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Category Archives: around wisconsin
Pickleball, anyone? 3rd annual Wellfest!
The Working for Whitewater’s Wellness coalition’s 3rd annual Wellfest will be on Sun. Mar. 9, noon-3pm, at Whitewater High School. It’s free! There’s something here for everyone! Choose from boot camp, Zumba, Pickleball, sports activities provided by UW-Whitewater athletes, healthy … Continue reading
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Tagged books, diet, events, exercise, federal government, fitness, fun stuff, government info, health, physical fitness, recipes, web sites, wellness
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Lincoln: Legacy and Lessons
The Spring 2014 Fairhaven Lecture Series theme is “The Legacy and Lessons of the Age of Lincoln.” These free lectures are weekly, on Mondays at 3pm, in the Fairhaven Retirement Community’s Fellowship Hall (435 W Starin Rd). Videos of the … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, battles, books, civil war, history, lectures, Lincoln, literature, poetry, politics, presidents, reconstruction, rhetoric, slavery, speeches, wars
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2014 State of the State
Tell the truth: Did you watch/listen to Governor Walker’s State of the State Address on January 22nd?? I’ll confess that I only saw part of it. Well, it’s not too late! You can listen to the 2014 State of the … Continue reading
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Driving Safely
It’s been winter for a while now, but it’s never too late to start driving more responsibly in response to weather and road conditions, and you’ve got plenty of time to practice since winter isn’t going away soon. Even the … Continue reading
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Endangered Species Act anniversary
December 28 is the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act being signed by President Nixon in 1973. That’s right, it’s the 40th anniversary of this legislation. Visit Endangered Species web pages for information and activities in honor of this anniversary, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, anniversaries, articles, biodiversity, books, conservation, endangered species, environment, federal government, government info, history, legislation, nature, plants, videos, web sites
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T3: Digital Writing Month
Have you heard that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? If you want to participate in a collaborative, tech-focused writing project check out this Digital Writing Month (DigiWriMo) project: the Digital Writing Makerthon. The Digital Writing Makerthon, sponsored by … Continue reading
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Tagged digital writing, NaNoWriMo, twitter, writing
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Get Your Game On: Mario Kart Tournament
In honor of International Games Day (Saturday, 16 November) and the Playful Learning Summit happening on campus this Thursday and Friday, Andersen Library is hosting a Mario Kart Time Trial Tournament this Saturday from noon until 2:00 p.m. in the TV … Continue reading
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Tagged games, gaming, gaming week, mariokart, videogames, Wii
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Veteran’s Day Celebration
In honor of Veteran’s Day, Andersen Library has created a display highlighting the soldiers of the Civil War. The Civil War display was done in coordination with the Roberta Fiskum Art Gallery in the University Center. Another display featuring Library … Continue reading
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Fac/Staff Library Research Fellowships deadline Nov 11
UWW Faculty/Staff: Are you working on research, but need to use databases that Madison has, and Whitewater does not? Well, here’s help! The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, supports limited Library Research Fellows for Winter/Spring … Continue reading
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What American Dialect Do You Speak?
The Interactive Dialect Maps by Joshua Katz of North Carolina State University show aggregate results to questions such as “What is ‘The City’? and “What do you call the night before Halloween?” for the whole United States of America… Continue reading
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Tagged American, dialects, English, language
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