100 Women Who Care raises thousands of dollars for local nonprofits every year
In 2006, Karen Dunigan of Jackson, Michigan, saw a need for baby cribs in her community. She thought to ask 10 friends for $1,000 to donate cribs to those who needed them, but then thought asking 100 women for $100 would probably be a little bit easier ...
Kaying Xiong's passion for education and community goes beyond her work in the Eau Claire Area School District
At the height of the Vietnam war, a family of five fled from Long Tieng, Laos to Thailand in the middle of the night. The father of the family, captain of the Royal Lao Army, fought for the U.S., and despite the difficult decision of leaving all they knew behind, he applied for asylum in the United States. In June of 1978, the family made their way to Chicago, making history along the way. ...
this Blugold grad stands out – like, literally
It’s not unusual for Blugold alumni around the U.S. and the globe to be recognized for major accomplishments in their fields. Yet some alumni success stories stand out – literally, like a big orange statue. Beatris Mendez Gandica, a 2013 UW-Eau Claire information systems and international business graduate, is a security program manager at Microsoft and CEO and founder of the Nuevo Foundation ...
longtime elected official wins statewide award from counties association
Across more than 38 years in public office, Eau Claire County Board Supervisor Colleen Bates has maintained a passion for looking out for her neighbors and trying to solve the problems they face collaboratively ...
symphony orchestra celebrates 40th anniversary, orchestrates new sounds with some notably new faces
Lydia Park admits she didn’t see herself becoming the conductor of a youth symphony orchestra when she began her music career 20 years ago. Granted, when you’re 10, those aspirations align closer to astronaut or president of the United States. (No big deal.) And yet, Park is the first female director of the Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony, an organization that celebrates its 40th birthday this year. In that time, no woman has ever graced the podium. Until now ...