April is Poetry Month, please take a moment to listen to Natasha Vargas recite the poem, “Ecology” by Jack Collum, a poet native to Illinois.
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A People, A Planet, A UW Graduate
Gaylord Nelson was born and raised in the Wisconsin North Woods. He would graduate from the Law School of UW-Madison, serve in the US Army, and be elected both Governor and United States Senator from …
Heeding the call of Carl
April is Poetry Month, we hope you take a moment to listen to this Carl Sandburg selection as read by Kula Kane… Chicago
Poems and Memory
Please take a moment to view this brief video in which Professor Richard Dawkins reads a selection from A.E. Housman, and explains why it is meaningful to him…
Office Professionals Conference
Classified Staff took part in the popular and successful Conference for Office Professionals. Members of UW-Madison classified staff were able to attend the conference at no cost to themselves thanks to the sponsorship by the …
Words of Walt
April is Poetry Month, so today we bring you an American classic from Walt Whitman as read by Will Geer… Pioneers! Oh Pioneers!
The Treasure Across the Hall
Our colleagues in shared governance, the Academic Staff, have a unique art installation currently on display in their Bascom Hall office, which is just across the hall from us. The name of the display is Paper Power and …
Women’s Leadership and Diversity Framework
Classified Staff was well represented at both events hosted by the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA): Women in Leadership Symposium and the UW-Madison Diversity Framework Informational Session. For a third year, the Women in Leadership …
Words of Wonder
April is Poetry Month, so please check back each week in this space where we will bring you poetry to soothe your busy thoughts. We open Poetry Month with this appropriate quote from President Kennedy “When …
A Man is Silenced, but not the Message…
It was on this day, 4 April , in 1968, that Martin Luther King Jr., was struck down by an assassin’s bullet. He was visiting the city of Memphis, Tennessee in support of striking sanitation …