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
Social justice organizer and soul food chef Devon Hamilton is grillin’ for the people
Folks who come by Devon Hamilton’s house are going to get fed, in more ways than one. Hamilton (@grillin4thepeople on Instagram) likes to host big, open cookouts with no agenda other than a chance for folks …
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Conversation: Aaron Bird Bear on including the First Nations’ Perspective on History
As assistant dean for Student Diversity Programs in the School of Education, Aaron Bird Bear MS’10 fills a lot of roles: recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented communities, overseeing the summer College Access Program, and …
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OPINION: Creating safe spaces for LGBTQ people of color
Written by Patrick Farabaugh “Why do they have to talk about that here?” “That” was referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, and “they” referred to GSAFE, an organization that advocates for inclusive and safe schools. …
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