History Alumnus: Michael Aldana

Alumnus Michael Aldana has been appointed managing partner of Milwaukee’s second-largest law firm Quarles & Brady LLP.

How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage

PBS News Hour Economics Correspondent, Paul Solman, reports on the labor shortage in Wisconsin and what employers are doing to fill needed positions. Solman interviews UWM Department of History Professor Emeritus Marc Levine.

Nan Kim, Peace Advocate

Associate Professor Nan Kim shows her support for the struggle of the people of Okinawa to demilitarize the Okinawan islands and to live in peace in an article on the blog Consortiumnews.com.

Alumna Monica Drake

UWM Alumna Monica Drake (Art History, BA; Public History and Museum Studies, MA) is the new operations manager for Pinellas County’s Heritage Village, a 21-acre living history museum.

Cantwell: Religion Off the Cuff

Assistant Professor of History Christopher D Cantwell, along with PhD student Catherine Abbott, author the article, “Religion Off the Cuff.” The article concerns a new project entitled “Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee.”