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Capstone is an online magazine published twice annually for alumni and friends of UWL's College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities.

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The UWL College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities’ Capstone is published online in March and November, for more than 8,000 alumni and friends of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities.

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Dean Vesperman

Dean Vesperman, History, presented "Bring Current Events Alive! " at the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies on March 15 in Madison. Vesperman presented with undergraduates McKylie Green, Terra Clark, Audrey Langworthy, Shelby Schultz, Youssef Zahid, Zach Powley, and Chase Brown on how teachers can use high-impact practices such as whip-arounds, 3-2-1 Discussions, Triangle-Square-Circle reflections, and Four Corner discussions to actively engage students in examining current events. The presenters used various current events to help participants model these literacy and discussion techniques including the recent measles outbreak and proposed cuts to the National Parks Service.

Submitted on: Mar. 16

Kenneth Shonk

Kenneth Shonk, History, presented ""Never Mind the Bullocks . . .": Futurist Visions of Ireland in the Fianna Fáil Bulletin, 1935-1938" at The Annual Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies on Feb. 24 in Savannah, Georgia.

Submitted on: Mar. 3

Penelope Hardy

Penelope Hardy, History, was interviewed by David Shiffman of Southern Fried Science on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Amid calls to cut U.S. government science funding, Hardy discussed the over-200-year history of federal government support for ocean science.

Submitted on: Feb. 19

Dean Vesperman

Dean Vesperman, History, co-authored the chapter "Contextualizing socio-cultural STEM through historical figures and events. " in . Socio-Cultural STEM for middle school: A model for student engagement and teacher collaboration and was accepted for publication by Rowman & Littlefield. In keeping with the focus of the chapter, we offer three lesson plans centered on the role of historical figures or events in the development of computer technologies over time, the development of food preservation over time, and the effects of public policies designed to inhibit the spread of contagious diseases on individual civil rights. Each of the lessons is embedded within the socio-cultural context of the period and provides opportunities for students to conduct guided inquiry into the topic.

Submitted on: Jan. 17

Gita Pai

Gita Pai, History, was interviewed by Dr. Meenakshi Anantram of The Meenamma Show for her Desi Dynamos: Stories of Indian-American Trailblazers on Nov. 1.

Submitted on: Dec. 9, 2024