Campus News Articles
Student profiles may affect jobs
By Matthew Werlein
Since Facebook became available at UW-Eau Claire in the spring of 2005, students have been able to use the service to contact college and high school friends from all over the world to see how they are doing via their profiles.
But now law enforcement officials and potential employers also are beginning to use Facebook, said officials at the Eau Claire police department.
Team continues winning streak at state tournament
By Kathlyn Hotynski
The words "public speaking" have the power to fill hearts with dread. According to a 2001 Gallup poll, 40 percent of Americans are afraid of making speeches in public.
But to senior Betsy Schroeder and junior Christine Zani, both on the UW-Eau Claire forensics team, "It's a rush.
Students slated to teach foreign language skills to elementary students
By Nathaniel Shuda
For many UW-Eau Claire education majors, being a student teacher is their first experience in a classroom setting, but some are getting the experience before their final semester.
Students in Curriculum and Instruction 437, Teaching Foreign Languages in Grades 1-9, will be given the chance to teach through a program that offers foreign language courses to first through fifth-graders in the Eau Claire area.
Speaker addresses issues of former Negro Baseball League players
By Trevor Kupfer
When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier of Major League Baseball in 1947, the majority of baseball fans with hindsight (including commissioner Bud Selig) saw it as an important landmark that paved the way for baseball.
What many people aren't aware of, however, is that hundreds of Negro League baseball players were left out in the cold by MLB.
Student receives award for outstanding academic record
By Emily Hartwig
One economics student is getting help towards her education through a new scholarship established after the sudden death of a UW-Eau Claire alumnus.
The first Mike Reinke Scholarship was awarded to junior Vanessa Klemish last fall, with the $2,400 award available for this semester's expenses, said Ed Young, chair of the economics department.
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