2019 James C. Wright Scholarship Application Rev. James C. Wright was a native of Camden, South Carolina where he graduated from Mather Academy. His teachers at Mather were role models who “dared to make a …
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Native American environmental ethnographer Elizabeth Hoover to keynote symposium
Elizabeth Hoover of the From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement will be the keynote speaker at the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) Graduate Symposium on Saturday, Feb. 16 …
Today: Libby Tronnes discusses the Role of the Rock River Ho-Chunk in the Blackhawk War
ASM DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN FOR INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Equity and Inclusion committee also started discussing implementing more blue buttons across campus by ANNA WALTERS · Feb 13, 2019 ShareTweet Photos by JAMES STREBE/The Badger Herald University of Wisconsin’s Associated Students of Madison Student Council met Wednesday to …
UW-Madison’s racial reckoning: In 1969, black students had 13 demands. What happened next?
‘It’s our responsibility’: UW-Madison students demand change to mental health services
Students question why a WiscAlert wasn’t sent out for stranger assault on Langdon Street
Proactive Review to Strenghthen Fraternity and Sorority Life
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will work with students, alumni, campus and community stakeholders and nationally recognized experts in an external review of fraternity and sorority life. The review aims to strengthen these student organizations, which have been …
Hate: When Ideas are Cloaked in Cutting Words and Deeds
By Patrick J. Sims Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion Like most college campuses, UW–Madison is a microcosm of our society. From our late teens to mid-20s, this is the time when we begin …
2019-2020 McNair Scholars Applications are Due February 15
We are pleased to announce the UW-Madison Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (now part of the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement) recruitment for new applicants for the 2019-2020 academic year! Our program …
HMONG STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY FEEL EXCLUDED, UNWELCOME ON CAMPUS, NEW RESEARCH FINDS
All 27 participants reported experiences of bias in Madison by PARKER SCHORR The Badger Herald A student-led research project aimed at uncovering the experiences of Hmong students at the University of Wisconsin found all of its participants …
22nd Annual Evening of Storytelling
Join American Indian Studies for the 22nd Annual Evening of Storytelling on Friday, February 1, 2019, from 7:00pm-9: 30pm. This year’s event will feature Storytellers: Jerry Dearly (Lakota), Patricia Ningewance (Ojibwe), and Brian McInnes (Ojibwe). Please also join …
Men of Color Support and Process Group forming
RECRUITING FACULTY TO ADDRESS NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH DISPARITIES
New interdisciplinary team to focus on Native health, environment and community needs. By Jennifer Garrett Photograph by Alex André The University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Nursing, School of Human Ecology, and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are assembling an interdisciplinary …
UW-Madison Alum Ada Deer: A Lifetime of Firsts
Student Opportunity to Participate in the 21st Annual Undergraduate Symposium
Opportunity for Your Students: 21st Annual Undergraduate Symposium Please encourage undergraduate students in your classes, or working under your direction or mentorship–who are engaged in research, service learning, fine art and performance–to take advantage of …
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer to meet students and speak on Jan. 31
All are invited to attend this American Indian Studies Co-Sponsored Event. Students are invited to a lunch to meet Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer earlier in the day at the American Indian Student and Cultural Center (215 …