The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has announced the state’s representative to the 2025 National Teacher of the Year Program is Ana Celia Báez, a bilingual counselor at South Division High School in Milwaukee and UW–Madison alum. Báez, who earned her master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, is entering her …
By Laurel White Patients who cry during psychotherapy sessions and receive high-quality support from their therapists report greater improvement compared to those who don’t cry, according to a new study co-authored by a UW–Madison faculty member. The study, published in a recent issue of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, found that crying can improve therapeutic …
UW–Madison student Phoebe Bacon, a senior pursuing a health promotion and health equity major in the School of Education, is competing in the Olympic Games this week in Paris! This is, in fact, Bacon’s second Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team, competing in the women’s 200-meter backstroke. She finished fifth in the …
Sarah Kopp, a UW–Madison student who is majoring in health promotion and health equity (HPHE) in the School of Education, was featured in a recent news story introducing three of the nearly 1,500 students who have been offered UW–Madison scholarships for Summer Term study. Kopp, who received the UW–Madison Undergraduate Scholarship for Summer Study, is …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
This year’s winners of Bucky Graduate Student Awards include three students from the School of Education. Tony DelaRosa and Qiang Xie each received Graduate School Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism Awards, and Emily Nott was honored with the Graduate Peer Mentor Award. Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism Awards recognize graduate students who …
By Laurel White As complementary and integrative health treatments like mindfulness, acupuncture, and chiropractic care continue to grow in popularity, a new project led by a School of Education faculty member aims to increase understanding of how well those treatments work. The project, recently funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, …
Badger Talks recently hosted a presentation featuring UW–Madison’s Alyssa Ramirez Stege, a clinical assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, where she leads the Esperanza graduate certificate program. The presentation explores the development of Esperanza: Nuestra Cultura de Salud (“Hope, our culture of health”), a community-university partnership between Centro Hispano of Dane County and …
UW–Madison’s School of Education is the No. 1 school of education in the United States, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings released on Tuesday. It marks the first time the School of Education has received the first-place ranking from U.S. News & World Report, though it has been highly …