Abby Kalscheur may never forget following the spry Guatemalan farmer up the side of a volcano to his milpa, a small subsistence farm. Twenty students and three faculty members struggled to keep up with the father of 10, during an international learning trip.
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Human Ecology Building Named for Nancy Nicholas
The renovated School of Human Ecology building will be named for Nancy Johnson Nicholas, a 1955 graduate of the school and the major donor along with husband Albert “Ab” Nicholas for the new facility. Nancy Nicholas Hall, opening in 2012, will be the first facility on campus to be named for a female donor.
Legacy of Professor Joseph Dillinger Endures
When Theodore “Ted” Cohen published his first novel, “Full Circle,” he mailed it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physics with a check and a note, reading, “In partial repayment of a debt long overdue.”
Assume Complexity in Social Work
Ed Irwin’s working to help other consumers (of mental health services) and students who will be social workers.
Students Soak in KlezKamp Experience Thanks to Donors
UW-Madison students were able to experience KlezKamp, a celebration of Yiddish culture, thanks to the William & Marjorie Coleman Fund for Undergraduate Learning Enhancement. The Madison Summer KlezKamp will be held July 10-14.