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An email sent to students on April 8 announced there would be two “wellness days” on April 16 and 29 in lieu of a spring break. Some Blugolds still have assignments due on those days, preventing them from fully stepping “away from the classroom,” as the email from the Chancellor’s Office indicated.

‘Students have been burned out already’

Story by Ta'Leah Van Sistine and Lea Kopke
April 21, 2021
93% of respondents said they noticed a change in their motivation in the past 6 months.

Survey reveals many UW-Eau Claire students feel unmotivated

Story by Miles Plueger, Staff Writer
March 24, 2021
The news column “COVID on campus” posts relevant COVID-19 news every week for UWEC students.

COVID on campus

Story by Lauren Spierings
March 3, 2021
UAC and ESM held a virtual “Unpack It” event about life on campus for minority students.

First ‘Unpack It’ event of the semester opens with ‘UWEC Through a Minority Lens’

Story by Rosa Gómez, Staff writer
March 1, 2021
Alden Ferreira, a fourth-year nursing student, said he received two Pfizer vaccine doses over winterim.

Nursing students are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations

Story by Miles Plueger, Staff Writer
February 17, 2021
Student pushes for changes in student senate

Student pushes for changes in student senate

Story by Spencer Kristof
February 10, 2021
Lucy Hobbs (back row, second from right) poses with other nursing students before the COVID-19 pandemic began. “I am so excited to start working and practicing as a nurse,” Hobbs said.

Graduates anticipate high workforce expectations

Story by Miles Plueger, Staff Writer
December 10, 2020
Katharine Thomas Hall, which is adjacent to Putnam Hall — the current on-campus quarantine and isolation space — will be an additional quarantine hall during the Spring 2021 semester.

Katharine Thomas Hall to become a quarantine space in 2021

Story by Ta'Leah Van Sistine, Editor-in-Chief
November 20, 2020
Police Blotter

Police Blotter

Story by Miles Plueger, Staff Writer
November 4, 2020
Rosa Gómez, a second-year event speaker, shared her experience at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as it related to the upcoming election. Gómez provided resources to register and vote for the fall election through the organization NextGenAmerica.

Cops Off Campus: Dare to Divest Gallery

September 24, 2020
The City of Eau Claire may lose around $594,000 in federal funding if only 5 percent of UW-Eau Claire’s off-campus students aren’t counted in the 2020 Census.

COVID-19 may have impact on census counts

Story by Madeline Fuerstenberg, Freelance Writer
April 13, 2020
The eSports program offers students a chance to experience competitive and recreational gaming.

eSports brings people together at UW-Eau Claire

Story by Sam Johnson, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
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