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The Wisconsin Idea is a public philosophy that has influenced policy and ideals in the U.S. state of Wisconsin's education system and politics. In education, emphasis is often placed on how the Idea articulates education's role for Wisconsin's government and inhabitants.
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
In 1904, as president of the university, he declared that "I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the university reaches every family of the state," later articulated as the "Wisconsin Idea". [3] [4] He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Wisconsin-Extension division. During his tenure, UW's medical ...
The Wisconsin Idea Theatre was essentially a cultural program, developed at the University of Wisconsin c. 1943. It was headed by Robert E. Gard within the College of Agriculture, with a mission for developing theatre arts throughout the state. Gard worked with anyone that had an idea, to develop radio dramas, or stage performances.
"Sifting and winnowing" commemorative plaque. Sifting and winnowing is a metaphor for the academic pursuit of truth affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.It was coined by UW President Charles Kendall Adams in an 1894 final report from a committee exonerating economics professor Richard T. Ely of censurable charges from state education superintendent Oliver Elwin Wells.
"Why Wisconsin? The Badger State in the Progressive Era". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 87 (3): 14– 25. JSTOR 4637084. Hale, William Bayard (June 1911). "La Follette, Pioneer Progressive: The Story of "Fighting Bob", the New Master of the Senate and Candidate for the Presidency". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XXII: 14591– 14600
The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized and incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, [1] until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin. Belmont was initially chosen as the capital of the territory.
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