UW Madison Student Flies With Badger Aviators
Remington Viney, a junior at UW-Madison, has been a pilot for four years. She's also a member of the Badger ...
Milwaukee’s First Love Letter
Valentine’s Day was not, you’d guess, a high point in the lives of Milwaukee’s pioneers. If their photographs are any ...
Winter Preparedness Goes Awry For Girl Learning To Ski
When I lived in Los Angeles winter preparedness meant turning on the pool heater. Here in Wisconsin, come Halloween, my ...
Spoken Word Artist Describes Brother’s Struggle
While enrolled in the UW Madison's First Wave Hip Hop arts program, Steven Rodriguez created a poem inspired by his ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Renee Learned Computer Skills That Landed Her A Job
Renee had fallen on hard times when her longtime friend Rick stepped in to offer his support. Curiosity brought them into the ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Liberian Refugee Miss Elizabeth Finds New Life In Milwaukee
Miss Elizabeth came to Milwaukee from Liberia in 2007. She knew no English. She’d never really even gone to school. ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Ruth Is Improving Her Reading To Earn A GED
Bonnie began volunteering as a literacy tutor after seeing a notice in the newspaper. She was soon paired up with ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Welder And Artist Augie Learning To Read Blueprints With Tutor
Augie has been a welder for forty years. A problem at work exposed his reading disability and led him to ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Maria Is Learning English For New Life In U.S.
Maria Huerta came to Milwaukee from Mexico with her husband. She knew no English but soon started classes at Journey ...
Family Letters Reveal Story Of Farm Life In Wisconsin Over 20th Century
In the mid-1990s, Sara DeLuca received gift of letters from her aunt Margaret. The letters, written by the women in ...
Students Take Dance From The Street To Competition
It takes exercise, skill and a lot of practice to move from the streets to a break dancing competition. These ...
Doctor Provides Care And Healing To Her Community
Amy Delong works within and for her tribal community at the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness in Baraboo. She pursued medicine ...
Natural Instincts Collide With Modern Life For A Woman And Her Dog
It’s two a.m., and the terrier can’t sleep. Raccoons and possums are prowling. The terrier wants to go outside, guard ...
Calvin Young’s Path To A Future In Milwaukee
Calvin Young grew up on Mayflower Court between two “projects” near 7th and Walnut. From a young age, Young’s environment ...
Folklorist Jim Leary Highlights Wisconsin’s Folk Music Tradition
From 1937 to 1946, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Alan Lomax, and the University of Wisconsin’s Helene Stratman-Thomas, with federal support from ...