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Howe associate principal is a role model for Hmong, other students (planning a summit at UW-Green Bay in April)

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Nov 23, 2021

GREEN BAY – The colorful walls of Howe Elementary Community School are covered with murals depicting the faces of former students intermixed with empowering affirmations. Across from them are photos of leaders and writers of color such as Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American and the first woman of color elected to Congress; Joy Harjo, a…

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Faculty note: Assistant Prof. Mathieu presents workshop at Minnesota English Language Educators Conference

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Sue Bodilly

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Nov 23, 2021

UW-Green Bay Assistant Prof. Corinne Mathieu (Education), presented a workshop entitled “(Re)Designing classroom materials to support content and language integration” at the 2021 Minnesota English Language Educators (MELED) Conference in Saint Paul, Minn. on Nov.20, 2021. The workshop guided participants, most of whom were English as a Second Language teachers, in understanding how to analyze…

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Mathieu’s shares importance of ESL license for teachers

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Nov 1, 2021

Cory Mathieu, assistant professor of Education, shared information about UWGB’s English as a Second Language (ESL) program in Eagle Herald story titled, Language services growing to support immigrant population. Mathieu, teaches ESL teacher education courses and helps interested students in the teacher preparation program and teachers returning for an additional license to complete an ESL…

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Finding Home in a Foreign Land

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Oct 25, 2021

Born in a small farming village in Laos, Pao Lor Ph.D. was destined to be a Hmong clan leader, wedding negotiator, or shaman. This all changed when Laos fell to a Communist regime following the Vietnam War. At the age of five, Lor joined the thousands of Hmong people fleeing the country to escape persecution. Lor made…

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Work of UW-Green Bay Education student highlighted by local school

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Sue Bodilly

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Oct 14, 2021

Assistant Professor Samantha Meister shares a shout-out her student received from Lincoln Elementary School. “Sarah Nowak is in the Literacy Block (literacy courses and field experience) and she planned a fantastic classroom Interactive Read Aloud and follow-up activity connected to social-emotional learning for her third-grade students. It was such a hit that it was featured…

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Afghan Refugee Effort Prompts Reminders of Hmong Experience | Seehafer News

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Sue Bodilly

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Sep 28, 2021

A Wisconsin military base remains the temporary home of nearly 8,000 Afghan refugees, and it isn’t the first time the state has seen an influx of evacuees trying to carve out a new life.Prominent Hmong leaders have said their people have made significant contributions after arriving in Wisconsin under similar circumstances. In the decades after…

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UW-Green Bay hosts workshop for teachers to visit Green Bay restoration sites

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Sue Bodilly

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Sep 16, 2021

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Green Bay Restoration Team hosted a teacher workshop to visit Green Bay west shore wetland restoration sites on August 17th. Eleven teachers got a rare opportunity to visit Cat Island Restoration Site, a former chain of three islands located off the Lower Green Bay west shoreline. The group met…

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UW-Green Bay Education program strengthens partnership with Casa ALBA Melanie

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Sue Bodilly

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Aug 10, 2021

This summer, UW-Green Bay lecturer Shara Cherniak (Professional Program in Education) is strengthening a partnership with the local community organization Casa ALBA Melanie and their “La Escuelita” program (meaning “The Little School”). The program offers bilingual classes for 3- and 4-year -olds and their parents or caregivers. Cherniak is well-equipped to do this work given her academic background in Early Childhood Education, Spanish…

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UW-Green Bay alumna thanks Education program for support through pregnancy

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Sue Bodilly

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Jul 8, 2021

While many graduates pose with their newly earned diplomas, UW-Green Bay Spring 2021 graduate Eden Erickson clung to her newborn. Hers is quite a journey… from Iron Mountain, Michigan to the Spring 2021 Commencement Celebration at UW-Green Bay. And she says she has the UW-Green Bay Elementary program to thank for helping her cross the…

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Memoir by UW Madison alumnus Lor recounts journey from Laos to U.S. – School of Education

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Sue Bodilly

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Jun 24, 2021

Pao Lor earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and currently holds the Patricia Wood Baer Professorship in Education at UW–Green Bay .“Modern Jungles” chronicles the first 14 years of Lor’s life, when he fled along with his family from their home in Laos to refugee camps…

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