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We’re not the only ones talking about Carthage! Check out some of the latest news reports featuring the College, our students, and alumni — or drawing upon the expertise of our faculty.
What They're Saying
- January 17
Kenosha News“A teaching moment”: Carthage College Soviet art exhibition is now open
The $3.8 million collection, generously donated by Samuel and Berry Shoen, includes oil paintings and drawings from Armenia, Byelorussia, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan when the areas were under Soviet rule in the 20th Century.Read More ““A teaching moment”: Carthage College Soviet art exhibition is now open” - January 9
The Journal TimesCarthage plans public symposium to introduce major Soviet art collection
The Art Symposium: “Beauty in Expression” features a Soviet-era art exhibit, film screening, cello sonata, and conversation with an art collector.Read More “Carthage plans public symposium to introduce major Soviet art collection” - December 6
BizTimes MediaWisconsin 275: The State’s Most Influential Business Leaders
Carthage President John Swallow was recently named one of Wisconsin’s most influential business leaders of 2022.Read More “Wisconsin 275: The State’s Most Influential Business Leaders” - Alumni NewsNovember 9
Kenosha NewsCommission chooses Patton as Kenosha’s next police chief
Patrick Patton ’10, who majored in criminal justice, sociology and political science at Carthage, has been officially appointed the police chief of Kenosha, Wis.Read More “Commission chooses Patton as Kenosha’s next police chief” - Faculty & Staff AccoladesNovember 6
Kenosha NewsCarthage College professor wins 2022 WHPE University PE Teacher of the Year award
Rebekah Johnson, professor of exercise and sport science, received the 2022 University PE Teacher of the Year award by the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Association.Read More “Carthage College professor wins 2022 WHPE University PE Teacher of the Year award” - November 3
Kenosha NewsWATCH NOW: Creepy crawlers or tasty treat? Carthage Entomology Club holds Halloween “Boo Bash”
Read More “WATCH NOW: Creepy crawlers or tasty treat? Carthage Entomology Club holds Halloween “Boo Bash””During the Biology Honors Society’s Boo Bash on campus, the Entomology Club and Professor Angela Dassow let students hold creepy creatures and eat tasty insects.
- Alumni NewsOctober 17
Hancock County Journal-PilotMarking history
Alumni and friends of Carthage gathered in Illinois on Oct. 1 for a historical marker dedication ceremony honoring the original location of the College.Read More “Marking history” - October 10
Spectrum News 1Carthage-Bound program helps freshman football players succeed
J.J. Fletcher ’26 and Professor Michele Hancock talk about a new Carthage program designed to help BIPOC freshman football players succeed in college and beyond.Read More “Carthage-Bound program helps freshman football players succeed” - September 27
CBS 58 Hometowns: Pleasant Prairie
Dana Garrigan, Carthage professor of biology talks about the historic vegetation in Chiwaukee Prairie, located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.Read More “CBS 58 Hometowns: Pleasant Prairie” - Alumni NewsSeptember 22
24-7 Press ReleaseBressman Law Announces Traumatic Brain Injury Scholarship Winner
Faelan O’Shaughnessy ’21 decided to major in neuroscience at Carthage after suffering from a traumatic brain injury in high school. She is now pursuing a doctorate degree in occupational therapy.Read More “Bressman Law Announces Traumatic Brain Injury Scholarship Winner” - Alumni News,EventsSeptember 22
Kenosha NewsCarthage Homecoming Concert features former Miss America Laura Kaeppeler
The 2022 Homecoming Concert honors the Treble Choirs 40th anniversary and features former Miss America Laura Kaeppeler ’10.Read More “Carthage Homecoming Concert features former Miss America Laura Kaeppeler” - Academics,InnovationSeptember 21
WUWM 89.7 FM — Milwaukee’s NPRMore Wisconsin public, private colleges are pledging free tuition for low-income students
As part of the Carthage Commitment, Carthage promises to cover tuition costs not covered by federal and state grant funds and the Stafford Loan for Wisconsin students whose household income is less than $65,000.Read More “More Wisconsin public, private colleges are pledging free tuition for low-income students”
Commentary by Art Cyr
NOTE: The opinions expressed in these commentaries are those of the authors alone.
Professor Arthur I. Cyr writes frequent opinion pieces that are published in news outlets across the world. They cover developments in domestic and international business and economics, government and politics, defense and national security, diplomacy and international relations.
Read his latest commentary:
“We must formulate and put forward for other nations a much more positive and constructive picture … than we have put forward in the past.” This is from the famous “Long Telegram” sent from Moscow to Washington by diplomat George F. Kennan in early 1946. This brutal invasion of western Ukraine by Russia provides undeniable reminder that the world is difficult and dangerous, including old-fashioned military aggression. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has finally raised interest rates. On March 16, the central bank announced interest on reserve funds would be .4 percent. Bank currency transactions will keep interest rates in a range between .25 and .5 percent. Further, officials indicated that several more interest rate increases would be coming down the pike this year, perhaps a total of six. Last month, Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom celebrated her seventieth year on the throne. She is the first monarch of the nation to serve this long. For the rest of the year, there will be ceremonies marking this important anniversary in Britain, the Commonwealth and elsewhere around the world. The Afghanistan aftermath drama is underway, featured center stage in the always-intense theater known as the United States Congress. Generals Mark Milley and Kenneth McKenzie, respectively Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Commander of the U.S. Central Command, testified before Congress on September 28. The terrible disaster now unfolding in Afghanistan is a destructive reversal for the United States, and a serious policy and leadership failure on the part of President Joe Biden and his senior associates. However, the collapse of the established government institutions in Afghanistan is not a strategic defeat for the U.S. – not yet. The unwillingness of the administration to anticipate, at least at the top, and prepare for this scenario is a major failure. The twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and in the skies over Pennsylvania, demands considered reflection. Two decades provide useful distance for relatively dispassionate discussion of how we reacted to the shocking, grotesque mass murder. The shorthand reference to the horror is “9/11”. How would an objective analyst evaluate the response of us Americans? “Just a nice piece of hitting.” That is how Nick Martinez, pitcher for the United States’ Olympic baseball team, complimented Japan’s Munetaka Murakami on batting a home run. At 21 years old, Murakami is the youngest starting lineup member of Japan’s strong team. Mars 2020 is the latest, and in important ways most ambitious, of the space missions of the United States and a growing number of other nations. On February 18, the roving vehicle Perseverance landed on the surface of Mars. A distinctive feature of the mission is a small robot helicopter, named Ingenuity. The vehicle will deploy from Perseverance to scout promising routes for exploration.D-Day Lessons for Today - June 6, 1944
Brilliant Russia Guide: George F. Kennan
Public Money and Public Health
South Korea’s Important Election
Queen Elizabeth’s Major Milestone
Afghanistan & Command Styles
Afghanistan Disaster
9/11 Attacks After Two Decades
Monopoly Power: Yesterday & Today
Japan’s + The World’s Olympics Success
The Olympic Summer Games concluded on August 8, with basketball, cycling track, marathon and rhythmic gymnastics among concluding events. The elegant closing ceremony symbolized very appropriately the ultimate success of this historic 17-day competition.Interstate Highway System is Essential
Success of Mars Missions