UW-Madison alumna Liza Wiemer’s upcoming young adult (YA) novel, “The Assignment,” is being published for release on Aug. 25. Wiemer graduated from the School of Education in 1986 with a BS in elementary education. “The Assignment” follows a group of students as they must grapple with a school assignment that encourages intolerance and discrimination. As …
Carlton Jenkins, an alumnus of UW–Madison’s School of Education, was recently named the superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, a position he will begin on Aug. 4. Jenkins earned both his master’s (1993) and PhD (2009) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. On July 15, The Capital Times …
Eleven faculty and instructors from across UW–Madison have been named Morgridge Fellows, including several with ties to the School of Education. The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship, defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities that are performed in equitable, …
Earlier this spring Madison365.com put the spotlight on “Wisconsin’s 38 Most Influential Native Americans,” a report that showcased several alumni of UW-Madison’s School of Education. This is the first list of its kind for Madison365.com, which over the previous five years has recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders. “This list represents something that’s never been …
M Cecil Smith, an alumnus of UW-Madison, will become the dean of Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale’s reorganized School of Education on July 13, pending approval of the SIU Board of Trustees. The announcement came via this SIU news release on May 20. Smith earned his PhD from the human development program within the School of Education’s …
UW-Madison alumnus Terrance L. Green is one of five early career researchers from across the nation to receive a 2020 William T. Grant Scholars award. Launched in 1982, this program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within the past seven years. …
UW-Madison alumna Catherine Lammert received the Graduate Award for Literacy Excellence from the American Education Research Association’s (AERA) Research in Reading and Literacy special interest group (SIG). Lammert earned her master of science for professional educator’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology in 2014. The award honors her dissertation research titled “Inquiry, advocacy, …
With fears that food insecurity could dramatically increase as layoffs and furloughs continue due to the coronavirus, two UW-Madison alumni are teaming up to make a difference. Wheels Up CEO Kenny Dichter and former Badger, now Seattle Seahawks, quarterback Russell Wilson are pledging to donate 10 million meals to the hunger relief organization Feeding America. …
UW-Madison alumna Kristina Navarro was recently named the new director of athletics and assistant chancellor for sports administration at UW-Platteville. Navarro earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2012, and received the School’s 2014 Outstanding Recent Graduate Award. Most recently, Navarro served as the senior associate athletic director …
Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to COVID-19 pandemic, …