Jake Wrasse, M.A.

Jake Wrasse joined UW-Eau Claire in 2018 on a two-year project appointment as a government and community relations specialist. He was hired by a search and screen committee, which included community representation, for the permanent legislative and community relations liaison appointment in June of 2020. 

Wrasse serves as the university’s state agency liaison, who represents UWEC and UWEC-BC in the state capitol, and he assists in developing and executing university relations campaigns. Key campaigns have related to replacing Phillips Hall with a new Science and Health Sciences Building, raising public awareness of The Sonnentag Center public-private partnership, and promoting COVID-19 public health efforts on campus and throughout the Chippewa Valley.

A 2016 UWEC graduate, Wrasse competed for the Blugold forensics speech team and was elected to the Student Senate, where he held roles including senator, intergovernmental affairs director, vice president, and student body president. He was appointed to the Curriculum Rapid Action Task Force formed in response to 2015 state budget cuts around the same time he led student advocacy efforts that secured state funding and passed referenda for “The Confluence Project,” the public-private partnership that led to the construction of Pablo Center at the Confluence.