University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Alumni News

Works by faculty, guest artist take the stage at Dance Department’s fall concert

he UW–Madison Dance Department’s Faculty Concert Fall 2023 opens this week, featuring work from faculty members Kate Corby, Jin-Wen Yu, Karen McShane-Hellebrand, and Liz Sexe. A new work by guest artist Taryn Vander Hoop in collaboration with student dancers will also premiere at the concert.  The concert will take place over two weekends, from Nov. 16-18 and …

UW–Madison alum and Packers athletic trainer Roberge featured on ABC News

UW–Madison alumna Erin Roberge shared her experience as the first female, full-time athletic trainer (AT) for the Green Bay Packers recently on ABC News. Roberge graduated from the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology in 2021 with a BS in athletic training. She began an internship with the Packers in 2020, and was hired full-time in January …

Badger Insider spotlights Helen Lee and UW–Madison Glass Lab

UW–Madison’s Helen Lee and the UW–Madison Glass Lab were featured in a recent story in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Badger Insider, headlined “In Case of Curiosity, Break Glass.” In the feature, Lee, who is the director of the Glass Lab and holds the Helen Burish Faculty Fellowship with the School of Education’s Art Department, speaks about the …

Art Department to host inaugural postdoctoral research fellow in hip hop and urban arts, education

UW–Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) is excited to partner with the Division of the Arts to launch a postdoctoral fellowship program that recruits and retains diverse, talented, and highly qualified postdoctoral fellows across arts disciplines. Tehan Ketema is the inaugural First Wave Hip Hop & Urban Arts and Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FW Fellow) in the …

UW–Madison alum, first-year teacher highlighted as ‘Everyday Hero’ on Spectrum News

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 …

Glass Madison events celebrate 60 years of glass at UW–Madison

The UW–Madison Glass Lab, housed in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the first collegiate glass program in the nation. And last year, 2022, marked the 60th anniversary of glass at UW. This year the UW Glass Lab presents Glass Madison — a year-long celebration of the sixth decade of this history. Glass Madison will include exhibitions, …

Truman Lowe sculpture dedicated to Ho-Chunk artist, UW–Madison alumnus and professor

On Friday, Sept. 15, UW–Madison commemorated the life and work of alumnus and Professor Emeritus Truman Lowe by officially dedicating a sculpture created by and honoring the life of the Ho-Chunk Nation artist. The aluminum sculpture, “Effigy: Bird Form,” was created by Lowe in 1997. It was then showcased in a year-long exhibition of 20th-century works at …

UW–Madison alum’s new Madison art studio featured in Capital Times

UW–Madison alumna Sue Moberly, who graduated from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1992, recently opened up a silversmithing studio in Madison following nearly 30 years as an elementary and high school art teacher. In August, Madison’s Capital Times newspaper spoke with her about her business, art, and passions. Moberly retired from teaching metalwork …