2021 UWM Research magazine focuses on COVID-19
The 2021 edition of UWM Research magazine has launched online, detailing the work of dozens of faculty members, students and staff.
School of Education
Innovation and creativity help instructors deal with pandemic’s challenge
COVID-19 struck hard, presenting a challenge like no other. Educators at UWM responded quickly, finding new ways to deliver for their students.
Students help make the world a warmer place
A group of UWM students in Educational Psychology made blankets for patients at Rogers Behavioral Health. Rogers treats a number of behavioral and mental health challenges; the blankets went to the eating disorder unit.
A look at UWM’s award-winning undergraduate researchers
Every year a number of UWM undergraduate researchers are chosen to receive the Senior Excellence in Research Award. Here are summaries of the accomplishments of the 2020-21 award winners.
Elementary teacher finds new career as award-winning school librarian
When Sarah Siver’s elementary school in Sparta lost its librarian a year few years ago, the third-grade teacher was concerned. Utilizing a new UWM pathway to librarianship, she found a way to help.
Amid pandemic, grads of online learning program put skills to use immediately
Most students anticipate gradually putting their knowledge to work after they leave the university. However, four students who graduated in May from UWM found they needed to use everything they learned about online learning, leading and advising immediately.
ArtsECO helps teachers become changemakers
ArtsECO – which stands for Arts Education/Community Ecosystem – supports teaching through the arts, placing a particular focus on social justice and the concept of developing teachers as changemakers.
Student finding his voice in push for racial justice
Noah Wolfe, a senior in education who is in an accelerated master’s degree program, is already thinking about how he can help and support his future students in urban schools.
Webinar features discussion of Black children on the autism spectrum
The co-authors of a book on raising Black children on the autism spectrum are holding a free webinar Thursday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Alum finds her fit running Girls on the Run
UWM grad Tina Jones has been with Girls on the Run since 2012, helping the organization expand from 200 girls to more than 2,000 in southeastern Wisconsin. She is now executive director.