Roses? Diamonds? Ferrari? While most of us would love a sports car, we also would be wildly excited about tasting some silky chocolate on Valentine’s Day. Luckily for Continuing Studies’ Prof. Emily Auerbach and her 30 Odyssey Project …
Continuing Studies Professor Emily Auerbach considers Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice one of the greatest love stories of all time. She suggests, “This Valentine’s Day may be a good time to dip into the classic tale, …
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 …
“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, …
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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! …
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, …