UWM education alum works to find the light in challenging students
Krishana Robinson teaches students who have been detained at Milwaukee’s juvenile justice center. It can be a difficult task, but she finds ways to help as many as she can.
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Alum helps immigrant and refugee children during pandemic with multilingual story time
Lynden Sculpture Garden’s virtual story time reaches youngsters ages 4 to 8 years old as a way “to start conversations with children about displacement, adaptation, and belonging.”
Virtual tutoring program celebrates two years of helping students
Megan Tervoort is one of the hundreds of elementary and high school students who have benefited from a UWM effort started amid the pandemic shutdown to help students struggling with online classes.
Expanding opportunity for students of color to encourage diversity in STEM fields
Children tend to think of mathematicians as being old white men, a perception that can prevent them from seeing themselves in math-intensive fields. Teachers and researchers are working to change that.
Support called crucial for first-generation students
A one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work when it comes to supporting first-generation college students, according to Robert and Hope Longwell-Grice. They’re published a book that explains why.
Experts offer tips for getting children ready for school
After a mostly virtual school year last year, back-to-school season feels very different this fall. So what should parents do to prepare their children? UWM experts offer some tips.
UWM scholarship helps family remember educator who led a remarkable life
In some ways, Estelle Katz was very much a woman of her times. She also led a remarkable life, working on the Manhattan Project, volunteering in Civil Rights-era schools and going on to earn an education degree when she was almost finished raising her children.
Teacher of the year stresses value of language
UWM alum Susan Richardson teaches German. She says the value of learning other languages goes beyond just the language: “The more languages you know, the more doors open to you.”
UWM awarded grant to diversify study abroad
The U.S. Department of State has awarded UWM’s Center for International Education a nearly $35,000 grant designed to diversify study-abroad efforts.
Occupational therapy students get some ‘seats-on’ experience
Zooming through empty hallways in various wheelchairs, UWM occupational therapy students tested and learned about the mobility technology they will one day be using to help patients regain and maintain their independence.