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.
Alumni
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,
Dawson Barrett (PhD 2013) book tour
Dawson Barrett (PhD 2013), will be on tour this summer promoting his new book, Teenage Rebels: Stories of Successful High School Activists from the Little Rock 9 to the Class of Tomorrow.
Prof. Bud Weare Scholarship Fund established
An anonymous donor has established the Professor Bud Weare Scholarship Fund in honor of Emeritus Professor Bud Weare, “who inspired the Donor during the Donor’s time as a UWM student.”
Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling exhibit opens
Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling, an exhibit based on the 2013 book Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State by Jesse Gant and Nicholas Hoffman, published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.