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 …
Task Force Nominee
On 16 March, the Classified Staff Executive Committee met in Special Session in order to respond to a call from the Chancellor’s office that a member of the classified staff be recommended to serve on …
Irish Pride and Green Dye
Today is celebrated as ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ and one of the great traditions to mark the event is the green dying of the Chicago River. This is performed by the Plumbers Union, who use an …
This Week’s Women in History Profile: Jane Addams
Jane Addams (1860–1935) considered to be the “mother” of American social work, a founder of the NAACP, a champion of women’s suffrage, an antiwar crusader and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. Addams carved out …