The University Staff Blog is a collective effort. We wish to raise the general profile of the staff itself within the campus community, and a diverse blog helps do that. We also strive to better articulate the role of the University Staff on campus and the people who make it up. We have tried to do that by profiling both the types of jobs they do and the extraordinary effort they put forth.
Lastly, we try to show that the interests of the staff are as wide and varied as the staff itself. While we try to pay particular attention to world and historic events that have a tie into working people, the UW, and Wisconsin in general, we also try to cover a large variety of subjects and make the blog a brief stop for people to get a short educational download on a topic they may not have explored before.
Come Home, America
On 18 January, 1972, US Senator George McGovern (D-SD), announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Prior to his election to the US Senate, McGovern had served in the US House of …
January 18, 2019The Garden State
It was on 15 January, in 1878, that George B. McClellan was sworn in as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. McClellan had risen to fame during the Civil War, but remained a controversial figure …
January 15, 2019A Tip of the Hat
It was on 7 January, in 2000, that Makhmud Esambayev died. He had been one of the most famous dancers in the USSR. Born in Chechnya in 1924, as a child his father would take …
January 7, 2019- More News
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