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Advocacy internship fund assisting Blugolds
UW-Eau Claire alumnus Shawn Pfaff has made a career of advocating for worthwhile causes, including rallying support for several building projects at the university.
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Global public health career: Alumni update with Jacob Schafer
We caught up recently with 2009 UW-Eau Claire biology graduate Jacob Schafer, whose 15-year career in public health has taken him across five continents and to a top leadership role in a key agency on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Chancellor James Schmidt recognized with Honorary Alumnus Award
As Chancellor James Schmidt prepares to leave UW-Eau Claire for the next chapter of his career, he will take with him a parting gift from the UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association.
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Eight to be honored with Alumni Association awards
Eight alumni and friends of the university will be honored with awards from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Alumni Association on Friday, May 16.
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Timing is everything: Q&A with UW-Eau Claire music alumnus Miles
For Plant, the music industry is a "glorious bedlam" of travel, long shows and tours, collaborations with industry greats and a lot of lucky timing to make his Broadway dreams come true.
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The view from the top: Music alumna Heidi Joosten returns
Joosten, a Blugold music composition graduate, is a highly celebrated director, composer, conductor and performer, currently touring the country with various Broadway projects.
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Seven to be honored with Alumni Association awards
Seven alumni and friends of the university will be honored with awards from the UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association on Friday, Dec. 20.
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Marketing alumna finds award-winning success in economic development
UW-Eau Claire marketing alumna Melissa Meschke has had a broad career in business, most recently finding award-winning success in economic development in St. Croix County.
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The Sonnentag earns gold-level green building rating
Prioritizing environmental sustainability in The Sonnentag complex has turned an emphasis on green into gold-level certification for the new University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire facility in the globally recognized LEED green building rating system.
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Sonnentags’ vision made new facility possible
John and Carolyn Sonnentag’s shared vision of an event center in Eau Claire is providing University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students with a world-class venue for athletics and the community with a facility that can attract national events to the Chippewa
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Sonnentag Grand Opening Week includes national acts, salute to first responders
A weeklong grand opening celebration is planned around the Sept. 12 ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Sonnentag, the $122 million facility that is the largest indoor event venue in northwest Wisconsin and home to University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugold a
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Blugolds assist effort to add 143-year-old bridge to historic register
An effort that started seven years ago in a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire history class culminated this spring when Eau Claire’s oldest railroad bridge was added to the State Register of Historic Places.
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UW-Eau Claire students, faculty collaborate with Wisconsin industry on defense contract
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.
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Geology grad pays it forward by ‘adopting’ Blugold field campers
Ric Kopp is thankful an Eau Claire business helped him attain his dream of a college degree, so today he is helping to defray field camp expenses so today’s Blugold geology majors have the same experiences he had without having to worry about finances.
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Blugold alumnus nominated for multiple Tony Awards in producing debut
Larry Lelli co-produced Broadway musicals “Water for Elephants” and “Gutenberg! The Musical!” three decades after helping with productions as an undergraduate at UW-Eau Claire.
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Commencement speakers urge graduates to work together toward success
Two Mayo Clinic physicians told University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduates on Saturday that their dreams can be realized if they embrace the transformative power of partnerships.