Federal grant augments College of Nursing projects
Milwaukee receives federal grant for Westlawn neighborhood – already a focus of UWM’s College of Nursing.
Teaching
Education leaders honor Reuben and Mildred Harpole
Area deans of education honored Milwaukee’s Reuben and Mildred Harpole in October.
UWM a leader in state’s rollout of Common Core
UWM is substantially changing the way it educates future teachers as well as working with local schools to help current teachers adapt to the new Common Core State Standards.
Let’s go to the tape
The UW-Milwaukee School of Education is preparing for a major change in how the work of student teachers is evaluated.
Preparing more teachers for bilingual schools
As number of children who don’t have English as their first language increases UWM is reshaping its Early Childhood Education program.
The undead make for a lively class
Interest in vampires never dies, and students have flocked to a UWM class titled “Vampires: From Slavic Village to Hollywood.”
Risks, rewards for undocumented college students
A student who didn’t show up for an appointment inspired Susana Muñoz to research the experiences of undocumented students
From the lab to the classroom
A group of Milwaukee teachers spent six weeks working in engineering laboratories at UWM.
Do host cities get an economic “Olympic Bounce”?
The class will investigate the Olympic Games as a complex urban phenomenon with implications for understanding the modern metropolis.
Helping students before they fail
A new approach to exceptional ed aims to identify and assist students with special needs before they fall behind, rather than waiting to correct deficits.