UWM History Graduate Student Association - HGSA

10/20/2023

HGSA alum doing awesome things! Hist grad Beth Loomer was recently awarded a civilian achievement award by the Commandant of the War College where she works at the US Army Heritage and Education Center. Way to go Beth!

05/01/2023

The UW-Milwaukee HGSA was honored to have so many graduate students in our midst to discuss their research from universities near and far at The Michael Gordon Graduate Student Conference.

05/01/2023

Major thank you to Wisconsin Labor History Society for their exciting presentation about Wisconsin’s labor history and the Bay View Tragedy! Thank you to Jaclyn Kelly, Joanne Ricca, John Fleissner, Gerald Gunderson, and Marty Horning for their time and contributions! (And Ken Germanson who wasn’t able to make it)

04/29/2023

3 of HGSAs officer presenting this weekend! They made us proud. Shout out to all of our presenters this weekend! Everyone did an amazing job!

04/29/2023

Kicking off day two of the Michael Gordon Conference at UW-Milwaukee

04/28/2023

Finishing our second panel of day one and are about to begin the third panel at the 2nd Annual Michael Gordon HGSA Conference on the UWM Student Union's 2nd Floor.

04/28/2023

UWM History Graduate Student Association - HGSA is setting up our room and tech devices as registrants file into the UW-Milwaukee Student Union.

04/25/2023

Milwaukee man and Medal of Honor recipient Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

For this Medal Monday, we share the story of Arthur MacArthur, Jr, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, and moved to Milwaukee prior to the beginning of the war. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He joined the 24th Infantry as an adjutant, and was colonel by the end of the war. He earned a Medal of Honor for courage at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863. The citation for this medal reads: ” Seized the colors of his regiment at a critical moment and planted them on the captured works on the crest of Missionary Ridge.” On, Wisconsin!

04/21/2023

Where children grow

April 21 is National Kindergarten Day! Did you know the first kindergarten in the United States was started in Watertown, Wisconsin?

It opened in 1856 by Margarethe Meyer Schurz. It was based on her experiences in Germany with educator Friedrich Froebel.

Kindergarten is a German word meaning “a garden where children grow.”

Learn more: https://wihist.org/41l9aL6

The First Kindergarten is one of many historic sites that are part of the Watertown Historical Society, Watertown, WI.

📸: Site of America's first kindergarten
1968 | WHI Image ID 129584