The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (also known as UW–Eau Claire, UWEC or simply Eau Claire) is a public liberal arts

Liberal arts

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 university located in Eau Claire

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System

University of Wisconsin System

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 and has an annual enrollment of more than 10,000 students. The university, which offers bachelor's

Bachelor's degree

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 and master's

Master's degree

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 degrees along with other educational certificates, is categorized as a postbaccalaureate comprehensive institution in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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. The school is consistently ranked as a "tier 1" best Midwestern

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 university by U.S. News and World Report. Additionally, the university has received high marks from the Princeton Review, Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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 magazine, Money Magazine

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, USA Today

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, and other leading publications.

Due to its location on an "especially attractive portion" of the Chippewa River

Chippewa River (Wisconsin)

The Chippewa River in Wisconsin flows approximately 183 miles through west-central and northwestern Wisconsin. It was once navigable for approximately 50 miles of its length, from the Mississippi River, by Durand, northeast to Eau Claire. Its catchment defines a portion of the northern boundary...

 in the Chippewa Valley

Chippewa Valley

The Chippewa Valley was first inhabited by the Ojibwe Indians and settled by German and Scandinavian immigrants. The region also has a large Hmong community...

, it is often referred to as "Wisconsin's most beautiful campus". The campus consists of 28 major buildings spanning 333 acres (135 ha). An additional 168 acres (68 ha) of forested land owned by Eau Claire is used for environmental research.

The university is affiliated with the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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's Division III sports program as well as the WIAC

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Intercollegiate Conference. The university currently has no mascot, though its students, staff, and faculty are referred to as "Blugolds."

Eau Claire is the alma mater

Alma mater

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 of several notable scientists, academics, artists, politicians and business leaders. Notable alumni include T. Keith Glennan

T. Keith Glennan

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, the first adminstrator of NASA

NASA

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; Mark Andrew Green, a congressman and ambassador known for his work with malaria

Malaria

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; climate scientist Pamela Matson

Pamela Matson

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, winner of the MacArthur Fellowship; billionaire entrepreneur John Menard; actress Laila Robins

Laila Robins

-Personal life:Robins was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Latvian American parents Brigita and Janis Robins, who was a research chemist. She attended the Yale School of Drama, and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, . Robins has been in a...

; chemist Richard Saykally; Justin Vernon, lead singer of Bon Iver

Bon Iver

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; and poet and literary critic Elizabeth Willis

Elizabeth Willis

Elizabeth Willis is an American poet, literary critic and professor of literature and creative writing at Wesleyan University. Her most notable work includes four major books of poetry and a scholarly collection of essays on Lorine Niedecker which she edited...

.

History

The University was founded in 1916 as the Eau Claire State Normal School

Normal school

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, offering one-, two- and three-year teachers' courses and a principals' course.

In 1927, the name of the school was changed to the Eau Claire State Teachers College and the school began offering a bachelor's degree program. The campus was also altered to accommodate a 300-man detachment

Detachment (military)

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 from the Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps

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.

In 1951, the Wisconsin Board of Regents

Board of Regents

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 of the University of Wisconsin System

University of Wisconsin System

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 authorized the school to offer bachelor of arts and science degrees in liberal arts

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; subsequently, the name of the school was changed to the Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire.

In 1964 the Board of Regents gave university standing to the state colleges, and the institution at Eau Claire was renamed Wisconsin State University – Eau Claire.

Finally, in 1971 the name of the institution was changed to the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire following the merger of the Wisconsin State University System and the University of Wisconsin System.

Presidents and chancellors

Since its founding in 1916, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has had three presidents and five chancellors. One president, Leonard Haas, took an interim assignment with the UW System and returned as chancellor.

• Harvey Schofield, President 1916–1940
• William R. Davies
  W. R. Davies
  William Robert Davies was a Wisconsin educator who was named the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College in December 1940...
  
  , President 1941–1959
• Leonard Haas, President 1959–1971, Chancellor 1973–1980
• M. Emily Hannah, Chancellor 1981–1984
• Larry G. Schnack, Chancellor 1985–1997
• Donald J. Mash, Chancellor 1998–2005
• Brian Levin-Stankevich, Chancellor 2006–present

Park School

In its former role as a college primary for student-teachers, there was an Eau Claire School District building operated on-site, for both teaching elementary school children and for allowing new teachers to see how classes were taught without interfering with the daily operation and goings-on of the classrooms.

The building has an unusual two story design with a hidden third story balcony area, looking down into about eight of the upper story classrooms. This allowed college professors and students to observe the operation of the classrooms from above, with one-way mirrored glass preventing elementary students from seeing their audience.

However due to the changing educational focus of the university, this method of teaching new teachers fell out of use and the Park Elementary School was closed. Most of the building was repurposed for general university classroom use, with about a third of the space dedicated to a child daycare center. The building is scheduled for demolition in approximately 2014, to be replaced with a new building more in line with the university's current needs.

Academics

The university is divided into four main colleges: The College of Business, The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Education and Human Sciences, and The College of Nursing. Although Eau Claire is primarily an undergraduate institution, the university does offer select advanced degrees. Eau Claire graduate students can receive an MBA, an MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders, an MSE in Education or Special Education, an MA in English or History, an ME in Professional Development, an Ed.S. in School Psychology, an MST in Teaching Elementary Education or in Teaching English, an MAT in Teaching History, and an MS in teaching reading.

Rankings and other accolades

• UW-Eau Claire is ranked as the 5th best public master's university in the Midwest and is ranked as the 24th best school out of 146 public and private colleges according to U.S. News and World Report. The university is categorized as a tier 1 institution.
• UW–Eau Claire has been named a "Best Value College" and a "Best Midwestern College" by the Princeton Review.
• Comparing measures of quality against cost, UW–Eau Claire ranks as the 65th best value in American public higher education, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
• U.S. News and World Report has named UW-Eau Claire the fourth best school in the Midwest in terms of undergraduate teaching.
• UW-Eau Claire is one of four undergraduate institutions in the United States to have four or more dreyfus teacher scholars
  The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation is a New York City-based foundation founded in 1946 by chemist and investor Camille Dreyfus in honour of his brother, Henry Dreyfus...
  
   on the faculty.
• UW–Eau Claire was among the 141 public and private colleges, universities and professional schools named in the first President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for General Community Service.
• UW-Eau Claire sends more students abroad that any other master's level institution in Wisconsin, and it ranks 14th nationally among all master's schools in the number of students who study abroad.
• The university has been named as one of the 311 most environmentally friendly campuses in the United States by the Princeton Review.

Campus facts

Based on 2009 Statistics

• Location: Eau Claire, Wis.;
• city pop. 65,000+, metro. pop. 151,000
• Campus: 28 major buildings, 333 acres (135 ha)
• Walk across campus: 10 minutes
• Faculty and academic staff: 740
• Men-to-women ratio: 7-to-10
• ACT middle 50 percent: 23–27 (25 percent score higher than 27, 25 percent score lower than 23)
• Average high school rank
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  : 78%
• Faculty-student ratio: 1-to-21
• Full-time faculty with Ph.D.
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  s or terminal degree
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  s: 82%
• Average class size: 28
• Computer-to-student ratio: 1-to-10
• Student organizations: More than 220
• Nickname: Blugolds
• Colors: Navy and old gold
• Motto: Excellence. Our measure, our motto, our goal.
• Seal: Council oak tree
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Accreditation

UW–Eau Claire has been accredited

Educational accreditation

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 by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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 since 1950. Various agencies also fully accredit specific programs, and UW–Eau Claire is affiliated with a number of organizations.

Notable programs

Several programs at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have been recognized for their excellence. The history department at UW–Eau Claire received the UW System Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Academic Departments and Programs in recognition of its exceptional commitment to teaching and learning. Additionally, UW–Eau Claire is a leader in the number of chemistry

Chemistry

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 graduates earning Ph.D's. It ranks in the top 2 percent nationally. It also has a 100 percent placement in employment or continuing education. UW–Eau Claire's music and theater arts program has also received much attention. Jazz Ensemble I is a six-time winner of the Down Beat

Down Beat

Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...

 magazine's "Best College Big Band" award, and has been nominated for a Grammy twice. The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

 has called the jazz program one of the most "well regarded in the country." UW–Eau Claire's forensics program is also widely recognized. It has won the state tournament for 15 consecutive years. The university's study abroad program ranks 14th nationally among all master's-level schools in the number of students who study abroad

Study abroad

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.

Eau Claire Jazz Festival

The Eau Claire Jazz

Jazz

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 Festival is one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious collegiate jazz festivals in the country. The festival regularly attracts some of the most widely respected jazz musicians. Past guests have included Gary Burton

Gary Burton

Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...

, Bill Evans

Bill Evans

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, Rufus Reid

Rufus Reid

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, Lewis Nash

Lewis Nash

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, Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...

, Stanley Jordan

Stanley Jordan

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, Eric Marienthal

Eric Marienthal

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, Bobby Sanabria

Bobby Sanabria

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, Chris Potter

Chris Potter

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, Benny Green

Benny Green

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, Charlie Byrd

Charlie Byrd

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, Ira Sullivan

Ira Sullivan

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 and Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton

Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton is an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.He was a 1998 Grammy Award winner for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater...

. The festival is composed of college bands, high school bands and invited performers. The college and high school bands compete to win awards. UW-Eau Claire's Jazz I regularly performs with the invited guests. The festival also offers clinics, lectures and master classes with many of the famous invited performers. The festival is currently 42 years old.

The Forum

The Forum lecture series invites notable speakers to share their ideas with the Chippewa Valley community. The program was founded in 1942 by President W. R. Davies

W. R. Davies

William Robert Davies was a Wisconsin educator who was named the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College in December 1940...

 to express his vision of what the college might become as a cultural center. The Forum is one of the longest continuous lecture series in the United States. Speakers have included Hank Aaron, Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is a writer, poet, filmmaker, and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American. Two of Alexie's best known works are The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven , a book of short stories and Smoke Signals, a film...

, Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

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, Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

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, Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

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, William F. Buckley Jr., George H.W. Bush, Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

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, Norman Cousins

Norman Cousins

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, Jean-Michel Cousteau

Jean-Michel Cousteau

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, Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...

, Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

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, Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

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, Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

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, Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

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, John Houseman

John Houseman

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, Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

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, Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

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, James J. Kilpatrick

James J. Kilpatrick

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, Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku

is an American theoretical physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, the co-founder of string field theory, and a "communicator" and "popularizer" of science...

, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

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, Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of...

, George McGovern

George McGovern

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, Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

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, Michael Moore

Michael Moore

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, Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

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, Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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, Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin

' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....

, James Randi

James Randi

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, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

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, Cornel West

Cornel West

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America....

 and Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United...

.

Ann Devroy Memorial Forum

The Ann Devroy Memorial Forum is a partnership between The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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 and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The program was set up after the death of Ann Devroy

Ann Devroy

Ann Devroy was an American journalist working for the Washington Post. She covered the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W...

, the chief White House

White House

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 correspondent at the Washington Post and an Eau Claire alum. Each year a Washington Post journalist comes to Eau Claire to give a lecture at the Memorial Forum. Additionally, an Eau Claire journalism student exhibiting great promise is given the opportunity to work as an intern at the Washington Post each year. Previous speakers include David Broder, David Maraniss

David Maraniss

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, Leonard Downie, Jr.

Leonard Downie, Jr.

Leonard "Len" Downie, Jr. , was the executive editor of The Washington Post. He held the position for seventeen years, starting September 1, 1991, after serving as managing editor for seven years. Downie announced his retirement as executive editor on Monday, June 23, 2008 which took effect on...

, Gwen Ifill

Gwen Ifill

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, Karen DeYoung

Karen DeYoung

Karen DeYoung is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, and is the associate editor for The Washington Post.DeYoung was born in Florida and she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received Bachelor degrees in journalism and communications from the University of Florida.After graduation,...

, Lou Cannon

Lou Cannon

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, Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter, and commentator for NBC News based in Washington, D.C.. She is the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and has recently reported on the 2008 Race for the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly...

, Mike McCurry, Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank

-Biography:He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of Trumbull College, the Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union and the secret society Skull and Bones. He is a graduate of Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, New York...

, Robert Kaiser

Robert Kaiser

Robert Kaiser may refer to:*Robert Kaiser , leader of the Reichsbund Deutsche Familie , the pronatalist organization in Nazi Germany after 1940...

, Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter, and is currently an associate editor of the Post....

, Dana Priest

Dana Priest

Dana Priest is an American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Priest has worked almost 20 years for The Washington Post. As one of the Post's specialists on National Security she has written many articles on the United States' "War on terror." In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat...

, Dan Balz

Dan Balz

Daniel J. Balz is a journalist at The Washington Post, where he has been a political correspondent since 1978. Balz has served as National Editor, Political Editor, White House correspondent and as the Washington Post’s Texas-based Southwest correspondent. Balz sometimes appears on the news show...

, Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas

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, and E.J. Dionne.

Mission Statement, Alma Mater, and Fight Song

Mission Statement

UW-Eau Claire has the following mission statement

Mission statement

A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making...

:

We foster in one another creativity, critical insight, empathy, and intellectual courage, the hallmarks of a transformative liberal education and the foundation for active citizenship and lifelong inquiry. We fulfill our mission through a pervasive university commitment to provide:

• Rigorous, intentional and experiential undergraduate liberal education for life and livelihood;
• Strong, distinctive professional and graduate programs that build on and strengthen our proud tradition of liberal education;
• Multicultural and international learning experiences for a diverse world;
• Exemplary student-faculty research and scholarship that enhance teaching and learning;
• An inclusive campus community that challenges students to develop their intellectual, personal, cultural, and social competencies;
• Educational opportunities responsive to the needs of our communities, state, region and beyond; and
• Academic leadership in transforming liberal education

Alma Mater

The university's Alma Mater

Alma mater

Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...

, or school song

School song

A school song, alma mater, school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools.-Australia:*Melbourne High School - Honour the Work...

:

Oh school of Eau Claire, our voices we raise

Accept thou this anthem of undying praise

We pledge to be faithful stouthearted and strong

And cherish thy mem'ry as our lives are long

Give honor to thee and sing out thy name

Oh college of ours, we dearly acclaim

Instill thou within us a feeling of pride

We pray alma mater forever abide


The earlier Alma Mater

Alma mater

Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...

, from the 1957 edition of The Periscope:

Of all the schools within our state

We love the gold and blue,

For there are none can hope to rate

Our college dear with you.

The Chippewa River pays thee homage

Bowing low before thy feet,

And the scene it stirs our heartbeat

Which the bluffs, the trees, the meadows make complete.

And we thy loyal sons and daughters

Our love and fealty will swear

To thee our Alma Mater,

Our college of Eau Claire.


Fight Song

The Blugold fight song

Fight song

A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...

:

Eau Claire college dear, Hail to thee our Alma Mater.

Strong through every year,

carry high the Blue and Gold!

U – Rah – Rah

Aim for excellence.

Give the best that you have in you.

Go Blugolds, fight to win, for fame and victory!

B – L – U – G – O – L – D – S, BLUGOLDS!

In the press

• UW–Eau Claire was the center of a controversy related to an oak tree sacred to Native Americans
  Indigenous peoples of the Americas
  The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
  
  . The tree, officially known as the Council Oak, was the symbol of the UW–Eau Claire campus (found on the university's seal) and the meeting place for many Native American tribes negotiating truces. Although the original Council Oak had died years earlier, a second tree was planted at the site of the original "Council Oak." The plan to build a new student center put this oak tree in danger and many Native American groups in conjunction with some students protested the new plan, while others supported building the new center despite the risk to the tree. Eventually, after much publicity, it was decided to scrap the old plans, despite the large added expense, and build the 48.8 million dollar building at another location.
• The university was the center of a debate on academic freedom
  Academic freedom
  Academic freedom is the belief that the freedom of inquiry by students and faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy, and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts without being targeted for repression, job loss, or imprisonment.Academic freedom is a...
  
   after officials denied a dorm leader the right to direct a Bible study
  Bible study (Christian)
  In Christianity, Bible study is the study of the Bible by ordinary people as a personal religious or spiritual practice. Some denominations may call this devotion or devotional acts; however in other denominations devotion has other meanings...
  
   in his dormitory
  Dormitory
  A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
  
  . Officials said that it was inappropriate for a dormitory leader to have a Bible study because it might make non-Christian students uncomfortable. The student then sued the university and was eventually successful in ending the policy. This debate was widely publicized in part because the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
  Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
  The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is a non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on civil liberties in academia in the United States...
  
   was deeply involved in the case.
• Newsweek
  Newsweek
  Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
  
   ran a satirical article criticizing the election of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
  Saddam Hussein
  Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
  
   who was purported to have received 100 percent of the Iraqi vote. The article surveyed various American institutions who had impressively high percentages in their fields. The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire was jokingly criticized for its 99 percent placement of graduates
  Graduate placement
  The term graduate placement is a statistic used by colleges, universities, and other schools to statistically report the successfulness of their graduated students to find a job in the student's chosen field of study....
  
   in jobs when compared to Saddam Hussein's victory with 100 percent of the Iraqi vote.

Athletics

The mascot is the "Eau Claire Blugold", a name coined to reflect the school colors (navy blue and old gold). Previous mascot and athletic team names include the Normals, the Normalites (because UWEC was founded as Eau Claire State Normal School), the Blue and Gold Warriors, the Blue and Gold Gridirons, the Zornmen (in honor of Willis L. "Bill" Zorn, basketball and football coach from 1928–1968), the Golden Tornadoes, the Zornadoes, the Golden Zornadoes, the Blue and Gold Squad, the Blugold Squad, and the Blugolds. There is no evidence in the Periscope yearbooks of a bulldog mascot prior to 1940. Further research may uncover some evidence of the reported "Eau Claire Bulldogs," an anagram of Blugolds. The actual meaning of the mascot has been debated for some time.

Men's sports	Women's sports
Basketball	Basketball
Cross country	Cross country (2009 National Champions)
Football	Golf
Golf (2001 National Champions)	Gymnastics
Ice hockey	Ice hockey
Swimming and diving (1983 National Champions)	Soccer
Tennis	Softball (2008 National Champions)
Track and field	Swimming and diving
Wrestling	Tennis
	Track and field
	Volleyball

Marching band

The UW–Eau Claire Blugold Marching Band (BMB) is the largest D3 college marching band and remains one of the most active marching bands in the midwest. The BMB has grown from 60 members in fall 2000 to 300 members in 2011. The BMB has performed in multiple exhibitions including a performance at two NFL halftime shows Packers-Vikings and Vikings-Dolphins. The BMB has also toured Europe where they performed in Italy and France.

Athletic facilities

• W. L. Zorn Arena
  W. L. Zorn Arena
  W. L. Zorn Arena, more commonly known as Zorn Arena, is an arena located on the campus of UW-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, WI. With a seating capacity of 3,500, the facility is home to the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Men's & Women's Basketball teams, UW-Eau Claire commencement ceremonies and other events ....
  
  
• Hobbs Ice Center
  Hobbs Municipal Ice Center
  Hobbs Municipal Ice Center is an indoor ice arena complex located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. The arena is home to the UW–Eau Claire Blugold Men's & Women's Varsity Hockey teams and Men's Club Hockey team, as well as the Eau Claire Memorial & North High School Hockey teams...
  
  
• Carson Park
  Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
  Carson Park is a park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It contains a baseball stadium, football stadium, and museum. The park and its stadiums are owned and operated by the City of Eau Claire....
  
  

Notable alumni

Music

Name	Notability	Reference
Reid Anderson Reid Anderson Reid Anderson is a bassist and composer originally from Minnesota. Anderson is best known for his work in The Bad Plus with pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer Dave King...	bassist for the Bad Plus
Michael Andrew Michael Andrew -Early life:While growing up in Wisconsin Andrew was drawn to jazz and big band music. He was influenced by singers like Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra, and he felt little attraction to modern rock music. While in college Andrew formed a jazz group called the Michael Andrew Trio where he performed...	Famous singer and Bandleader Bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
S. Carey S. Carey S. Carey is the moniker of musician Sean Carey of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Carey is best known as the drummer and supporting vocalist of indie folk band Bon Iver...	Percussionist
Anthony Cox (musician) Anthony Cox (musician) Anthony Cox is an American jazz bass player.Played with: Geri Allen, Dewey Redman, Dave Douglas, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Gary Thomas, Marty Ehrlich, Ed Blackwell, Joe Lovano, Dave King, and others.Lives and plays in Minnesota....	jazz bassist Bassist A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Greg Fedderly Greg Fedderly -Work:Fedderly, a protégé of Plácido Domingo, is a principle member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a frequent performer in leading roles with several other opera companies including the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera. Beyond his performances on stage, Fedderly has been in...	operatic tenor Tenor The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
Ethan Iverson Ethan Iverson Ethan Iverson is a pianist, composer, and critic best known for his work in the postmodern jazz trio The Bad Plus, with bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King....	jazz pianist Pianist A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Mark McKenzie Mark McKenzie Mark McKenzie is a film composer who studied with, among others, Pierre Boulez, Morten Lauridsen and Witold Lutoslawski. He also has been a highly respected Hollywood orchestrator on many blockbuster films...	film composer
Peter Madsen (pianist) Peter Madsen (pianist) -Early life:Madsen was born in Racine, Wisconsin where he started playing classical piano when he was eight years old. He also classically studied upright bass at age ten. When Madsen was sixteen he started to play the piano in the jazz idiom. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire...	jazz pianist Pianist A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Lyle Mays Lyle Mays Lyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...	Jazz pianist and member of the Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny Group The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977. The core members of the group are guitarist and bandleader Pat Metheny, composer, keyboardist and pianist Lyle Mays , and bassist and producer Steve Rodby...
Scott Pingel (musician) Scott Pingel (musician) Scott Pingel is an American bassist who is currently the principal bassist in the San Francisco Symphony. He had previously served as the principal bassist with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra . Pingel is also an educator who has taught at institutions like Juilliard, the Manhattan School of...	Bassist Bassist A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Willy Porter Willy Porter Willy Porter is a contemporary American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Mequon, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and was a member of the Epsilon Chi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, a men's fraternity.-Career:...	Guitarist Guitarist A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...  and Singer
Glenn Worf Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...	Premier Nashville session bassist
Will Jennings Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...	songwriter
Matt Pivec Matt Pivec Matt Pivec is a saxophonist and the director of Jazz Studies at Butler University.-Work:Pivec has been a prolific saxophonist working with several leading musicians and musical groups including Ray Charles, The Temptations, Dave Rivello, Bob Brookmeyer, Peter Erskine, Maria Schneider, Julia...	Saxophonist
Janika Vandervelde Janika Vandervelde Janika Vandervelde is an American composer, pianist, and music educator.-Biography:Janika Vandervelde was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, and grew up in nearby Green Lake, playing horn and piano. She began composing in her teens...	Composer Composer A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Justin Vernon	lead singer of Bon Iver Bon Iver Bon Iver is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was...

Business and Economics

Name	Notability	Reference
Harry Kaiser Harry Kaiser Harry Kaiser is an economist and the Gellert Family Professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.-Areas of Research:Kaiser has expertise in price analysis, marketing, industrial organization, policy, agricultural policy analysis and quantitative methods. Kaiser was one of the...	Economist and noted Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...  professor
Sona Mehring Sona Mehring Sona Mehring is the Founder and CEO of nonprofit 501 organization CaringBridge. She created the first CaringBridge Website in 1997. Based upon the idea of keeping friends and family informed when someone is facing a serious health event, Mehring's vision was to create a free service that would not...	Executive of CaringBridge CaringBridge CaringBridge is a charitable 501 nonprofit organization offering free personalized websites to people facing a serious medical condition or hospitalization, undergoing medical treatment and/or recovering from a significant accident, illness, injury or procedure. Its functionality is similar to a blog...
John Menard, Jr. John Menard, Jr. John R. Menard, Jr. is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and owner of Menards, a major Midwestern home improvement store chain, and a former long time Indycar racing team owner in CART, IRL with Team Menard...	Founder of Menards Menards Menards is a chain of home improvement stores in the Midwestern United States.The privately held company headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin has 262 stores in 13 states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, and...
Charlie Menard Charlie Menard Charlie Menard was Chief Operating Officer of the Menards home improvement store chain until late 2007. He now heads up the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Menards Distribution Center. Named after his father, Larry Menard, Charlie never goes by his given name "Lawrence"...	Menards Executive
Michael Knetter Michael Knetter Michael Knetter is a past dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. Effective October 16, 2010, Knetter is the new president and chief executive officer of the University of Wisconsin Foundation - the official fundraising arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was educated at the...	Economist Economist An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy... , President and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, former Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business Wisconsin School of Business The Wisconsin School of Business is the business school of University of Wisconsin–Madison, located in Grainger Hall. Founded in 1900, it has more than 35,000 alumni. The undergraduate program prepares students for business careers, while its Master of Business Administration program is based on...
Robert Webb Robert Webb (education) Robert I. Webb is a professor of Finance at the University of Virginia. He is a Paul Tudor Jones II Research Professor at the McIntire School of Commerce of the University of Virginia. Additionally, he is the editor of the Journal of Futures Markets, published by Wiley...	Noted professor of economics and business
Bart Wilson Bart Wilson Bart Wilson is an experimental economist and currently holds Donald P. Kennedy Endowed Chair of Economics and Law in the Chapman University, Argyros School of Business and Economics. His work has been widely published in both the popular and academic press....	Experimental economist

Science

Name	Notability	Reference
James Anderson James Anderson (biomedical engineer) James M. Anderson is a professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He received the Elsevier Biomaterials Gold Medal for the most significant contributions to biomaterials science by an individual from 1980 to 2005...	Expert on biomaterials
Michael Bicay Michael Bicay Michael D. Bicay is an astronomer and the Director of Science at the NASA Ames Research Center.Bicay's research interests include large-scale structure in the universe, the atomic gas content of spiral galaxies, and the infrared properties of galaxies and clusters of galaxies.Bicay grew up in...	Director of Science at NASA Ames Research Center NASA Ames Research Center The Ames Research Center , is one of the United States of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10 major field centers.The centre is located in Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley, near the high-tech companies, entrepreneurial ventures, universities, and other...
Duane F. Bruley Duane F. Bruley -Positions:Dr. Bruley has served as Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, Dean of Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Head of Biomedical Engineering and...	Engineer Engineer An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
T. Keith Glennan T. Keith Glennan Thomas Keith Glennan was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, serving from August 19, 1958 to January 20, 1961.-Early career:...	First administrator at NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
William J. Klish William J. Klish William J. Klish is a Professor of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine. Klish was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Klish is a past president of the North American Society for Pediatric...	Obesity researcher
Corey Keyes Corey Keyes Corey Keyes is an American sociologist and psychologist. He is known for his work with positive psychology. Keyes currently teaches at Emory University in Georgia.-Work:...	Sociologist
George R. Rossman George R. Rossman George R. Rossman is the Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Mineralogy at the California Institute of Technology. He studies Mineral spectroscopy, water and hydroxide in nominally anhydrous solids,...	Noted professor of mineralogy Mineralogy Mineralogy is the study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization.-History:Early writing...  at Caltech
Richard Saykally	Award winning chemist
Victor Shoup Victor Shoup Victor Shoup is a computer scientist and mathematician. He obtained a PhD in computer science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989, and he did his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is currently a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences...	Computer Scientist
Charles Mace Charles Mace Charles Mace is a behavioral psychologist. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and received his doctorate at the University of Arizona. He is well known for his research on the functional analysis of severe behavior disorders, behavioral momentum, and...	Behavioral psychologist
Pamela Matson Pamela Matson Pamela Anne Matson is an American scientist, professor, and dean of the Stanford University School of Earth Sciences. She previously worked at NASA and at the University of California Berkeley. Her professional titles at Stanford are Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, and...	MacArthur Fellow
Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt is a Peruvian American scientist and inventor. He holds 45 US Patents and 59 International Patents mainly in the areas of remote sensing, thin films, sensors, upconversion materials, and business processes...	Scientist and inventor

Government

Name	Notability	Reference
Joseph H. Ball Joseph H. Ball Joseph Hurst Ball wasa newspaper reporter who became a United States Senator at the age of 35, as the result of an accident. When Minnesota's U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on August 31, 1940, Ball was the surprise appointment to fill the unexpired term...	U.S. Senator
Kathy Bernier Kathy Bernier Kathleen M. "Kathy" Bernier is the State Representative for the 68th Wisconsin State Assembly district. She defeated incumbent Democrat Kristen Dexter in the November 2nd general election...	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Reginald Bicha Reginald Bicha Reginald Bicha was the first secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. He currently serves as the director of the Colorado Department of Human Services. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and the University of Minnesota.-Notes:...	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...  Department of Children and Families Secretary
Keith Downey Keith Downey (politician) Keith S. Downey is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 41A, which primarily includes portions of the cities of Edina and Minnetonka in Hennepin County in the southwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area...	Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...
Connor Hansen Connor Hansen Connor Theodore Hansen was a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was born in Freeman, South Dakota and he was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Hansen served in the FBI as a special agent during World War II. He served on...	Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Robert Jauch Robert Jauch Robert Jauch is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 25th District since 1987. He previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly, representing the 49th district from 1983 through 1987.-2011 Wisconsin protests:...	Wisconsin State Assembly
Raymond Johnson Raymond Johnson Raymond Johnson was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.-Biography:Johnson was born on August 20, 1936. He would graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and George Washington University and serve in the United States Navy....	Wisconsin State Senate
Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow Patrick J. "Pat" Kreitlow is an American politician. A Democrat, Kreitlow was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate that representing Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district from 2007 to 2011. In November 2008, Senator Kreitlow was elected President pro tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate by the...	Wisconsin Senate
Kerry Kincaid Kerry Kincaid Kerry J. Kincaid is a Democratic politician and the current President of the non-partisan Eau Claire City Council, which is among the most powerful positions in city government after the City Manager. The office of president was established in 1948 as a result of the revision of the Eau Claire...	Eau Claire politician Politician A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
Ann Nischke Ann Nischke Ann Nischke is a American Republican politician from Wisconsin.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nischke graduated from University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1977. Nischke was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and served until 2007.-Notes:...	Wisconsin State Assembly member
Gregory A. Peterson Gregory A. Peterson -Biography:Peterson was born on August 24, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...	Wisconsin Court of Appeals Deputy Chief Judge
Warren Petryk Warren Petryk Warren Petryk is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly on November 2, 2010....	Wisconsin State Assembly
Joe Plouff Joe Plouff Joe Plouff is an American Democratic politician from Wisconsin.Born in DePere, Wisconsin, Plouff received his bachelors degree from University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and his masters from University of Wisconsin–Stout. Plouff also served in the United States Army...	Wisconsin State Assembly
Scott Suder Scott Suder Scott Suder is an American politician from Abbotsford, Wisconsin. He is currently the Republican Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 69th district since January 1998. He succeeded Robert K. Zukowski....	Wisconsin State Assembly
Charles H. Thompson Charles H. Thompson Charles H. Thompson was the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for eight years. Thompson was appointed to the position in January 1992 and retired in 2000. He now lives in Florida with his wife...	Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Wisconsin Department of Transportation The Wisconsin Department of Transportation, abbreviated as WisDOT, is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin responsible for planning, building and maintaining the state's highways...
Jeffrey Wood Jeffrey Wood Jeffrey Wood was an independent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 67th district from 2002 to 2011. He was initially elected as a Republican and later ran as an independent....	Wisconsin State Assembly
Mae Schunk Mae Schunk Mae A. Schunk served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003...	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
Mark Andrew Green	U.S. Congressman United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
David Zien David Zien David Allen Zien is an American politician. He is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate, who represented Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin....	Wisconsin State Senate Wisconsin State Senate The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

Journalism

Name	Notability	Reference
Ann Brill Ann Brill -Education:*B.A. Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire*M.A. Journalism, Marquette University*Ph.D. Mass Communications, University of Minnesota-References:...	Journalism Dean at the University of Kansas University of Kansas The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
Ann Devroy Ann Devroy Ann Devroy was an American journalist working for the Washington Post. She covered the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W...	Washington Post journalist
Stephen Koepp Stephen Koepp Stephen Koepp is the executive editor of Fortune Magazine. He previously worked as the executive editor of Time Magazine "where he developed two of Time Magazine's bestselling franchises: TIME's annual cover story on American history, which began with an issue on Lewis & Clark, and the annual Mind...	Executive editor at Fortune Magazine
David Paul Kuhn David Paul Kuhn David Paul Kuhn is an author and political commentator. He is currently the Chief Political Correspondent for RealClearPolitics and a senior political writer for Politico.com. Previously he held the position of Senior Political Writer at CBS. His work has appeared in many other news outlets...	Politico.com writer
Robert D. McFadden Robert D. McFadden Robert Dennis McFadden is an American journalist who has worked for The New York Times since 1961.-Biography:McFadden attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and graduated from the journalism school of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1960.In 1996, he won the Pulitzer Prize for spot...	Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...  winner

Arts and Entertainment

Name	Notability	Reference
Andrew Swant Andrew Swant Andrew Swant is a writer and filmmaker whose works include Hamlet A.D.D. and William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, as well as the production of Frankie Latina's Modus Operandi...	Award-winning filmmaker
R. Brandon Johnson R. Brandon Johnson R. Brandon Johnson is an American actor and TV host. He currently co-stars as dance show host Gary Wilde on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up.-Career:...	Actor
Patrick Thomas O’Brien	Stage and film actor
Mark Proksch Mark Proksch Mark Proksch is an American comedian, actor and prankster. He is perhaps best known for a series of pranks he played on television news stations under the pseudonym "Kenny Strasser" or, as he would sometimes refer to himself, "K-Strass." Proksch would contact local news stations claiming to be a...	Comedian
Denise Sweet Denise Sweet Denise Sweet is an Anishinaabe poet and a holds a doctorate in Humanistic Studies. She taught creative writing, literature and mythology, at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, but retired in 2009. She also taught a travel seminar in the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala involving fieldwork among the...	Former poet laureate Poet Laureate A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...  of Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
Laila Robins Laila Robins -Personal life:Robins was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Latvian American parents Brigita and Janis Robins, who was a research chemist. She attended the Yale School of Drama, and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, . Robins has been in a...	Stage and film actor
Debra Monroe Debra Monroe Debra Monroe is an American novelist and short story writer. She has been nominated for the National Book Award twice and is a winner of the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. -Early Life and Education:...	Award-winning author
Tony Duran (photographer)	Celebrity Celebrity A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...  photographer
Gary Griffin Gary Griffin Gary Griffin, is an American theater director. Griffin grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where he graduated from East High School in 1978. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he performed in several musicals and directed "Hello Dolly" for their Summer Theatre program...	Joseph Jefferson Award-winning director
Christopher McKitterick Christopher McKitterick Christopher McKitterick is an American writer of science fiction and an academic concerned with the field. He is Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, a program at the University of Kansas that supports an annual series of classes, workshops, online classes, and , a resource for...	Science fiction author and academic
Anne Elizabeth Moore Anne Elizabeth Moore Anne Elizabeth Moore is an editor, artist, and author of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing and the Erosion of Integrity, and Hey Kidz, Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People.She also writes for the The Phoenix,...	Artist
Michael Perry Michael Perry (author) Michael Perry is a writer and a humorist. Perry is a self described "Country Chronicler". Perry has written three best selling memoirs. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Backpacker, Outside, and Salon.com. Perry was born on a small farm in rural Wisconsin, and raised...	Author and humorist
Dan Peterman Dan Peterman Dan Peterman is an internationally known artist who is recognized for his work with ecologically themed installation art. Additionally, he is employed as a professor of art at the University of Illinois, Chicago.-Work:...	Installation artist Artist An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
Aaron Yonda	Filmmaker
Jacqueline West (author) Jacqueline West (author) Jacqueline West is an American writer of young adult fiction. Her debut series, The Books of Elsewhere, is being published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Group USA. Her chapbook of poetry about Czech immigrants to western Wisconsin, Cherma, was published by the University...	Author of children's novels
Elizabeth Willis Elizabeth Willis Elizabeth Willis is an American poet, literary critic and professor of literature and creative writing at Wesleyan University. Her most notable work includes four major books of poetry and a scholarly collection of essays on Lorine Niedecker which she edited...	Award-winning poet

Athletics

Name	Notability	Reference
Roman Brumm Roman Brumm Roman Brumm was a player in the National Football League. He first played with the Racine Legion during the 1924 NFL season. The following season he played with the Milwaukee Badgers before returning to Racine, by the re-named the Tornadoes, for the 1926 NFL season.-References:...	NFL athlete
Ryan Brunt Ryan Brunt Ryan Brunt is an American curler. He is currently the lead for the Pete Fenson rink. He currently lives in Bemidji, Minnesota and curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club. He curls with a left-hand delivery....	Curling Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...  athlete
Mike Ratliff Mike Ratliff Mike Ratliff was a member of the NBA. He played with the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. Ratliff attended the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.-References:...	NBA athlete
Kevin Fitzgerald Kevin Fitzgerald (American football) Kevin Fitzgerald is a former tight end in the National Football League.-Career:Fitzgerald was a member of the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.-References:...	NFL athlete
Alex Hicks Alex Hicks Alexander W. Hicks is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers...	NHL athlete
D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
Paul Menard Paul Menard Paul Menard is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #27 Menards Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing and runs part-time for Kevin Harvick Inc. in the Nationwide Series. He is the son of Menards founder John Menard, Jr., whose company is his sponsor...	Nascar NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...  athlete
Frank Schade Frank Schade Frank Schade was a member of the NBA. He played with the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and the University of Texas at El Paso....	NBA athlete
Lee Weigel Lee Weigel -Career:Weigel played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.-References:...	NFL athlete
Reed Zuehlke Reed Zuehlke Reed Zuehlke, born Reed Johann Zuehlke on October 26, 1960 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin., was an athlete from the United States in the ski jumping competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.-Biography:...	Olympic Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...  athlete

Other

Name	Notability	Reference
John C. Dernbach John C. Dernbach John C. Dernbach is an environmentalist, lawyer and distinguished professor of law at Widener University. He currently teaches environmental law, property law, international law, international environmental law, sustainability and the law, and climate change....	Environmentalist Environmentalist An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...  and lawyer Lawyer A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Richard C. Johnston Richard C. Johnston Richard C. Johnston is a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Career:Johnston was commissioned an officer in 1982. He was given command of the 317th Airlift Group and the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing during the Iraq War before being assigned to the United States Transportation Command...	U.S. Air Force general
Brian "Kato" Kaelin	of the O.J. Simpson trail
Jon K. Kelk Jon K. Kelk Jon K. Kelk is a Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States and the Chief of Staff of the Missouri Air National Guard.-Career:...	U.S. National Guard general
Lori Ringhand Lori Ringhand Lori Ringhand is a professor of law at the University of Georgia. Ringhand researches the voting patterns and practices U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Her work is routinely published in leading journals including the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Constitutional...	Judicial Expert
Jeanne Halgren Kilde Jeanne Halgren Kilde Jeanne Halgren Kilde is an American academic whose research centers on religion and, most notably, religious architecture. She currently serves as the chair of the University of Minnesota's department of religious studies. She previously served on the faculties of Macalaster College, Cleveland...	Noted religious studies Religious studies Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...  academic
Scott D. Legwold Scott D. Legwold Scott D. Legwold is a Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States and Director of the Joint Staff of the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard.-Education:...	U.S. National Guard general
Nancy Fugate Woods Nancy Fugate Woods Nancy Fugate Woods is a professor of Family and Child Nursing at the University of Washington. She previously served as the dean of the University of Washington's nursing program and as the president of the American Academy of Nursing. Woods graduated with a B.S. from the University of...	Nursing pioneer
Jane Zuengler Jane Zuengler Jane Zuengler is an American academic who works in the field of linguistics. She is currently a professor in the English department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Additionally, she is the executive editor of the academic journal Applied Linguistics. Zuengler has published widely in...	Linguist

Notable faculty

• Bob Clotworthy
  Bob Clotworthy
  Robert Lynn Clotworthy was a diver from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1952...
  
  , Olympic gold medalist and coach
• Anthony de Souza
  Anthony de Souza
  Anthony R. de Souza is the director of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources at the National Research Council of the National Academies.- Biography :Dr. de Souza was born in England in April 1943...
  
  , director of the board on earth sciences at the National Research Council
  United States National Research Council
  The National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
  
  
• Rita M. Gross
  Rita M. Gross
  Rita M. Gross is a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism, a pioneer and author on issues concerning Buddhism and gender. She was Professor Emerita of Comparative Studies in Religion, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire...
  
  , expert on Buddhism
  Buddhism
  Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
  
  
• Jim Lind, NFL assistant coach
• Jon Loomis
  Jon Loomis
  Jon Loomis is an American poet and writer. He is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Vanitas Motel , his first book of poetry, won the 1997 annual FIELD prize in poetry. He is also the author of the Frank Coffin mysteries set in Provincetown, MA, High Season and...
  
  , poet and writer
• Osonye Tess Onwueme
  Osonye Tess Onwueme
  Osonye Tess Onwueme is a Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet, who rose to prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the environment. In 2010, she became the University Professor of Global Letters, following her exceptional service as Distinguished Professor of Cultural...
  
  , Nigerian playwright
• Gregory A. Peterson
  Gregory A. Peterson
  -Biography:Peterson was born on August 24, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...
  
  , Deputy Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Caroline Joan S. Picart
  Caroline Joan S. Picart
  Caroline Joan Picart is an author, artist, DanceSport athlete, and radio host and producer. She currently attends the University of Florida Levin College of Law.-Personal life:...
  
  , novelist, academic and philosopher
• Kao Kalia Yang
  Kao Kalia Yang
  Kao Kalia Yang , aka Kao Kaliya Yang, is a Hmong American writer and author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir from Coffee House Press. On August 6, 2011 she was married to Aaron Hokanson in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her work has appeared in the Paj Ntaub Voice Hmong Literary Journal and...
  
  , author

See also

• Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...
  
  
• Hobbs Observatory
  Hobbs Observatory
  Hobbs Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire's Department of Physics and Astronomy and home to the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society. It is located in the Beaver Creek Reserve four miles north of Fall Creek, Wisconsin...
  
  
• The Singing Statesmen
  The Singing Statesmen
  The Singing Statesmen, the Glee Club of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, is a male vocal ensemble composed of students from a wide array of academic backgrounds. The Singing Statesmen are one of seven vocal ensembles of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, "Wisconsin's Singing...
  
  
• University of Wisconsin System
  University of Wisconsin System
  The University of Wisconsin System is a university system of public universities in the state of Wisconsin. It is one of the largest public higher education systems in the country, enrolling more than 182,000 students each year and employing more than 32,000 faculty and staff statewide...
  
  
• W. L. Zorn Arena
  W. L. Zorn Arena
  W. L. Zorn Arena, more commonly known as Zorn Arena, is an arena located on the campus of UW-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, WI. With a seating capacity of 3,500, the facility is home to the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Men's & Women's Basketball teams, UW-Eau Claire commencement ceremonies and other events ....
  
  

External links

• UW–Eau Claire Website
• UW–Eau Claire Athletics
• Blugold Marching Band
• http://www.uwec.edu/activities/forum/index.htm The Forum