News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UWM’s Office of Socially Responsible Evaluation in Education published the results of its Milwaukee Public Schools climate survey on a new website, www.udisp.com. Lead by Senior Scientist and Director Curtis Jones, the office worked with Milwaukee schools to survey students and staff about the learning climate at their schools in 2014-2015. The survey was based […]
Kimberly Blaeser, UWM professor of English and Wisconsin’s poet laureate, invites students and teachers to learn more about her writing process in a series of videos posted on Wisconsin Writes. Hosted on the Department of Public Instruction website, Wisconsin Writes invites students and teachers to see how well known Wisconsin writers do their work. In […]
Alan Shoho, dean of the School of Education, faced an immediate budget cut when he joined UWM on April 1, but he said that he would rather overcome a challenge than grow stagnant in his work.
The Lubar School of Business received top national ratings in two of its programs from TaxTalent, an online career and development portal for tax professionals. The master’s degree in accounting program was ranked 8th in TaxTalent’s Top in Tax Educational Survey; the master’s degree in taxation program was ranked 9th in the survey. Each year […]
SPARK Early Literacy, created by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee in collaboration with UWM’s School of Education and the Milwaukee Public Schools, participated in a Congressional panel in late October. The panel, sponsored by the Annie E Casey Foundation, organized by The Center for Research and Reform in Education, and moderated by Sarah Sparks, […]
The School of Education’s graduate program in Curriculum & Instruction is ranked fifth among the top 25 programs nationally by Graduateprograms.com in its annual list. The rankings are based on ratings and reviews from current or recent graduate students that were posted on graduateprograms.com. The program rankings, compiled using data from Sept. 1, 2012, through […]
Japanese Studies majors Praditya Hargianto and Peter Grzywacz were busy during the 2015 Skate America competition at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in late October: They were serving as interpreters for the Japanese competitors. Covered by national and international reporters and featuring Olympic- and world-level athletes, Skate America is the first of six stops on the International […]
Larry Martin teaches others how to work with adult students. He will be honored for teaching and researching in the field of adult education – 32 years at UWM – by the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.
UWM’s School of Education received a “best value” ranking from “Top Masters in Education.”
Students from UWM’s computer science program recently met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who has a master’s degree in computer science from UWM.
