INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW–Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background — people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
Community Spotlights
Electa Quinney: Wisconsin’s first public school teacher
Wisconsin’s first public schoolteacher was Electa Quinney, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans. Quinney had come to Wisconsin in the massive Indian removal from New York in 1827. She wanted to teach the …
Ada Deer, Kenneth Cole Named Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Honorees
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced today that Ada Deer and Kenneth R. Cole are this year’s recipients of the combined City-County Humanitarian Award honoring Reverend Dr. Martin …
Former Badger student-athlete returns to Madison
Alvarez names Jackson to Wisconsin senior staff MADISON, Wis. — Michael Jackson, whose 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development includes the past three years as chief marketing and development officer at Northwestern …
Events
- January
- January 28Book talk with Bianca BaldridgeReclaiming Community12:00 PM, The Wisconsin Idea Room, 159, Education Building
- January 28
- January 29
NEWS
- Astronaut Mae Jemison inspires a new generation of trailblazers January 22, 2020
- Q & A: Mota anticipates opportunities, challenges as ADA coordinator January 21, 2020
- Ada Deer, Kenneth Cole named Martin Luther King Jr. award honorees January 17, 2020