University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Alumni News

UW–Madison alum Marri named dean of Ball State’s Teachers College

UW-Madison alumnus Anand R. Marri was named dean of Ball State University’s Teachers College, BSU announced in a news release on Jan. 7. Marri will begin his post at Ball state on July 1. Marri earned his Ph.D. from the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2003. He also is …

Hirshberg studies benefits of fusing mindfulness training into preservice teacher education

UW-Madison’s Matt Hirshberg is the lead author on a new paper published in the journal Learning and Instruction that examines the merits of incorporating mindfulness training into preservice teacher education, and how such efforts can lead to improvements in the classroom. Hirshberg is a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the university’s Center …

Learning Connections Summer 2019 edition

This is the online edition of Learning Connections, a news magazine from the UW-Madison School of Education. The ​Summer 2019 issue is filled with exciting news about School of Education faculty, staff, students and alumni. A pdf of the ​Summer Learning Connections is available here. Summer 2019 edition highlights include: Keep in Touch! The School of Education …

Wisconsin media spotlight School’s extension of Teacher Pledge through 2028-29

Media outlets in the Madison area and across Wisconsin have reported on the UW–Madison School of Education’s extension of its groundbreaking Teacher Pledge program through 2028-29. This is the third extension of the program, which launched in the fall of 2020 and was originally scheduled to run for five years. This latest extension was made possible …