Video lectures can be accessed for free any time by clicking the links below. Select videos are also available on our YouTube channel.
A Legacy of Lifelong Learning: Celebrating 40 Years of Community Conversations
Since 1983, faculty, staff and community leaders have presented public lectures as part of the Fairhaven Lecture Series. This fall, we celebrate four decades of timely and relevant presentations by showcasing the University’s award-winning faculty and staff who are committed to providing exceptional educational experiences for all. Once dubbed “one of Whitewater’s best kept secrets,” the Series has become a well-known tradition, engaging our community and transforming lives. Join us in celebrating 40 years of conversations, won’t you?
Lectures are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater and are open to the public.
Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven.
If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.
New Voices, Fresh Perspectives: Showcasing New Faculty at UW-Whitewater
Over the past few years, new experts have joined the faculty and staff at UW-Whitewater, in all of its colleges and departments. Historians, sociologists, writers, and more, UW-Whitewater is comprised of dedicated educators who are as eager to share their research interests to the community as they are to mentoring our next generation of accountants, teachers, entrepreneurs, counselors, and more. Join us this spring to hear from some of the new voices at the University and share with them what they have to look forward to as new members of the greater Whitewater community.
Lectures are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater and are open to the public.
Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven.
If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.
Talking to Doctors: Health Communication Tips to Improve Your Healthcare Experience
Jonathan Dellinger, Assistant Professor
Communication
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Exploring Special Education and Adult Outcomes of Students with Disabilities through an Intersectional Lens
Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor
Special Education
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Politicians, activists, musicians, and every day citizens. Systems, inventions, and tragedies. This spring, we will spend an hour each week, putting the spotlight on changemakers that have made history. From local stories to those that made a global impact, join us as we take a closer look at some fascinating American profiles.
Lectures in the Spring 2022 series will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public. Registration is not required, but masks are. Lectures will be recorded and posted to our website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
Check our website and follow us on social media for more information and updates on opening to the public. Any other questions, please contact Kari Borne at bornek@uww.edu or 262-472-1003.
Who are the Supremes? A Discussion of the Lives of Supreme Court Justices
Monica Lineberger
Assistant Professor
Polititcal Science
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Educational Innovators: Profiles from the American Past
Anne Durst
Associate Professor
Educational Foundations
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An Opportunity and a Burden: The Lives of Loyalist Woment in Revolutionalry Philadelphia
Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor
History
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Forgetting and Remembering the "Spanish" Flu Pandemic
Karl Brown
Associate Professor
History
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Flaco Jimenez and the Accordion: Global Intersections
Erin Bauer
Assistant Professor
Music
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Profile of Wisconsin Mass Media History
Brian Schanen
Lecturer
Communication
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The Poison Widow of Whitewater: Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder
Jennifer Motszko
Digital Scholarship &
Preservation Archivist
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Life at the Intersections: The Labor, Activism, and Legacy of Pauli Murray
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Lecturer
Women's and Gender Studies
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Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign
Dick Haven
Professor Emeritus
Communication
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Science and Society: Connecting Research to Real Life
From climate change to COVID-19, bird adaptations to brain function, our world faces new challenges and opportunities every day. Scientific research provides solutions to problems and impacts our daily lives, local communities, and national policies. Join us this fall as members of the UW-Whitewater faculty share their research interests and learn how the findings make a difference in our society.
What Makes the Northern Cardinal Such a Winner?
Susan DeVries
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
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A Jamaican Student Teaching Experience
Amy Stevens
Professor and Chair Special Education
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Chemistry in the Kitchen
Kim Kostka Professor
Chemistry
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Monitoring Shoreline Erosion and Slope Stability Along Lake Michigan
Juk Bhattacharyya
Professor
Geology, Geo & Environl Science
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Inventions, Innovations and Publications
Ozgur Yavuzcetin
Associate Professor
Physics
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Biophysics: Where Magnets and Neurons Collide
Martin Tchernookov
Assistant Professor
Physics
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Citizen Science: A Tool for Bird Conservation
Tom Klubertanz
Professor
Biology
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Climate Change & Changing Seasons in WI and the Great Lakes Region
John Frye
Associate Professor
Geology, Geo & Environ Science
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Why the COVID-19 Vaccine was Created in Less Than Six Months
John Ejnik
Associate Professor and Chair
Chemistry
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No Passport Needed: From the U.S. to the World, Yesterday and Today
Traveling came to an abrupt halt in 2020, but virtual journeys through time and across the world can take place through the experiences of others. Join us as we visit Louis XIV’s France; travel with students and faculty to Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America; and examine the impact of (and by) those who immigrate to the U.S. Stay safe at home this spring, while exploring our world through the experiences of our fellow global citizens.
Election 2020: Candidates, Campaigns, and Crises
The 2020 election season will be like no other in U.S. history. An unconventional incumbent president, an international pandemic, and social and economic unrest will be on voters’ minds this fall. How will these people and events shape campaign messages? What can we learn from past elections in trying times? What will the results mean for 2021 and beyond? Join us this fall as we take a deep dive into Election 2020.
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