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Blugolds chase excellence every day. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni form a community of curious minds, change-seeking adventurers, competitive athletes, dedicated leaders, thoughtful citizens, and ambitious go-getters.
Explore our stories to learn how Blugolds are chasing excellence today.
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Blugold Stories & University Updates
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Blugolds chase excellence every day. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni form a community of curious minds, change-seeking adventurers, competitive athletes, dedicated leaders, thoughtful citizens, and ambitious go-getters.
Explore our stories to learn how Blugolds are chasing excellence today.
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Sonnentag Grand Opening Week includes national acts, salute to first responders
The two-year, $231,709 government subcontract received by Dr. Deidra Gerlach, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the first of its kind for UW-Eau Claire and is laying the groundwork for more industry contractual projects in the future.
Blugolds assist effort to add 143-year-old bridge to historic register
UW-Eau Claire graduate Emma Mabie is spending her summer working as an intern at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. She was selected for the prestigious internship from nearly 1,500 applicants, and is one of two interns working in Museum Collections.
Twelve students were part of the Cultural Preservation through Tourism in Hawaii immersion program. Along with UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff, they examined Hawaiian tourism and its effect on the island and its inhabitants.
Student leaders from UW-Eau Claire joined advocates from around the country in Washington, D.C., this summer to lobby for legislation regarding students in higher education with learning disabilities.
In the list of Best Value Colleges, UW-Eau Claire is one of five schools in Wisconsin to make the list and is ranked 89th in the nation, according to a list compiled by finance technology company SmartAsset and published in University Business magazine.
Jenni Cragun was so adept at balancing school, work and family life that she was named the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium’s 2022 Outstanding Graduate.
Visitors to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls can learn about the history of the city and park thanks to an exhibit in the park’s Welcome Center that was created by a UW-Eau Claire public history class. The exhibit opened earlier this summer to rave reviews.
UW-Eau Claire Claire’s Student Health Service and Mayo Clinic Health System are working together on a first-of-its-kind study to ensure that penicillin allergy labels in students’ medical records are current and accurate.
UW-Eau Claire graduate Allen Perkins spent an interesting California-based career designing and building award-winning sound systems for high-end music tech listeners, "audiophiles,” as he calls them. Now he’s back in Eau Claire and enjoying the return.
The UW-Eau Claire chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars is one of 10 university chapters to be named a platinum chapter winner.
Chancellor James Schmidt doesn’t wear a cape, but he’s still a hero to one UW-Eau Claire student. Katie Murphy misplaced her credit card while studying in Italy this summer. The chancellor delivered a new card to her when touring her campus in Italy.
Matthew Beasley is grateful for the assistance he received as a UW-Eau Claire undergraduate and wants to give back to the university.
This spring, UW-Eau Claire Spanish students and faculty hosted the first campus-community Spanish Literacy Event for families with children in the Eau Claire Area School District’s dual immersion program and local families who are native Spanish speakers.
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