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As we welcome UW-Eau Claire's Class of 2026 and all other students for the fall semester, there is excitement, anticipation and energy on campus! Take a few minutes to enjoy photos from the past few weeks and reminisce about your time as a new Blugold. A fun fact: 575 incoming freshmen received UW-Eau Claire Foundation scholarships for their first year! (Class photo by Shane Opatz.) See more on Facebook.
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U.S. News & World Report: UW-Eau Claire is top public regional university in Wisconsin
UW-Eau Claire was ranked first among public regional universities in Wisconsin, seventh among public schools in the Midwest and in the top two of public regional universities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The university also received high marks from Forbes and Campus Pride.
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Take home a piece of Blugold history: Pick up your brick!
Say goodbye to Putnam and Katharine Thomas halls, and pick up your brick from 2-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Flesch Family Welcome Center, 127 Roosevelt Ave. Email alumni@uwec.edu to reserve your piece of Blugold history. Lower campus looks a little different each day. Follow the construction of the new Science and Health Sciences Building over the next few years via livestream.
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Join us for Homecoming weekend!
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Homecoming weekend is Oct. 7-8. Events will include a parade along First Avenue, Blugold pregame fest, Blugold football vs. UW-Whitewater at Carson Park and more! Register in advance for a chance to win Blugold swag! Questions? Email alumni@uwec.edu. Learn more about alumni and student-focused events.
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Featured events
Golden Blugolds 50-Year Reunion
Oct. 7 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
"Golden Blugolds," graduates from 1972 and earlier, are invited to a social, luncheon and "50 Years of Music" presentation to celebrate their long tenure as UW-Eau Claire alumni. Register by Sept. 30.
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Campus Ambassador Alumni Reunion
Oct. 7 | 5-7 p.m.
Alumni from the 37-year history of the university's tour guide organization are invited to mingle over refreshments and put their years-old tour knowledge to the test with "then and now" trivia. Register here.
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Blugolds who serve on the Foundation and Alumni boards (and friends) were hosted in the Xcel Energy box for the Sept. 13 Minnesota Twins game against the Kansas City Royals. (The Twins won 6-3!) Pictured, from left, are Chops Hancock, Chancellor Jim Schmidt, Mike Guest, Scott Gunderson '01, Mark Stoering of Xcel Energy, Brady Foust, Brian Elwood '95, Tim Phillips, Gary Berg '70, Nancy Phillips '70, Jerry Zell '87 and Julia Diggins '03.
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Jacob Bauer '18
Bauer, a business finance graduate, has been promoted to relationship manager for Security Financial Bank in Bloomer. Read more.
Tracy Garder '02
Garder, a comparative studies in religion graduate, received the Legion of Merit last month at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Garder, the last Women’s Army Corps soldier on active duty, began her career in the Women's Army Corps in 1978 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, one year before it was integrated into the U.S. Army. Read more.
Lynette Livingston '93
Livingston, a business education graduate, has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Read more.
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Robert Mathers '85
Mathers, a management information systems graduate, has joined the business law and tax law practice groups of Quarles & Brady LLP in Milwaukee. Read more.
Julia Potter '10
Potter, a geology graduate, is the new co-director of the Geotechnical Center of Excellence at the University of Arizona. Read more.
Kala Rehberger '22
Lexi Kane '21
Rehberger, an art and psychology graduate, and Kane, an art and Spanish graduate, founded the Eau Claire Makers Market in early 2022. Read more.
Ta'Leah Van Sistine '22
Van Sistine, an English and journalism graduate, had her article "A new campus offering: Climate anxiety therapy" published in the Sept. 12 edition of The Washington Post. Read more.
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Stay in touch!
Share your recent education, professional and life milestones with us in a class note. Submitted news is shared on the alumni website.
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Once a Blugold, always a Blugold.
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