University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Alumni News

UW–Madison alum Apps is co-author of new book urging creative thinking about environmental issues

Jerry Apps, who earned his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from UW–Madison’s School of Education in 1967, is the co-author of a new book that is titled, “Planting an Idea: Critical and Creative Thinking about Environmental Issues.”  Apps, who wrote “Planting an Idea” with his daughter-in-law Natasha Kassulke, has won multiple writing awards including an …

Returning home to teach science: Q&A with Teacher Pledge alum Abigail Laumer

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 graduate. To …

Alumnus receives award from national superintendents association

UW–Madison alumnus Christopher Borreca has been honored with AASA, The School Superindendents Association‘s Friend of AASA award. Borreca earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education in 1983 and now serves as a lawyer primarily representing school districts in special education issues. According to a news release about the …

Q&A with Erin Roberge, first female full-time athletic trainer for the Packers

By Sofie Schachter UW–Madison alumna Erin Roberge was hired as a full-time assistant athletic trainer (AT) for the Green Bay Packers earlier this year. She is the first full-time female AT in Packers history. Roberge graduated from the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology in 2021 with a BS in athletic training. She began an internship with …

UW–Madison alum named 2023 Teacher of Distinction

UW–Madison alumna Zhuxin Fang Karoliussen was named a 2023 Teacher of Distinction and is a finalist for a Golden Apple Award. The Greater Green Bay Chamber’s Golden Apple Awards program annually recognizes high-quality educators in the Green Bay area. Karoliussen is a math teacher at Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners in Green Bay, …

Q&A with Global Higher Education master’s degree alum Jimfong Chu

UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education (GHE) Master’s Degree Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the current academic year. The program, housed in the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of  Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, focuses on training future generations of professionals and scholars and is known for its family-like, collaborative learning community that utilizes …

Q&A with Global Higher Education master’s degree alum Clara Hoff

UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education (GHE) Master’s Degree Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the current academic year. The program, housed in the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of  Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, focuses on training future generations of professionals and scholars and is known for its family-like, collaborative learning community that utilizes …

Following pandemic, educators are not all right but meditation could ease burden

By Heather Harris, Center for Healthy Minds Approaching the three-year anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many can attest to the mental health challenges that came with the sudden changes to everyday life as the disease took hold. In schools, teachers and support staff were forced to revamp lesson plans for virtual and …

Q&A with Global Higher Education master’s degree alum Ayse Okur

UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education (GHE) Master’s Degree Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the current academic year. The program, housed in the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of  Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), focuses on training future generations of professionals and scholars and is known for its family-like, collaborative learning community that …

Q&A with Global Higher Education master’s degree alum Colleen Larsen

UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education (GHE) Master’s Degree Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the current academic year. The program, housed in the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of  Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, focuses on training future generations of professionals and scholars and is known for its family-like, collaborative learning community that utilizes …