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UW-Madison School of Education Online News: October/November 2010Welcome to the UW–Madison School of Education Online News, a monthly update on School and campus news and resources. This special edition focuses on American Education Week 2010 and the rededication of the renewed Education Building.
American Education Week to celebrate renewed Education Building
The Engineering Building (now Education) as it originally appeared, 1900-10. (Photo: University of Wisconsin Archives) Education Building has unique origins, history
The $400 prize in the design contest didn’t attract much response from the most prestigious architectural firms in the Midwest, so University of Wisconsin architect J.T.W. Jennings designed the campus’ first engineering building himself, assisted by some of the faculty who would be using it. Construction began in March 1900 and was essentially completed in a record eight months, within the $100,000 budget set by the State of Wisconsin — a remarkable feat that remains unmatched in campus history. Thus began the story of the building known today as the Education Building, as compiled most recently in the Historic Structure Report by Quinn Evans Architects of Ann Arbor, Michigan, as part of the Education Building Renovation and Addition Project.
The Third Floor Terrace of the Education Building, literally a green roof. (Photo: Kerry G. Hill)
Education Building serves as model for green projects In addition to providing a contemporary home for the School of Education, the Education Building Renovation and Addition Project has become a learning laboratory for how to do environmentally sound capital projects. “The Education Building will be a green showcase for many reasons, setting a high bar for future projects on campus,” says Angela Pakes Ahlman, facilities project manager with UW–Madison’s Facilities, Planning and Management Office. “This building will be the model we look at.”
Artist Randy Walker installs Proximal Ring on the Education Building Plaza. (Photo: Kerry G. Hill) Sculpture envisions gathering place on new terrace Minneapolis-based artist Randy Walker was commissioned to design and install a permanent outdoor sculpture on the new terrace on the north side of the UW-Madison Education Building, as part of the renovation and addition project. Walker discussed his work, Proximal Ring, with Campus Connections.
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SOE Common Read: Education, Homophobia & the Pursuit of Happiness The UW-Madison School of Education's Common Read Series this year focuses on the complexities of sexuality and genders, particularly in the context of education today. Dean Julie Underwood has invited all members of Education community to read Freak Show, by James St. James, which will serve as a spring board for discussions about the many ways in which genders and sexuality shape educational and life experiences. For details, including upcoming discussions, go to the Common Read website
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