Making College Relevant

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Larry Meiller tackles the issue of “making college relevant.” His guest is Tom Pleger, CEO and Dean and Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

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A Liberal Arts Education

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Jim Packard’s guest, after eleven, is a proponent of a liberal arts education. He is Tom Pleger, Dean and CEO, and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

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Wisconsin’s First Residents: Part 5 – The Historic Period

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Larry Meiller welcomes Tom Pleger, Dean and CEO, and an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County. He concludes his archaeology program series on Wisconsin’s first residents with the Historic Period.

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Wisconsin’s First Residents: Part 4 – Mississippian Culture

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: The next in a series of programs about the first residents of Wisconsin, the Mississippian culture of Native Americans. Larry Meiller’s guest is Tom Pleger, Dean and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

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Wisconsin’s First Residents: Part 1

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Who were the first residents of Wisconsin? Larry Meiller finds out from Tom Pleger who is Dean and CEO, and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

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Copper Culture State Park

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Jim Packard talks about the Copper Culture State Park, its importance, and its museum with curator Monette Bebow-Reinhard, and UW Baraboo Sauk County Dean Thomas Pleger.

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Second Annual Artifact Identification Day at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: Larry Meiller turns the talk to Wisconsin Archaeology. His guests are UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Dean and Archaeologist Tom Pleger; and UW-Madison Department of Anthropology curator Danielle Benden. Artifacts of Wisconsin will be studied and identified during the Second Annual Artifact Identification Day at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

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Man Mound in Sauk County, WI

From the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio: The only intact Native American effigy mound of a human figure is preserved in a Sauk County park. Larry Meiller talks about Man Mound with UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Dean Thomas Pleger and state archaeologist John Broihahn.

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