided to do something about it.
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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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Social work students first to research impacts of personalized music on caregivers
Two UW-Eau Claire social work faculty and three undergraduate students have done new research into the impact on caregivers of the use of personalized music with individuals diagnosed with dementia.
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English & Women's studies project promotes LGBTQ+ friendly medical service providers
Alex DeLakis is helping make Eau Claire a safer place for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking medical care alongside fellow Blugolds Dr. Theresa Kemp, professor of women’s studies and English, and alumna Alison Harder, prevention specialist at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Eau Claire and director of Q2.
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Grad continues her family’s Blugold legacy
When Nicole Egan walked across the stage in Zorn Arena during commencement, she became the third generation of Egans to earn their degrees from UW-Eau Claire.
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UW-Eau Claire in a class by itself when it comes to undergraduate research opportunities
The Collegiate Bridge Research Experience targets an underserved and underrepresented population of students in their freshman year and provides them with a high-impact practice that is normally reserved for upperclassmen and high-performing students.
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Exploring diversity of people, cultures in Louisiana
As a criminal justice major with an interest in equity, diversity and inclusivity issues, Taylor Gosz knows certain people are marginalized within the criminal justice system. An immersion trip to Louisiana gave her an up-close look at some of the conditions she’s only read about.
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Students present at national research conference
Forty students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire attended the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 7-9 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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Chippewa Valley partnership expands reach in providing holistic patient care
A unique partnership between UW-Eau Claire, Marshfield Clinic, and Family Health Center of Marshfield Inc. is expanding to reach more medical patients in need of area resources to meet their underlying social needs.
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Social work majors work to raise awareness about human trafficking
Nikki Hanto and Brie Sweeney have been active student leaders of the Human Trafficking Abolitionists student organization. As the social work majors prepare to graduate, they’re looking for jobs that will allow them to continue to support survivors.
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mental health advocate AND military cadet
As a Blugold, Monica Weltzien is building her future as a mental health advocate AND a military cadet … and that’s pretty powerful!
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Pine Ridge Immersion trip takes Blugolds inside Lakota culture and history
As part of the Domestic Cultural Immersion Grant Program, Heather Moody, assistant professor of American Indian Studies, takes students each summer to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota — and sees profound results.