As the 2024-25 academic year gets underway, UW–Madison’s Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) program is welcoming a new director for the first time in more than two decades. Patrick Hills-Meyer is taking over the leadership role from Andy Winterstein, who retired this summer after spending 38 years on campus — including serving since 1998 …
Four projects led by School of Education faculty and staff are among eight projects and 12 seed grants awarded this year through the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. These projects show the range of how UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students can collaborate with community members to co-create and share knowledge and solutions that …
A UW–Madison graduate student in the School of Education has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the 2024-25 academic year. Libby Hladik, a doctoral candidate with the Department of Kinesiology and the Occupational Therapy Program, is among 11 scholars who were selected from UW–Madison this year. These distinguished scholars will teach and conduct …
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing another talented and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus this year! To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2024-25 academic year — the School is hosting its annual Welcome Back Bash event …
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 …
Seven individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named to the 2024-25 cohort of Morgridge Fellows. They are: 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. Community-Engaged Scholarship is defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities …
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 …
UW–Madison’s Thomas Owenby was recently named an Impact Academy fellow through the national nonprofit organization Deans for Impact (DFI). Owenby, who is the School of Education’s associate dean for teacher education, joins a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation. Educator-preparation programs today face complex challenges as they recruit and prepare teachers who …
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 …