Michael Padgett

University of Wisconsin

River Falls

Art Department Chair

New Work: (click on image for larger view)

 



EDUCATION

B.A. Art Education, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
M.F.A. Major: Ceramics; Minor areas: Sculpture & Weaving; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

UW-River Falls Art Department

1978 - present
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS, River Falls, Wisconsin
1989 - present
Chairman of the Art Department and Professor of Art

PIGEON LAKE

1998-present Senior Manager, Pigeon Lake Field Station

Since 1982, the University of Wisconsin System has offered courses and workshops in a wide range of disciplines in its idyllic woodland, lakeside setting at Pigeon Lake Field Station. Located in the Chequamegon National Forest just ten miles from Cable, Wisconsin, the 50.4 acre, fully equipped retreat center boasts lovely views, groomed nature trails, canoeing, fishing and swimming facilities. Facilities include comfortable cabins, well equipped classroom buildings and a lake view dining hall. The Pigeon Lake Field Station is an ideal setting for field studies in the natural sciences, and the beauty of the area facilitates the pursuit of activities in art, literature, humanities, social sciences and recreation-physical education.

For further information please contact: Pigeon Lake Field Station, 172 KFA, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 410 South 3rd Street, River Falls, WI 54022. Phone 715/425-3348 Fax: 715/425-0657 email: pigeon.lake@uwrf.edu

Summer courses and additional information are offered at Pigeon Lake Field Station.

Wisconsin in Scotland International Studies Program

1986-89
Resident Director Wisconsin in Scotland Program
University of Wisconsin
West Central Wisconsin Consortium

As the first Resident Director of the W.I.S. Project I held responsibility for all on site aspects of this international studies project, including the administration of all academic programs, budget management, community relations, student advising, summer programs, and food service operations. This project, based in Dalkeith House, Dalkeith, Midlothian, located six miles from Edinburgh, provided a semester of study for University of Wisconsin students. Approximately eighty students and four Wisconsin faculty members worked and studied in Dalkeith House each semester.

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