Meet the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award winners
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
“Taking the time to learn and correctly pronounce a person’s name is one simple — and important — way to respect and honor their identity,” says Gabe Javier, associate vice chancellor for student affairs in the areas of identity and inclusion.
Editor’s note: Kayla Huynh is a recent UW-Madison graduate from Bloomington, Illinois. She writes for University Communications and will attend graduate school at Northwestern University. In writing this article, I’ve stared at a blinking cursor and blank page for hours. The truth is there’s no amount of words to accurately describe how much I’ll miss this …
The vice provost for teaching and learning provides campuswide leadership by convening and partnering with a number of committees and councils to enhance teaching and learning, enrich educational innovation, and provide leadership on academic and curricular policies, guidelines and practices.
Michael G. Moore says online teaching can be not only more economical than classroom instruction, but, importantly, just as good of a learning experience.
“…. My normal 6-minute walk to class has been replaced by a mere four steps into my mom’s office across the hall. With all UW-Madison courses shifted to online learning, this is what my day-to-day routine looks like.”
UW–Madison has provided faculty and instructors with tools to prepare to teach their classes using alternative methods, many involving online instruction.
Stefanie Henry will graduate from UW as a double major in neurobiology and French, along with an extensive background in nervous system trauma research that is inspired by her brother’s spinal cord injury.
When the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference was launched in 1985, “distance education” meant sending VHS tapes to students through the mail. The tools may have changed, but the mission remains the same for the 35th annual conference.
at UW-Madison there’s a place to study for all types of learners. Whether you love to work in solitude or with a buddy, this list has the perfect study spot for every student.
Two seniors traveled to the ancient city of Agrigento on the south coast of Sicily this past summer, to develop a more accurate historical timeline.
Plants are beneficial for the well-being of students. They provide oxygen and are an essential resource for all human life on Earth. And now students can get a free one.
A new school year means new beginnings. It’s a chance to start the semester off fresh and on the right foot. What better way to do that than with advice from our very own experts?
The university’s greenhouses, which include plants from all over the world, provide study material for botany and horticulture courses and the precisely controlled climates required for research experiments.
Emeritus professor Tom Carpenter, whose student-centered ideas about teaching math to young children from all backgrounds and skill levels helped transform the field of mathematics education, died Aug. 7
For those aspiring to be health care professionals, understanding the fundamentals of the human body is essential. A Summer Term course is helping UW–Madison students form that foundation. John Kink, a rising senior studying microbiology, sees Physiology 335 as a gateway to his career as a physician’s assistant. The course is also a prerequisite for …
Seven high school students are working in UW-Madison’s Small Animal Hospital as part of a new program that exposes high schoolers to careers and curriculum in the health sciences.
Now being offered during summer term, a UW-Madison class focuses on the art and practice of making comics, or as the instructor describes it, “visual storytelling through combined words and pictures.”
Nearly 400 junior high school students are participating in the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, a week-long band, choir and orchestra camp.
With countless tools and machines, the possibilities for bringing an idea to life are endless at the College of Engineering’s Technical Education and Manufacturing Lab. Located in the Engineering Centers Building, the lab is open to students, faculty and staff affiliated with the college. For some, the lab has become a gateway for finding solutions …