June 8, 2021
A School of Education student, Jesus Garza-Noriega, is being recognized with an Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award from UW–Madison for his exceptional efforts and exemplary service. Garza-Noriega, 27, will graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation psychology and special education.
June 7, 2021
UW–Madison's Tandem Press and the Mead Witter School of Music's Jazz Studies Program will premiere a collaborative video production at 6 p.m. on June 17.
June 4, 2021
Three individuals from the UW–Madison School of Education have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the Spencer Foundation.
June 4, 2021
Chris Walker, an artist and an experienced and influential leader in the arts on campus, has been named the new director of the Division of the Arts. Walker is a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department and founding artistic director of First Wave, a nationally prominent scholarship program known for pushing the boundaries of poetry, dance, theater, and art.
June 3, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Anna Halprin, “a dancer and choreographer who sought to move beyond what she saw as the constraints of modern dance,” died on May 24 at age 100.
June 2, 2021
The work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is featured in the exhibition, “Artists Without Borders: Reflections on Art and Place,” presented by the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA). Abdu'Allah is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in the School of Education's Art Department.
June 2, 2021
“I am not exaggerating when I say (The Discussion Project) has changed my life," says UW–Madison’s Kathy Cramer, a professor with the Department of Political Science, and the Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science. "I am using the skills you taught me each class session. It has made me think differently about my teaching and I am quite sure the students’ experience is all the better for it.”
June 1, 2021
Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Sympathizer," will deliver the keynote address at the WIDA eConference on October 14, 2021. During his address, Nguyen will talk about his experience as a refugee in America and his work to advocate for Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).
May 27, 2021
The School of Education’s Linn Posey-Maddox (Educational Policy Studies) and David Williamson Shaffer (Educational Psychology) are among 33 UW–Madison faculty who have been awarded fellowships from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for 2021-22.
May 27, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Sandra Kiddoo has been named to serve as president of Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota, effective July 1. Kiddoo earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2017.