WAUKESHA -- Now 40 years old, the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha campus will share a review of its roots, “The Setting: A History of Education in Waukesha and the Birth of UW-Waukesha.”

Sponsored by the Lectures & Fine Arts Committee, the Visions & Expressions presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 15, at noon in Room 101 of the Commons on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.  Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Parking is free in all campus lots during this special event.

 Headlined by historian Ellen Langill, a 20-year resident of Waukesha who taught at the campus for six years and now teaches at UW-Milwaukee, the presentation will bring to life the physical, political, and personal stories that surrounded the founding of Waukesha’s UW campus.

Langill, who holds a Ph.D. in history from UW-Madison, can rely in part on her research from her book, Carroll College: The First Century 1846-1946 (1980), as well as from one on Waukesha that she edited, From Farmlands to Freeways (1984). She will speak on Waukesha’s education history and the development of the UW System.

Several of the original administrators and the first student government president, attorney Tom Mihal, Waukesha, will present a panel of remembrance. Laraine O’Brien, Waukesha, the first public relations director, and Bill Dehnel, Pewaukee, the first business manager, will recollect the early days of the campus, and UW-Waukesha’s first dean, Murray Deutsch, has sent his remembrances in a recorded message as well.

The public is invited to stay for birthday cake afterwards.

UW-Waukesha has the largest enrollment among the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses. For information about programs, admission, or financial aid, contact the Student Services office at (262) 521-5040 or visit the Web at waukesha.uwc.edu.

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