University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW–Madison to host Byrd-McPhee as the fall 2020 Division of the Arts interdisciplinary artist

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The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Michele Byrd-McPhee as the fall 2020 interdisciplinary artist. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director of Ladies of Hip-Hop. Byrd-McPhee has been working for many years to re-contextualize spaces and conversation about Hip-Hop culture along gender, sex, cultural and socio-historical, and racial lines. The UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP) …

UW–Madison Dance Department presents the Alumni Festival live stream event

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The UW–Madison School of Education’s Dance Department presents the Alumni Festival, a live stream event Sept. 24-26 on YouTube. The event will feature performances and choreography from our recent UW–Madison graduates Julianna Hom (BFA, 2020), Megan Schimke (BFA, 2020), and Alice Svetic (BFA, 2020). Hom will present a video compilation from three sections of her project “What …

UW–Madison School of Education unveils bold new program to invest in Wisconsin’s future teachers

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School districts across the state and around the country are struggling to find enough qualified teachers — and these staffing challenges are growing. In an effort to help bolster Wisconsin’s teacher workforce and give the state’s schoolchildren access to the high-quality educators they deserve, the UW–Madison School of Education launched a bold new program Tuesday, …

UW–Madison announces Smart Restart plan to reopen in fall

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By University Communications UW–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. The course array and the modality of instruction will be determined by departments, working with the deans of their respective school or college. This will include course instruction plans for students not able to return to the …

Message from Dean Hess on School’s commitment to racial justice

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The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School of Education on Monday, June 15: Dear School of Education students, staff, and faculty, Many years ago, as a high school teacher, I was working to better understand why it is that people are often better able to …

Three from School of Education receive WARF Named Professorships

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Highly regarded School of Education faculty members Li Chiao-Ping, Robert Enright, and Stacey Lee were appointed to prestigious WARF Named Professorships, UW-Madison announced on May 12. Overall, 32 members of the UW-Madison faculty have been awarded faculty fellowships for 2020-21. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, and biological …

Walker’s ‘Banana Man’ being performed at Dance Festival in Winnipeg

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Chris Walker’s “Banana Man” will be performed by Amansu Eason at the Moving Inspirations Dance Festival at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg on Feb. 29. Walker is a professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. The Moving Inspirations Dance Festival is a gathering of dance makers or dancers of African, culturally diverse, and …

Walker, Dance Department presenting ‘Moonshine’ on Feb. 28

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Throughout February, UW-Madison is celebrating  Black History Month via the theme of “Afrofuturism: B(l)ack to the Future.” Events are designed to educate, celebrate, and support the imagination of black existence in 2020 and beyond. Events will celebrate black people through the arts, media, and literature across campus. A full schedule of events can be found here. …

Barson, Rodriguez welcomed as spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence

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UW-Madison’s Division of the Arts welcomes Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez as the spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence. Both Barson and Roodriguez are musicians, artivists (artists and activists), environmentalists, and co-founders of the Afro Yaqui Music Collective. Together, they will teach the course “Artivism: Intercultural Solidarity & Decolonizing Performance.” Students will investigate the theory, practice, multidisciplinary, and intercultural …