Colleen Larsen’s dissertation, “Dreams beyond Safety: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Refugee Students at Two-Year Public Colleges in Wisconsin,” has won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Larsen earned her master’s from UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education program in the School of Education’s …
Work by UW–Madison’s Tom Jones, a professor of photography in the School of Education’s Art Department and an Art Department alumnus (BFA 1988), has been highlighted in multiple news sources recently. The Spring 2023 issue of First American Art Magazine celebrates the magazine’s 10-year anniversary, highlighting Jones’ work, “Elizah Leonard,” on the cover. Jones was …
UW–Madison alumna Elisa Castillo will be the first to fill a new senior-level role created by Salem State University to prepare the university to better serve students of color. Castillo has been named assistant vice president of Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority Serving Institution (MSI) initiatives, a role she will assume in July 2023. …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was honored as a Jockey Community Hero at the Milwaukee Bucks game on Saturday, March 4. Grant came to Madison as a graduate student in 1969. He completed his PhD in curriculum and instruction in 1972, then joined the faculty …
Madison365.com’s 2023 list of “Wisconsin’s 33 Most Influential Native American Leaders” highlights two alumni from the UW–Madison School of Education. Those featured on the list are “elected leaders, business leaders, and community leaders, doing difficult, important work, often in the face of discrimination and literally generations of oppression,” according to Madison365’s CEO and publisher, Henry …
The UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge is dedicated to strengthening and diversifying Wisconsin’s teacher workforce. It pays the equivalent of in-state tuition and fees, testing, and licensing costs for all teacher education students who “pledge” to teach for three or four years at a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school in Wisconsin after they …
School of Education alumnus Wayne Au recently wrote a chapter about UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Michael Apple for “The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers.” “The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers” provides a comprehensive review of major educational thinkers and their legacies, and brings to life educational theories through the lens of each thinker’s life and experiences. …
By University Communications Frances Vavrus has been named vice provost and dean of the International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a position she is scheduled to begin Aug. 1. Vavrus is an alumna of the UW–Madison School of Education, having earned her doctorate from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, with an African studies …
UW–Madison alumna Susan Patterson recently published her first novel, titled “Things I Wish I Told My Mother.” Patterson earned a BS in 1979 and an MFA in 1982, both from the School of Education’s Art Department. She has written multiple children’s books with husband James Patterson, a self-described honorary Badger and the world’s bestselling author. …
Christine Nekas-Thoma, who earned her BS in English education in 1996 from UW–Madison’s School of Education, recently published a memoir titled, “God’s Whispers: Your Anchor Through Life’s Storms.” In the book’s synopsis, Nekas-Thoma writes that her memoir “is the manifestation of my dialogue with God.” She adds: “As you wait for God to guide you …