University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW–Madison announces Smart Restart plan to reopen in fall

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By University Communications UW–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. The course array and the modality of instruction will be determined by departments, working with the deans of their respective school or college. This will include course instruction plans for students not able to return to the …

Message from Dean Hess on School’s commitment to racial justice

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The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School of Education on Monday, June 15: Dear School of Education students, staff, and faculty, Many years ago, as a high school teacher, I was working to better understand why it is that people are often better able to …

Six from UW–Madison receive prestigious 2020 NAEd/Spencer fellowships and awards

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The National Academy of Education (NAEd) announced the recipients of its 2020 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships, and Research Development Awards in a news release posted on Wednesday, June 10. And once again, scholars with UW–Madison’s School of Education were well represented in this annual announcement. Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua P. Xiong — each of …

Four with ties to School of Education named Morgridge Fellows

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Eleven faculty and instructors from across UW–Madison have been named Morgridge Fellows, including several with ties to the School of Education. 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, defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities that are performed in equitable, …

Six universities join CIRTL Network to improve research and teaching skills of future STEM faculty

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By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications A new cohort of universities in the United States and Canada will be welcomed this fall into the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), an international network of 35 research universities dedicated to delivering more effective undergraduate STEM learning by ensuring that today’s STEM graduate students — …

Paper from UW-Madison’s Miller recognized by American Kinesiology Association

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UW-Madison’s Kathleen Miller has received honorable mention recognition in the 2020 American Kinesiology Association (AKA) National Graduate Student Writing Award competition. Miller is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and a predoctoral trainee in the UW Cardiovascular Research Center. This award was given for her first-author manuscript titled, “Age-Related Reductions …

Hess, Kelley share overview of School of Education’s goals for fall semester

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On Tuesday, June 23, Dean Diana Hess and Senior Associate Dean Carolyn Kelley held an all-School virtual meeting to provide an overview of the School of Education’s plans related to the “Smart Restart” program for the fall semester, as well as some of the challenges the School is facing.   Hess explained that School of Education …

Working on Grand Challenges project a transformative experience for Bartloff

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UW-Madison PhD student Jennifer Bartloff felt lucky to have the opportunity to join the Grand Challenges team led by faculty members Kreg Gruben (Department of Kinesiology) and Peter Adamczyk (Department of Mechanical Engineering) soon after her move to Madison in 2019. Grand Challenges is an initiative within the School of Education that supports meaningful research …

Alum Smith to become dean of Southern Illinois University’s School of Education

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M Cecil Smith, an alumnus of UW-Madison, will become the dean of Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale’s reorganized School of Education on July 13, pending approval of the SIU Board of Trustees. The announcement came via this SIU news release on May 20. Smith earned his PhD from the human development program within the School of Education’s …

UW-Madison’s Hora, Chen receive NSF grant to study online internships during pandemic

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UW-Madison’s Matthew Hora and Zi Chen received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study online internships amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This award, for $145,000, is part of the NSF’s COVID-19 rapid grants program. Hora, the principal investigator on the grant, is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational …