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  On Thursday, September 3rd, from 12:30-1:30, the featured speaker in UW Eau...

  On Thursday, September 3rd, from 12:30-1:30, the featured
  speaker in UW Eau Claire-Barron County´s weekly lecture series will be Wanda
  McFaggen, an enrolled member of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin,
  who resides in the West Hertel community of St. Croix. She was born in Oregon but raised in Chicago’s
  Uptown area with 6 brothers and 3 sisters; she moved to the St. Croix
  reservation about 1983. Wanda’s spirit
  name is Bedobanukwe (Be-dob-a-nu-kwe,) which roughly translates to Daybreak
  Woman. She is from the Migizi (Eagle) Clan and is also Second Degree Midewewin.

  McFaggan established the St. Croix Tribal Historic
  Preservation Department in August 2000 for the protection and preservation of
  cultural, historical and archaeological resources on St. Croix reservation
  lands. She will discuss her role as
  Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and what she does to oversee all things
  significant to the St. Croix band, such as Archaeological/Sacred Sites, Burial
  Mounds, research into tribal members, history and traditions, as well as
  restoring tribal traditions that are in danger of being forgotten. She will
  also explain how her work relates to the National Historic Preservation Act and
  how it informs audiences that may be tribal members, non-native communities and/or
  local colleges.

  McFaggan´s presentation is part of the Thursdays from the U
  Lecture and Performance series. Due to COVID-19, the fall 2020 series
  will be held entirely online. To access the live-streamed events, visit
  the Thursdays at the U webpage at www.uwec.ly/Thursdays
  at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the event. There you will
  find instructions for joining the live session, as well as the fall schedule,
  news releases for each talk, and archived recordings. Thursdays from the U is
  sponsored by the UWECBC Foundation.

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  Don Siniff is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota. He...

  Don Siniff is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota. He received his master´s and bachelor´s degrees from Michigan State University and his Ph D, in 1967, from U. of Minnesota. Prior to his PhD work, he spent time in the Air Force and worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as their biometrician. In 1968, when the National Science Foundation was looking for scientists interested in censusing the seals of Antarctica, he began work on that project. His first trip to Antarctica was on the ice breaker Glacier. His involvement with the southern-most continent would continue for 30 years. His students´ projects have also involved tigers in Nepal, manatees in Florida, and sea otters in Alaska and California.On Thursday, September 24th, from 12:30-1:30, he will first talk a bit about the Antarctic, the pack ice, and the marine ecosystem in general. Then he will describe the four species of Antarctic seals, the team´s research projects and the seals´ general life histories. Dr. Siniff will also share some of his photos of penguins, and maybe some of the fish of the region.This talk is part of the Thursdays from the U Lecture series, which due to COVID-19, will be held entirely online during fall 2020. To access the live-streamed events, visit the Thursdays from the U webpage at www.uwec.ly/Thursdays at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the lecture. There you will find instructions for joining the live session, as well as the fall schedule, news releases for each talk, and archived recordings. The series is free and open to the public thanks to financial support from the UWEC-BC Foundation.

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  4:09pm

  Calendar created Thursday from the U

  On Thursday, September 3rd, from 12:30-1:30, the featured speaker in UW Eau...

  On Thursday, September 3rd, from 12:30-1:30, the featured speaker in UW Eau Claire-Barron County´s weekly lecture series will be Wanda McFaggen, an enrolled member of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, who resides in the West Hertel community of St. Croix. She was born in Oregon but raised in Chicago’s Uptown area with 6 brothers and 3 sisters; she moved to the St. Croix reservation about 1983. Wanda’s spirit name is Bedobanukwe (Be-dob-a-nu-kwe,) which roughly translates to Daybreak Woman. She is from the Migizi (Eagle) Clan and is also Second Degree Midewewin.McFaggan established the St. Croix Tribal Historic Preservation Department in August 2000 for the protection and preservation of cultural, historical and archaeological resources on St. Croix reservation lands. She will discuss her role as Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and what she does to oversee all things significant to the St. Croix band, such as Archaeological/Sacred Sites, Burial Mounds, research into tribal members, history and traditions, as well as restoring tribal traditions that are in danger of being forgotten. She will also explain how her work relates to the National Historic Preservation Act and how it informs audiences that may be tribal members, non-native communities and/or local colleges. McFaggan´s presentation is part of the Thursdays at the U Lecture and Performance series. Due to COVID-19, the fall 2020 series will be held entirely online. To access the live-streamed events, visit the Thursdays at the U webpage at www.uwec.ly/Thursdays at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the event. There you will find instructions for joining the live session, as well as the fall schedule, news releases for each talk, and archived recordings. Thursdays at the U is sponsored by the UWECBC Foundation.

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  Many Wisconsinites are concerned with water and water quality -- the basis...

  Many Wisconsinites are concerned with water and water quality -- the basis of our health, recreation and the tourism industry. You can learn more about these issues by attending Thursdays from the U from 12:30-1:30 on November 5th. George Kraft, Professor Emeritus of Water Resources and current research scientist with UW-Stevens Point and Extension, will discuss “Wisconsin Groundwater: Can We Manage It Sustainably?” Due to COVID-19, the fall 2020 series will be held entirely online. To access the live-streamed events, visit the Thursdays from the U webpage at www.uwec.ly/Thursdays at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the event. There you will find instructions for joining the live session, as well as the fall schedule, news releases for each talk, and archived recordings. Thursdays from the U is sponsored by UWECBC Foundation. Kraft will address how unmanaged high capacity well pumping, largely for crop irrigation, is drawing down water tables and threatening lakes, streams, and wetlands. In locales such as the Central Sands region, dozens of lakes and streams have already been affected, some to the point of complete drying. A political battle is keeping Wisconsin from adopting common sense 21st century policies that allow reasonable amounts of pumping consistent with healthy water bodies. Dr. Kraft’s career of three decades has been dedicated to serving the citizens, communities, businesses, and governments of Wisconsin in the Wisconsin Idea tradition - “the boundaries of the University are the boundaries of the state.” Kraft is also actively involved in his local community, coaches high-school cross-country ski racing, and has completed 27 Birkebeiner ski races.

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