March 7, 2022
Chase Ochrach, a PhD candidate in the Department of Counseling Psychology, is a recipient of a UW–Madison Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant (TA) Award for 2021. She received the Excellence in Community-based Learning Teaching Award — a new award this year — which recognizes TAs who have demonstrated outstanding instruction using a community-based learning approach.
February 28, 2022
Mindi Thompson, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, recently assumed a leadership position with the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) as co-director.
February 24, 2022
Travis Wright, an associate professor with the School of Education's Department of Counseling Psychology and a nationally recognized expert in school-based support for children and families undergoing trauma, has been named faculty director of UW–Madison's Morgridge Center for Public Service.
January 24, 2022
The work of UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg is examined in a report from the health-oriented news website STAT that’s headlined, “What types of mental health apps actually work? A sweeping new analysis finds the data is sparse.” The report examines a meta-review paper that was published in PLOS Digital Health by Goldberg and a study team, including Sin U. Lam, a PhD student in the Department of Counseling Psychology, and UW–Madison alumna Shufang Sun, who earned her PhD from the department and is now an assistant professor at Brown University.
December 22, 2021
Following three years of dedicated service as the faculty director at the Morgridge Center for Public Service, Earlise Ward will be stepping down from the position at the end of the fall 2021 semester. Following her departure, she will return to her full-time faculty duties at the School of Nursing and continue her research.
December 9, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Zhalarina Sanders has created an autobiographical music video series entitled “The Light" with PBS Wisconsin, which she wrote, acted in, and produced. Originally released in May 2020, the series won an Emmy in the Chicago/Midwest region for Outstanding Achievement in Arts/Entertainment Programming.
November 8, 2021
UW–Madison's Stephanie Budge, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Counseling Psychology, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).
September 20, 2021
September 8, 2021
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, Sept. 2. While enjoying a full tailgate lunch, and picking up T-shirts tagged with the phrase “Lead and Inspire,” attendees took a break from their workdays to catch up with colleagues and kick off the new school year.
September 2, 2021
We spoke to some of our students, faculty, and staff to learn how the pandemic impacted them, what they learned from it, and what they are looking forward to this semester. Following are their stories.