History Alumnus: Michael Aldana
Alumnus Michael Aldana has been appointed managing partner of Milwaukee’s second-largest law firm Quarles & Brady LLP.
September 2018
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.
Professor Vang on Hmong family tradition of growing and selling food
UWM History Professor and Director of Hmong Diaspora Studies Chia Vang discusses the tradition of growing and selling food at local farmers markets within Hmong families in a recent article by the Journal Sentinel. Read about this tradition and more …
Associate Professor Aims McGuinness quoted in article on Turner Hall’s murals
History Associate Professor Aims McGuinness was quoted in a recent article in OnMilwaukee about the murals at Turner Hall as Mike Eitel prepares the Turner Hall restaurant space into it’s new life as Tavern at Turner Hall.
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.”