Marquette – Presentations on a variety of topics related to the Upper Peninsula will be offered at the Sonderegger Symposium XV on Friday, September 11 in Mead Auditorium in the West Science Building at Northern Michigan University.
The event is open to the public and free of charge. It will be hosted by the NMU Center for U.P. Studies.
A continental breakfast begins at 8 a.m., with opening remarks and welcome address from 8:45-9:10 a.m.
9:10-9:40 a.m. Andrea Elaine Wuorenmaa will present “Shaping Memory Through Ishpeming’s Past.”
9:40-10:10 a.m. Ryan Dubay will speak on “The Closing of the Newberry State Regional Mental Hospital.”
10:10-10:45 a.m. Paul Strugul will present “History of Hurley, Wisconsin: Frontier Phase 1880-1920.”
10:45-11 a.m. Break
11-11:30 a.m. Hilary Joy Virtanenn will present “An Ancient Finnish Ritual on the Shore of Lake Superior: Juhannus Midsummer Traditions in Toivola”
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker Russell Magnaghi will speak on “Brewing in the Upper Peninsula.”
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch, Seaborg Center Room, West Science Building, Room 2609
1:15-1:45 p.m. Robert Archibald will present “Environmental History of the Upper Peninsula: An Outline.”
1:45-2:15 p.m. Alex Ruuska, “Whose Fault is It? The Rise and Fall of Spider Man Cave”
2:15-2:30 p.m. Break
2:30-3:30 p.m. David Smith will offer “A Brief History of Apple Production in the U.P.”
3:00-3:30 p.m. Heidi Stevenson will speak on “Blue Collar Poodles: A Yooper’s Journey through Academe and an Academic’s Journey through the U.P.”
3:30-4:00 p.m. Marley Chynoweth will present “The Huron Mountain Club: Existing to Benefit All.”
The symposium is supported by an endowment from Marion Sonderegger of Marquette in honor of her husband, Richard Sonderegger, former head of the NMU history department. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
Click To Submit Press Releases, News, Calendar Items, and Community Events to mediaBrew radio stations WFXD, WKQS, WRUP, GTO, Fox Sport Marquette, and 106.1 The Sound
Marquette, Michigan Calendar; Ishpeming Calendar; Negaunee Calendar; Gwinn Calendar; Negaunee Calendar and Events; Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events; Escanaba Events and Calendar