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Counselor Helps At-Risk Teens Express Themselves Through Nature Photography

With backpacks slung over their shoulders and digital cameras hanging from their necks, a group of about twenty teens trek through the forests of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Like many people who visit these woods, the teens come in need of healing and refuge from difficult lives, lives that include: “Breaking into cars, my anger, my depression …” “Drug issues …” “Trouble in school, trouble with the law …” “The one thing that they have in common is that, for one reason or another, they’ve lost hope in their lives,” said Ben Thwaits, one of their teachers at Northwest Passage, a residential treatment center in Northern Wisconsin.

UW-Oshkosh English Professor Wins International Award For Writing Badly

UW-Oshkosh professor Sue Fondrie spends her time in the classroom teaching future teachers to be strong writers.  So imagine her colleagues’ and students’ surprise when Prof. Fondrie was awarded top honors in an international contest that celebrates terrible writing. 

Mariachi Strings

When Dinorah Marquez moved to the U.S., she didn’t speak any English and was quite shy and scared.  She eventually found her voice through playing an instrument. Decades later, Dinorah hopes to give other young students the same experience through Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Strings Program.

Renegade Gang Of La Crosse Knitters Engage In Stealthy “Yarn Bombing” Displays Of Public Art

A crafty group moves through the dead of night to leave their mark on La Crosse’s public spaces… their cozy, soft, knitted marks. “Drop Stitch Murphy” and her renegade gang of fellow knitters engage in stealthy “yarn bomb” displays of public art.