The 2016 Annual UW-Madison Diversity Forum, hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer and Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Union South’s Varsity …
Month: October 2016
Students, professor honored for scholarship, community service
Two UW-Madison seniors and a professor have been recognized by the Alliant Energy Foundation and the University of Wisconsin System for their outstanding achievements. Source: Diversity News
Chancellor Blank’s statement on Oct. 29 Camp Randall incident
During what should have been an athletic contest that united the Badger community, an individual wore a costume to Camp Randall that for many of us evoked images of lynchings of African-Americans from this country’s …
Campus prepares pumpkins, costumes for Halloween
The campus community is finding many creative ways to celebrate Halloween – carving pumpkins on a crisp October night, wandering the oh-so-spooky hallways of Humanities to solve a murder mystery, hobnobbing with history’s greatest artists who look …
DIP Update: November, 2016
Torsheika Maddox will make a presentation of DIP at the Diversity Forum, which begins at 8:00 am on November 1, and ends with late night programming for 2nd and 3rd shift staff at 1:00 am on November 2.
DIP Update: October, 2016
Campus-wide Listening and Feedback Sessions were held in the Spring and Fall of 2016 to learn about what the campus community desired from the database related to potential usage, functionality, and user experience.
DIP Update: September, 2016
The DIP team completed seven listening and feedback sessions in which approximately five-hundred UW-Madison faculty, staff and students participated.
Student vote ambassadors carry on legacy of civil rights activist
Millions of Americans are witnessing one of the most historic presidential elections of their lifetime, the first opportunity to engage with the democratic process for many. And three UW-Madison students have spent the past year …
‘Bay’ imparted wisdom that shaped grandchildrens’ view of world
By Patrick J. Sims From Madison Magazine, Oct. 16, 2016 My grandmother, whom my family affectionately referred to as “Bay” because she was the youngest of her siblings, was one of the wisest people I’ve …
Sims column: ‘Bay’ imparted wisdom that shaped grandchildrens’ view of world
In a column for Madison Magazine, Vice Provost Patrick Sims recalls the lessons he learned from his grandmohter. She “was one of the wisest people I’ve ever known,” he writes. “She would often tell me, …
VIDEO: Nursing student brings different perspective
Originally from Gambia, West Africa, Ummu Drammeh is a mother of five. She describes what it’s like being a nontraditional student and how she plans to use her nursing degree to accomplish her goals.
Panel Urges Students of Color to Engage Through Activism and Voting
By Mason Muerhoff, Daily Cardinal In an election cycle marked by racial tensions and controversial voter ID laws, a community panel at the Black and Brown Vote Discussion Wednesday night emphasized to students the importance of …
Statement on diversity advances
The University Staff Congress became the latest UW-Madison shared governance group to endorse a proposed institutional statement on diversity on Monday. The statement was written and reviewed by representatives of the shared governance groups, including …
Students, #SpeakUp through campus climate survey
Now through Nov. 7, students can take part in a campus climate survey. The results will be used to guide campus efforts and initiatives to make UW-Madison a safer, more welcoming, and more productive place for all …
Passing the Mic Hip-Hop & Multicultural Arts Festival
The UW-Madison’s award-winning Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), home of the First Wave Scholarship program and in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival, will present the 12th Annual Passing the Mic (PTM) Festival Oct. 20-22 in Overture …
Westboro Baptist Church plans protest on campus
The Westboro Baptist Church has notified UW–Madison that its members will stage a protest on campus on Thursday, Oct. 20. The group indicated UW–Madison was selected in response to a recent ranking that recognized the university as …
A bold climb that changed the world
Students in the Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) and the Multicultural Learning Community (MLC) participate in a social justice workshop hosted by social activist Bree Newsome on Oct. 12, 2016. Newsome asked the students to think …
Black History Month planning begins
The Black History Month Student Planning Committee (BHMPC) will meet Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Memorial Union (check TITU for room). The committee is a great opportunity to become more active in …
‘Evicted’: Go Big Read Author Matthew Desmond to speak at UW-Madison on November 1
Matthew Desmond, a UW–Madison alumnus and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Memorial Union Theater. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in …
Free UW Asian-American Film Festival Shines Light on Documentaries this Weekend
When the trailer for the big-budget “The Great Wall” was released, many critics couldn’t help but notice something odd at the center of this Chinese-made film about China’s greatest monument starring hundreds of Chinese actors: …