Yvonne Plomedahl has touched the lives of countless students and faculty for more than a half-century through her love of helping people at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Plomedahl is retiring as academic department assistant in the geography and anthropology department after 55 years at the university. The McIntyre Library Special Collections and Archives team found record of two other employees who had worked at least 50 years at UW-Eau Claire, but Plomedahl may be the only one to reach the 55-year mark.
“I like to work with the students; I think that’s why we are here,” Plomedahl says of the reason behind her lengthy career. “I was hired here to work with students because this is a university. I like to sit and talk with them. They’re fun, they’re young and they kind of keep me young.”
