Join us for Assistant Professor Loustaunau‘s lecture examining the ongoing connection between productive and reproductive labor, as well as how vulnerable migrant workers are organizing against poverty and precarity. November 19, 2024 @ 11:45 am …
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Help us celebrate 100 years of School for Workers!
As we approach our 100th anniversary, we’re reflecting on a century of impact, growth, and transformations. To honor this incredible milestone, we invite you to share your stories, experiences, and memories with us. Whether you’ve …
2024 Shared Focus: Educational Access | School for Workers
Jeffrey Russell, Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning & Dean of Continuing Studies, reflects on School for Workers efforts to educational access.
Honoring Dr. Irving Brotslaw, emeritus faculty
Dr. Irving Brotslaw – tireless activist, devoted teacher, and inveterate story-teller – passed peacefully on October 3rd at age 95. Irving Brotslaw was a devoted labor educator who anchored the School for Workers in Milwaukee …
Registration deadline extended – Worker’s Comp institutes
Registration for Intro to Worker’s Comp and Advanced Worker’s Comp is extended through October 4, 2024. Intro to Worker’s Comp Residential institute @ University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluno Center | October 22, 2024 @ 8:30 am …
We’ve moved!
The School for Workers department has moved! Our new address is: School for Workers Room 1140 WARF 610 Walnut St Madison, WI 53726
School for Workers co-hosts Oct 10th visiting scholars program
Practical Radicals: How Oppressed People Change the World Online, Zoom October 10, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Register here The Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) lecture series brings distinguished critical scholars and activists from around …
Professor Ibarra awarded a 2024 Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant
Eight projects and 12 seed grants from the Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment show a range of how UW–Madison faculty, staff and students can collaborate with community members to co-create and share knowledge and solutions that …
Dr. Childers selected in Seventh Cohort of Morgridge Fellows
School for Workers Professor Michael Childers was recently selected as a Morgridge Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Fifteen faculty and campus members were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning …
FY25 department chair announcement
For the new fiscal year (July 1 – June 30), the School for Workers department has elected Professor Don Taylor the department chair. Professor Taylor will oversee departmental activities, represent the department in meetings or …