Monthly Archive for April, 2007

Important Literary Event

 Thursday evening we will celebrate literature on campus. I will present the second annual UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Regional Literary Award to A. Manette Ansay. Manette is the author of numerous novels including an Oprah  selection “Vinegar Hill” and her most recent “Blue Water.” She also wrote an amazing memoir called “Limbo” detailing her debilitating illness that left her in incredible pain and unable to walk. 

Copies of her books will be available to purchase. Manette will be happy to autograph them.

Manette writes a lot about rural Wisconsin and has the ability to capture its people and places. A free reading will be held at 7 pm in the Kachel Center of the Center for the Arts. I hope you’ll join us as we celebrate Manette’s work and the love of literature. 

Hokie Hope Observed on Friday

Virginia Tech has offered an opportunity for people across the country to honor those killed in the tragic events on that campus.  Here at UW-Whitewater, we invite all to wear orange and maroon on Friday in support of the families of those who were lost. 

Horrifying Events at Virginia Tech

I am shocked and deeply saddened as I think about the losses suffered by the Virginia Tech campus today.  I know you will join me in keeping the members of that campus community in your hearts as they attempt to make sense of this tragic event.