By WCER Communications The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Hubal as the new director of the SimLab, effective July 28. Hubal brings more than two decades of experience in simulation systems, with a focus on high-stakes training environments. A cognitive …
By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member recently partnered with the government of American Samoa to improve how the territory provides job training for individuals with disabilities. The intensive, on-site training for counselors in the territory’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation was part of the ongoing work of the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality …
UW–Madison graduate student Chaeyeon Kim received the award for Best Doctoral Colloquium Paper at the 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) in June. Kim’s paper, “A Comparison of Teachers and Students in Categorizing and Representing Geometric Conjectures using AR Simulations,” investigates how high school geometry teachers and students use augmented reality (AR) to explore …
By Kari Dickinson Opening this week, University Theatre’s summer production of “Dance Nation” invites audiences into the electrifying world of competitive dance — where glitter, ambition, and adolescent angst collide. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron, “Dance Nation” follows a team of pre-teen dancers from “somewhere in America” as they aim to claw their way …
UW–Madison’s Chris Saldaña, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the host of NEPC Talks Education, a podcast produced by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC). In a recent episode, “The Role of School Boards in Democratic Governance,” Saldaña is joined by fellow School of Education faculty …
UW–Madison alumnus Michael S. Brophy has been named the eighth president of Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, New York. The State University of New York Board of Trustees approved his appointment on June 3, with Brophy set to begin his new role on Aug. 1. Brophy brings more than 35 years of experience …
By WCER Communications A report co-authored by UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) provides key impact data in a recent story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about proposed federal cuts to out-of-school learning programs in Wisconsin and nationally. WEC’s review of the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Consortium …
School of Education faculty and students from the Department of Counseling Psychology and Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT) recently presented their scholarship on student career wellness, college internship participation and recruitment, and programs that support unemployed adults at an international vocational psychology conference. Mindi Thompson, the Charles and Carol Pulvino Chair in Counseling Psychology and …
UW–Madison’s Aireale J. Rodgers, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been appointed to serve as Secretary of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). “The learning sciences has long been an intellectual home for me,” said Rodgers, whose research explores the histories, current realities, …
By Serena Wang In her five years working for University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Bucky’s Classroom program, Stephanie Kressin has visited 256 classrooms in more than 100 schools across Wisconsin, reaching a total of 6,863 students. It’s all in the interest of getting students to start thinking about college, especially those who otherwise may not have, and leading …