Mark Bockenhauer, professor of geography, and Parisa Watson, adjunct instructor of geography, have been funded by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program for their proposal entitled, " The Library of Congress for Badgers; Maps and Images as Primary Documents for Wisconsin Educators."

It is a $19,990 grant, and with it Bockenhauer and Watson will conduct a summer 2016 institute for Wisconsin teachers utilizing Library of Congress digital materials as well as resources from UW-Milwaukee's American Geographical Society Library (a world-class collection of maps and other primary documents).

For more information on the grant, contact Mark Bockenhauer at mark.bockenhauer@snc.edu or at 920-403-3445.