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Blugold Stories & University Updates
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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Zach Zilm Jr., a 2019 business management graduate, was a quarterback for the Blugolds and is now a personnel assistant for the Las Vegas Raiders of the NFL.
Interim Chancellor Michael Carney recognized seven faculty and staff members for excellence at UW-Eau Claire鈥檚 Blugold Breakfast and academic year opening on Aug. 19.
The award from the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. recognizes the positive economic impact that The Sonnentag and other related projects have brought to the Eau Claire community.
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Over the course of a nursing education interrupted by a global pandemic, graduating senior Nicole Wolfe is grateful for the educational opportunities presented to nursing students by COVID-19 and for the unique ways Honors courses enhanced her degree.
Several UW-Eau Claire geography faculty, alumni and eventually current students will study the glacial geologic history of the Lake Superior Basin, work funded by a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Julieta Murillo knew that her future career would involve helping youth and their families, but the Blugold didn鈥檛 expect to make an impact on people鈥檚 lives before she even graduated from college. However, that's what she's doing through her research.
Social work major Finn Hinnefeld is a shining example of the power of perseverance. After taking a needed break from school to address their mental health, Hinnefeld is now set to launch a career in social work.
The Blugolds defeated Marquette University 78-0 in the championship match after beating Roger Williams University in Rhode Island 44-0 in the semifinals.
Hallie Oberg feels she was 鈥渂lessed with the opportunity鈥 to be a student-athlete at UW-Eau Claire. As she prepares to graduate, her coach says Oberg has helped make the university "a better place and stronger institution than when she arrived."
When Maisee Yang graduates from UW-Eau Claire, she will take with her a long list of goals that she hopes to accomplish during her future teaching career. An elementary education major with a TESOL minor, she wants to teach close to home but also abroad.
Fall Creek native and December graduate Samantha Ruppert hopes to build a practice in speech pathology rooted in cultural competency and basic empathy, tools she developed as a highly engaged Blugold.
UW-Eau Claire鈥檚 sustainable food container system, BluBox, reaches its one-year anniversary after keeping over 42 tons of waste out of the landfill.
Maura Laesser saw the passion of special education instructors while she was a classroom assistant as a high school student, and the UW-Eau Claire senior has developed a similar devotion to the profession as she prepares to graduate.
Thanks to the connections he鈥檚 made and the opportunities he鈥檚 found at UW-Eau Claire, Wyatt Anklam knows he鈥檚 prepared to make the most of his future career and life. Anklam is graduating this month with accounting and business finance degrees.
When Leandra O鈥機onnell came to UW-Eau Claire, she brought with her a passion for and curiosity about the world around her. As she graduates with a degree in ecology and environmental biology, she鈥檚 even more determined to protect the natural world.
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