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Monitoring the Health of the Great Lakes

Knowing the state of the economy, public opinion, and even our personal medical condition provides immensely valuable information for decision-making. Likewise, knowing the health of our environment provides important background for public policy and business ventures. This presentation will describe the scientific process and some of the preliminary findings of a large-scale research project to develop indicators of environmental condition in the Great Lakes. This multi-million dollar project has involved both faculty and student researchers from UW-Green Bay.

Robert Howe is professor of Natural and Applied Sciences and director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. He has led numerous research projects on animal ecology and conservation, including studies of old growth forests, wetlands, agricultural grasslands, amphibians, soil organisms, small mammals, spiders, songbirds, butterflies, and black bears.

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Celebrate Slovakia

Join us as we celebrate the richness of the cultural life in Slovakia with Professor Sarah Meredith. She will share the highlights of her time spent in Slovakia and her continuing relationship with this transitional post-Communist country as it prepares for membership in the European Union. Slovakia is Ready!

Sarah Meredith is associate professor of Communication and the Arts. A recipient of the International Rotary Stipend for University Professors, she spent the 2001-2002 school year teaching at the Academy of Music in Bratislava, Slovakia, and performing.

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The Radical Lives of Helen Keller

Thirty-five years after her death, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the 20th century. But the story of her life tends to begin and often ends with the moment in 1887 when Anne Sullivan taught her the manual alphabet. Keller's later life has been largely ignored. She went on to live a full and active life, including many years of political activism and international advocacy, until her death in 1968. Omitting Keller's vivid political life from her life story limits understandings of disability and the disability rights movement. This presentation will explain that Keller should be remembered not only as a deaf and blind woman, but also as an opinionated political activist who cared deeply about her world – a more complex and intriguing woman than the Helen Keller we thought we knew.

Historian Kim Nielsen is associate professor of Social Change and Development. Since earning her Ph.D. in 1996, she has authored Un-American Womanhood: Antifeminism, Antiradicalism and the First Red Scare and, most recently, The Radical Lives of Helen Keller.

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Barn Again

This unique look at the barns of Wisconsin’s rural landscapes will offer a fascinating context for understanding the geography and culture of Northeastern Wisconsin. Participants will learn that barns can be an index to deeper understanding of agricultural history, technology, and cultural and ethnic influences.

William Laatsch, a geographer, is professor of Urban and Regional Studies. He is widely published in books and journals in geography, architecture and medicine and is particularly interested in rural landscapes and traveling especially to the high altitudes and the circum-polar high latitudes.

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