The UW–Madison School of Education welcomed another talented and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the 2023 fall semester. This fall, there were nine new faculty hires joining us for the start of the semester. Three of these new faculty members will spend the 2023-24 academic year as Anna …
By Hannah Haynes, WIDA Communications Picture it: The year is 2002. The winter Olympics are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” is the number one movie in the world. The reality television phenomenon “American Idol” premieres. The average cost of a gallon of gasoline is $1.61. In the education world, significant …
The School of Education’s Career Center made big changes over the past year, aiming to expand its resources and support for students as they navigate their first internship or job searches, and establish long-term career goals. The center’s expanded efforts included an initiative to cultivate and promote more than 400 paid internships for students across …
By Sofie Schachter To celebrate our alumni excellence across the arts, health, and education, the School of Education selected three trailblazing UW–Madison alumni to honor with a Distinguished Alumni Award. These awards recognize talented alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their field. The three award recipients — Tania Isaac, Julie Côté, and Tony Evers …
By Kari Dickinson This past fall UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program celebrated the grand opening of the spectacular new Conway Adapted Fitness facility. Located in the Bakke Recreation and Wellbeing Center, the Conway Adapted Fitness facility was made possible by a gift from Virginia “Ginny” (‘78) and Mike (‘78) Conway. Ginny Conway is an alumna of …
1950s Norma CrossBA 1953 — English Literature/TheatreNorma taught high school English for many years in San Carlos, California. In 1985 she and her husband moved to Basel, Switzerland, where he worked as an economist. She still receives birthday and Christmas cards from former students. For 30 years she and her husband spent their vacations restoring …
A cover illustrated by UW–Madison alumnus Taylor Rushing for Sierra Ferrell’s forthcoming album, “Trail of Flowers,” made an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on Jan. 19. Kimmel showed the album cover as he introduced Ferrell, who made her television debut performing her song, “Fox Hunt,” during the broadcast. “Trail of Flowers” is set …
The UW–Madison School of Education hosted 21 secondary-level educators from abroad this fall as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by IREX. These teachers, who came to Madison from 17 different countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, arrived …
UW–Madison’s Lesley Bartlett is receiving the Egon G. Guba 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research. This honor is given by the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Qualitative Research special interest group (SIG). It recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to comparative ethnography and comparative case studies, especially those who advance the field …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) will present “I CHING 20 : On Seeing and Being Seen” March 7-9 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave., Madison). The concert features five new dance performances by Li Chiao-Ping, the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor …