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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
Pablo Foundation, UW-Eau Claire and its students, the city of Eau Claire and Xcel Energy are investing more than $12 million to reduce the carbon footprint in the Sonnentag Event Center and John and Carolyn Sonnentag Fieldhouse.
Three Blugolds credit a variety of high-impact experiences they had at UW-Eau Claire for helping them earn 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards. Two recent graduates also have been named English teaching assistantship alternates.
With its reputation for quality academics and a tennis team with a history of success, UW-Eau Claire has long attracted many top tennis players from the Midwest. Now the tennis program also is attracting a growing number of international students.
A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will allow UW-Eau Claire to offer a new 15-credit certificate that weaves together the humanities and health sciences, improving practices in health care and related fields.
Biochemistry/molecular biology major and student-athlete Carolyn Shult combines student employment and collaborative research with Mayo Clinic to become a strong future applicant to medical school.
Students from China enrolled in UW-Eau Claire’s dual-degree program had to make a decision in spring 2020 whether to continue their education in the U.S. or return to their homeland during the pandemic. Those who stayed are graduating in May.
UW-Eau Claire music and English faculty are working together to write the music and lyrics for a song inspired by COVID-19. The San Francisco Choral Society will premiere Chia-Yu Hsu and B.J. Hollars' piece, “To a Lost Year," during its spring concerts.
UW-Eau Claire marketing major Ethan Van Grunsven's love for his home state of Wisconsin inspired him to launch his own apparel business, the Sconny Co. Sconnyco apparel is a way for people to show their pride in and love for Wisconsin.
Senior Matt Dewitte has been honored by the American Association of Geographers, one of only three students in the country to earn top honors for combining geographic and computer science in research and outreach.
Freshwater Collaborative Wisconsin has issued the first round of state funding to all 13 Universities of Wisconsin schools, funds that give UWEC $133,000 to enhance water-related academic programs.
When UW-Eau Claire students return from immersion trips they bring all sorts of things home with them, be it a new appreciation for other cultures or keepsakes made by local artisans. You can now add stray dogs to the list.
The Mary L. Hilfiker Scholarship Fund is a permanently endowed scholarship for graduates of Rice Lake High School who have been accepted to and plan to attend UW-Eau Claire, including the Barron County campus.
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