Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Office of Continuing Education and Fairhaven Senior Services announce “American Profiles” as the theme for their spring lecture series. Since 1983, UW-Whitewater faculty and staff and community and business leaders have offered free presentations on topics ranging from art and literature to history and politics.
Politicians, activists, musicians, and every day citizens. Systems, inventions, and tragedies. This spring, we will spend an hour each week, putting the spotlight on changemakers that have made history. From local stories to those that made a global impact, join us as we take a closer look at some fascinating American profiles.
The titles and presenters of the lectures for the spring series are:
Monday, February 7 at 3:00 pm
Who are the Supremes? A Discussion of the Lives of Supreme Court Justices
Presented by Monica Lineberger, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Monday, February 14 at 3:00 pm
Educational Innovators: Profiles from the American Past
Presented by Anne Durst, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations
Monday, February 21 at 3:00 pm
An Opportunity and a Burden: The Lives of Loyalist Women in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Presented by Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor, History
Monday, February 28 at 3:00 pm
Life at the Intersections: The Labor, Activism, and Legacy of Pauli Murray
Presented by Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies
Monday, March 7 at 3:00 pm
Forgetting and Remembering the “Spanish” Flu Pandemic
Presented by Karl Brown, Associate Professor, History
Monday, March 14 at 3:00 pm
Flaco Jiménez and the Accordion: Global Intersections
Presented by Erin Bauer, Assistant Professor, Music
Monday, March 21 at 3:00 pm
Profile of Wisconsin Mass Media History
Presented by Brian Schanen, Lecturer, Communication
The Poison Widow of Whitewater: Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder
Presented by Jennifer Motszko, Digital Scholarship & Preservation Archivist
Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign
Presented by Dick Haven, Professor Emeritus, Communication
Lectures in the Spring Fairhaven Lecture Series, “American Profiles” are currently open to residents of Fairhaven but may be open to the public later in the semester. They will live-streamed via Facebook at www.facebook.com/UWWFairhavenLecture/ and will be recorded and posted to our website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures from this and previous series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
Please visit www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven and www.facebook.com/UWWFairhavenLecture/ for videos, descriptions of each lecture, and updates on the status of each lecture. Contact Kari Borne at bornek@uww.edu or 262-472-1003 for further information or to request accommodations.
