University Honors Program News
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Honors Student Highlight: Ian McCormack
Ian McCormack landed an awesome summer internship at Carnegie Mellon working with a team of PHD students and professors to utilize hundreds of traffic sensors found in urban areas to create a platform for people to easily develop smart city applications.
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Blugolds embrace new opportunities to grow their cultural competency
The Center for EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Training, Development and Education offers Blugolds programming options that aim to enhance their understanding of EDI, while helping them become more culturally responsible and knowledgeable.
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Prechel Honors Scholarship Awardee Morgan Mack
This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding University Honors student who has demonstrated both a passion for service and exceptional leadership. Morgan has exemplified these qualities through her dedicated work with the Honors Program.
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Jordan Munos receives Ron Mickel Senior Honors Scholarship
Jordan Munos, senior Biochemistry/Molecular Biology major and honors student, is the recipient of the Ronald Mickel Senior Honors Scholarship.
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Blugold fulfills football dreams by coaching Eau Claire-area youth teams
Terrell Kopping is still in college, but the UW-Eau Claire senior already is well on his way to making his football dreams come true. Starting quarterback for the Blugolds? Nope. Volunteer football coach for Chippewa Valley youth football programs.
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Honors Course Spotlight: Blugold Podcasting
Is podcasting the future of storytelling? Is podcasting the future of storytelling? Find out—and take a stab at podcasting yourself—in one of our fall honors colloquia, Podcasting as Civic Engagement. How will you find your voice?
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Senior Honors Student Staff will be Missed!
Congratulations to these senior Honors student staff graduates who have provided help and smiles for a combined 8 years! They will be missed around the Honors Commons but are also starting on an exciting journey.
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Skyler Hanson: Honors Student Highlight
Skyler Hanson started 2020 with eagerness and excitement for what was to come. She was entering her final undergraduate semester, taking classes she was interested in and passionate about while in line to graduate with Honors in spring.
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Faculty mentors help new grad succeed despite health challenges and pandemic
Amelia Montie credits a team of faculty mentors for helping her thrive at UW-Eau Claire, including during her final semester of college as she is managing a new diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes as well as a global pandemic that moved all classes online.
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Muggle Magic: Honors Course Highlight
I solemnly swear that this course is so good! Muggle Magic is designed and taught by author and poet Emily Anderson. The course was inspired by looking at generationally familiar stories like Harry Potter with fresh eyes.
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May 2020 University Honors Graduates
Celebrate the accomplishments of 82 talented and dedicated University Honors students, who represent a combined 166 majors, minors, and certificate programs.
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UW-Eau Claire public history team creating Chippewa Valley COVID-19 archive
Students in Dr. Cheryl Jiménez Frei’s public history class are helping to shape how future generations will understand COVID-19 and its impact on the region by capturing oral histories and artifacts from people in the Chippewa Valley.
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Dr. Heather Fielding named director of UW-Eau Claire University Honors Program
Dr. Heather Fielding, an experienced higher education honors administrator, has been named director of the University Honors Program at UW-Eau Claire.
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Honors Student Highlight: Trung Nguyen
The Honors Living Learning Community (LLC) in Bridgman Hall has thrived for nearly a decade, growing along with the Honors Program. No one knows it quite like Trung Nguyen. At the time of his graduation in December 2019 with degrees in both accounting a
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Honors Program December 2019 Graduates
The hard work and countless hours of studying has paid off for the 36 December Honors graduates.
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Honors Student Highlight: Thu McKenzie
Thu took an American Sign Language course and discovered that this is where her passion lies. She changed her path and became a biology major with a chemistry minor and certificate in ASL in order to combine her scientific skills with her passion.
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Spanish immersion class helps Blugolds build connections in western Wisconsin
Blugolds are connecting with native Spanish speakers through UW-Eau Claire’s “Community-Based Spanish” class. Students improve their language skills and grow their cultural competencies as they are immersed in places where native Spanish speakers gather.
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CV Peterson: Fantastical Mergings
“A singular focus is going extinct." As children of the digital age, students now are under more pressure than ever to be constantly adaptable and masters of all.
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May 2019: Record Number of University Honors Graduates
2018-19 will see the largest number of University Honors graduates in program history with 124, including the record-smashing 98 spring and summer graduates. Students from all four colleges and about 30 disciplines will be graduating this spring.
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University Honors Sophomore Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Congratulations to Tyler Gonzales, University Honors student and Mathematics major, recipient of 2019’s prestigious Goldwater Scholarship!
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27th annual student research celebration: CERCA 2019
UW-Eau Claire will host the 27th annual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity from April 29-May 3 in Davies Center. Hundreds of students will present their projects at various events throughout the week.
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Passion for science, languages shapes grad's Blugold experience
When Rachyl Hietpas came to UW-Eau Claire she brought with her a love of science and a curiosity about the world. Four years later, she’s graduating with degrees in biology and Spanish, and has an even greater passion for new cultures and languages.
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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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Honors Student Highlight: Nate Berg
Discover how Nate Berg is leading the charge towards integrating Information Systems in healthcare, and explore his exciting journey of high-impact Honors experiences and professional development.