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Helios connects students to a vibrant community of learning through interdisciplinary coursework, immersive projects, and cultural events, highlighted by a visit from acclaimed author Emily St. John Mandel, that bring the liberal arts to life.
September is shaping up to be one of the most exciting months yet for Helios, The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s College of Liberal Arts and Education’s signature humanities initiative.
Candito is being recognized for exemplary teaching that fosters diversity, civil discourse, student engagement and the value of a liberal arts education.
Michael Lambert, lecturer in the Humanities Department, has been honored with the Academic Staff Award for Excellence in recognition of his outstanding service, initiative and dedication to the UW-Platteville community.
Dr. Dale Murray has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing extraordinary undergraduate teachers.
Senior Lecturer Thomas Pitcher has been selected for a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow to collaborate with other exceptional teachers from across the Universities of Wisconsin and from various disciplines.
Sara Koeller, administrative assistant for the Department of Humanities, has been honored with the University Staff Award for Excellence.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s annual literary magazine, Spirit Lake Review (SLR), will be hosting a launch party celebrating the release of its 2025 issue on Wednesday, May 7, from 5:15-7:30 p.m.
The Helios Program for Integrated Liberal Arts celebrated student excellence in writing with its inaugural Helios Awards, recognizing outstanding work across first-year and upper-level courses.
Winch will be serving in the Peace Corps as an English teacher in Querétaro, Mexico later this year and is the first UW-Platteville student in more than a decade to be accepted before graduation.
UW-Platteville is now offering a Professional Writing Certificate, which is designed to complement a broad range of majors and provide students with professional writing, editing and communication skills needed to excel in many careers.
Dr. Amanda Tucker, professor of English, was honored with the 2024 Outstanding Faculty Advising Award from UW-Platteville and the 2024 Faculty Advisor Excellence Award from the Wisconsin Academic Advising Association.
Designed to create shared intellectual experiences for first year students, the Helios Program has succeeded in generating impressive community and academic enrichment in only two years.
In response to what STEM industry leaders highlight as a critical need, a UW-Platteville cross-campus collaboration resulted in a new opportunity for students to enroll in a Chinese language class.
The College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Forum Series will continue on Thursday, Dec. 7 with “The Breach that Closes a College.” Dr. Dale Murray, professor of philosophy, will present a case study that explores ethical considerations for how to handle ransomware attacks on a college campus.
UW-Platteville recently hosted New York Times bestselling memoirist Ashley C. Ford as the 2023 Helios Program for Integrated Liberal Arts first-year speaker. More than 500 students attended the event to listen to Ford’s personal story of overcoming challenges growing up and attending college.
Carrie Van Hallgren, assistant dean of UW-Platteville’s College of Liberal Arts and Education, was recently appointed by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to the board of Wisconsin Humanities.
UW-Platteville will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the literary magazine Spirit Lake Review, with a launch party on Wednesday, May 3. The event is open to the public and will feature contributor readings, live music and visual art displays.
Dr. David Gillota, associate professor of English, explores the overlap of horror and humor in American film in his forthcoming book, “Dead Funny: The Humor of American Horror.” Published by Rutgers University Press, the book is scheduled for release in July.
The College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Forum Series will conclude with a presentation on Thursday, April 13, by Dr. Michael Sharkey titled “What does knowledge have to do with Nazism?”
The College of Liberal Arts and Education 2022-2023 Faculty Forum Series will continue on Thursday, March 2 with a presentation by Dr. Chris Schulenburg and Dr. Alyssa Holan, titled “Business as Usual? Black Bodies Empowered in Nuestra Señora De La Noche.”
Dr. Phillip Gordon, associate professor of English, has helped facilitate the release of a new edition of a 1948 novel, “The Welcome,” by Hubert Creekmore. The novel, which has been out of print for more than 50 years, is being re-issued by the University Press of Mississippi this week and includes an introduction by Gordon.
Dr. David Gillota, associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has been named editor of the “Studies in American Humor” (StAH), a peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville College of Liberal Arts and Education opens the 2022-23 season of the LAE Faculty Forum Series on Thursday, Oct. 6 with Dr. Adam Stanley’s presentation of “How the Undead Came Alive: The Vampire in European Culture” with Dr.
Dr. Chris Schulenburg, professor of Spanish at UW-Platteville, is one of four recipients across the UW System receiving the 2022 Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Teaching Excellence award.
UW-Platteville will host a symposium, “Caregiving, Race, and Gender: COVID-19 Impacts on Women in Wisconsin,” on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23. The symposium, open to the public, is funded in part by a grant from Wisconsin Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Dr. Amanda Tucker and Dr. Katie Kalish were awarded a planning grant from the Teagle Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an integrated liberal arts certificate.
Assistant Professor of art Dr. Tyler Ostergaard is grateful for the opportunity to participate in the 2021-22 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program which supports outstanding educators from across the UW System in pursuing teaching and learning questions emerging from the classroom.
One local company is partnering with UW-Platteville to help bridge the communication gap between their English and non-English speaking employees. Allisa Cardella is the training and development generalist at Lactalis American Group, Inc. and completed her Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate in May from UW-Platteville.
The work of Dr. Chris Schulenburg, professor of Spanish, will be published in the forthcoming issue of the journal, Studies in the 20th & 21st Century Literature. His article, "Inés del alma mía or How to Retrain the Chronicle," uses Chilean novelist Isabel Allende's book "Inés del alma mía" to create a new model for the Latin American chronicle.
Dr. Alyssa Holan, assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has taught Spanish language courses and Peninsular literature and culture courses at the university since fall 2018.
On Thursday, March 5, the College of Liberal Arts and Education will host a faculty forum, “Talking Bones: The Writing of Assassination in Colombia,” in Room 136 Doudna Hall from 5-6:30 p.m.
Dr. Chris Schulenburg, professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, co-authored “It Hurts So Good: Resuscitating Female Slave Narratives in Fe en disfraz,” a scholarly article recently published in Arizona State University’s “Chasqui,” an academic journal devoted to Latin American literature.