[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Erin Sherwood When Mindy Sackett was in college, she looked forward to being around students in a classroom setting as a high school biology teacher . Back then, Sackett never thought that she would be back in a dorm on a college campus. “Originally, I was going [...]

By Olivia McCarthy Not everybody gets the opportunity to come back to college. John Reichert, a University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire alum, got that chance by becoming a hall director. “I think for me it’s about building those meaningful relationships, knowing I could have an impact on somebody’s life,” he said.   Reichert graduated from UW-Eau [...]

 By Amy Bruzda On a weekend night it is common to be standing alone outside Towers Hall one minute and the next to be surrounded by college students running outside to catch the late night shuttle. “My monitoring and interest is that if you are going to go out that you do it safe and [...]

  By Matthew Rothschild Most fishermen have a specific type of fishing that they like to fish.  Jason Steers on the other hand has many preferences.   Steers likes to say his favorite memory is “Caught the largest fish he has ever had at his grandparent’s cottage.” Steers came to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Sten Ivan Presentations, a luncheon, paintings and a volleyball tournament were among many events that were held during the month of April at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. These events were held as a part of Hmong Heritage Month, an initiative to promote an appreciation for and education [...]

By Jake Ellinghuysen University of Wisconsin Eau Claire is having a whole week dedicated to earth day. It is no surprise the name of the week-long event is “Earth Week.” One of the events that is helping send the message of Earth day and what it stands for is a fashion show consisting of only [...]

By Martha Landry By the time Hurricane Katrina struck the City of New Orleans, Traci Birch had already fled. After living in the city for 15 years she knew better than to mess around with the storms of Louisiana. Birch is a coastal planner for New Orleans. Originally from Ohio, Birch recovered from the disaster that [...]

By Jackson Schmidtke Since 2000 Lisa Stone has been a Bulldog, Badger, and Billiken, but she insists that she will always be a Blugold. The coach who guided the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire womens basketball team to 159 wins, two Final Four appearances and one national championship game left the program in 2000, but has [...]

By Devon Lehr Although The Priory was not originally thought of as a place to house students, the Priory Development Committee decided to try housing college students next to the Children’s Nature Academy because of the unique setup the old monastery offers in an attempt to alleviate overcrowding in the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s primary [...]

By Natesa Nagalingam and Chi Ab Vang Eau Claire Transit recently acquired three new eco buses for the city. The idea started in 2008 and the funding came from the Recovery and Reinforcement Act. Mike Branco, Transit Manager, was previously located in Alaska and brought the idea that sparked during his career in Alaska to [...]