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Holiday 2020

Cross Country Skiing in Marinette County

One of the best things about living in the North Woods is the availability gorgeous and free cross-country skiing available. As soon as we get our first significant snow, it’ll be time to hit the trails!

If you have a set of skis, bring them with you when you return from winter break! We have groomed ski trails in Marinette County at the following locations:

• Governor Thompson State Park, N10008 Paust Lane, Crivitz, WI. Click the link for a trail map.
• Peshtigo River State Forest: 5 miles west of Crivitz off of County Rd. W onto Kirby Lake Lane. Click the link for a brochure and trail map.

You can get updates on trail conditions at the Marinette County website and the Skinny Ski website.

Please note that you’ll need a daily pass or annual sticker to park at and use state park trails. For more information, visit the WI state parks website.

We haven’t yet heard of any local cross-country ski rental locations. If you know of any—or know of other local trails we didn’t mention—please email Professor Rysavy, and she’ll put them into the next Driftwood.

Holiday 2020

Warm Drinks to Soothe Stress

• Chamomile tea: Known in Latin America as “manzanilla,” chamomile tea has been used for hundreds of years there to help soothe a host of ailments, from stomachaches, to colds, to insomnia. Chamomile is especially known for its relaxation properties, so it’s great for reducing stress. In addition, an article in Medical News Today notes that some studies show chamomile may help lower blood sugar, lessen menstrual cramps, slow or prevent osteoporosis, and maybe even target cancer cells.
• Peppermint Tea: If you want a more flavorful tea than chamomile, peppermint tea also helps with sleep and stomach problems.
• Green Tea: Instead of reaching for a Red Bull when you’re cramming for exams, try a cup of green tea. It’ll give you a caffeine boost, plus a shot of cancer-fighting antioxidants and stress-reducing theanine. If you don’t need the caffeine, drink a decaf version.
• Mulled Cider: The scent alone is enough to send you to your happy place, but mulled, or spiced, cider tastes as good as it smells. See the “Cooking at Home” section for a delicious mulled cider recipe.
• Almond and Maple Hot Chocolate: Hot chocolate is always a sweet treat. For a slightly healthier version than the norm, try this recipe, made with almond milk and maple syrup.
• Cold Formula Blended Teas: Some tea companies, like Traditional Medicinals or The Republic of Tea, offer tea blends made with cold-soothing herbs like hyssop, ginger, yarrow, or slippery elm bark.
• Echinacea Tea: Research shows that echinacea helps support the immune system, which can only be a good thing during the challenging winter months to come. Look for teas that include echinacea purpurea, the most beneficial type, according to several scientific studies.

Holiday 2020

New Spring History, Theatre, and Business Classes

In this section, Marinette campus professors let you know about new courses that they’re excited to teach in Spring 2021. 

Spring History, Theatre, and Business Classes

Looking for answers?!? Wondering how in the world the world got to the place we’re in? You need History/Humanities 102, Western Civilization from 1500 to the Present, a wild romp through the history of the Western World from the time of Martin Luther to the present! Read and learn about the Reformation, the 30 Years’ War, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, the emergence of the modern nation-state, expansion to the Americas, the American and French Revolutions, the development of the modern urban-industrial society, nationalism, romanticism, two World Wars, and more! How did we get to where we are today? Come and find out! HIST/HUM 102 will be a hybrid course on the Marinette campus.

THE 211: World Theatre and Performance
with Professor Rebecca Stone Thornberry

THE 211: World Theatre and Performance is an introduction to the performing arts through multiple global perspectives. Key genres and styles emerging from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe will be studied in depth by examining performance traditions as they transform in relation to changing historical and social conditions.

What Professor Stone Thornberry loves about teaching the class: “The class feels like a trip around the world in which we view cultures through their performance traditions. Every time I teach the course, I learn something new about fascinating places, performances, and theatre artists.”

This course will be hybrid at the Marinette campus.

BUS ADM 202: Business and Its Environment
with Professor Sue Craver

BUS ADM 202: Business and Its Environment examines the major components of the business enterprise and its resources, competitive and regulatory environment, pricing, profit, finance planning, controls, ethics, environmental impact, social responsibility and other important concepts, as well as environmental issues that challenge the business leader.

Professor Craver’s online sections are full at the moment, but she has plenty of space in her M/W in-person class on the Marinette campus.

She says, “It is a required course if students are going into business, but it can also be used as an elective for non-business students. It is an excellent course which offers highlights of many areas of business (marketing, management, human resources, finance, etc.). So if students are unsure of what they want to do for a career—or a major—this would be a good course to add to their schedules so they can explore the business world a bit more.”

Holiday 2020

From the Driftwood Kitchen

This semester, The Driftwood will bring you easy-peasy recipes for new cooks. We’re talking REALLY easy—and fast.

Mulled Cider

Brew this recipe up in a coffee maker for a pot of delicious mulled cider in minutes. If you don’t have a coffee maker, just warm the ingredients in a slow cooker or large pan. In that case, you may want to decrease or omit the brown sugar. 

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ tsp. whole allspice
• 1 tsp. whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 large orange, cut into quarters, with peel
• 1-2 quarts apple cider

Directions: 

1. Get out your coffee maker. Put a filter in the basket.
2. Fill the filter with all ingredients except the apple cider.
3. Pour the apple cider into the reservoir where the water usually goes.
4. Set to brew. In minutes, you’ll have a pot of hot, delicious mulled cider.
5. Optional: Garnish with orange slices, star anise, and a cinnamon stick.
6. You’ll still have cider left over after you brew your first pot. Just keep brewing until you want to stop or you run out of cider. Check the filter between brewing to see if any ingredients need replenishing.

Makes 2 quarts of cider. For a large party, pour the cider into a slow cooker and garnish. To store, pour into a pitcher and refrigerate.

Holiday 2020

“Untitled” by Hannah Blom

This piece was created by Green Bay campus art student Hannah Blom for Professor Lydia Dildilian’s Two-Dimensional Design class. For this assignment, says Professor Dildilian, “students learn how to analyze the value system of an achromatic image of a person and simplify it to create a 5- value composition which maps the shape and planes of a human face. The goal for these portraits is to practice and understand value and its relationship to shape.”

View more art at Hannah’s website.