This year’s event will take place in the H’Doubler Performance space in UW–Madison’s Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave). The event is free and open to the public. The program, which is co-directed by UW-Madison’s Kate Corby and Mariah LeFeber, has provided a series of experiential movement and performance classes to over 350 under-resourced local youth …
This was according to a State Higher Education Executive Officers Association report that was released earlier this month. That report found that just three states — Oklahoma, West Virginia and Mississippi — saw a larger drop in funding over the five years. The article included the expertise of the UW–Madison’s Noel Radomski, managing director of the Wisconsin Center …
Joseph currently serves as interim chancellor of Indiana University–South Bend. She was the executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at IU–South bend before she was asked to step into her current interim position. Joseph earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 1998. Joseph has also previously served as dean of …
The Madison Children’s Museum, after receiving a local grant for accessibility improvements, undertook a deep collaboration resulting in a toolkit for self-evaluation that can provide a model for other cultural institutions, according to VSA. Through a coalition of stakeholders facilitated within the ASD community, UW-Madison’s Ausderau and her team became involved in this project. Ausderau …
Budge is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and head of the Trans Research Lab (TRL). Her research and activism efforts focus on transgender and gender diverse people. The GSCC, founded to honor faculty, staff, or community members who have been a strong partner to their mission, unanimously chose Budge to receive …
The second episode which covers Madison, this segment gives insight into some of Madison’s lesser known features. Bird Bear developed the First Nations Heritage Tour to promote understanding of the history of Madison’s landscapes and address major racial equity issues. It was originally developed for American Indian students adjusting to college life, and has since …
Ortiz earned his Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and now serves as the associate dean of arts and sciences at Madison College, as well as the vice president of the dual-language charter school Nuestro Mundo. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Ortiz attended UW-Whitewater as an undergraduate. He …
Grandma Wanna must be very proud today. Coley, a junior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named a Truman Scholar, one of the most prestigious undergraduate honors in the country. Coley is one of 62 winners chosen this year from 840 candidates nominated by 346 colleges and universities — a record number of both applications …
Doug Rosenberg, a professor of video, performance, and installation art and chair of the Art Department, tells Tone he had noticed an old loading dock in the Arts Lofts building that was filled with forgotten furniture and junk. Rosenberg tells Tone, though, that it “was an artist’s dream space.” Now, after serious rehabilitation from the …
Mary Dueñas, a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, researches equity issues in higher education, specifically focused on access and success for Latinx first-generation college students attending predominantly white institutions. She uses both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to explore factors affecting access to, and persistence for, first-generation …