By Laurel White There’s nothing like a great ice breaker to, well, break the ice. Activities that inspire groups to get up, move, connect, and grow are at the heart of a new phone app created by Cindy Kuhrasch, a distinguished teaching faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology and program coordinator for the School …
UW–Madison held its 2023 winter commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center on Dec. 17. Prior to the campus-wide event for those earning bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, the School of Education celebrated with its latest cohort of graduates with a Pre-Commencement Celebration at the Gordon Dining & Event Center. We reached out to some of …
By Laurel White A new partnership between the UW–Madison School of Education and Milwaukee Public Schools aims to combat a shortage of special education teachers in one of the state’s most high-needs school districts by training and placing 36 master’s-level special education teachers in Milwaukee schools over the next five years. The program is the …
UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin: “Diana has been an innovative and effective leader in the School of Education and on our campus. She has made a lasting impact on teaching, well-being, and in the arts in our state and beyond, and she has served as a mentor to many other campus leaders. We are grateful for …
By Laurel White On a beautiful, sunny day in May, Hannia Carmona scrunches her small frame, shields one side of her face with a manicured hand, and matches her pace beside a friendly bodyguard of sorts. It’s a pose familiar in gossip magazines: the celebrity hiding from the paparazzi or overly enthusiastic fans. But Hannia …
Ann M. Shanahan, who started this fall as a professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama and as the artistic director of University Theatre, embraces the power of theatre for making change in the world. Shanahan met with Kari Dickinson, a contributing editor of Learning Connections, to speak about what brought her to UW–Madison, …
Welcome to the latest issue of Learning Connections. As you peruse these pages, I hope they foster a sense of pride in your connection to our School of Education — and the exceptional work unfolding across our 10 departments and many units. As I enter my final months as dean, this issue offers an opportunity …
UW–Madison researchers in September were awarded a four-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch a national center to expand and improve the country’s school-based mental health workforce. The winning proposal from Department of Educational Psychology faculty members Stephen Kilgus, Katie Eklund, and Andy Garbacz — co-directors of the School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC) — establishes …
By Todd Finkelmeyer In December 2020, alumna Kathy Chazen (‘74) and Larry Miller gave a generous donation to establish the couple’s Chazen Miller Global Fund, which has played a pivotal role in helping the UW–Madison School of Education develop and launch a groundbreaking study abroad program. Chazen explains there are four features of the School’s …
Two videos from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this past fall highlighted the work of John Hitchcock, a contemporary artist and musician, and a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. An installation by Hitchcock was part of the National Gallery’s exhibition, “The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary …