Newsletter - The Pathogen
Department founder L.R. Jones created our department’s first newsletter in 1918.
By 1930, Professor R.E. Vaughan had taken charge of the newsletter. He added an illlustrated cover and named the newsletter Wisconsin Pathogen. By 1974, the editors had shortened the name to The Pathogen.
The goal of the department newsletter is to share department news and achievements with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and donors.
Click the panels below to view the list of newsletters.
The newsletters in the table below are available in two formats:
- Visual format, which is an image of the paper original. It contains the original formatting and may include photos.
- Text only format, which is plain text with no formatting, designed for accessibility.
Each version opens in a new tab.
| Edition | Visual Format | Text Only Format |
|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | June-2024-Visual | June-2024-Text |
| Spring 2010 | Spring-2010-Visual | Spring-2010-Text |
| Winter 2008-09 | Winter-2008-09-Visual | Winter-2008-09-Text |
| December 2007 | Dec-2007-Visual | Dec-2007-Text |
| August 2006 | Aug-2006-Visual | Aug-2006-Text |
| August 2005 | Aug-2005-Visual | Aug-2005-Text |
The newsletters in the table below are available in two formats:
- Visual format, which is an image of the paper original. It contains the original formatting and may include photos.
- Text only format, which is plain text with no formatting, designed for accessibility.
Each version opens in a new tab.
| Edition | Visual Format | Text Only Format |
|---|---|---|
| November 1918 (First) | Nov-1918-Visual | Nov-1918-Text |
| June 1919 | Jun-1919-Visual | Jun-1919-Text |
| December 1919 | Dec-1919-Visual | Dec-1919-Text |
| December 1920 | Dec-1920-Visual | Dec-1920-Text |
| December 1923 | Dec-1923-Visual (begins on page 5) |
Dec-1923-Text |
| December 1926 | Dec-1926-Visual | Dec-1926-Text |
| December 1930 | Dec-1930-Visual | Dec-1930-Text |
| April 1932 | Apr-1932-Visual | Apr-1932-Text |
| February 1939 | Feb-1939-Visual | Feb-1939-Text |
| January 1943 | Jan-1943-Visual | Jan-1943-Text |
| December 1964 | Dec-1964-Visual | Dec-1964-Text |
| 1974-1975 | 1974-75-Visual | 1974-75-Text |
| 1975-1977 | 1975-77-Visual | 1975-77-Text |
“During the earlier years when our numbers were fewer and duties less exacting, it was possible for us to keep in pretty close touch through personal letters. Recently I have regretfully come to realize that I was missing much of this pleasure and to believe that some of you might also be getting out of touch with each other as well as with the Department. Especially is this true now when war work is keeping all too busy to write much or regularly.”
“We have undertaken to meet these needs in part by this Departmental News Letter, of which I have asked Miss Maude Miller, of our department staff, to act as “editor.”
“If this seems worth while we shall hope to send another at some future time. In any case, I shall trust that it will serve to remind each of you of our continued interest in your welfare and our wish to be kept advised of progress in your work whether of war or peace.”
— L. R. Jones, 1918 Department Newsletter