University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2024

Stephanie Lozano, MSW ’14 selected as One of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leaders

The Chair of our Board of Visitors and alumna, Stephanie Lozano, MSW ’14 was selected as one of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leaders of 2024 by “Madison365.” Stephanie is the Tribal Liaison for the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. As noted in the article, she spent 10 years working for the Ho-Chunk Nation …

Tucson, AZ Alums Receive “Badger of the Year” Awards

Each year the Tucson, AZ Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association holds an alumni event honoring the university’s “Founders Day.”  This year, more than 100 people attended the event at which Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work alums Craig LeCroy, PhD ’83 and Kerry Milligan, MSSW ’83 were named the Tucson area “Badgers of the …

Wisconsin’s First Black Mayor Continues to Serve the Madison Area

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“Chocolate Mindfulness,™” An Entrepreneurial Alum’s Rewarding Business 

Can a small piece of ethically sourced, small batch dark chocolate motivate people to engage in self-care and stress reduction? Alum and entrepreneur, Melissa Mueller-Douglas, MSW ’11 finds it does. After graduating with her Masters of Social Work degree, Melissa worked for six years as a therapist and then four years as a Vocational/Educational Specialist …

PhD Student Seungmi Cho Recognized for Teaching with Award

PhD Student Seungmi Cho,  MSW ‘07, BSW ’06 received a 2023-2024 Capstone Teaching Award for her outstanding teaching record at UW-Madison. This campus-wide TA Award speaks to Seungmi’s contribution to students and the learning environment on campus. She has taught number of courses for the school in her time, including Advanced Macro Practice (Lecturer), Human …

Field Instructor Holly Pagel Shows Off the Matz Center — a New Youth Crisis Stabilization Facility in Watertown.

Bridging the Divide for Sexual Violence Survivors

PhD Student Evelyn Coker Recognized by GADE

Congratulations to PhD student Evelyn Coker who was recognized with the Initiative for Cross-Institutional Student Collaboration award by the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) in Social Work. The project, Count on Me: An Exploration of the Factors that Shape Perceptions of Social Support Among Black Women in Social Work Research Doctoral Programs, will study …