Childcare for UWGB

05/12/2021

Tomorrow! Features UWGB faculty presenter.

UW ETHICS OF CARE INITIATIVE: Relations of Care Across and After WorldsVirtual Conference May 13-14, 2021Hosted online by University of Wisconsin-MadisonRegister HereQuestions of care—practices addressing the fundamentally interconnected needs, abilities, and responsibilities of embodied others a...

03/02/2021

If you are current UW faculty or staff who is also a caregiver, please take this short survey that will be used to continue our advocacy for caregivers during pandemic and beyond. Thank you so much in advance! https://m.facebook.com/WiWGSC/posts/2310908272376537

Art credit: Rebecca Hayter, amplifier.org The WGSC is participating in a systemwide task force to advance research on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in higher education and develop ways to sustain and support caregivers across the UW System. The task force will determine key issues and concerns of...

09/12/2019

What we have been saying all along:

More than 1 in 5 college students are raising kids, and access to child care is one of their biggest barriers. A new report finds many don't know they can apply for help from federal financial aid.

05/20/2019

There are nearly 4 million undergraduate students who are raising children, representing 22 percent of all students attending U.S. colleges. Yet only about 8 percent of single mothers in college will obtain associate's or bachelor's degrees within six years, while half of women without children fini...

04/05/2019

Early one morning the wind blew a spider across the field. A thin, silky thread trailed from her body. The spider landed on a fence post near a far...

07/18/2017

We must provide more financial support for parents struggling to afford child care, and that must include student parents working toward a credential or degree, argues Sarah Labadie.

12/16/2016

If you need some extra time to study for finals, don't forget about our Fun Packs! Help keep your child entertained while you work on finishing the semester strong. You can do it!

Check out a Fun Pack in the library!

12/12/2016

It can be tricky to maneuver parenting with the extra studying, group projects, and paper-writing demands to wrap the semester. What are some tools and techniques you use to make it through? Let us know in the comments below!

12/08/2016

""We need bigger solutions to these problems," says Gault. "These rules and restrictions in a way just exemplify how little we're thinking about the educational needs of parents.""

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/12/05/501477512/for-college-students-with-kids-getting-cheap-child-care-is-a-challenge?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202805

Here's how difficult it is for students with children to get access to federal money for child care.

12/08/2016

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope to see you wearing your green pins today.

11/30/2016

Not too late to join us!