Fox Valley Technical College Winter 2018 Commencement Ceremony
The FVTC Winter 2018 Commencement takes place on Saturday, December 15 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton. This event will be livestreamed with captioning.
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Dance at the Fox Valley Family YMCA!
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The Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin Drone Video
The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum. On September 30, 1882, it became the first residence in the US powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.
At that time, the house was the residence of Henry James Rogers, a paper company executive and entrepreneur. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1974. The house was previously known as the Henry J. Rogers House.
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Summary of Significance
The Henry J. and Cremora Rogers House is significant at the national level in the area of Engineering
as the first house in the United States to be incandescently illuminated by a hydroelectric powered
Western Edison Electric Light Company dynamo power station and an Edison Electric System. It
remains a rare glimpse into the early techniques used in residential electrification. The first power
station in the United States became operational twenty-six days earlier on Pearl Street in New York
City, but it was powered by steam.
The house is also significant at the statewide level as an exceptional example of Queen Anne style
residential architecture. This house is one of the few residences in the state exhibiting an elite level of
exterior design and richness of interior design and finishes. This house shares company with other
exceptional Queen Anne homes in Wisconsin that have already been listed in the National Register at
the statewide level of significance
including the Frank Chenoweth House in Monroe, Green County;
the Shearer-Cristy House in Waupaca, Waupaca County; and the Havilah Babcock House in Neenah, Winnebago County, which was also designed by architect William Waters.
And finally, the house is locally significant for its association with Henry J. Rogers, an entrepreneur
and visionary who not only brought electrification technology to Wisconsin but shaped the city of
Appleton through his paper mills, his work bringing gas and water services to the citizens of Appleton, and his contributions to establishing an electric street railway to the city. Henry Rogers lived in the
house during the time he made his contributions in manufacturing and by establishing the first
hydroelectric power station to be used in residential electrification; his house being the first residence
to benefit from this new source of power.
Period of Significance
The period of significance is 1881 through 1891. The first date is the year in which the house was
built and the period of significance ends in 1891, the year in which the Rogers family sold the house.
The house was electrified in 1882. The Rogers house retains an extremely high degree of integrity
both on the exterior and the interior of the building.
Brief History of Appleton, Wisconsin
A more developed history of the city of Appleton is included in the Appleton Intensive Survey Report
completed in 1992, a copy of which is available at the Historic Preservation-Public History Division of
the Wisconsin Historical Society. What follows is a history of the community in the context of how it
relates to this house and to Henry Rogers.
Outagamie County was officially formed on February 17, 1851, with land set apart from Brown
County. Outagamie County is relatively flat and in 1850 was heavily timbered with maple, elm, ash,
and hickory. In 1853, the population numbered nearly 4,000 settlers who had migrated from New
England and New York. Several rivers intersect the county: the Fox River to the southeast, the Wolf
River to the west, and Duck Creek to the northeast. The Fox River played an important role in the
development of Appleton as a manufacturing center.
Prior to the formation of Outagamie County, Amos A. Lawrence made a generous donation of $10,000
to the Wisconsin Methodist Episcopal Conference in 184 7 for the building of a university. The
monies were contingent upon the Methodist Church raising a matching amount.3 The fundraising
efforts of the church were successful and the incorporation of The Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin
took place on January 17, 1847. The site selected for the university was nearly in the center of the
Green Bay Mission District of the Methodist Church on the Fox River between Lake Winnebago and
Green Bay. The land was owned by Amos A. Lawrence. The History of Northern Wisconsin,
published in 1881, stated: It is doubtful whether there ever would have been an Appleton had there not
been a University. Construction of the university began on July 3, 1859, with the building of the preparatory building. Prior to the establishment of the university, there had only been one settler who
located in the area of what would become Appleton. 4
The Appleton Village Plat was laid out in 1848 by Elder Sampson, Reeder Smith, Joel S. Wright and
Henry Blood.
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Around the Corner with John McGivern | Program | Appleton (#702)
[Latest Airdate: April 26, 2018]
[Original Airdate: January 18, 2018]
As John said, if the Fox Valley were a state, Appleton would be the capital. Not only is it the largest of the cities in the Fox Valley, Appleton's a large city - period! Energetic, busy, vibrant, loaded with friendly, smart people - it's our kind of place.
This is the first - and only - time we'll ever say, John got to: shoot the Bratzooka at a Timber Rattlers baseball game; fence with a medieval long sword champion; sit in a 3 million dollar private jet; turn and open a 100 year Fox Lock by hand, all by himself!
Yes, John gets special access so you may not get to do those things, but you can eat and marvel like John did at Lombardi's Restaurant. You can shop at Eco Candle and Urban Evolutions. You can stroll the beautiful grounds of Lawrence University, have Henry shine your shoes, and eat the best comfort food ever at the Cozy Corner Café. And, of course, at the Houdini Museum at the Castle, everyone can escape (Get it? Escape? Like Houdini... Ha!).
From now on, in the Around the Corner book, A is for Appleton!
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Sanders in Wisconsin: Walker's 'Agenda is Wrong'
(29 Mar 2016) An extremely enthusiastic crowd greeted Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin.
He criticized Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and voter identification laws at a town hall in Appleton, a week before the state's presidential primary in which the new requirement will apply.
Almost 4,000 Sanders supporters packed the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for the event, far exceeding the 2,100-capacity theater.
The Vermont senator said governors like Walker, a Republican, have been making it harder for people to participate in the political process.
Wisconsin's voter ID law, which went into effect this year, is one of the most restrictive in the country. Supporters say it helps guard against election fraud.
All the main presidential candidates were campaigning in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
Turnout for the Wisconsin primary is predicted to be 40 percent, the highest for a presidential primary since 1980.
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WEBINAR: How to Start a Hearing Loop Initiative in Your Community
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Presenter: Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D.
Juliëtte Sterkens took a leave from her audiology practice to take on the position of Hearing Loop Advocate for HLAA, traveling across the country to meet with HLAA Chapters and audiologists about the importance of telecoils and how to get a hearing loop project started in their community.
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Hearing loops, wireless systems that broadcast audio wirelessly to hearing instruments and cochlear implants equipped with telecoils, are becoming more prevalent at theatres, churches and across the U.S. thanks to the support of consumers, audiologists and audio engineers. Hearing loop installations are most successful when the persons who use hearing aids, audiologists and hearing instrument specialists, as well as the audio-acoustics companies/hearing loop installation companies all team together. The presenter will provide practical suggestions about how to forge the support in your area, and will share her advocacy materials (PowerPoint slides, handouts and PDF files of articles written for and by audiologists on looping) via Dropbox with each attendee, to help you be an educated hearing loop consumer and get your community in the loop!
IAS Thursdays: Youth Culture, War, and Politics (William Howard, Mary Beth Yarrow) (CC)
This discussion, moderated by Star Tribune columnist John Rash, will feature family members of some of the 1968 Presidential candidates: Minnesota Senior Judge the Honorable William Howard (Hubert Humphrey's nephew) and documentarian Mary Beth Yarrow (Eugene McCarthy's niece), discussing their experiences of the late 1960s—featuring what it was like to be a young person and student at the time, their experiences being at the Democratic National Convention that year, and the background of the Vietnam War. The student protest movement was active both on campus and around the country, and there is much we can learn now from what was happening at the time.
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Pomona College, one of the nation's premier liberal arts institutions, is located in Southern California. Its hallmarks include small classes and a range of opportunities for student research, leadership and community service. Pomona College is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges.
William Penn | Wikipedia audio article
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William Penn
00:02:30 1 Biography
00:02:39 1.1 Early years
00:11:54 1.2 Religious conversion
00:15:37 1.3 Penn in Ireland (1669–1670)
00:16:08 1.4 Penn in Germany (1671–1677)
00:17:17 1.5 Persecutions and imprisonments
00:23:48 1.6 Founding of Pennsylvania
00:30:12 1.7 Back to England
00:32:58 1.8 Return to America
00:36:02 1.9 Later years
00:38:49 1.10 Family
00:41:04 2 Legacy
00:43:28 3 Posthumous honors
00:46:36 4 See also
00:46:49 5 Notes
00:46:58 6 Further reading
00:48:18 6.1 Primary sources
00:48:48 7 External links
00:50:03 7.1 Penn's works
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William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was the son of Sir William Penn, and was an English nobleman, writer, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed.
In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his American land holdings to Penn to pay the debts the king owed to Penn's father. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware. Penn immediately set sail and took his first step on American soil in New Castle in 1682 after his trans-Atlantic journey. On this occasion, the colonists pledged allegiance to Penn as their new proprietor, and the first general assembly was held in the colony. Afterwards, Penn journeyed up the Delaware River and founded Philadelphia. However, Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favourably by the Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers in what is now Delaware. They had no historical allegiance to Pennsylvania, so they almost immediately began petitioning for their own assembly. In 1704 they achieved their goal when the three southernmost counties of Pennsylvania were permitted to split off and become the new semi-autonomous colony of Lower Delaware. As the most prominent, prosperous and influential city in the new colony, New Castle became the capital.
As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
As a pacifist Quaker, Penn considered the problems of war and peace deeply. He developed a forward-looking project for a United States of Europe through the creation of a European Assembly made of deputies that could discuss and adjudicate controversies peacefully. He is therefore considered the very first thinker to suggest the creation of a European Parliament.A man of extreme religious convictions, Penn wrote numerous works in which he exhorted believers to adhere to the spirit of Primitive Christianity. He was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London due to his faith, and his book No Cross, No Crown (1669), which he wrote while in prison, has become a Christian classic.
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Milwaukee | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:25 1 History
00:02:35 1.1 Name
00:03:17 1.2 Native American Milwaukee
00:05:36 1.3 Milwaukee since European settlement
00:20:43 1.4 Historic neighborhoods
00:24:05 2 Geography
00:25:48 2.1 Cityscape
00:27:56 2.2 Climate
00:31:56 2.3 Water
00:33:14 3 Demographics
00:34:41 3.1 2010 Census
00:37:39 3.2 Ethnic groups
00:41:32 3.3 Religion
00:44:09 4 Economy
00:44:18 4.1 Early economy
00:47:43 4.2 Brewing
00:51:31 4.3 Milwaukee's economy today
00:54:43 5 Culture
00:55:29 5.1 Museums
00:55:38 5.1.1 Art
00:57:09 5.1.2 Science and natural history
01:00:18 5.1.3 Social and cultural history
01:04:02 5.2 Arenas and performing arts
01:04:38 5.3 Public art and monuments
01:04:59 5.4 City of Festivals
01:06:49 5.5 Cuisine
01:07:47 5.6 Music
01:11:47 5.7 Municipal wireless
01:12:39 6 Sports
01:14:22 7 Parks and recreation
01:15:26 7.1 Parks and nature centers
01:16:04 7.2 Milwaukee County public markets
01:17:13 8 Government and politics
01:21:18 8.1 Crime
01:22:25 8.2 Poverty
01:23:00 9 Education
01:23:10 9.1 Primary and secondary education
01:24:46 9.2 Higher education
01:24:59 10 Media
01:28:08 11 Infrastructure
01:28:18 11.1 Health care
01:29:53 11.2 Transportation
01:30:03 11.2.1 Airports
01:31:35 11.2.2 Intercity rail and bus
01:33:05 11.2.3 Transit
01:34:35 11.2.4 Highways
01:39:51 11.2.5 Water
01:40:28 11.2.6 Bicycle
01:43:44 11.2.7 Walkability
01:44:32 11.2.8 Modal characteristics
01:45:42 11.3 City development
01:47:46 12 Notable people
01:47:55 13 Sister cities
01:48:12 13.1 Friendship cities
01:48:33 14 See also
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Milwaukee (, locally ) is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The seat of the eponymous county, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by its estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's estimated population in 2017 was 595,351. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area which had a population of 2,043,904 in the 2014 census estimate. It is the third-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest, surpassed only by Chicago and Detroit, respectively .Milwaukee is considered a Gamma global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network with a regional GDP of over $105 billion.
The first Europeans to pass through the area were French Catholic Jesuit missionaries, who were ministering to Native Americans, and fur traders. In 1818, the French Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846, Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the city of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German immigrants arrived during the late 1840s, after the German revolutions, with Poles and other eastern European immigrants arriving in the following decades. Milwaukee is known for its brewing traditions, begun with the German immigrants.
Beginning in the early 21st century, the city has been undergoing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. Major new additions to the city in the past two decades include the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Wisconsin Center, Miller Park, The Hop (streetcar system), an expansion to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Pier Wisconsin, as well as major renovations to the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena. The Fiserv Forum opened in late 2018.