The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to international students who are studying within the School of Education on Wednesday, July 8. Dear School of Education international students: Earlier this week, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued new guidance that is creating anxiety and confusion for international …
By University Communications Diana Hess has been reappointed as dean of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Every five years of their tenure, deans of the university’s schools and colleges undergo a comprehensive review to assess their academic and administrative leadership and performance. The reviews include interviews with faculty, staff, and students, and with external stakeholders. The …
UW–Madison’s LaVar Charleston, the School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, took part in a virtual discussion on June 17 titled, “Advancing Equity when Campus is Closed.” Charleston reflected on the challenges his office has faced during the COVID-19 campus closure and discussed initiatives within the School of Education that promote an …
By John Lucas, University Communications The leader of UW–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts is departing for an opportunity at another institution. Chief Diversity Officer and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Patrick Sims will depart later this summer to become the executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, a top-ranked creative …
Date: Tuesday, June 30 Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m. Location: Virtual Platform To Be Announced Description: This event is designed to create a necessary space where all School of Education faculty and staff can engage in critical dialogue around systemic racism that will ultimately …
The environment, health care, democracy. These are just a few of the important subjects addressed by eight projects selected for grants from UW–Madison’s Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. One project receiving support this year, “The Journalism Game: Scaling Practices to Middle School Youth to Support Democracy,” is utilizing expertise housed within the School …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …