UW-Madison and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement is pleased to announce the hiring of Cheryl Bailey Gittens and Tracy Williams-Maclin. Cheryl Gittens Gittens is an experienced academic and student affairs administrator who …
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Call for Nominations: Director of University Health Services Search and Screen Committee
You are invited to self-nominate or nominate others for the Director of University Health Services Search and Screen Committee. ASEC has been asked to nominate one academic staff member for this committee. Applicants should be …
Congreso de EE.UU. en Washington DC reconoce esfuerzo de periódico local por 25 años de servicio como vocero Latino de servicio a la comunidad
Comunidad News, LLC, celebró el 25th Aniversario de su fundación por la familia boliviana Viscarra Jiménez en la ciudad de Madison, Wisconsin, con la participación de más de doscientos invitados en Wisconsin Discovery Institute de …
Hip Hop in the Heartland Institute is July 10-14 at UW-Madison
Each summer, UW-Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) teams up with Urban Word NYC to offer educators and community leaders a weeklong program to learn the best practices in hip hop and spoken …
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2017 OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF COLOR AWARDS
Nominations for the 2017 Outstanding Women of Color Awards are now welcome. The UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW-Madison faculty, staff, students (undergraduate or post-baccalaureate) and in …
Call for Nominations: 2017 Outstanding Women of Color Awards
Nominations for the 2017 Outstanding Women of Color Awards are now welcome. The UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW-Madison faculty, staff, students (undergraduate or post-baccalaureate) and in …
Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer Program seeks lead graduate intern for 2017-2018
The Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement (DDEEA) is looking for Interns. The DDEEA’s internship program aims to provide students with experience in diversity work at a public institution and give students tools to …
SERF closing in mid-August, to be demolished in October
The inevitable closure of the Southeast Recreational Facility—commonly known as the SERF—is quickly approaching. The UW-Madison Division of Recreational Sports announced Friday that the popular facility will officially close Aug. 18.In a statement to rec …
$1M GRANT TO BOOST ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION
https://diversity.wisc.edu/1m-grant-to-boost-engineering-education-at-college-of-menominee-nation/
UW-MADISON DOCTORAL CANDIDATES SELECTED AS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH SCHOLARS
https://diversity.wisc.edu/uw-madison-doctoral-candidates-selected-as-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-health-policy-research-scholars/
Mandela Washington Fellows to arrive June 16
In mid-June, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will welcome 25 young African leaders to campus, representing 20 countries and diverse professional fields including health care, law, journalism, human rights and public administration. The African Studies Program …
UW System announces members of new Diversity Council
The members include UW Law School Associate Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes. “The council’s connections to our communities will be key in helping our state prepare for an increasingly global world that values diversity and inclusion in …
College Library director reflects on impact of student protest
When hundreds of students entered College Library in December 2014 for a silent die-in protest, it not only brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the University of Wisconsin campus, it also informed an emerging …
Outstanding Women of Color Honorees List
Honors List of UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color 2019 Desiree Bates, Computational Chemistry Leader, Chemistry, College of Letters & Science Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, UW Health Chief Diversity Officer, Madison District 5 City Alder Gina Green-Harris, Director, …
First cohort of Native students to graduate from UW-Madison college pipeline program
Tacked to the wall of his bedroom on the Oneida Indian Reservation is evidence of how hard Michael Williams worked as a high school student. But the real prize, the acceptance letter to UW-Madison, his dream …
Outstanding DDEEA Alumni Achievement News
Dr. Kaylene Fiala, (Chancellor’s Scholar ’15) and (M.D. ’17 UWSMPH) will begin residency in Child Neurology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., this summer. Dr. Matt Murphy, (Powers-Knapp Scholar ’12) and …
Project aims to create engaging, inclusive classroom discussions
The Discussion Project, a new professional development opportunity beginning this fall at UW-Madison, addresses that goal. It is intended to help UW faculty and academic staff members both facilitate high-quality classroom discussions and prepare their …
Speaker inspires, challenges diversity commitment
“Are you doing this for a talking point or for window dressing?” These words hung in the air as Wisconsin MBA students listened to a recent talk by Angela Russell, director of diversity and inclusion at CUNA …
Campus celebrates grand opening of Black Cultural Center
A full day of events marked the grand opening of UW-Madison’s Black Cultural Center in the Red Gym May 3.
UW-Madison Welcomes New Bias Response and Advocacy Coordinator
Satya Chima, an experienced advocate for students, has joined the UW-Madison Dean of Students Office as bias response and advocacy coordinator. In the newly created position, Chima will assist and support students in reporting and …