UW-Whitewater’s Office of Continuing Education and Fairhaven Senior Services announce “New Voices, Fresh Perspectives” 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.
Over the past few years, new experts have joined the faculty and staff at UW-Whitewater, in all of its colleges and departments. Historians, sociologists, writers, and more, UW-Whitewater is comprised of dedicated educators who are as eager to share their research interests to the community as they are to teaching our next generation of teachers, accountants, entrepreneurs, coaches and citizens. Join us this spring to hear from some of the new voices at the University and share with them what they have to look forward to as new members of the greater Whitewater community.
The titles and presenters of the lectures for the spring series are:
January 23
Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful: Liberace’s Wisconsin Roots and Flamboyant Visibility from Milwaukee to Las Vegas
Presented by Anna Hajdik, Lecturer, Languages and Literatures
January 30
Feminism, Race, and White Privilege
Presented by Olivia McLaughlin, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology
February 6
Exploring Special Education and Adult Outcomes of Students with Disabilities through an Intersectional Lens
Presented by Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor, Special Education
February 13
Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee
Presented by Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
February 20
Trophies of War: Ottoman Tents Won in the Siege of Vienna in 1683
Presented by Ashley Dimmig, Director, Crossman Gallery
February 27
Talking to Doctors: Health Communication Tips to Improve Your Healthcare Experience
Presented by Jonathan Dellinger, Assistant Professor, Communication
March 6
The Challenge of Ethical Technical Communication: Revisiting the Organizational and Communication Failures of the Challenger Explosion
Presented by Jessica Lauer, Assistant Professor, Languages & Literatures
March 13
History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology
Presented by Michelle Damian, Assistant Professor, History
March 20
Disability Representation in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Presented by Lauren Zepp, Assistant Professor, Special Education
Lectures in the Spring Fairhaven Lecture Series, “New Voices, Fresh Perspectives” are free and open to the public. They are held on Mondays at 3:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. Some lectures may be live-streamed via Facebook at www.facebook.com/UWWFairhavenLecture/ and all 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.
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.
About UW-Whitewater
At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater we inspire, engage and transform lives. Our higher education mission began more than 150 years ago — and we now serve more than 11,000 students at our Whitewater and Rock County campuses, 90% of whom stay in the region after earning their degree. Offering more than 170 undergraduate and graduate majors and minors as well as an education specialist and a doctoral degree. The Warhawk family — led by caring faculty and staff — is devoted to student success within a broad range of academic programs. One of only four Public Colleges of Distinction in the state, the university boasts small class sizes (20:1 ratio), is ranked one of the top 10 public colleges by the U.S. New & World Report, and is the top-ranked college in the state for serving students with disabilities.
