University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: September 2020

Join the Early Morning Fitness 2020 (Virtual) Open House!

The Early Morning Fitness Class, a program administered by the Kinesiology Department, is designed for women age 40-and-over.  The program is led by Bonnie Loughran, a highly skilled instructor with extensive experience and expertise teaching fitness classes for women over 40. Anyone who talks with Bonnie can tell how she genuinely cares for the program …

Diverse-OT Student Org Highlight: Exploring Social Identity and Moving Towards Action

Occupational therapists aim to enable people of all backgrounds to live life to its fullest by helping to promote health and wellness through the participation of necessary and meaningful every-day occupations. As a program that prides itself on producing quality therapists, we are incredibly proud that our students are dedicated to understanding their roles in …

PE Graduate Feature

Mackenzie Swenson, a recent grad from the PETE program in the Kinesiology Department, has been featured on WKOW for her amazing dedication to teaching physical education to students! Within her first weeks as a teacher, Mackenzie is already proving that our grads have an awesome ability to adapt to new situations and find ways to …

Kinesiology Student Highlight

Kinesiology Student, Ryan Disch, has recently been highlighted in School of Education’s Student Stories Campaign. This campaign highlights students’ diverse background and interests and explores what led them to the UW. According to Ryan, the UW has always been a part of his life and his exposure to campus as a child made it clear …

Virtual Gulf War Illness State of the Science Conference

In August, Dr. Dane Cook helped coordinate the first Virtual Gulf War Illness State of the Science Conference. The two-day conference coincided with the 30-year anniversary of the start of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, Operation Desert Shield. “The virtual conference created a forum for Gulf War Veterans to engage directly with scientists and learn about …