Haley Zblewski
May 3, 2012
Some UW System universities, including UW-Eau Claire, pay international agencies to help them bring more international students to their campus. Currently, there are 10 international students at Eau Claire who were recruited through agents and 34 overall since Eau Claire started using agencies in 2009,... Read more »
Eric Christenson
April 26, 2012
There’s an old saying, “If you smoke, take your butts outside,” but what if just going outside wasn’t enough? Effective May 1, UW-Eau Claire’s new smoking policy will prohibit smoking on campus with the exceptions of ten designated smoking areas on lower campus, eight on upper and on city-owned... Read more »
Bridget Cooke
April 26, 2012
On Monday afternoon, UW-Eau Claire chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich delivered an opening speech and welcomed a crowd of nearly 100, toasting with a glass of sparkling cider. “A year ago, the seats you’re sitting in were sagging, faded red velvet, the lighting was from World War II and the walls... Read more »
Spectator Staff
April 26, 2012
University Police locked down Schofield Hall Friday afternoon in response to a threat of violence. Police Chief David Sprick said they took precautions to clear people from the building and then conducted a security patrol. After the patrol, they found no evidence of a threat, Sprick said. Sprick said... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
April 19, 2012
UW System President Kevin Reilly named UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor Wednesday afternoon. Gilles Bousquet, UW-Madison dean of the Division of International Studies, will begin his one-year appointment on July 15. His other credentials include serving as vice-provost for globalization, director... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
March 15, 2012
UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich is one of four finalists for president of Westminster College, a small private liberal arts school in Utah, according to an email sent last week from Levin-Stankevich. Westminster College announced the finalists on March 7 in a press release, stating the... Read more »
Frank F. Pellegrino
March 1, 2012
Costs to redesign the new student center at the 35 percent design phase in 2009 have totaled at least $572,000 to date, according to contract change orders from the project. Executive Director of University Communications Mike Rindo confirmed this figure and said the costs would be absorbed entirely... Read more »
November 17, 2011
As UW-Eau Claire faces up to $2.3 million in the first year of the biennium budget lapse, layoffs cannot be ruled out, said Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich in an email to UW-Eau Claire staff Wednesday. The budget lapse, which acts as a kind of safety net and is built into the biennial budget the state... Read more »
Frank F. Pellegrino
November 10, 2011
Oh Council Oak Tree, how quickly you’ve fallen back into obscurity. It was only two short years ago that you were arguably the most controversial topic on campus. For freshmen or sophomores, this likely wasn’t discussed very often (or ever) by the time you made it to campus. And for the majority... Read more »
Eric Christenson
October 27, 2011
With the original project $700,000 too expensive and with the time to vacate the current education building approaching, the UW-Eau Claire Foundation Inc. bought the St. Bede’s Monastery to be the new location of the Children’s Center. “After we found out that we were so over budget, we started... Read more »
