May 4, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Catherine Lammert received the Graduate Award for Literacy Excellence from the American Education Research Association’s Research in Reading and Literacy special interest group (SIG).
Alumni News
School of Education alum Russell Wilson teaming up to help donate 10 million meals
May 1, 2020
With fears that food insecurity could dramatically increase as layoffs and furloughs continue due to the coronavirus, two UW-Madison alumni are teaming up to make a difference.
Alum Navarro named athletic director at UW-Platteville
April 30, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Kristina Navarro was recently named the new director of athletics and assistant chancellor for sports administration at UW-Platteville in March.
Alumnae exhibition, ‘The Flowers are Burning…Oceans a Rising,’ goes digital
April 22, 2020
Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition is available digitally.
UW-Madison alum Moore weighs in on potential benefits of distance education
April 13, 2020
Michael G. Moore earned his Ph.D. from the School of Education in 1976 and is considered a founding father of distance education.
UW-Madison alum Wills named to Board of Regents in New York
April 2, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Frances Wills was chosen by the New York state legislature to represent the 9th Judicial District on the state Board of Regents. Wills earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1990, and has spent more than 50 years in the field of education.
Video, story showcases alum O’Connor’s vital work as American Indian Studies Consultant
March 30, 2020
A video and story were recently released featuring UW-Madison School of Education alumnus David O'Connor and his important work as the American Indian Studies Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
UW–Madison School of Education No. 1 among public institutions in U.S. News rankings
March 17, 2020
In addition, nine graduate specialty programs within the School are rated among the Top 10 nationally — including No. 1-ranked programs in curriculum and instruction (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), and printmaking (Art Department).
American Association for Blacks in Higher Education honors dissertation by alum Lee-Johnson
March 12, 2020
UW–Madison alumna Jamila Lee-Johnson received second place honors in the Dissertation of the Year Award competition from the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education. Lee-Johnson earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2019. Her dissertation is titled, “I am Becoming": Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Elected Student Leadership Positions”
CCBC leaves lasting impression on 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner Henkes
March 4, 2020
According to a recent report from Isthmus, UW–Madison's Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) left a lasting impression on the 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes, who was once a student at UW-Madison.