By Sofie Schachter UW–Madison’s Christopher Saldaña, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was part of a working group on educational accountability that presented during a briefing organized by Congressman Jamaal Bowman in the U.S. House of Representatives. The briefing featured the expertise of those behind the …
Tessa Schmidt, the director of UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), was recently highlighted in two stories from the United Service Organization (USO). Schmidt and her family were interviewed by the USO about their experience as a military family. Schmidt’s husband, Brett Schmidt, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and frequently on …
The Friday Jazz Series hosted by UW–Madison’s Tandem Press begins this week. The series features students from the Jazz Studies program in UW–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music, and includes three concerts each during fall and spring seasons. Attendees will listen to jazz music, learn about the exciting field of fine art printmaking, and see the current exhibition hanging …
UW–Madison’s Tony DelaRosa was recently interviewed by NBC news about the criticism that rapper Doja Cat is receiving for her new song, “Balut.” DelaRosa is pursuing a PhD in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and is a Filipino American race scholar. He was previously featured in the Capital Times and is …
UW–Madison’s Julie Chen, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a recipient of one of the first-ever BRAVA Awards from the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA). BRAVA, which stands for “BIMA Recognizes Achievement in the Visual Arts,” was created to recognize four contemporary artists, craftspeople, or makers whose work demonstrates artistic merit and …
Alyssa Ramírez Stege, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, recently won an award for her work as the director of UW–Madison’s Esperanza Bilingual Psychological Services Certificate program. In September, she received the Extra-Mile Award from The Rainbow Project, which is awarded to community leaders who have demonstrated exceptional …
The UW–Madison School of Education is in the midst of hosting 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 come to Madison from 17 different countries across Eastern Europe and …
Sofia Vandersluis graduated from UW–Madison last spring with a degree in elementary education and a certificate in educational policy studies. Now, she is a first-year fourth grade teacher at Heritage Elementary School in Waunakee, Wisconsin. In August, Spectrum News celebrated Vanderslis as an “Everyday Hero” in a story about first-year teachers heading into classrooms amid …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications UW–Madison education researchers have been awarded a 4-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch and operate a national center to expand and improve the country’s school-based mental health workforce of school psychologists, social workers, and other practitioners. The winning proposal from faculty members Stephen Kilgus, Katie Eklund, and Andy Garbacz, co-directors of the School …
By Sofie Schachter Libby LaDue graduated in 2022 with a double major in theatre and drama and communication arts. She now works in Chicago for a nonprofit, and continues to be involved in the world of theatre. Below is a Q&A with LaDue about her experience in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, …