David Gordon, the founding editor and board chairman of the Chippewa Valley Post, passed away on Sunday, June 11. The following memorial was written by Michael Dorsher, a CV Post board member and UW-Eau Claire colleague of Gordon. Midway through his first semester at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the assistant professor was no longer […]
UW-EC emeriti faculty hear discussion of critical race theory
By David Gordon, associate editor
Critical race theory (CRT) is not a new phenomenon and alarms over it would have long since been sounded if it truly posed problems for society, according to Dale Taylor, a UW-Eau Claire emeritus professor.
Taylor spoke on Tuesday to some 50 retired faculty members and others attending the fall luncheon of the UW-EC Emeriti Faculty Association at Wild Ridge Event Center. He stressed that he was not discussing how CRT has emerged as a factor in current political controversies or whether it’s an appropriate teaching tool to use in elementary schools.
Instead, he described it as one approach that can be used to study how discriminatory policies have persisted even after the passage of federal legislation to outlaw them. That legislation included the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Blugold women will start NCAA title quest at home on Friday evening
The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team will begin its NCAA Division III tournament play at Zorn Arena on Friday (Mar. 4) against North Central University, a Minneapolis school that won the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference tournament by defeating Minnesota-Morris 52-47.
The Blugolds assured themselves of the WIAC’s automatic bid to the national tournament Friday night by overcoming a 13-point second half deficit to overwhelm UW-Whitewater 77-63 and win their first conference tournament title since 2003. That team made it to the Final Four and finished in third place.
UW-EC Athletics Director Dan
Schumacher said the Blugolds’ game will tip off at 7:30 p.m. Friday. It will be preceded at 5 p.m. by a matchup between Millikin and Wartburg, two at-large entries in this year’s tournament.
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Vue leaving huge EDI legacy at UW-Eau Claire when he retires in January
By Denise Olson, UW-EC IMC Department
When Charles Chou Vue – the first Hmong person to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – retires from UW-EC next month, he will leave behind a legacy of perseverance, advocacy and support.
Vue, the associate director in the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), has been a longtime leader in university efforts around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). He will retire on Jan. 14.
“I hope that I leave behind a legacy and a footprint that has opened the door of opportunity to many more students,” Vue said in a letter to OMA students.
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UW-EC, UW-Stout athletes in no rush to market identities under new NCAA policy
College athletes at all levels are finally able to market their identities without forfeiting their eligibility but, so far, no one from either UW-Eau Claire or UW-Stout has taken this step.
In late June, the NCAA – under pressure from several directions – dropped its long-standing opposition to athletes receiving income beyond their scholarships. It said it wouldn’t challenge state laws or executive orders giving athletes the right to arrange endorsement agreements that would pay them for the commercial use of their name, image or likeness (NIL), and it announced an interim policy regarding this opportunity.
Some Division 1 athletes have been quick to take advantage of this opportunity but the athletic directors at UW-EC and UW-Stout – both Division 3 schools – told the CVPost that this has not happened at either school.
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UW-EC research team analyzes frac sand mining’s possible effects on health
By Ta’Leah Van Sistine, community reporter/editor
A faculty-student research team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is monitoring frac sand mines in western Wisconsin to analyze the health effects they may have on the general public.
Students Mark Larsen, Kasee Meyer and public health and environmental studies Prof. Crispin Pierce introduced their research focused on particulate matter (PM) last week at the Augusta Memorial Public Library.
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