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This is Dan McCollum. Just dropping everyone a note saying; "hi". I'm currently a new graduate student who's planning on studying the regional history of the Upper Midwest (mainly Wisconsin) during the Progressive Era. I'd like to focus on the ethnic communities of the region and their impact upon culture and politics.
I grew up near the small town of Elderon, WI (population: 189) in the house my Grandpa built when he retired from farming. I traveled up to the UP to do my undergraduate work at Northern Michigan University (making me a Yooper by schooling, if not by birth; I always say) and then spent two years teaching High School English and Social Studies in a Yup'ik Eskimo village in South Western Alaska.
I'm really jazzed to be back on a college campus and to be persuing my Masters and, hopefully, my PhD.
Its great to see everyone in class, and I think it's going to be a great semester!