University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Upon entering college, eager students set goals for themselves. Each of them and each of us places markers along the route chosen tor the adventure through the university experience. These markers may be incentives for higher achievement, stop signs yielding self-evaluation, or green lights, indicating you are on the right path, continue reaching, struggling and growing. Reaching, struggling and growing are individual concepts of metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is a progressive change students endure at UW-Eau Claire. It involves a change from a high school role to a college lifestyle. There are often struggles with the obstacles introduced during one's years here, producing more significant changes, just as the meeting of new and different persons allows one to better learn about one's self. Growing through learning more of one's self is a noticeable change all students experience whether consciously or subconsciously. The college atmosphere prompts this growth in students by subjecting them to often intense, full-blown college level courses; fun. yet trying dorm life; diverse university organizations; varsity and club sports; and once in a lifetime individual experiences. These elements are college. In their totality, they push you to become the person you represent when you graduate. This book portrays you, this change, progression and metamorphosis. The 1980 Periscope reflects the events, persons, groups, and community that are the means to this ultimate progression and metamorphosis in strengthening and growing as a person.