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.
United Flight 553
It was on 8 December, 1972, that the City of Chicago experienced one of its worst airlines disasters, which became even more notorious due to the unusual list of passengers who perished in the crash. …
December 6, 2019Working Class Anthem
It was in October of 1977 that Epic Records would release a song by country singer Johnny Paycheck that would climb to number one on the Billboard charts. The song was “Take this job and …
October 18, 2019The 25th
It was on 1 October, 1941, that the 25th Infantry Division of the United States Army would be activated. They wouldn’t have to wait long to see action, as the attack on Pearl Harbor was …
October 1, 2019- More News
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