On The Edge News

By Ari Ebert-Standard  Edgewood’s Office of Student Inclusion and Involvement (OSII) cancelled its trip to see the Overture’s production of “Miss Saigon” on April 6.   “Miss Saigon” has been protested on a global scale due to yellowface (its portrayal of East Asians,) romanticizing the Vietnam War, and perpetuating stereotypes about Asian women.  Jenny Kim, the president of Edgewood’s Asian […]

By Jena Emmert Following a national trend, Edgewood College has begun downsizing, offering voluntary separation packages to full-time faculty members without replacing them.  Michael Guns, Edgewood’s vice president of business and finance, said 38 faculty members were eligible for the voluntary separation packages and six have accepted.  Edgewood’s goal is to reduce staff by 20 to 24 full-time […]

By Jacob Gomoll  At 70, Jay Hatheway, professor and former chair of the History Department at Edgewood College, will retire after this semester. He has taught at Edgewood for 29 years.  Hatheway is undergoing phased retirement, which gives him three classes per academic year beginning fall 2019. This phased retirement will take “a couple years,” he […]

By Jonathon Lund  When Professor Joan Schilling first came to Edgewood College, she did not know what to expect.   Schilling, who had gone to a Catholic college in the 1960s, expected a traditional conservative college. However, when she walked onto campus dressed conservatively in 90-degree heat, she was met by Sister Mariam Yaeger dressed in a pantsuit and with makeup.  The atmosphere and feeling of the campus were a complete surprise […]

By Mia Gage  Applying what is learned in the classroom to real life situations is important to many students. Larry Larmer, senior adjunct lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at Edgewood College, is retiring after 18 years of bringing his life experience to the classroom and connecting his lessons to real life scenarios.  Larmer retired from UW-Extension in 2001 and was hired as a communications lecturer at Edgewood College the […]

By Kali Azzara  Kathleen Kelm, associate professor of Computing and Information Sciences at Edgewood College, has a passion for teaching and learning.  While Kelm currently teaches computer sciences, she did not start out in that field.  She got her degree in history and linguistics, but she fell into computer technology. “I did not pick computers, trust me,” said Kelm.   When she was first looking for employment after college, she ended up in accounting and worked with someone in computer software. From […]

By Nick Sengstock To say that Professor of Psychology Peter Fabian has left a lasting impact on Edgewood College would be an understatement.  Fabian is retiring after 32 years of teaching.   Fabian started at Edgewood in 1987 teaching business psychology and went on to create the Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program, as well as the Family Center.  The Marriage and […]

By Alyssa Allemand   Teachers cannot force students to learn, but they can allow them to learn, according to Ali Muldrow, executive co-director of GSAFE, an organization to help LGBTQ+ students in the Madison school district.  For teachers, that may mean giving up authority in the classroom, she said. “I am no longer the most important person in the classroom if […]

EBy Alyssa Allemand  The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Conference took place at the Madison Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison March 7-8. As editor of On The Edge, I spoke on a panel titled “How (Whether?) College Students Consume News.”   The panel was organized by Chuck Melvin, who also served as the moderator. Melvin is currently an adjunct instructor at Marquette University and has […]

By Santi Elbow  Edgewood College’s eSports student organization is exploring ways to grow.  Kareem Massie, the creator and president of the eSports organization, said he plans to advertise the organization but has not decided on the angle.   Vice President Jordan Bauer said the question isn’t if people want to be playing games. “It is if we can reach those people,” […]