Mary Alice “Buff” Brennan, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member who dedicated her career to supporting and encouraging dance students, died on April 8, 2022. Brennan was a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Dance Department, where she was on the faculty from 1967 until her retirement in 2002. Through her years at UW–Madison she …
Badger Talks LIVE is showcasing the UW–Madison Dance Department in a series in live, virtual events throughout the month of May. On Tuesday, May 10, Badger Talks LIVE featured a conversation with Peggy Choy, an associate professor of dance and Asian American studies at UW–Madison. The recorded event is available via the Badger Talks YouTube …
UW–Madison alumnus Mike González received a 2022 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leadership Award. González, who earned his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2006, is principal of Bessie Allen Middle School in the School District of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Herb Kohl Principal Leadership program is …
SHAPE America, the Society of Health and Physical Educators, honored recent UW–Madison alumnus Brett Frieder as a Major of the Year during the organization’s 136th National Convention and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana. The award celebrates outstanding undergraduate students in the health, physical education, recreation, and dance professions who are nominated by a faculty advisor …
Tandem Press is pleased to host “Somewhere Between,” a thesis exhibition by Carley Schmidt, an MFA candidate in the School of Education’s Art Department and current Tandem Press curatorial project assistant. Schmidt’s work explores place as part of a narrative about human impact and intervention. “Somewhere Between” presents a poetic meditation on the changing landscape. The body of work …
The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2022 Annual Meeting recently wrapped up after being offered both in person in San Diego and virtually. And once again, scholars from across the UW–Madison School of Education were well represented at this major event, which ran April 21-26. In all, more than 125 faculty, staff, and students from …
UW–Madison graduate student Brittany St. John has been awarded a Fulbright Future Postdoctoral Scholarship by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission. St. John is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, focusing on occupational science. The scholarship, which is funded by the Kinghorn Foundation, will support St. John’s work in partnership with the Olga Tennison …
UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has been selected to serve on the Annual Conference Committee for the College Art Association (CAA). Founded in 1911, the College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the visual arts. It is the oldest and largest support organization in the world. The …
In 2020, there were over 30,000 Spanish-speaking English learners — or “emergent bilingual” — K-12 students in Wisconsin schools. However, less than 35 percent of these learners were enrolled in bilingual-bicultural programming. One reason for this is a shortage of bilingual educators statewide, and a new certificate program from the UW–Madison School of Education aims to meet …
Brenda Spychalla, a distinguished information processing consultant emerita for the School of Education’s MERIT, is one of 11 UW–Madison employees who are recipients of this year’s Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Spychalla, who before her retirement in 2021 was the co-director of MERIT and the co-chief information officer for the School of Education, will receive the …