Twelve American Indian nations call Wisconsin home. Each has its own customs, its own identity, its own story. A new website, WisconsinAct31.org, is helping educators throughout the state tell those stories to students from …
Month: December 2015
Emerging Leader Retreat
If you enjoy building your strengths and spending time in the outdoors of the snowy Northern Woods, then this is the trip for you! This conference is a FREE weekend retreat sponsored by the Willis …
Forum 2015’s Call to Action: Taking Our Diversity Work into Broader, Deeper & More Inclusive Waters
The following article was written by and reposted with the permission of Capital City Hues Publisher & Editor Jon Gramling. Photos by Andy Manis Clarence Page, the Pulitzer-winning columnist who was the keynote speaker at the UW-Madison Diversity Forum …
Student launches site to chronicle ‘Black Voice’ at UW-Madison
More than 40 years after African-Americans at UW-Madison started printing their own campus newspaper to cover politics and activism on campus, a current student has started a blog she hopes will be a place where …
ITA students showcase their accomplishments
Hundreds of friends and family of ITA students attended the Information Technology Academy (ITA) 17th Annual Holiday Luncheon on Saturday, December 12, where students showcased their projects, and answered questions. As part of DoIT Academic Technology, ITA is …
Applications for Morgridge Center community-based learning grants due Dec. 18
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is accepting proposals to fund the development of new community-based learning (cbl and/or cbr) courses or the addition of a community-based component to existing courses to be taught in …
Register for MSC Spring Classes
Issues of Social Injustice is a 3 credit course where you will engage in relevant dialogues of injustice, oppression, social movements, and ways to take action. The course content is designed to help students become …
UW Alumna becomes Dane County United Way CEO
United Way of Dane County announces Renee Moe as its next President and CEO, effective January 1, 2016. After a thorough search, collaborating with partners and community leaders and a lengthy interview process, it is …
Final event & celebration of Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence Juan de Marcos
The last event of the fall 2015 Juan de Marcos González residency will take place on Dec. 8 at the Frederic March Play Circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union. This culminating event will …
Can Free Tuition to Community Colleges Put Historically Black Colleges and Universities Out of Business?
Ramon Stuart, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, West Virginia State University December 4, 2015 | 10 am – 11 am Edcuational Sciences | Room 253 | 1025 W. Johnson St. …
Admiral’s leadership lesson inspires UW-Madison Naval ROTC students
It’s not often that you get a lesson in leadership and military history from someone who’s made history herself. So when the opportunity came to meet the Navy’s second highest ranking officer, members of UW-Madison’s …