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‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches

October 3, 2013

Kurt Squire has enrolled in about a dozen Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). “The experience was fun — to essentially be back in college again, but to feel like I’m doing so driven by my own interest without the pressures of grades and so on,” Squire says. Read More

Philosophy professor tackles God and science in public course

July 18, 2013

On midsummer evenings, while the rest of us were relaxing by the lake or puttering in the backyard, a group of intellectually-curious community members and undergraduates joined Professor of Philosophy Larry Shapiro to tackle some of the biggest questions in history. Read More

Achievements of four administrative employees recognized with new award

June 20, 2013

Four exceptional employees — Steven Hahn, Kim Nolet, Michelle Szabo and Roberta Wang — have been chosen from more than 60 nominations to receive UW–Madison’s Administrative Achievement Awards. Read More

MOOCs workshop with European flavor next week

June 11, 2013

The European MOOCs in Global Context Workshop, a free event, will be held June 19-20 at the Wisconsin Idea Room inside the School of Education Building. Read More

Adult students honored with scholarships and awards

April 21, 2013

A total of 24 UW–Madison non­tra­di­tional and return­ing adult stu­dents will be hon­ored April 24 with schol­ar­ships hav­ing a total value of $70,000. Read More

Nominate an adult undergraduate for an Outstanding Returning Adult Student Award

February 12, 2013

Each year the Office of Adult Career and Spe­cial Stu­dent Ser­vices rec­og­nizes two adult stu­dents with the Out­stand­ing Under­grad­u­ate Return­ing Adult Stu­dent Award. Read More

Odyssey Project marks 10 years in a celebration Thursday, Oct. 4

October 3, 2012

UW-Madison's Odyssey Project, which provides people facing economic barriers with a chance to start college, marks its 10th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 4 in a celebration at the Chazen Museum of Art from 5-7 p.m. Read More

Conference helps 1,000 worldwide educators explore distance education

August 8, 2012

One of the largest conferences on distance education teaching and learning is bringing about 1,000 educators to Madison this week. Read More

New online catalog details UW–Madison Continuing Studies classes

June 15, 2012

Now you can easily search for noncredit Continuing Studies classes online. Read More

UW offers free session with humor writer

April 5, 2012

About 250 writers from around the central U.S. have already registered for the pop­u­lar 23rd annual Writ­ers’ Insti­tute coordinated by UW–Madison Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies that will meet in Madison April 13–15. Read More

Online engineering grad programs ranked No. 1

January 10, 2012

U.S. News and World Report has ranked UW–Madison No. 1 for its online graduate engineering programs in the categories of teaching practices and student engagement, and student services and technology. Read More

Continuing Studies instructor, art conservator and humanitarian passes

December 6, 2011

From the shores of Lake Michigan to the halls of the Sistine Chapel, and from the faraway landscape of India to the rubble-strewn scene of 9/11, Tony Rajer lived a life of pursuing knowledge and serving others. Born in Sheboygan, he became an accomplished art conservator, humanitarian and long-time instructor of UW–Madison Continuing Studies art classes. Read More

Continuing studies conference focuses on child sexual abuse prevention and treatment

October 21, 2011

Hundreds of professionals who work in the sensitive field of child sexual abuse will participate Oct. 24-27 in a conference presented by the UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies. Read More

Finalists named for Division of Continuing Studies dean

April 8, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has announced three finalists for the position of vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the Division of Continuing Studies. Read More