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Rufus King

Author: Bethany Harding
Grayscale medium shot of General Rufus King in a uniform sitting and facing slightly to right. This old photo is a bit cropped at the bottom left.
Prominent Milwaukee editor and political activist Rufus King was born in New York City on January 26, 1814. He was the son of Charles King, longtime editor of the New York American, and the grandson of another Rufus King who helped author the United States Constitution. King attended the preparatory academy at Columbia College before… Read More

Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology

Author: Patrick Russell
Bird's eye view of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology campus surrounded by green landscape. The image's center shows the iconic round Sacred Heart Chapel that features a light blue-colored roof with a crown and a cross atop. Behind the chapel, from the image's center to the right, is a grand multi-story building whose shape resembles a semicircle. Trees grow in the background as far as the eye can see. Several cars are parked in front of the chapel. Expansive green lawns and trees embellish the front yard.
Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology (SHSST) is a Roman Catholic graduate institution located in Franklin, Wisconsin, that offers two degrees (Master of Divinity and Master of Arts) as well as an English as a Second Language program. Its primary purpose is the training of men for ordination to the priesthood, but it also… Read More

Sister Joel Read

Author: Alan Borsuk
Grayscale headshot of Sister Joel Read smiling in a habit. Her body faces slightly to the left while her eyes glance to the right.
Sister Joel Read, SSSF, was the central figure in transforming Alverno College on Milwaukee’s South Side from a small, religious-oriented institution run by the School Sisters of Saint Francis into a pioneer in programs serving non-traditional students and measuring student success in innovative ways. During her thirty-five years as president of Alverno, Read became a… Read More

Special Schools

Author: Elizabeth R. Drame
Grayscale photograph of two female therapists assisting two children around a pool in Milwaukee's Gaenslen School. In the foreground, a therapist in a bathing suit exercises a child's right leg. The kid's hands hold special handrails attached to the pool edge. In the right background, another therapist stands next to the pool and helps a child who sits in a chair hanging over the water.
Perspectives on disabilities and how to incorporate individuals with disabilities into mainstream society have evolved over the past couple of centuries. People with disabilities were viewed as less than human and treated as such. The views of individuals with disabilities in the 1800s reflected the assessment of value and worth in society. For example, people… Read More

St. Francis de Sales Seminary

Author: Steven M. Avella
Long shot of the main building of St. Francis de Sales Seminary behind the St. Francis de Sales statue. The multiple-story building stands in the background. The facade's central part is embellished with triple-arched structures on the ground and upper floors. This central bay is topped with an octagonal dome that includes an octagonal cupola with a cross atop. Several cars are parked in front of the building. St. Francis de Sales' statue appears in the image's center foreground, ornamenting a large green yard in which lush trees grow.
This institution is the major training facility for Roman Catholic priests who serve in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It also forms young clergy who serve in other parts of Wisconsin and sections of the Midwest. Moreover, some of its graduates are found in Rome and Africa. Although it currently does not support an accredited academic… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Author: John H. Schroeder
Bird's eye view of UWM building complex and its vicinity in grayscale tone. Other buildings and trees in the neighborhoods are in the foreground and background. Lake Michigan spans the far background.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the largest university in Milwaukee and the second largest (behind UW-Madison) in Wisconsin. In 2016, UWM enrolled 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students with a faculty and academic staff of more than 1,600. That same year, UWM was classified as a top-tier, Category 1 Research University by the Carnegie Classification of… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Washington County

Author: John Degnitz
Bird's eye view of UW-Washington County Campus and its vicinity. The building complex and parking area are surrounded by green landscapes adorned with trees beginning to turn with fall colors. Other buildings appear in the far background.
The University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UW-WC) is one of thirteen University of Wisconsin colleges, this one primarily serving students from Washington, Ozaukee, Dodge, and Milwaukee counties. Located in West Bend, UW-WC offers courses leading to 250 majors at this freshman/sophomore campus. Collaborative bachelor degree programs with UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, and UW-Milwaukee allow students to obtain four-year… Read More

University of Wisconsin-Waukesha

Author: Ellen Langill
Exterior view of the UWM building at Waukesha Commons in daylight. The building's facade is elaborate. The entrance sits behind a series of large columns. Someone in a backpack walks past a front stair towards the entrance. The stairs are in the far right foreground. Landscaping plants appear in the foreground. The blue sky is above.
In the 1960s, Wisconsin experienced a large spike in student enrollments as the baby boomers graduated from high school and looked for advanced educational opportunities. Waukesha County, in particular, saw a tremendous increase in population as families moved west from Milwaukee along the new Interstate 94 corridor. Wisconsin’s flagship university in Madison could not accommodate… Read More

University School of Milwaukee

Author: Aaron Kinskey
Grayscale long shot of the German-English Academy building. The 3½-story structure sits in the background behind several trees growing on the sidewalk. The building has two wings connected by a small hyphen that features a roofed entryway. Groups of rectangular windows are dominant in the building's right wing. Three two-story arched windows are in the left wing, hidden behind trees. A series of arched-windowed dormers appear at the top of each wing. A street spans the foreground.
The University School of Milwaukee, located in the suburb of River Hills, was created by a merger of the Milwaukee Country Day School, Milwaukee Downer Seminary, and Milwaukee University School in 1963. It is comprised of students ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. The Milwaukee University School, formerly the German-English Academy, and its distinct teaching… Read More

Vocational Education

Author: James K. Nelsen
Rows of students in a shoe rebuilding class in a row of individual stations as they work on a shoe product. People on the left operate machines. The rows of students standing in the center and right are working with their hands. Students wear button-down shirts; one man wears a tie. The ceiling lights are on.
Wisconsin’s organized system of vocational education began in 1911. By 2016, it consisted of sixteen technical colleges and forty-nine campuses under the mantle of the Wisconsin Technical College System. It offers more than four hundred programs designed to train students to enter the workplace, and it is especially known for its offerings centering on manufacturing… Read More

Vouchers in Education

Author: Alan Borsuk
Dr. Howard Fuller in a suit and tie sits on a student desk in a classroom. His front body faces the camera lens. Dr. Fuller smiles as his eyes glance to the right. Other desks are visible, they all face to the left. The room's wall and two blackboards are visible in the background.
Milwaukee attracted national attention, beginning in 1990, when it became the first city in the nation where elementary and high school students could enroll in private schools, using public money to support their education. The Wisconsin legislature had approved a law, signed by Governor Tommy G. Thompson, which allowed private school “vouchers.” Over the next… Read More

Waukesha County Technical College

Author: Joseph B. Walzer
A student at Waukesha County Technical College works at a small drafting table in this photograph from 1950.
Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) is a vocational training and general education school headquartered in Pewaukee. It is part of the Wisconsin Technical College System. WCTC emerged out of the vocational education movement of the 1910s. In 1911, Wisconsin passed pioneering legislation requiring fourteen and fifteen-year-olds to attend school at least part-time (a stipulation extended… Read More

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Author: Sheena Finnigan
Long shot of the Wisconsin Lutheran College building complex standing in the background. Green tall trees hide parts of the red brick buildings. The college's monument sign with the school's name appears in the image's center, surrounded by landscaping plants. Green lawns, a sidewalk, and a driveway are visible.
Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC) was founded in 1973 by a group of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) members. The college is owned by a corporation of WELS congregations and governed by its Board of Regents. WLC has enjoyed an ever-growing and generally positive relationship with the Milwaukee metro area and the state of Wisconsin. WLC… Read More

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary

Author: John Brenner
The Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary's arched entrance gate faces slightly to the left. Rays of sunshine and shadows of trees bathe the upper part of the gate that features a cross and series of windows on the wall, topped with a steep roof. Trees appear on the left and right. A green lawn is in the foreground.
The training of pastors is vital to the life and theology of any church body. In the Lutheran tradition, each congregation calls a pastor to be its spiritual supervisor, advisor, and teacher. For more than a century Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary has been training pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and its worldwide mission and… Read More
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