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From Fantasy to Reality: The Impact of Rural Electrification on the Dairy Farms of West-Central Wisconsin
(2011-05-10)Prior to the mid 1930s, nearly all of rural America was without electricity. In conjunction with that reality, daily activities and tasks were performed in much the same way as they had been for generations. From 1935-1936, ... -
From Farm to Lake: Modeling Phosphorus Sources in the Lake Mendota Watershed
(2018-05-06)Lake Mendota is a culturally eutrophicated water system that is susceptible to phosphorus runoff, particularly from nonpoint agricultural areas. We have performed a surface analysis of the lake’s watershed using the Soil ... -
From Farmers to Cowboys: Rural American Identity and Community in Manawa, Wisconsin, 1848-1970
(2014-10-01)Farming and lumber production figuratively and literally shaped the landscape of Waupaca County, Wisconsin between 1848 and 1948. Ethnic identity further shaped these rural Waupaca County neighborhoods amongst others of ... -
From Genes to Ecosystems : a Molecular view of Microbial Diversity in Plant Communities from a Prairie Restoration Project.
(2009-01-13)A prairie restoration project started in 2004 was designed to increase our understanding of the links between plant communities, microorganisms and overall ecosystem processes. For the project, forty-five plots in a field ... -
From Here to Extraterritoriality: The United States Within and Beyond Borders
(International Studies Association Conference, 1997-03-18)Beginning in the late eighteenth century and running well into the twentieth, the United States claimed at least partial extraterritorial jurisdiction over American citizens in countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, ... -
From Homeland to the Heartland : the Resettlement and Acculturation of First Generation Hmong Americans in Eau Claire, WI
(2007-07-13)In the 1970s, the Hmong people of Laos fled their homeland in search of freedom from persecution by the communist regime in Laos. Most moved to refugee camps in Thailand, and then relocated to the United States. Historical ... -
From Hungary to Ecuador in the 20th Century : European Immigration to South America and its Modern Implications
(2017-03-08)The purpose of this project is to analyze the nature of European migration to South America in the early 20th century, in particular by using an example of a young women’s journey from Hungary to Ecuador. Often the United ... -
From internship to classroom - a study of academic self-efficacy
(2011-04-28)This study connects academics and internships by examining the relationship of students who complete internships and their academic self-efficacy. This concept is based on the belief that students are developing into ... -
From Logs to Hogs: The Transition from Logging to Celebrating Sustainable Agriculture in Chippewa Falls
(2015-12-15)The Northern Wisconsin State Fair has been in the city of Chippewa Falls since 1896. Logging was a main economic staple until 1911 when the last saw mill shut down. Agriculture became the main way for the people of Chippewa ... -
From Mansions to Towers: A History of Residence Halls at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
(2012-12-13)The construction of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's residence halls has generally followed that of the national trend. The school struggled to find enough funds to build residence halls in the early years. ... -
From nonlocal electrons to delocalized electrons and artificial atoms
(2018-04-27)After spending a portion of his career on nonlocal electron kinetics in plasmas, the speaker entered a new phase of his career with plasma materials synthesis. The talk will discuss how plasmas can be used to synthesize, ... -
From Outcasts To Warriors
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From Perinatal Through Preschool: Empathy in the First Plane of Development
(2020)The development of empathy in early childhood contributes to moral development, which affects justice and ultimately, society. This research team contends, corroborated by the most current evidence available in this field ... -
From Personalism to Territoriality: State Authority and Foreign Policy in Medieval and Modern Europe
(International Studies Association Conference, 1996-04-16)This paper has two primary purposes – to develop a more sophisticated conceptualization of state authority relations and to demonstrate the utility of this conceptualization in explaining state behavior. It attempts to ... -
From pews to profiles : the impact of Facebook on church attendance
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-02)This study utilizes 2012 New Family Structure Survey data to inspect the observed simultaneity of rising social media usage and declining religiosity among US adults. A linear probability model explaining whether or not ... -
From Polish Jokes to Pulaski: Polish American Culture and Politics in Milwaukee, 1956-1978
(2018-07-16)By the 1950s, most Americans of Polish descent were one or more generations removed from the "old country." In the eyes of many Polish Americans, this posed a problem for maintaining Polish cultural identity. Polish ...