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10 min readSep 16, 2016

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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.

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