Category: Department of Counseling Psychology

School of Education student swims in the Olympics this week in Paris

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 …

News story spotlights summer scholarship recipient from School of Education

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 …

Career Center job shadow program: Helping students explore their interests

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 …

Career Center job shadow program: Exploring paths in health

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 …

Three graduate students from School of Education win 2024 Bucky Awards

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 …

Project led by UW–Madison’s Goldberg aims to increase scientific understanding of alternative health treatments

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 spotlights Esperanza graduate certificate program

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 School of Education ranked No. 1 by U.S. News

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 …

Meet the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award winners from the School of Education

Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. A ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. April 16 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union to honor the recipients. Among this year’s honorees are two faculty members …

Seven from School of Education win Teaching Assistant Awards

The 2023-24 Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven exceptional graduate students from the School of Education. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the excellence …