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Inaugural awards given to high-achieving first-year Blugolds
A newly established scholarship at UW-Eau Claire, the Chancellor's Spotlight Award, recognizes first-year students who faculty nominate for having found impressive success in their first semester of college, despite obstacles or challenges in school or li
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First cohort of Blugold Biomedical Innovator Scholars set to graduate
The spring 2024 commencement also marks the graduation of the first Blugold Biomedical Innovator Scholars cohort. Nine students who began medical science research in 2020 are off next to work in industry, attend medical school or seek Ph.D.s.
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Next step grad school, again as a Blugold, for CSD major Kyra Saylor
Kyra Saylor is looking forward to graduation, heading home for the summer, coaching softball and taking a break from school. But not for too long. She will resume her Blugold studies in the master's degree program for speech-language pathology this fall.
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UW-Eau Claire expands speech therapy and audiology service options for community
The campus-based Center for Communication Disorders is expanding its speech-language health care service options to respond to community needs after the announcement that multiple clinics and hospitals are closing in the Chippewa Valley.
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Virtual technology allows Blugolds to use digital cadavers in anatomy courses
The College of Education and Human Sciences purchased two life-size 3D tables that are being used by undergraduate and graduate students in the departments of kinesiology and communication sciences and disorders.
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Graduate feature: Annie Fochs
By making a last-minute change to her final semester, Annie Fochs of Mosinee will graduate with an additional certificate to enhance her communication sciences and disorders degree and set her up for graduate school admissions and career success.
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UW-Eau Claire grant expands access to services for people with traumatic brain injuries
UW-Eau Claire will administer a $600,000 federal grant to strengthen advocacy efforts for individuals with brain injuries, including increasing access to information, referrals and resources.
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Blugold volleyball helps CSD graduate student stay calm during academic, clinical experiences
Collegiate athletics helped introduce Arianna Barrett to her academic program and her future career as a speech therapist.
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Couple establishes new research grant to improve lives of people with primary progressive aphasia
A retired UW-Eau Claire nursing professor and her husband are funding a new grant to support research they hope will improve the lives of people diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and advance the understanding of the disease.
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Building her career plans around empathy and cultural awareness: Samantha Ruppert ’22
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.
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UW-Eau Claire’s sustainable printing conversion nearly complete
By the start of the spring 2023 semester, UW-Eau Claire will have fully converted all campus print, copy and fax devices to the sustainable FollowMe mobile print system, reducing the total number of devices from 1016 to 154 across campus.
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Blugold from Alaska finds adventure and knowledge studying abroad in Prague
When Kylie Judd decided to study abroad in Prague, the UW-Eau Claire senior was determined to embrace every opportunity to learn about the culture and history of the Czech Republic. So, Judd said yes to a 35-mile nighttime hike to a holy site.
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Blugold alumni help patients find their voice through speech-language pathology
Three graduates, who started at larger universities before transferring to UW-Eau Claire, now work at Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield helping to rehabilitate patients with speech and language difficulties.
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University gardening program helps community members build speech and language skills
A community gardening project is helping UW-Eau Claire communication sciences and disorders students gain skills while also helping meet the speech and language needs of community members.
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Honors Student Highlight: Thu McKenzie
Thu took an American Sign Language course and discovered that this is where her passion lies. She changed her path and became a biology major with a chemistry minor and certificate in ASL in order to combine her scientific skills with her passion.