Denise Sweet Denise Sweet was named Wisconsin's second Poet Laureate by Governor Jim Doyle in 2004. See links below for more information about Denise. www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/Kaleidoscope/Spring1997/profile.html http://www.uwgb.edu/4e/111804entersweet.htm http://www.uwec.edu/alumni/sweet.htm	3279 Bay Settlement Rd Green Bay 54311-9717 920-465-2727 (office; T & R only) 920-609-4890 (cell) 920-465-2890 (fax) sweetd@uwgb.edu
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Since earning her BA and MA in English from UW-EC, Denise Sweet has had more than 20 years of experience as an innovative educator, award-winning author, widely acclaimed presenter & creative communications consultant.  Currently associate professor of humanistic studies at UW-Green Bay, she has authored five collections of poetry including Songs of Discharming which has earned multiple awards.

Governor Doyle had this to say upon choosing Denise as the Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2004-08:

Denise is well-educated, well-published, and well-admired by the community of poets and educators; she is a skilled teacher and performer and has a proven ability to reach diverse groups: from children to elders, from Native American to Caucasian, from urban to rural, from the barely literate to the well-educated. 

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