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Spatula&Barcode launch ‘Home Stretch,’ a summer festival of small art events

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The arts collaborative Spatula&Barcode has launched “Home Stretch,” a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, between the summer solstice (June 21) and the autumn equinox (September 22). By appointment, participating artists will offer intimate performances and other arts experiences throughout the summer. All bookings are handled through the event website. Spatula&Barcode was founded …

Theatre and Drama presents ‘Rashomon’ July 15-25

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In a forest grove, a samurai is found dead, his wife assaulted, and a notorious bandit is captured. But as the mystery of the crime unfolds, witnesses tell very different stories of what happened. Based on stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa that were adapted into the iconic 1950 film by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, “Rashomon,” to …

UW–Madison alum Matheny will be next president of Fox Valley Technical College

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UW–Madison alumnus Chris Matheny has been named the next president of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC). Matheny earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2013. Currently the executive vice president for instruction and chief academic officer at FVTC, Matheny will assume his new role on August 1. “Our …

Study examines international students’ career development in the U.S.

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A research proposal by UW–Madison students Hannah Rapp and Yi-jung (Sally) Wu was one of three to be awarded a $1,000 graduate research scholarship in fall 2020 by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC). Rapp is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Wu is a …

WIDA’s Erika Rosales Wins $110K WI Idea Grant to Help DREAMers

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By WCER Communications The School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research is delighted to congratulate Erika Rosales on her two-year, $110,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to create the Center for DREAMers at UW with Erin Barbato, director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at UW Law School. Barbato, a clinical professor, will be co-project leader and Rosales …

New book by UW–Madison’s Stamm dispels common myths about youth sports

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UW–Madison’s Julie Stamm has a new book coming out that is titled, “The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future.” Stamm is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Aimed at parents, coaches, youth sports administrators, and health care providers, “The Brain on Youth Sports” dispels common …

LaVar Charleston named UW–Madison’s next chief diversity officer

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By Doug Erickson, University Communications LaVar Charleston, an innovative leader and accomplished researcher with nearly two decades of experience related to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, has been named to lead the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Since June 2019, Charleston has served as the inaugural associate dean for equity, diversity …

Study will examine inequalities in higher education among Hmong Americans

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Four people with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education are leading a project to further understand and reduce inequalities in higher education among Hmong Americans. The project is one of 15 chosen to receive grants through the through UW–Madison’s Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Initiative. The project, titled “Understanding and reducing inequalities in higher education: Lessons …

School of Education alumna named ‘Outstanding Public Interest Law Student’ for 2021

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Crystal Stonewall, a UW–Madison School of Education alumna and current UW–Madison law student, has been honored by the State Bar of Wisconsin as a 2021 Outstanding Public Interest Law Student of the Year. Stonewall earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2019. Explains a story on …

Memoir by UW–Madison alumnus Lor recounts journey from Laos to U.S.

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UW–Madison alumnus Pao Lor is the author of a new memoir, titled “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Lor earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and currently holds the Patricia Wood Baer Professorship in Education at UW–Green Bay. …