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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - February 2005
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Welcome to the UW-Madison School of
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IN THIS ISSUE - FEBRUARY 2005
ONLINE MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM
TAKING APPLICATIONS
You’ll need to apply soon if you’d like to join
the next cohort of the Master of Science for Professional
Educators (MSPE) program. Applications must be received by
April for the session that will begin in June 2005. MSPE is
a two-year, 24-credit program consisting of four courses taught
via the Internet during the school year and four courses taught
during two 10-day summer sessions on the Madison campus. The
online classes are easily accessible from any place with Internet
access and a phone, and lessons allow for the scheduling flexibility
needed by practicing educators.
Get the details
BLOG FOLLOWS BOAT BUILDER’S
PROGRESS
“There are no straight lines in a boat,” says
Joshua Swan, whose comment pretty much sums up the challenges
faced in building one. Thanks to a weblog, you can follow
Swan as he constructs a 13.5-foot Maine “peapod”
rowing workboat out of cedar and white oak in the Art Department’s
woodshop. Swan, the department’s artist-in-residence
this semester, began the project in January and hopes to complete
it in March. If you’re in the area, you can stop in
to watch Swan at work Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., now until March 12. Room 7241, Humanities Building,
455 North Park Street.
View the blog
2005 CEW RESOURCE CATALOG
OUT IN PRINT/ELECTRONIC FORMS
Career resources for children, teens, and adults can be found
in the Center on Education and Work’s 2005 CEW Resource
Catalog. Its content areas include career classroom activities,
career exploration, employability skills, occupational equity,
grant-writing resources, and much more. You can view and order
the catalog’s offerings online, or you can request a
print version.
Check
it out
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY NEWSLETTER
NOW ONLINE
The latest issue of “The Here and Now,” a student-published
newsletter of the Department of Counseling Psychology is available
online in PDF format. Contents include “Reflections
on the 2004 Wakonse Conference on College Teaching,”
“Lessons on Life and Internship,” “Diversity
Challenge Conference,” a discussion about the meaning
of entrepreneurship in counseling psychology, and much more.
Read
the newsletter
WISCAPE ANNOUNCES SPRING FORUMS AND
COURSES
It’s another busy semester for WISCAPE (the Wisconsin
Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education). Among
its spring forums and courses are “Promoting Diversity
- By the Numbers” (Feb. 16), “Demystifying the
Budget Process” (Feb. 17 & 24), and “Creating
Seamless PK-16 Education in Wisconsin” (Mar. 8). All
offerings are open to the public and many are free; some require
registration. For those who can’t get to campus, WISCAPE
often posts presentation handouts and videos online shortly
after the event. A full schedule is on the WISCAPE calendar.
Check it out
ART DEPARTMENT INVITES ALUMS
TO RECEPTION AT ATLANTA CONFERENCE - FEB. 17
If you’re attending the College Art Association Conference
in Atlanta this month, be sure to stop in at the Department
of Art’s Alumni Reception on Thursday, Feb. 17, 5:30-7:00
p.m. Venue is the South Hampton Room of the Atlanta Marriott
Marquis Hotel, 265 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
A WORKSHOP ON USING COMICS IN THE
CLASSROOM - MAR. 3
Need to get up-to-speed on graphic novels? Among the topics
explored by this workshop are the benefits of using a pop
culture phenomenon in a traditional classroom, ways the graphic
novel can connect to writing in the classroom, and how it
can be used with special populations such as ESL students
or students with disabilities. The workshop is sponsored by
the Office of Education Outreach, and features librarians
from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. There is
a workshop fee; pre-registration is required.
Get
the details
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
CONFERENCE - MAR. 11-12
Early-registration deadline is Feb. 28 for the 2005 Education
Across Six Continents Conference, to be held at the Pyle Center
in Madison. “Teaching and Curriculum for a Global Society”
is the focus of the event, which features a variety of roundtables
and workshops. Keynote speaker Edward Gnehm, former U.S. ambassador
to Jordan, Australia, and Kuwait, will discuss the Middle
East and American foreign policy. The conference also features
Joanne Livesey, assistant vice-president, educational outreach
for Sesame Workshop, who will speak on “Paving the Way
to Sesame Street: Using Material from International Productions
to Educate Children about the World.” Website includes
online registration.
Visit
the site
SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
- MAR. 31-APR. 1
Registration is now open for the 2005 Social Justice Conference,
“Empowerment Through Our Shared Stories.” Sponsored
by the Department of Counseling Psychology, this year’s
event features two keynote speakers: Ricardo Ainslie, counseling
psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin,
and David Lee, director of psychology and training at Mendota
Mental Health Institute in Madison. The Thursday session will
be held at Lathrop Hall on campus, while the Friday session
will be held at the Best Western InnTowner, 2424 University
Avenue, Madison. Registration can be completed online.
Get
the details
COMING: DANCE PERFORMANCES,
MINORITY SCHOLARS LECTURES, AND MORE
Among the School’s upcoming activities are the Dance
Program’s High School Workshop (Feb. 26), performances
by Li Chiao-Ping Dance (Mar. 3-5), the Visiting Minority Scholars
Lecture Series (Feb. 10 & Mar. 10), and workshops in reading
and math (Feb. 16 & 17, Mar. 1). The School’s web
calendar provides a full listing of School events and professional-development
opportunities.
Check
it out
CAMPUS: ENJOY A CAMPUS
SLIDESHOW
If you’re looking for something to dispel those winter
doldrums, take this nostalgic virtual tour in images and words
of the Madison campus. Guaranteed to make you feel good all
over!
Visit
the site
WEB GEM: ALUMNA SHARES
AN ART SITE
We thank art-education alumna Brooke Bulovsky Cameron for
sharing the handsome website of the University of Missouri
Art Department, where she is a professor of art.
Visit the site
WHO INSPIRED YOU?
Were you especially inspired or motivated by a specific member
of the School of Education faculty or staff? If so, we'd like
to know who had the greatest impact on your education and/or
professional development. Briefly identify this professor
or staff member and tell us why he/she is special to you.
We plan to include a follow-up report in an upcoming issue
of our print newsletter, Campus Connections. Be sure to include
your name, degree(s), and year(s) in your communication and
send your message to: soenews@education.wisc.edu
HAVE YOU MOVED OR CHANGED YOUR NAME?
You can easily update that information via the School's website.
And we'll make sure that your University records are updated
as well as ours. See "Staying in Touch" on the School's alumni
web page.
Update
your records
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