Local Grad Named Poet Laureate News | January 27, 2023 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy A Memorial grad has been named Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate. Governor Evers this week named Nicholas Gulig as Poet Laureate for the next two years. Gulig says it’s an honor to receive some recognition for his work, he’s written three books North of Order, Book of Lake, and Orient. Gulig will split his time between the laureate post and his full time job as a professor at UW-Whitewater.