Photo caption: Students practice with assistive technology in a 400-level inclusive literacy methods class for elementary and middle education.
The hustle of campus in this final week of fall-semester courses is making everyone feel the crunch. We thought this was a perfect time to slow down for a minute and think back to the opening days of classes and beyond. You've all come a long way in 15 weeks, from those of you in your first-ever college classes to the seniors about to call it a wrap!
Here's a collection of photos that span a wide variety of departments, course types and campus locations. Maybe you know these faculty or classrooms, and maybe it gives you a better idea of what to expect in some spring-semester courses.
![large lecture hall chemistry class on first day of classes](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22075-20230906-Welcome-1021-homepage.jpg)
First day of class for Organic Chemistry I students with Dr. Tyler Doyon, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, in Centennial Hall.
![Information systems class in Scheider Hall](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22080-20230907-Welcome-1500-four-three.jpg)
The Cargill Collaboration Center in Schneider Hall makes a great classroom, like this information systems course taught by Dr. Anthony Keys, associate professor of business communication and information systems.
![an English class set up in a discussion square](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22071-20230906-Welcome-1542-homepage.jpg)
An intermediate poetry writing course, ENGL 310, with Dr. Dorothy Chan, associate professor of English.
![choir class enjoying an outdoor classes rehearsal session](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22065-20230921-Choir-Rehearsal-16-four-three.jpg)
Members of the UW-Eau Claire Women’s Concert Chorale rehearse outdoors near Schofield Hall on a warm September day.
![two students working with paper figures in a physics class](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22061-20230918-Physics-Survey-Astronomy-23-four-three.jpg)
Students in a physics survey class taught by Dr. Jess Vriesema, lecturer in physics and astronomy.
![students in a lecture class, female instructor at the front](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22070-20230906-Welcome-1106-homepage.jpg)
A business communication class, BCOM 306, with Blugold alumna Dr. Marcy Leasum Orwig, associate professor of business communication and information systems, in Schneider Hall.
![Roderick Jones teaching an education class](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22079-20231002-Rename-0010-2-four-three.jpg)
Dr. Roderick Jones teaches an upper-level special education and inclusive practices course, SEIP 439: Secondary Methods in Special Education, in Centennial Hall.
![full classroom of students all facing the front of the lecture hall](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22066-20231002-Special-Ed-Class-Peyton-47-homepage.jpg)
Scenes from a UEC 424: Inclusive Numeracy and Math class in Centennial Hall with Dr. David Peyton, assistant professor of special education and inclusive practices.
![mix of gender students in a lecture room](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22067-20231002-Special-Ed-Class-Powell-36-four-three.jpg)
Scenes from a SEIP 300: Inclusive Practices for Secondary Educators class with Dr. Karsten Powell, associate professor of special education and inclusive practices.
![art student painting at an easel](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22077-20231114-rename-0175-homepage.jpg)
A visual art student is deep in concentration on a November day when Chancellor Schmidt tours through Haas Fine Arts Center to catch up with the happenings in art & design.
![graphic design student in class at a Mac computer](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22078-20231114-rename-0644-four-three.jpg)
Sometimes art looks a lot like other disciplines, like this student at a computer in graphic design class with Steven Korinek, assistant professor of art & design.
![Students in acting class](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22063-20231009-Acting-Classroom-09-homepage.jpg)
Scenes from an Acting 1 class with acting instructor Elizabeth Tanner in a Pablo Center classroom.
![Theatre students doing some physical acting activity, one with hands above head and standing on one foot.](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22064-20231017-Theater-Class-04-homepage.jpg)
Students actively participate in a Theater 330 class with Arthur Grothe, associate professor of theatre arts, in a Pablo Center classroom.
![faculty member in suit coat and tie among seated students in a computer science class](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22062-20230919-Computer-Science-04-four-three.jpg)
A little one-on-one explanation for a student in a computer science course with Dr. Benjamin Fine, assistant professor of computer science.
![Students in a bright classroom seated at tables, instructor standing next to one group of 4.](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22074-20231201-0237-homepage.jpg)
Language classes are all about conversation, like this 300-level French class focused on pronunciation with Dr. Jessica Miller, professor of French.
![student director in a music class, laughing](https://publicwebuploads.uwec.edu/images/22068-20231117-Music-Class-Rehearsal-24-four-three.jpg)
Dr. Frank Ticheli was a visiting artist-in-residence this fall, working with music education Blugolds like this student conductor in the Haas Fine Arts Center.