June 17, 2020
The University of Wisconsin–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. Additional information will be provided to the campus community as plans are finalized via the “Smart Restart” website: https://www.wisc.edu/smartrestart/
June 15, 2020
The following message from School of Education Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School on Monday, June 15.
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.
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).
February 26, 2020
UW-Madison's Andrea Ruppar was recently named an inaugural co-editor of a new research-to-practice journal called Inclusive Practices. Ruppar is an associate professor with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education.
February 25, 2020
Carlyn Mueller is receiving an Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA's Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG. Her dissertation is titled, “Beyond Stigma: Disability Identity in School Contexts.” Mueller, whose research is informed by her personal experience as a disabled scholar, will be joining the School of Education prior to the fall 2020 semester as an assistant professor with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education.
February 17, 2020
The School of Education's Andrea Ruppar is the principal investigator for an innovative project that will train UW-Madison students how to work with young people who have complex communication needs.
February 13, 2020
On Friday, Jan. 31, the School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato.
November 21, 2019
Tim Tansey, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, will serve as the principal investigator (PI) on the UW-Madison sub-awards for two major new grant-funded projects. Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Paul Wehman is the PI on the two five-year, $4.4 million awards (total funding of $8.8 million) from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research in the U.S Department of Health and Human Services.
October 22, 2019
UW-Madison’s Susan Miller Smedema is the project director for a new grant that’s designed to bolster the number of qualified vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors across Wisconsin and the nation. The award is for a Long Term Training Grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The project will grant scholarship support for students in the highly ranked master’s degree program in clinical rehabilitation counseling at UW-Madison, which is directed by Smedema. With a grant of $1 million over five years, a total of 50 students will benefit from this award.