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10 min readSep 16, 2016
As a Blugold there are so many things you’re able to do and experience. And we want to make sure you know at least 100 of those things. Allow this to be a beginning to your UWEC Bucket List. Before you know it, graduation will be right around the corner. Here are a few things you must do before you graduate.
1. Go to an Artist Series or Forum speaker
2. Check out a concert in The Cabin
3. Chat with Judy
4. Try “The Blugold” at Erbs and Gerbs
5. Make a milkshake or ice cream sundae in Hilltop
6. Attend UW meets EC
7. See a movie in Woodland Theatre
8. Play sand volleyball by Towers or Putnam Hall
9. Enjoy a bonfire behind Sutherland Hall
10. Have a movie or game night in your residence hall
11. Have breakfast at the caf with your favorite professor
12. Take a photo with Blu
13. Relax on the campus mall
14. Watch the sunrise (or set) from Putnam Rock
15. Go to the Eau Claire Jazz Fest
16. Go to the Gatsby Gala
17. Go to the Viennese Ball
18. Run up the hill
19. Try out the ropes course with friends
20. Join an intramural
21. Support fellow Blugolds at athletic events
22. Go on a trip or take a class through the EAC
23. Deck the halls with the music department during the holiday concert
24. Check out fellow Blugolds art at the Foster Art Gallery
25. Go to the green house on the fifth floor of Phillips
26. Take a #bridgeface photo
27. Read a children’s book in the Library when you just need a mental break
28. Go to a professor’s office hours
29. Attend a Career Services workshop
30. Do all things Homecoming
31. See an a capella group perform
32. Warm up in the Centennial Hall lantern in the winter
33. Have your family come by for Family Weekend
34. Go to ExperienceU
35. See what the Career Conference is all about
36. Wear a costume to class on Halloween
37. Go to the Powwow
38. Pull an all-nighter in the Library during finals week
39. See Cabaret
40. Go to the Community Action Fair
41. Attend Fireball
42. See a theatre production
43. Attend ULead
44. Check out or present at CERCA
45. Run the Eau Claire Marathon or cheer on runners at the Blugold Mile
46. Dance along to the Blugold Marching Band at a football game
47. Challenge your friends to a game of Kubb
48. Rollerblade around the city
49. Take a bike ride on the Eau Claire bike paths
50. Appreciate the fish in Phillips
51. Take a picture in the UWEC bushes
52. Build a snowman anywhere on campus
53. Snag a selfie with Chancellor Jim
54. Take a leadership seminar through the Activities, Involvement and Leadership office
55. Take a nap (or camp out) on the bean bags in the Library
56. Eat at The Dulany
57. See your advisor enough that you know their name
58. Check out the Study Abroad Fair
59. Admire the #UWECducks
60. Workout on the McPhee workout path
61. Take a picture of the sun setting from the footbridge
62. Have a snowball fight with friends
63. Float down the Chippewa River on a hot day
64. Admire the fall colors around campus
65. Go to the International Folk Fair
66. Audition for a music ensemble
67. Participate in Run with the Cops
68. Attend a group exercise class
69. Grab a free hat or scarf from Chancellor Jim and the Alumni Association
70. Take a ride from the sled dogs
71. Deck yourself out in Blugold swag for Blugold Fridays
72. Attend the open skate at Hobbs Ice Arena
73. Hit up Library After Dark
74. Dance it out at The Lookout
75. Hang out at the Bowling and Billards Center in Hilltop
76. Go to BOB and find a student organization to join
77. Get and on-campus job
78. Apply for scholarships
79. Vote on campus
80. Audition for a theatre production
81. Try out for an athletic team
82. Order pizza from the front desk of your residence hall
83. Check out the view from the Hibbard Penthouse
84. Promote an event by chalking or writing on the whiteboards
85. Volunteer for a cause you’re passionate about
86. Have lunch with one of your professors
87. Do a job shadow
88. Form a study group with classmates
89. Climb on the McPhee rock wall
90. Go on an immersion trip
91. Stick a piece of gum on the gum tree behind Murray Hall
92. Throw a frisbee around the campus mall
93. Attend a Chancellors round table
94. Go kayaking on the Chippewa River
95. Take a ride on the city bus around Eau Claire, FO FREE!
96. Do collaborative student-faculty research
97. Go frolfing around upper campus
98. Volunteer with Blugold Beginnings
99. Learn to dance with Two to Tango
100. Stress less and pet some therapy dogs
What are some of your bucket list items while you’re at UWEC? How many of our top 100 things to do before you graduate have you done? Whenever you’ve completed something on this list, make sure to hashtag #UWEC so we can see your progress.