UW-Madison campus is home to a large community of English Language Learners, from all parts of the world. On 31 March Cultural Linguistic Services assisted the leadership of Classified Staff Shared Governance in briefing Nepalese …
Linda Thao
Si Se Puede
March marks the birthday of Cesar Chavez. This day is a State holiday in California, Colorado and Texas. In 1927, Mr. Chavez was born into a family of Mexican-American migrant workers. In 1962, he founded (along …
Where do posters come from?
As you stroll about the campus, many questions may come to mind, such as who shovels the snow? Who rakes the leaves? Who raises the flag over Bascom Hall? And who prints all …
UW-Madison Thickens the Plot
Writing a story? Want to make the characters more interesting? Then make one of them a UW-Madison graduate. This weekend will mark the beginning of the last season of the AMC Network television drama, ‘Mad …
A Writer, A Witness, A Young Woman
In was in the month of March, in 1945, that Anne Frank, a 15 year old girl would perish in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In the hiding place in Holland where she and her family had …
This Week’s Women in History Profile: Maya Lin
Maya Lin (born 1959) the daughter of Chinese immigrants, rose to fame in 1981 when as a 21 year old architectural student at Yale University, Lin won a contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial …
When some fell..others would rise
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – …
From Campus to Congress
On 20 March, 2015, Robert W. Kastenmeier died. A Wisconsin native, Kastenmeier was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, during his service he would visit Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after it had been destroyed …
20 WINNERS
The Professional Development and Tuition Committee of Classified Staff Shared Governance is pleased to announce the winners of the lottery in which 20 entries were selected at random to receive a sponsored seat at the …
This Week’s Women in History Profile – Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) worked as nurse among poor women on New York City’s Lower East Side and became an advocate for women’s health. In 1912, she gave up nursing and dedicated herself to the distribution of …