1. Blugold brass: Honors graduate and marching band leader Jack Petrizzo

    Photo of Jack Petrizzo, UW-Eau Claire

    While exploring university options, Jack Petrizzo was searching for a home for the next chapter of his life. Originally from Grayslake, Illinois, he knew he wanted to stay in the Midwest. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, self-guided and virtual tours of potential campuses made it difficult to get the full picture. But at […]

  2. Maren Durand: Webs of research and exploration

    Photo of Maren Durand, who began her college journey at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with an open mind and a passion for interdisciplinary learning.

    Maren Durand began her college journey at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with an open mind and a passion for interdisciplinary learning. Through research collaborations in the Mark Stephen Cosby Honors College and Blugold Fellowship program, she developed a diverse skill set and a deep appreciation for human-centered inquiry, two pillars that continue to shape […]

  3. 30 years of UW-Eau Claire social work interns in South Africa

    Photo of UWEC internships in South Africa

    Many students at UW-Eau Claire cap off their senior year with an internship — paid or unpaid, full time or part time, required or elective. The options vary widely but always deliver unique learning and networking opportunities. Very few internships, however, offer an immersive international experience that fulfills a full-time supervised internship required for certain […]

  4. UW-Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley Technical College collaborate to remove barriers for transfer students

    Aerial photo of UW-Eau Claire

    Removing barriers and creating new pathways to empower students was the driving force behind six new articulation agreements the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire signed with Chippewa Valley Technical College this fall. Building on the longstanding collaboration between the two institutions, the new articulation agreements will help students more easily transfer credits earned at CVTC to […]

  5. UW-Eau Claire Small Business Development Center moves onto campus

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire Schneider Hall in summer

    The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has moved onto campus to make it easier for Blugold students and faculty to assist the center with starting and growing businesses. The SBDC moved June 5 from its former site at 221 W. Madison St. to Rooms 105 and 106C of Schneider […]

  6. UW-Eau Claire Workforce Innovation Grant reaches successful conclusion

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire nursing students

    In November 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire received a $9.4 million Workforce Innovation Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. As the grant comes to an end, Interim Chancellor Michael Carney thanks those involved for what he called the unbelievable accomplishments that were achieved. “Thank you for knocking it out of the park,” Carney […]

  7. Summer interns assess Red Cedar Basin health; gain valuable job skills

    Photo of Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin student researchers

    Cayanna Erickson says interning with the 2025 Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Group will give her a step up when she enters the job market. The UW-Stout undergraduate recently declared an Environmental Science major, and the summer internship gave her experience with hands-on field work. “My career goals involve water monitoring, specifically in the Eau Claire […]

  8. UW-Eau Claire student helps preserve supercomputing history

    Photo: Dylan Helwig, a senior history major at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, is researching the history of Cray Inc., a company credited with building the first true supercomputer in 1976. In this photo, wiring tools hang from the ceiling to prevent damage, a practice recommended by Cray employee Sonja Gardner and still used today. (Historic photo provided by the Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology)

    Inspiration comes in surprising places sometimes, and for Dylan Helwig, a senior history major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the inspiration to pursue a college degree as a 23-year-old came in part from his grandfather. Helwig, who went straight into the workforce and then the Army after high school, had a conversation with his […]

  9. Robotic dog fetches attention to new major at UW-Eau Claire

    Photo of robotic dog at UW-Eau Claire

    It’s not unusual to see people walking their dogs across the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. What is unusual is one dog that is walked not with a leash, but with a remote control. The “dog,” known by its manufactured name of “Unitree Go 2,” is part of a new program major in assistive systems and […]

  10. Grinding through data: Economics study of skateboarding spaces

    Photo of skateboarder

    Jennifer Shaw is a resident of the East Hill neighborhood in Eau Claire, across the street from the skateboard space within Boyd Park. Shaw says the addition of the skate park has improved the 100-year-old community park, despite what she has seen as somewhat of a historic community bias against skateboarding. “When I was young […]