Small classes and opportunities for undergraduates to work closely with professors on research projects make the difference, says reporter Leslie Marable. All the roads led to Eau Claire. UW-Eau Claire is ranked in the top 10 percent of chemistry programs nationwide in the number graduates going on to earn Ph.D.'s. UW-Eau Claire is home to one of the oldest coffeehouses in the nation. Over 50 percent of UW-Eau Claire students who intern return to campus with a job in hand.
Education also improves the quality of life, both for the individual and the society.
UW-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble 1 earned its second national award in three years by taking top honors as Best College Big Band in one of the most prestigious jazz contests in the country. The award was announced in the spring of 1998 by Down Beat magazine, the premier jazz publication in the United States. UW-Eau Claire possesses one of the oldest traditions of college forensics in the nation with over 50 years of competition. For the past six years, UW-Eau Claire has been in the top five at the National Forensics Association National Tournament. For the past seven years, we have won the Wisconsin State Forensics Tournament.