ONLINE: Martha Bergland
January 26, 2021
Educator and author Martha Bergland.
You know all about Aldo Leopold and John Muir, Wisconsin-associated naturalists. You know about John Jay Audubon, the great chronicler of North American birds. But what do you know about the Birdman of Koshkonong? This Swedish settler (aka Thure Kumlien) was an ornithologist, botanist and naturalist who settled near Lake Koshkonong in 1843. He sent bird specimens to all the major museums and was the first curator of the new Milwaukee Public Museum. Kumlien deserves more recognition and Milwaukee writer Martha Bergland s new biography from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien, will uncover his contributions to ornithology. Bergland will appear on Book Bites, a series of brief Facebook Live book talks from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press on the WHS Press
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Pandemic reduces enrollment nationally 10%, report says. State schools see similar trend. //end headline wrapper ?>Milwaukee Area Technical College. Photo by Carl Baehr.
Declines in college enrollment spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing this spring according to new national data. Enrollment at two-year community and technical colleges is down by nearly 10 percent across the country, which indicates students of color, older students and those from low-income families are continuing to steer away from college. And enrollment at some Wisconsin technical colleges is aligning with the national trend.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports that at public, two-year community and technical colleges, enrollment fell this spring by 9.5 percent compared to spring of 2020. Undergraduate enrollment at public four-year universities dropped by 3.3 percent, and at non-profit, private universities, enrollment fell by 2 percent. The report is based on prelimin
Be MKE: New restaurants, pandemic puppy food and a vaccine update
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My one-year work from home anniversary is Friday. That means I ve been writing this newsletter every week from my bedroom for 52 weeks. This newsletter has been one way I ve known what day of the week it is for the last year. Today is Wednesday. Getting a real office chair was WORTH IT.
The big deals this week: A vaccine update, new restaurants and racism at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Let s talk business
All those pandemic puppies gotta eat. Natural pet food maker Stella & Chewy s is doubling the size of its Oak Creek headquarters. The $67.7 million project is expected to create 245 jobs over the next three years. Stella & Chewy s has expanded its product offerings in the last few years. Sales have grown. And they expect that growth to continue, said Chief Executive Officer Marc Hill. The expansion will give more room for food production, shipping and a