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Have you activated your UW-Eau Claire account and paid your enrollment deposit? Applied for financial aid? Filled out required forms? View your progress and check out additional items here. Note: some checklist items may overlap between the list from Admissions and our list for Orientation - just extra messaging to make sure we get things done in a timely fashion!

If you have not activated your UW-Eau Claire account, or need to reset your password, visit . You will need your username and Campus ID number, which can be found in your admit letter or application acknowledgment email.

IMPORTANT: Registration for our Blugold Experience Day for spring 2025 admits is OPEN.

Blugold Experience Day is our in-person, on campus orientation program, required of all new first year students. Students only need to attend 1 date.

During Blugold Experience Days, students and their guests can tour our beautiful campus and residence halls, connect with staff, faculty, and other Blugolds, dine on campus, attend a live resource fair and other sessions, check out places in the community, and much more! During summer sessions, first year students will also select their fall class schedule on these days. Programming is subject to change by semester, and registration is required.

To review frequently asked questions and more detail to prepare for your day, go to the Blugold Experience Day webpage. If you have any questions or concerns about registration, give us a call at 715-836-5053 or send us an email to orientation@uwec.edu. 

Our spring 2025 Blugold Experience Day will occur on Friday, January 24, 2025, and registration for that date is OPEN.

To register:

• Go to .
• Log in using your username and password created during the admission process when you activated your account.
• After logging in, select the “Admissions" tile.
• Choose “New Student Orientation” and check for your name at the top of the screen.
• Follow the steps to complete your registration.

**IMPORTANT: Registration for placement exams is currently OPEN.

Placement exam scores provide your advisor with the best well-rounded understanding of your academic preparedness in certain subject areas, and are thus extremely important to the success of your advising meetings. Without placement exams or your PAS (see next step) completed before your orientation day, you may run the risk of not being able to sign up for certain classes and/or delay confirming your schedule until scores have been received.

All students are required to take placement tests, and we have online, unproctored options for testing. We strongly recommend students register using their ����Vlog email account, and you can . Important: when registering for placement exams, select Test A for Math specifically (this is the online version).

• You will need to log in with your campus credentials to complete the registration form before taking the exam. Within two business days of registering (but more likely within a few minutes), you will receive an email from Meazure Learning with a username and password for accessing the exams.
• All students are required to complete the Math and English tests. If you have had two or more years of French, German or Spanish, you should also take the placement exam for that language. Click here for more information regarding your placement test.
• Please note that it takes at least two weeks for tests to be scored and sent to UW-Eau Claire. We highly recommend that you take them as soon as you can, to ensure you're able to register for your classes on time.

If you have questions about testing, would like to know more, or need testing accommodations, please contact academictesting@uwec.edu. 

This form is crucial to the success of your advising meeting, as it helps our advising staff assess academic preparedness and provide potential class selections based on your interest areas. This questionnaire must be completed before your advising meeting on your scheduled orientation date. 

*IMPORTANT: Please use Chrome or Edge as your browser when completing this form. If you save your form without submitting it, you will need to log back into BPLogix to complete the form - you can do that here: . (when you get into BPLogix, go to 'tasks')

"UW-Eau Claire - we are a MOBILE FIRST campus"

To set up your Blugold Mobile ID, you must download the eAccounts app, authenticate with your university credentials and then add your Blugold card to Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, or Samsung Wallet. Students are required to select and upload their own photo and copy of drivers license or government issued ID for their Blugold photo ID.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, reach out to 715-836-4070. More information can be found here: Blugold Card.

You can login to to familiarize yourself with the platform and look through your academic holds before your orientation day (videos/links provided below). You'll officially remove these holds and learn more about the academic (and student life) process during orientation, so don't worry about completing them beforehand - this is just to help you prepare to ask questions and address concerns with your advisor while on campus.

MyBlugold is the platform you will use to sign up for classes, update your contact information, view your grades, and much more! Feel free to jump back to these videos for future semesters; note - some videos do not have sound.

Class search and registration tools:

Understanding some academic holds and learning how to remove them:

Below are also some additional tips to using MyBlugold:

• It is easier to view and navigate MyBlugold using a laptop or computer than it is using a mobile device.
• Once you're in MyBlugold CampS, you'll find that there are many ways to complete tasks. We find it is usually easiest to complete all of your tasks by starting in the "Tasks" tile, which can be found under the 'Main Menu.'

Helpful tip: More information on your advising support and major options can be found on our website: /academics/academic-support/arcc/advising/. We recommend reviewing this information before your day of orientation so you can be prepared with your questions to ask!

When you're ready, check out some additional helpful resources below that provide support to commonly asked questions by first-year students:

Recommendations on computer purchases:

Meal plan options:  

Getting involved with student clubs on campus: Student Organizations (don't forget to download the Blugold Connect+ app!)

Blugold Welcome is every incoming Blugold's official, interactive, engaging welcome to campus. Our fall schedule kicks off with move-in and continues through the second week of classes, and our spring schedule occurs the weekend before classes begin. Each year, there are a variety of activities and social get-togethers to connect all incoming Blugolds with campus and the surrounding community, with lots of free food and ����Vlog swag!

Bookmark this page to stay updated on the latest event information each semester!

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AND, make sure to download Blugold Connect+ - our online engagement community platform and app for all ����Vlog students. Get involved by joining organizations and clubs that you are interested in. Check out events happening around campus, keep up with the latest news, and stay connected to your peers as well as your organizations - ALL RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!

Download the Blugold Connect+ app TODAY - available on both the Apple Store & Google Play!

It's important to routinely check your ����Vlog email, as it is the main way faculty and staff will communicate with you. You can expect to receive information about advising and registration, upcoming campus events, ways to get prepared for the semester, and more.

It is highly recommended that all students set up email on their phones to ensure timely updates and information. Both processes (for iOS devices and Android devices) are linked below:

Our Office of Health Promotion on campus hosts two trainings that all students are required to complete in their first semester - failure to complete these trainings by the due date will place a hold on the student's account that prevents them from registering for the next semester, so it's important to get these done early!

1. Sexual Violence Prevention Training (through CANVAS)
2. Alcohol EDU (through VECTOR SOLUTIONS)

Stay on top of your email in the first semester so you don't miss a reminder to complete these trainings.