Tag: Education program
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Snapshots: Teacher, Class of ’06, brings students back to Studio Arts
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Denmark High School art teacher Candice (Kaiser) Boutelle is a relatively new graduate of UW-Green Bay (Class of 2006.) The other day, she brought more than two dozen students with her on a field trip to make art in the Studio Arts Building studios with faculty members Jennifer Mokren and Minkyu Lee. It looks like…
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Ashmann writes “best seller”
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Scott Ashmann, associate professor in the Education Program, recently had an article published in Science Scope, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) journal for middle school science teachers. His article, “A Sun-Earth-Moon Activity to Develop Student Understanding of Lunar Phases and Frames of Reference,” is currently the most popular journal article being downloaded at the…
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Oral history a focus at Center for First Nations Studies
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UW-Green Bay is helping current and future educators learn more about the history, culture, sovereignty and contemporary issues of American Indians, helping them learn so they can also teach.
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Newsletter tells winning story of Center for First Nations Studies
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It has been a high-visibility month for First Nations Studies, as well as the program’s partnership with the Professional Program in Education promoting better cultural fluency among future teachers. The January newsletter of the Institute for Learning Partnership zeroes in on the Center for First Nation Studies and the interaction between tribal elders and UW-Green…
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Top story: Native American culture taught here
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The front-page story in the Feb. 8 Green Bay Press-Gazette celebrates the success of the Center for First Nation Studies, a place where future teachers and other students can meet with faculty and tribal elders to learn about Native American history and culture. The center, a collaboration of the First Nations Studies program and the…
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Black History Month events continue Tuesday with documentary, discussion
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UW-Green Bay’s recognition and celebration of Black History Month continues Tuesday (Feb. 7) with a documentary and discussion on “The Murder of Emmett Till.” The event explores the story of Till, who was murdered by two white men in 1955 because he whistled at a white woman in Money, Miss. The case repulsed the nation,…
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Good news from Green Bay: Top 10 positive stories of 2011
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It was a good year for good news at UW-Green Bay, with 2011 bringing everything from sweet dance moves (remember the Raji?) to a Sweet 16 run. With an eye toward accentuating the positive, your friendly Marketing and University Communication staff members have voted on the top 10 “good news” stories of 2011.
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UW System funds second year for Kiehn’s Music Education Institutes
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The UW System announced Thursday more than $1.1 million in federal grants to 13 educational partnerships including the Music Education Institutes at UW-Green Bay. The projects aim to increase the academic achievement of pre-kindergarten (PK) through 12th-grade students in core subjects by enhancing teachers’ knowledge and skills. Funded in Wisconsin were: —Math: UW-Milwaukee, UW-Eau Claire,…
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Column references scholarship winner, recent grad
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Dian Page’s Tuesday (Jan. 3) Press-Gazette column told readers about Mark Yanke, the UW-Green Bay student (and alum) who received the fall 2011 Whitney Radder Phuture Phoenix Phenomenal Role Model Award. Yanke, a Gillett native, returned to school this fall to get his teaching certification, after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English in May…
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UW-Green Bay presents drug impairment training course for educators
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will offer Drug Impairment Training for Education Professionals, a timely and relevant course for area educators, Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Crossroads at Big Creek Environmental Preserve in Sturgeon Bay. During this one-and-a-half-day course, participants will learn how to identify a student who is under the…