UW-Eau Claire

  1. UW MBA Consortium among top online programs in the nation

    March 11, 2025

    The University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, managed by UW-Eau Claire, has been ranked among the top 20 online MBA programs in the nation for more than a decade, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online MBA Programs rankings. The UW MBA Consortium, consisting of UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, and UW Oshkosh, is the […]

  2. Food recovery program repackages leftovers for hungry students

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    February 13, 2025

      A food recovery program that repackages leftover food from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire dining services is expanding in spring semester to help feed more students. The program, piloted in fall 2024, provides repackaged meals to Campus Harvest Food Pantry, where they are frozen and available for free to students. The program is a collaborative […]

  3. UW-Eau Claire marketing alumna finds award-winning success in economic development

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire alumna Melissa Meschke

    February 7, 2025

    When Melissa Meschke graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a degree in marketing in 2012, she was excited to explore the broad spectrum of career paths that her education offered her. And explore she did, across a wide range of industries and business types. It was not until 2017, with a move back […]

  4. UW-River Falls, others partner to receive National Science Foundation grant to boost regional economy

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    January 28, 2025

    Three-year, $550,786 grant will be used to bolster computer science education, boost region’s economy High school students in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota will learn the latest advancements in computer science, thanks to a $550,786 National Science Foundation grant received by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and two partner universities. UWRF partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Eau […]

  5. UW-Eau Claire grad Kaitlyn Riehle is ready for business

    Photo of Kaitlyn Riehle, a recent marketing graduate from Athens, Wis., who decided that making a big impact could start long before graduation. As a student consultant in UW-Eau Claire’s Small Business Development Center, Riehle has been working on behalf of area small business for the last year. (Photo credit: UW-Eau Claire)

    January 15, 2025

    As graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire know, the desire to get out into the world and start making a positive impact is fierce, and alumni prove every day that change is theirs for the making — locally, nationally and globally. Kaitlyn Riehle is a recent marketing major graduate from Athens, Wis., who decided […]

  6. Blugold grows from high school dropout to college graduate

    Photo of Coey: On Dec. 21, Coey was among the first graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s new professional studies major that started this fall. The major promotes bachelor’s degree completion for students who have either earned an associate degree or have significant college credits. (Photo credit: UW-Eau Claire)

    January 7, 2025

    Jeremiah Coey admittedly was a challenging student who dropped out of high school after being told by teachers and family that college was not a viable option for him. “Everyone knew I was smart and told me I had all this potential, but all I was doing was wasting it,” Coey recalls. “I actually loved […]

  7. New UWEC center aims to assist industry, organizations

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    December 27, 2024

    A new regional resource center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the front door for industry and community organizations to access university expertise for solutions to their challenges and problems. The Office of Corporate and Community Partnerships (OCCP) was created with the help of a $400,000, three-year National Science Foundation grant, and is the primary entry […]

  8. UW-Eau Claire nursing student advocates for rural healthcare solutions during Washington, D.C., internship

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    December 11, 2024

    This past summer, Nic Burgdorf, a nursing student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, found himself immersed in the heart of healthcare policy advocacy in Washington, D.C. As a government affairs and policy intern at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Burgdorf, a UW-Eau Claire senior from New Berlin, worked on high-impact projects aimed […]

  9. Blugolds prepare to be long-term healthcare leaders

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire Senior healthcare administration major Kami Krumenauer of Eau Claire

    November 27, 2024

    “We know that leadership matters,” says Dr. Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, health care administration (HCAD) program director at UW-Eau Claire. “The person at the top oversees everything, makes sure that rules are being followed. They’re driving the culture; they are setting the tone for what are going to be the core values of this organization. “When you […]

  10. Blugold artists celebrate Chippewa River aquatic life in new public mosaic installation

    A six-panel, stained-glass mosaic enclosure was designed by UW-Eau Claire Jyl Kelley, professor of art, and fabricated by art students Theron Christiansen, Erin Phelps and Anmarie “Rie” Roos.

    October 29, 2024

    The historic Water Street portion of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus near the Haas Fine Arts Center has a new public art installation that beautifies a bus stop while educating riders and passersby about the subaquatic life of the nearby Chippewa River. The six-panel, stained-glass mosaic enclosure was designed by Jyl Kelley, professor of […]

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