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UW-Eau Claire to offer new master of public health online degree program beginning in fall 2024
UW-Eau Claire will offer a new online master of public health degree program beginning in fall 2024. The UW System Board of Regents approved the online graduate program during its June 9 meeting.
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Nursing program and outside-the-classroom experiences prepare new grad for career in health care
UW-Eau Claire has prepared Leah Bettcher well for a career in health care thanks to its excellent nursing program, connections to nearby hospitals and countless opportunities to build her leadership and other soft skills.
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Experiences in and outside the classroom prepare nursing grad for future success in health care
May nursing graduate Brooke Anderson will begin her career as a nurse but hopes to eventually pursue other opportunities within health care. She says her nursing degree will be an exceptional foundation for a variety of potential future careers.
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New Student Sustainability Resource Center opens its doors
April 22 marked the official opening of the new Student Sustainability Resource Center, a space dedicated to supporting a wide variety of student activities in the realm of sustainability at UW-Eau Claire.
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UW-Eau Claire receives $133,000 from Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin to train next generation of water scientists
Freshwater Collaborative Wisconsin has issued the first round of state funding to all 13 schools in the UW System, funds that give UWEC $133,000 to enhance water-related academic programs.
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Creating her own sustainability studies degree plan: Lauren Gaffron
When Lauren Gaffron didn't see a sustainability degree plan to suit her interests at UW-Eau Claire, she created her own through the liberal studies program.
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2021-2022 ORSP Scholarship Winners Press Release
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the 2021-2022 student research award recipients three different research scholarships.
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Honors Course Highlight: Food Justice With Dr. Rockler
Helping students get a better understanding of the footprint, or rather "foodprint," they leave on this world with the food choices they make.
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UW Alum receives award for frontline work on COVID 19
A Blugold is being celebrated for her work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ENPH Students Visit Wastewater Treatment Plant
Environmental Public Health (ENPH) 441 students gather around the Eau Claire wastewater treatment plant’s aeration basins.
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ENPH Students Make Safe Sushi
Environmental Public Health students created a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for safely preparing sushi in their Microbial Safety of Food course this spring.
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ENPH Students Visit Silver Springs Foods
Environmental Public Health students visited the largest horseradish manufacturing plant in the U.S., Silver Spring Foods, this spring on a class field trip.
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Students featured in the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newsletter
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire ENPH student Tori Vouk and alumna Olivia Feider were featured in the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene's spring 2019 newsletter.
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ENPH Students visit Castle Rock Dairy
The ENPH Microbial Safety of Food class visited Castle Rock Organic Dairy this spring to learn how cheese curds, milk and ice cream are processed and manufactured safely at the wholesale level.
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Blugold Women's Softball Honors UW - Eau Claire Faculty
Environmental Public Health faculty member Dr. Crispin Pierce was one of several UW Eau Claire faculty members who who were honored by members of the Blugold Women’s Softball team.
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Honors Colloquia Spotlight: Taking the Measure of Sustainability
Take a peek at Honors 398: Taking the Measure of Sustainability, where current Honors students are joining a campus-wide effort to usher UW-Eau Claire to carbon neutrality by 2050.