History Alumna, Rebecca Owen, becomes the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra VP of Development. Rebecca is a Milwaukee native and received her Bachelor of Arts in History at UW-Milwaukee…… Continue Reading »
History Alumnus: Michael Aldana
Alumnus Michael Aldana has been appointed managing partner of Milwaukee’s second-largest law firm Quarles & Brady LLP. … Continue Reading »
History alumna becomes an Art Guardian
If you want to make her day, ask Katie Steffan about her box work. She’s a self-taught archival box constructor and proud of it. Steffan is one of an eight-person team working at Guardian, which opened on W. St. Paul Avenue in 2017. Her education was well-suited to the task; Steffan graduated from UWM in 2015 with her Master’s in Public History and a certificate in Museum Studies. She completed internships at the Milwaukee Public Museum and met Guardian founder Shannon when she took an internship cataloging his personal collection, a treasure-trove of roughly 5,000 pieces of art.… Continue Reading »
Interview about doctoral alumnus Pete Janecky on his job with Ancestry.com
In this UWM Report interview, doctoral alumnus Pete Janecky tells about how his love of history led him to his current work with the leading genealogy website Ancestry.com.… Continue Reading »
Alumnus Matthew J. Prigge wins the Milwaukee County Historical Society Gambrinus Prize
The Gambrinus Prize was awarded for his Outlaws, Rebels, & Vixens: Motion Picture Censorship in Milwaukee, 1914-1971, which was based on his master’s thesis.… Continue Reading »
Alumnus James K. Nelsen to give talk on Tuesday, February 23, at 4 p.m.
History department alumnus Dr. James K. Nelsen will be giving a talk on campus based on his new book, Educating Milwaukee.… Continue Reading »
Alumna Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham awarded the National Humanities Medal
History Department alumna Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. … Continue Reading »
Laura Godden (2011) archivist at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Laura Godden, MA 2011, has been an archivist in the Special Collections and Area Research Center at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the past three years.… Continue Reading »
Monica Drake Pierce, named Director of the Lake Wales Depot Museum
Monica Drake Pierce, a recent MA graduate, has become Director of the Lake Wales Depot Museum in Florida. … Continue Reading »
Kevin Kolesari publishes paper
Kevin Kolesari, a recent graduate, published an article that began as a research paper written in the department’s History 600 capstone course,… Continue Reading »