Category: UW-Madison Related

At 46 years old, Eich decided to go back to school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become a physician’s assistant.

The Governor’s Fishing Opener was started by Gov. Warren Knowles in 1966. Knowles, a Wisconsin native, graduate of the University of Wisconsin’s law school and World War II veteran, served three 2-year terms as governor from 1965-71.

As her college graduation approached in the spring of 2022, Natalie Lobo wrestled with how to pursue a business career. A graduate business degree “would really set me up for success down the line,” she says, but the University of Wisconsin senior couldn’t imagine starting a career and then interrupting it to pursue an MBA.

The Wisconsin Muslim Project is part of a larger collaboration between PBS Wisconsin, We Are Many – United Against Hate and the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. It aims to connect both Muslim and non-Muslim communities, encouraging audiences to better understand the experiences of Wisconsin’s Muslim population through storytelling.

The early bird gets the worm, as the old saying goes. To which University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Hernán Ballard might add another corollary — the early filmmaker gets the documentary.

Midwestern Madison is not only Wisconsin’s capital city, but it is also a charming college town, home to the flagship University of Wisconsin campus. But those college-aged Badgers aren’t the only generation enjoying Madison. The city is also considered one of the most beautiful places to retire in America, as well as one of 15 places to retire where health care is good.

Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age by Paul S Boyer (University of Wisconsin, £20.50)

At a population of 269,000, Madison is the home of the University of Wisconsin and dwarfs Missoula, at 73,822, and Pullman, which hosts a Washington State University campus.

Between classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, sorority sisters Avery Byrnes, 19, and Paige Mikkelson, 18, stopped for smoothies at a food truck outside the school’s 70-year-old Memorial Library.

“If we run bad fiscal and monetary policies, if we close ourselves off, if we do idiotic things like default on debt and cause confidence to be lost in America, or if we excessively and unilaterally use financial sanctions, the dollar could see its role more quickly diminish,” he (Mark Sobel) said during a recent appearance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, video of which has been shared on the website of the school’s European Studies program.

You’re in a time crunch with a decision in front of you: Should you help your neighbor with her chickens on the loose or rush into work to help your local newspaper cover an historic flood?

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and freshman Jessica Randall started a project collecting clothes for sexual assault survivors.

According to Deadline, former CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl and Cannonball Productions principals Sean Hanish and Paul Jaconi-Biery are behind the project. Hanish, who is directing the docuseries, grew up in Brookfield and studied film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kahl, who was born in Burlington, also is a UW-Madison alum.

When Jane Goodall spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently, Dean Robbins was in the audience at Shannon Hall. The former Isthmus editor and current co-editor of On Wisconsin magazine had to camp out for hours to get a rush ticket to see the 89-year-old naturalist and author speak.

The nonprofit news publication chose 12 former and current students and employees of UW-Madison, to make up their list of influential leaders for this year.

KEITH: Let me just tell you, as I was in Wisconsin right before the election, I went and interviewed voters. Now, admittedly, I was interviewing voters at a student union at the University of Wisconsin. So, you know…

At 22 years old, (Michael) Mell now earns roughly $36 an hour plus benefits in his fifth year of his apprenticeship while taking classes at Madison College. He starts his work day around 6 a.m., installing electrical and lighting components at buildings such as the new Bakke Recreation and Wellbeing Center at UW-Madison.

MGR Govindarajan is now seeking to make change at the local level as a candidate for City Council. He will appear on the April 4 ballot alongside two other UW-Madison students, including his District 8 challenger Charlie Fahey and Maxwell Laubenstein, who’s running against longtime alder Mike Verveer in District 4. All three said they want to bring youth representation to the 20-person council.

The Verona resident, who also teaches food law at UW-Madison, may like mustard an inordinate amount, but who can blame him? He successfully argued a U.S. Supreme Court case with mustard in his pocket. He met his wife at a mustard-tasting event. He used the condiment as a crutch when his beloved Boston Red Sox lost the World Series nearly 40 years ago.

Noted: Cloutier received an award for her efforts, and a photo was published in the newspaper. She left Manitowoc to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, married Daniel Cloutier and moved to northern California.

The nighttime images come from a satellite named after Verner E. Suomi, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin who pioneered early satellite cameras. Suomi is run jointly by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previously, the satellite’s night sensor has captured images of wildfires, gas flares, lava flows, light pollution and power outages from hurricanes.

Noted: After college at UW-Madison, they went on different career paths. Kirsten went into the family restoration business, Ungerman, while Lindsey spent 12 years in corporate America at Target. Then came an offer.

After developing pelvic nerve pain in November 2021, Yvonne Pawlowicz said she waited five months to see a neurologist at UW Health and another four months to see a gynecologist.

UW-Madison doesn’t have an esports program, but it does have an official esports club with more than 1,500 members and competitive teams for 10 different esports, said club president Michael Verban.

A graduate of UW-Madison, Sue Patterson sits on several university boards and is excited for her event with the Wisconsin Book Festival.

If you’ve never heard of Mildred Harnack that’s about to change. By any measure, the free-thinking young woman from Wisconsin is an American hero.

Harnack was born in Wisconsin where she studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before moving to Germany.

Secondly, the University of Wisconsin explains that baking soda is effective for cleaning “because it is a mild alkali and can cause dirt and grease to dissolve easily in water for effective removal.”

Thomas went on to earn two degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one in psychology and one in English. He says he uses both when doing readings.

Noted: Randy Melchert, the founder and leader of the Academy of Excellence, is a graduate of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, a widely known conservative Christian school. Melchert, who has a law degree from the University of Wisconsin, has also been active in Republican politics and in legal organizations, primarily as an advocate for religious causes.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison alum, Hermes moved to the Motor City from Oklahoma City, where he covered politics and did a recurring fact-checking segment for the 2018 Oklahoma governor election, according to his WDIV biography.