by Jane Elder | Oct 28, 2021 | Magazine Article
When I was handed a key to the Academy office building in January of 2012, I had no idea it would be the beginning of a ten-year journey. And what a journey it has been. As this will be my last column in the magazine as executive director, I want to say thank you to...
by Jane Elder | Jan 31, 2018 | Magazine Article
For many of us, 2017 was a year of rapid and unsettling change. Seemingly solid foundations, from core cultural values to venerable American institutions, shifted dramatically. Absorbing the news of the day and sorting out the right response can be an exercise in...
by Jason Smith | Nov 3, 2016 | Magazine Article
In an era marked by hyperpartisan political discourse and obsessive coverage of the personalities of the moment, it’s good to know that Wisconsinites have an objective public media resource in WisconsinEye. For almost ten years, WisconsinEye has been providing...
by Jason Smith | Aug 1, 2016 | Magazine Article
For those in Central Wisconsin who crave more of the Wisconsin Academy’s free public talks with leading Wisconsin thinkers and share knowledge, you have a valuable resource in the Winchester Academy. Neil Truman Eckstein, a Professor of English at the University of...
by Dena Wortzel | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Looking closer at the photo, I couldn’t tell if the expression of the woman dressed in white in the out-of-focus selfie was sad or ironic, or just indecipherable. Sue had been a medical transcriptionist for 32 years at a clinic in Menomonee Falls. But at the time she...
