Nominate an adult undergraduate for an Outstanding Returning Adult Student Award

In addition to attending classes and doing homework, many returning adult students are also juggling children, jobs, community work and other responsibilities. Each year the Office of Adult Career and Special Student Services recognizes two adult students …

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Have a blast learning–try some online learning games below!

 “Bus, do your stuff!” That’s a phrase UW-Madison undergraduates may remember from their kindergarten days, when they got their first exposure to computer learning by using the popular “Magic School Bus” online games. The Scholastic, …

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Continuing Studies staff donate holiday gifts to addiction treatment center

It’s only fitting that staff members at UW-Madison Continuing Studies would lend a hand to those who are in the midst of treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse; after all, we offer intensive professional …

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Don’t miss these art galleries:view work by Dairyland artists

Need a shot of creativity? Or want to share your artful expressions? Whether photography, silver jewelry, stained glass, watercolor, or colored pencil sits atop your list of favorite meda, come explore the three UW-Madison Continuing …

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Former victim, now advocate for sexually exploited youth addresses UW Conference about Child Sexual Abuse

After many years of living as a captive commercially exploited sex worker, Rachel Lloyd escaped the men who imprisoned her in Germany—and she was only a teen-ager. Shortly afterward she came to the U.S. as a missionary; …

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November conference: A bold new plan for project management

It seems that project management around the world is in dire need of improvement. UW-Madison Visiting Professor Alex Laufer, who is a world-recognized expert in project management, says, “A total of 53 percent of software …

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Writing staff member shares 9/11 memory

9/11 Memorial: Remember Us By: Bridget Birdsall Eleven years ago today my younger brother, Christopher, who happens to be eleven years younger than myself, had an appointment in the second tower of the World Trade Centers. …

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Adults go back to school too

Many kindergarteners bounce with excitement on their first day at school; many more-experienced children whine about the start of a new school year. Adult students tend to be more like kindergartners: thrilled to step into a …

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Continuing Studies goes to the State Fair!

Today, thousands of Milwaukee Metropolitan School District students got up early to start their first day of school–and many of them had been helped to get ready for the big day by UW-Madison Continuing Studies staff! …

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Traveling the world: a delightful way for adults to learn

by Carly Allard “You can’t travel somewhere without learning something,” said Doug Whittle, director and trip leader for UW-Madison Continuing Studies educational travel program. That’s because travel involves immersing yourself in new traditions, landscapes, culture, …

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A true lifelong learner: Continuing Studies staff member is a winning artist

Merikay Payne exemplifies the lifelong learner that UW-Madison Continuing Studies is tailor-made for. Besides working as a designer of brochures, catalogs, and other marketing materials for Continuing Studies, she is an award-winning (and money-making) artist. …

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The evolving and challenging world of distance education: e-textbooks, virtual labs, open courses … what’s next?

by Jane Terpstra, Director, Distance Education Professional Development at the Division of Continuing Studies Demand for online learning remains high because of technology advances, diminishing state support, and leaner corporate training budgets. This year, educators are …

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