The School of Education’s outstanding national reputation is due, in large part, to the talent and dedication of its outstanding faculty and staff. To recognize high achievers throughout its community, the Office of Communications and Advancement is now accepting nominations for the 2020 School of Education Faculty & Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards. Winners receive a …
Throughout February, UW-Madison is celebrating Black History Month via the theme of “Afrofuturism: B(l)ack to the Future.” Events are designed to educate, celebrate, and support the imagination of black existence in 2020 and beyond. Events will celebrate black people through the arts, media, and literature across campus. A full schedule of events can be found here. …
UW-Madison’s Andrea Ruppar is the principal investigator (PI) on a new $1.4 million grant that will train students at the university how to work with young people who have complex communication needs over the next four years. Ruppar is an associate professor of special education with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special …
UW–Madison and the University of Wisconsin System are engaged in a redesign of job title and compensation structures. The Title and Total Compensation (TTC) project is moving into an important new phase — one in which supervisors and employees will be meeting to discuss new titles and standard job descriptions. School of Education current positions …
“Johnny’s Pheasant,” written by Cheryl Minnema and Illustrated by Julie Flett, is the winner of the 23rd annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The book was edited by Erik Anderson and published in 2019 by the University of Minnesota Press. The award is given by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a …
On Friday, Jan. 31, the UW–Madison School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato. Lin, who directed the planning for the event, is double majoring in Elemnetary Education and Special Education. In her address at the event, she expressed …
Laura Minero-Meza, a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, is receiving an Outstanding Women of Color Award from UW-Madison. The 2019-20 Outstanding Women of Color come from varied interests, ranging from a Madison City Council member and a computational chemist to an Alzheimer’s research advocate and a university chief of staff. …
UW-Madison’s LaVar Charleston will be delivering a keynote address at the 2020 High Impact Practices (HIPS) in the States Conference, which is being hosted by Texas A&M University Feb. 18-21. Charleston is the School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion. In this role, he provides leadership to faculty, staff, and students in …
By Tod Pritchard Thanks to the generosity of alumni John and Tashia Morgridge, UW–Madison has announced a new $70 million matching opportunity to support faculty recruitment and retention. The match will be available to donors who would like to establish or enhance an endowed professorship or chair fund. An endowed professorship or chair distributes income annually …
From UW–Madison Graduate School communications Nora Smith has degrees from two land-grant universities (Montana State and UW–Madison) as well as Harvard Divinity School (MTS ’94). She earned her Ph.D. from the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2004. Smith has worked in a variety of administrative and instructional roles …