A camp like the ones you see in the movies... from the brown and white cabins to the shade-lending…read moretrees dotting the grounds to the dining hall full of families and foodfight instigating kids and the greeter, Tom, who after about 40 years as Greeter still speaks in a charming Scottish accent and smiles as you spoon up your mashed potatoes... from the arts and crafts buildilng where tye-dyed t-shirts are forever hanging out to dry and the waterfront where kids swim, sail, flip canoes and kayaks (I used to be the one to haul them back in, waterlogged and apologetic...) and work on their tans... to the music that floats from the huge tent in the summer out over Lake Geneva during Music by the Lake concerts. This place is magical. I worked at this camp for four summers and I think I'll always be nostalgic for those years. In all my time there, I've never met a camper who was ready to go when their week was up. Even the kid who sliced his foot open at the waterfront on a zebra mussel and had to get stitches - he was back down at the dock the next day, asking me to look the other way while he did a backflip into the lake (against the rules, but whatever...) Camp rocks. Unfortunately, Aurora University (an actual college in Illinois) bought it out about five years ago and is now in the process of phasing out all the summer camping groups which makes me incredibly sad. The "camp" will now be known primarily as a "college" where people can get masters degrees in things like education and music and recreation. Which is fine and all. Just one of those things you wish could last forever.

Kinda borin, some hot people, some mid..., food okay, my tour guide was a red head....jk i love…read moregingers but anyways my tour guide was weird.. uni of platteville has little to now diversity, and is just kinda plain, MIT is way cooler BUTTT UNI OF PLATTEVILLE HAS ICE CREAM AN MACHINE SOOO ITS FUNNER TO SOME PEOPLE BUT TO ME IT WAS OKAY

So every student has a lil' pride for their Alma Mater and I am no different in this particular…read morecase. UWP is one of 13 (give or take a few) UW schools located in Wisconsin. Located in Southwest Wisconsin this campus has its strengths and draw backs as does every college and campus. The best part for me was that it was a great college to get in, get your degree, and get the h-izzz-eck out. Other highlights for me included: the ratio of more males to females on campus (due to the school of Engineering), the replacement of older buildings on campus (Farwell Boeble Hall), very affordable (especially if you can encounter in-state tuition fees), small classes, a generally really nice and helpful student body (something typical of the Midwest), and 2nd street - a street located off of Main St that has a decent number of college bars. Some dislikes are as follows: Not much diversity on campus (everyone looks like they walked out of a Sears catalog for the most part), since the mid 90's ( Men's Basketball - Bo Ryan era) they really haven't had much to brag about regarding athletics, and UWP is located in a small community that lacks things other than drinking to occupy free time. I commuted to school everyday - so another gripe I have is that it is common knowledge amongst students that they will never have a "snow day" / cancel school on campus due to weather because they last time they did the city sold out of kegs and several student were jumping off of high balconies into snow piles and broke limbs and whatnot. Over all UWP was good to me and I enjoyed my college experience!

Beautiful campus, enjoyed the Seaver Center, great game, fun student section, close to great places…read moreto eat and near the Puri Family YMCA. It did not disappoint. Thank you!

I worked out here for 1 year and 4 months. I started when I was 20 years old. I worked at the…read morecollege through a company called sodexo. After working here for only 5 months I had a tragedy and experianced a apartment fire and lost my best friend in the fire. (My dog chloe) my managers and bosses were sympathetic to my loss and gave me the time off i needed to put my life back together. Aside from this I was a housekeeper and enjoyed my work and seeing the people i worked with on a daily basis. The campus was very nice and maintained outside (I helped with gardens, and weeding) and was also friends with the maintenance department. We were able to use golf carts around campus to get from building to building. We attended regular meetings and was invited to some of the events at the college. I enjoyed working here, I dont regret meeting anyone from this work place, and I do miss them. A lot.

This is to review the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I chose to work at U.W. - Madison…read morebecause my undergrad and graduate degrees from U.C. Berkeley concerned vitamin research. As an undergrad, I did lab research on vitamin B6, and for my Ph.D., I did lab research on folic acid and vitamin B12. And so, it was a no-brainer that I should do my post-doctoral work at U.W. - Madison. U.W. - Madison is renowned for many of the early discoveries in the field of vitamin research, for example, for its introduction of the rat as the animal of choice for performing research on vitamins, amino acid metabolism, protein requirements, and so on. It was at U.W. - Madison, that the vitamins were first classified as being, "fat-soluble A" and "water-soluble B." At Madison, all of my work concerned vitamin K. Prof. H. DeLuca, and his laboratory staff at U.W. -- Madison are renowned for their work on vitamin D and vitamin A. SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT. U.W.--Madison is home to 20 Nobel Prize winners and 33 winners of the Pulitzer Prize. The Nobel Prize winners include, Joshua Lederberg (1958, Medicine), Har Gobind Khorana (1968, Medicine), Howard Temin (1975, Medicine), and John Van Vleck (1977, Physics), William C. Campbell, (2015 Medicine), Oliver Smithies (2007 Medicine). During my 4 years of residence and employment in Madison, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art was my connection to the world of art and, in particular to the group of Chicago-based artists known as The Chicago Imagists. An exhibit of Richard Lostutter's paintings at this museum inspired me to drive to Chicago, and view paintings by the Chicago Imagists, including paintings by Ed Paschke, Roger Brown, and Sarah Canright. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. The social environment at U.W. -- Madison is provided by the many Mini-Courses that are taught at the two student unions (Union South and Memorial Union). Four of the people in my laboratory were members of a clogging group, The Kickapoo Cloggers, and they suggested that I learn. And so, I took courses in clogging, tap dancing, jazz exercise, and ballroom dancing, all of these being taught in Union South. When I arrived in Madison, I was a total nerd and had no skill in dancing. But after two years of training, I was good enough to perform, and I performed with my group in front of audiences numbering from about 100 to about 500, and these included performances at State Capitol building (see, attached photo of me performing, YOU NEED TO CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO SEE ALL OF IT), and at bluegrass festivals in Edgerton, WI, Amherst, WI, Edgerton, WI, Ashland, WI, Mount Horeb, WI, Verona, WI, Kahoka, MO, Delevan, WI, and Rockford, IL. Football games are a big deal at Univ. Wisconsin -- Madison. Please see my photograph of the marching band carrying sousaphones. The marching band plays at every football game. CULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT. Wisconsin was settled by immigrants arriving from German and Norway. The Memorial Union has a Stiftskeller where the walls bear murals having a German theme (see, the photo of me in the Stiftskeller, and a close-up photo of one of the murals). Regarding Norwegians, Sytende Mai (independence day) is a holiday that is celebrated in some towns in Wisconsin, for example, by an annual parade in Stoughton, WI. The nearby town of Mount Horeb is a center for Norwegian culture. Madison, Roxbury, Milwaukee, and other towns are distinguished by their German restaurants. In addition, every year a few farms in the Madison area feature, DAY ON THE FARM, where any person can visit a farm and see displays relating to crop harvesting, veterinary science, or cheese-making.

In January 2026 I decided to move my GP care from Rush-Chicago to UW Maddison. I'm a post cancer…read morepatient with multiple system involvement and wanted a GP closer to home. I made an appointment as a new patient with Dr. Shigdha Volety's office and was scheduled for April. After 4 months, the Monday before my Friday appointment, Dr. Volety's nurse called to inform me that she does not prescribe narcotics or benzos and asked if I still wanted the appointment. I was surprised, and offended. My hope was for new, excellent medical care, not drug use. 'Of course', I said, and kept the appointment. I had prepared extensively on my part to begin with a new GP from my new home. On Wednesday her office called again and cancelled the appointment, without an explanation and said her next available appointment was for August. Clearly it seems, after reviewing my case, someone decided that they didn't want me as a patient.