UW–Madison’s Brenda Spychalla has been honored with the UW-IT Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes the continued contributions of a UW–Madison community member whose body of work throughout their entire career has had a significant impact on the success of the university. Spychalla currently serves as the Co-CIO of the School of Education and the co-director …
There is a new space for the arts in downtown Madison, and work by a UW–Madison art student and a recent alumnus was featured in its inaugural exhibit. The exhibit, titled “The Burden of Reality,” showcased the art of Paulina Eguino and Tony Torres. Eguino is a BFA student in the School of Education’s Art Department, …
By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications Over the last year, the pandemic has disrupted the lives of many people, particularly college students whose education, career goals, and entry into the workforce have been thrown into a state of uncertainty. The Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) is shedding light on the higher education experiences of five diverse groups …
A School of Education student, Jesus Garza-Noriega, is being recognized with an Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award from UW–Madison for his exceptional efforts and exemplary service. Garza-Noriega, 27, will graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation psychology and special education. He pursued the degree to “support his family and honor his parents, who migrated …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press and the Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program will premiere a collaborative video production at 6 p.m. on June 17. The video will feature print works created by Tandem Press collaborative artists alongside new jazz compositions performed by UW–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music student jazz ensembles. The video will be a …
Three individuals from the UW–Madison School of Education have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the Spencer Foundation. Diana Rodríguez-Gómez, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been named a 2021 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Rodríguez-Gómez’s scholarship examines trans-local processes of state-building and education policymaking …
By Käri Knutson, University Communications Chris Walker, an artist and an experienced and influential leader in the arts on campus, has been named the new director of the Division of the Arts. Walker is a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department and founding artistic director of First Wave, a nationally prominent scholarship program known for pushing the …
UW–Madison alumna Anna Halprin, “a dancer and choreographer who sought to move beyond what she saw as the constraints of modern dance,” died on May 24 at age 100. Halprin earned her bachelor’s degree from UW–Madison’s Dance Department in 1942. “Ms. Halprin knew her family wanted her to attend college,” explains an obituary for Halprin …
The work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is featured in the exhibition, “Artists Without Borders: Reflections on Art and Place,” presented by the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA). Abdu’Allah holds UW–Madison’s Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. The exhibition opened on April 24 at MOWA’s main building in …
For instructors, a great discussion produces the teaching equivalent of a runner’s high. But as most realize, while it’s relatively easy to get students to talk in class, getting them fully engaged in an intellectually productive and satisfying classroom discussion is much harder. “Having a teacher set up an organized and functional discussion greatly improves the …