Upcoming Courses

Once feared to be in its final days, professional baseball is now thriving in Beloit under new ownership, with a new downtown stadium and a curious new name. Bob Villarreal, a veteran since the team’s days as the Snappers, has seen it all firsthand. He has unique insights into how Beloit’s Sky Carp were “hatched” and continue to flourish.

STE, also known as Stainless Tank & Equipment, LLC, manufactures stainless steel tank trailers that are used for transporting a wide variety of bulk liquids, including milk, liquid sugar and liquid chocolate, cooking oils, as well as non-hazardous and hazardous chemicals. STE has been owned by Hendricks Holding Company, Inc. since 2006. It was founded by Ken and Diane Hendricks and is rooted in Beloit, WI.

Many academics and journalists have recently reported that some people in China have responded to recent actions of the Trump administration not in confusion, as in Europe and elsewhere, but with the reaction that the Trump era is similar to Mao’s Cultural Revolution of 1966-76. Prof. Rapp will examine the causes and nature of the Cultural Revolution and its continuing legacy in modern China, before opening discussion on the similarities and differences between China and the U.S.