after William R. Davies, a noted president of the university. In 2011, the old Davies Center was torn down. A new facility was completed in 2013.
Sports facilities include the W. L. Zorn Arena, Hobbs Ice Center, McPhee Center, Olson Addition, Bollinger Fields, Carson Park, and the Sonnentag Center.
The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire occupies the ancestral lands of the Ojibwe and Dakota people. Before falling down in a windstorm in 1987, a tree on campus called the Council Oak stood where the Ojibwe and Dakota nations as well as other nations, including the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Potawatomi, met to share knowledge and discuss peaceful resolutions to their differences. The current Council Oak was planted and dedicated in 1990. The Council Oak is integrated into the university seal to symbolize UW-Eau Claire's commitment to serving as a place of meeting and exchange.
== Organization and administration ==
Since its founding in 1916, the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire has had three presidents and six chancellors. …
