School of Education Events

Noon
5233 Humanities
455 North Park Street

Presenting William Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History at Spelman College, this lecture is part of a 9 week series on "The Future of Hip Hop Studies Scholarship".  Cobb specializes in post-Civil War African American history, 20th century American politics and the history of the Cold War.  His book "To The Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic" was a finalist for the National Award for Arts Writing and he also has articles and essays appearing in major newspapers and magazines, such as The Washington Post, and appeared as a guest commentator on radio and television news stations.  Free and open to the public.

7:00 p.m.
1100 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue

Follow-up lecture to "Welcome to the Terrordome: 9/11, Hip Hop & Culture as Foreign Policy", this lecture is part of the 9 week series on "The Future of Hip Hop Studies Scholarship".  William Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History at Spelman college will be featured in this lecture.  Free and open to the public.

5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
204 Educational Sciences
1025 W. Johnson Street

Cynthia Pachikara will speak of her installation work which is influenced by two eccentric spaces and their associated phenomena.  Event is free and open to the public. 

4:30-5:15 p.m.:  Presentation by Emeritus Professor Fran Schrag
5:00-6:00 p.m.:  Reception
13th Floor Lounge, Educational Sciences
1025 West Johnson Street

The School of Education invites its international graduate students to a special reception that will begin with a presentation by Emeritus Professor Fran Schrag.  He will discuss the structural and cultural features that make schooling in the U.S. distinctive.  The reception provides the School's international scholars with an opportunity to meet and visit with fellow scholars and education faculty.

Noon
1140 Gymnasium-Natatorium
2000 Observitory Drive

Part of the Julia Brown Lecture Series, Dr. James M. Pivarnik will be speaking about the recent "Exercise is Medicine" program that has been initiated by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Medical Association.  The program has spread into other areas, including an "Exercise is Medicine on Campus" initiative to enhance the health of students, faculty, and staff of Universities and colleges.  Dr. Pivarnik is the Director for the Center for Physical Acitivty and Health at Michigan State University.  Free and open to the public.

Noon - 1:00 p.m.
La Follette School Confference Room
1225 Observatory Drive

Kenneth K. Wong holds the first Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy at Brown University and directs the university's master's program in urban education policy.  His talk is part of the Visiting Minority Scholars Lecture Series sponsored by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER).  The talk is co-sponsored by the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street

The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) will host the fall 2009 Wisconsin Idea Forum, which is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System. The November forum will bring together policymakers, practitioners, students, scholars, and the public to discuss the current state of student financial aid in Wisconsin and the implications of the state’s changing student and workforce demographics for the financial aid landscape. The program is free, but registration is required.

3:00-4:00 p.m.
259 Educational Sciences
1025 West Johnson Street

Part of the Doctoral Research Program Lecture Series, this presentation features education professors Beth Graue and Gloria Ladson-Billings, who will discuss the development of their research throughout the course of their careers.  The discussion will incorporate research questions and their progression toward the expansion of agenda-setting goals and practices.  Graue is associate director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research; Ladson-Billings holds the School’s Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education.  Free and open to the public. 

5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
204 Educational Sciences
1025 West Johnson Street

Art Department alumna Hilary Wilder (MFA ’01) returns to campus to speak of her work navigating the territory between painting, installation and video.  Wilder received a 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University.  Free and open to the public. 

5:00 Reception; 6:00 Buffet; 7:00 Program & Awards
Great Hall, Memorial Union
800 Langdon Street

The School of Education hosts this annual banquet to thank the dedicated K–12 educators who provide field experiences for UW-Madison student teachers and practicum students.  These partners play a vital role in preparing future educators and contribute immensely to the success of the School’s teacher-preparation programs.  Advance reservation and payment are required.

2:30 p.m.
346 MERIT Library, Teacher Education
225 North Mills Street

The School's MERIT Library invites area teachers and School of Education faculty, staff and students to attend this workshop, which will review new technologies for classroom use and explore some of the ideas from Clayton Christianson's book, Disrupting Class.  Free and open to the public.

11:00 a.m.
Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall
1050 University Avenue

Renowned choreographer Susan Marshall and her company have received 10 New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES) for their innovative, contemporary choreography.  In November, Marshall and two company members come to campus as artists-in-residence for the Dance Program.  As the newly appointed director of dance at Princeton University, Marshall offers a unique perspective on choreography and dance in higher education. Free and open to the public.

Noon-1:00 p.m.
259 Educational Sciences
1025 West Johnson Street

What are the appropriate roles for local, state, and federal governments in the design and implementation of accountability?  How will federal stimulus funds, such as “Race to the Top,” affect its role? What can we expect, and what should we hope for, from the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind?  These are but a few of the questions to be considered by Douglas Harris, associate professor of educational policy studies.  His talk is part of the School of Education's Newly Tenured Faculty Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

3:30–5:30 p.m.
4290 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street

Newly published books for children and young adults are the focus of lively monthly discussions led by librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC).  The center welcomes to its discussions any interested adults who have read a few books on the list in advance.  The November book list is available via the CCBC events calendar.

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
348 MERIT Library, Teacher Education
225 North Mills Street

The GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP is an open source tool for making and editing bitmapped images.  This workshop will explore GIMP's tools for making and modifying graphics and photos.  Free and open to the public.  Registration is not required.

8:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Union Theater
1050 University Avenue

With support from a National Endowment for the Arts Masters Dance Award, the Dance Program will showcase "Name by Name," a master work by guest artist Susan Marshall to be performed by 18 Dance students.  Also featured will be choreography created by Dance Program faculty artists.  Tickets may be purchased online.  Questions: (608)262-1691.

5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

Alicia Henry will speak of her work using mixed media on fabric.  She received her B.F.A. degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her M.F.A. degree from Yale University

5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

Kim Abeles comes to the University to discuss her works that explore and map urban environment and chronicles broad social issues through her use of different disciplines and media.  She has been featured in Newsweek, National Public Radio, and CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and has collections across the nation and internationally.  Free and open to the public.

5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

The last Tuesday Talk Colloquium for the fall semester will feature Denise Pelletier.  Pelletier uses a variety of materials, found objects, images, and text and explores their historical and symbolic meanings through her work.  The artist states, “The capacity of ceramic material to be transformed from mud, dust, or stone into objects of culture has long defined my commitment to the medium.”  Free and open to the public.