We are thrilled to confirm that Thursday morning’s linguistics talk before NACLO will be given by Dr. Jonas Wittke, Vice-President of Education and Employee Development at Tri City National Bank.
Ten years ago, Jonas Wittke was a recent UWM grad with degrees in Linguistics, volunteering to help put on NACLO in Milwaukee. With his help, UWM’s NACLO site registered and accommodated more participants than any other university in North America, with the exception only of Carnegie Mellon University, where the contest was founded.
Since then, by way of some international adventures, he has worked as a branding consultant, earned a PhD in Linguistics from Rice University, and taught Linguistics at the college level.
On Thursday morning, the 10th anniversary of his NACLO debut, Jonas will share his career journey and how linguistics has played a part in the journey. We greatly look forward to this occasion!
Students should arrive at UWM EMS E-250 at 8:30am for check-in and seating. Jonas’ talk will run from 8:45 to 8:55. After a review of logistics and the reading of the rules, the contest timer begins at 9:00 and runs until noon. Remember to bring your own black pen and correction tape/fluid. Everyone must remain masked for the entire duration of the contest.