The window for preparing your resume and building your portfolio has long closed, and you’re now in the phase of networking, applying to, and interviewing for internships and jobs. Here is a 3-step approach to writing an effective networking email as a UW iSchool graduate student: Step 1: Personalize Your Introduction Begin your networking email …
To honor Data Privacy Day 2024, four iSchool faculty members offered expert insights on the evolution of data privacy, its relevance in higher education, and ways to minimize privacy risks in the information age. Read the full discussion on the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences website.
To Katie Kijak x’24, interior design and user experience (UX) design have the same goal: creating spaces that work for the people who use them. Before enrolling at UW–Madison, Kijak—a current student pursuing the iSchool’s Capstone Certificate in UX Design—honed her skills in the interior design industry, helping create innovative workspaces for both Lerdahl Workplace …
On December 14, Information School students, faculty and staff gathered at a lively reception to celebrate 38 winter graduates across all iSchool programs. This semester, graduates included students completing the following programs: MA Library & Information Studies: 23 graduates MS Information: 7 graduates BA/BS Information Science: 8 graduates The 8 Information Science students represent the …
Graduate students often attend conferences, but Gabriella Schaffer MAx’24 helped plan one. The iSchool’s Continuing Education team organizes Power Up: A Conference for Youth Services Managers & Staff on a recurring basis, and graduate students can directly contribute, as Schaffer did, by serving as student representatives on the conference’s programming committee. At Power Up, youth …
The iSchool’s Master of Science in Information is inherently interdisciplinary. It gives students the technical skills to understand information and data systems, and the critical thinking, design, and communications skills to govern and critique them. The program is designed to prepare students to become information leaders across a wide range of industries and sectors. Three …
Photo by Brian Huynh /UW–Madison Consider three everyday acts: driving a car, making a purchase, and working a job. They all involve technologies that collect personal data—data about driving tendencies, buying patterns, and work habits. The collection of this information is not necessarily harmful in itself. But as data-gathering technologies increasingly pervade everyday life, opportunities …
…or “How do I get that job?” or “What did I get myself into?” You’re here in the Wisconsin MS Information program and it’s getting hectic — or perhaps it’s been like that since orientation? No worries. Just stay calm and “work the problem”. Here are some easy steps to keep you working through any …
Participants of the 2023 Librarians’ Tour of Scotland, led by iSchool Continuing Education Program Managers Casey Ineichen (third from right) and Meredith Lowe (far right). Photo taken at the Commando Memorial in the Scottish Highlands. Photos provided by iSchool staff. In September, the iSchool’s continuing education team led the latest installment of a decades-old tradition: …
At first, Melina Zarboulas x’25 was reluctant about coming to UW–Madison. It was far from where she grew up on Long Island, New York, and she was on the cusp of committing elsewhere. Then, she visited Madison with her parents the weekend before her decision deadline. “It was so beautiful and lively, and I just …