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Aaron Bird Bear named UW–Madison’s first director of tribal relations

Posted on October 21, 2019

Aaron Bird Bear, a skilled administrator with extensive professional experience on Native Nations issues, has been named to the newly created full-time position of tribal relations director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Strengthening our relationships …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Native Nations, Tribal Liaison

‘These spaces are sacred’: Ho-Chunk speaker urges mindfulness, reverence of campus indigenous sites

Posted on September 30, 2019

Politics and social structures tend to divide us, but our shared reverence for the land and its history can be the bond that unites us, Samantha Skenandore, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, told a …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged campus history, First Nations, Ho-Chunk

Photo Gallery: A connection with the community

Posted on September 17, 2019

September 16, 2019 / University News Service / Photos by Bryce Richter Community members met with UW–Madison program representatives — and even Bucky Badger — at the South Madison Community Partnership event held in Villager …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Diversity, South Madison Center

Bronze Badger by Ho-Chunk artist Harry Whitehorse to be installed across from Camp Randall

Posted on August 20, 2019

A new Badger is coming to town this August. Across the street from Camp Randall Stadium on Monroe Street, a 10-foot-long bronze statue of a badger — that people will be able to touch and …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Bronze Badger, Camp Randall, Harry Whitehorse

Uprise Poetry Collective Rising Up Poetically

Posted on July 30, 2019

All eyes on them. Members of the UpRise Poetry Collective will practice for hours to prepare themselves for a massive competition of more than a hundred students from universities across the nation. UpRise is a …

Posted in Top Stories

González hired as new UW-Madison community relations director

Posted on July 17, 2019

Brenda González will become the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new director of community relations starting Aug. 5. González has been part of the Madison community for more than 20 years and has a career of creating strong relationships through collaboration.    As director of community …

Posted in News & Announcements, Top StoriesTagged Brenda Gonzalez, community relations

Young African Leaders Arrive in Madison for 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship

Posted on June 28, 2019

The University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed its fourth cohort of Mandela Washington Fellows to campus Wednesday. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program for the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), is sponsored by the U.S. Department of …

Posted in Top Stories

UW–Madison twins to appear on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

Posted on June 18, 2019

Identical twins Marquez and Nathan Green don’t make it easy on new acquaintances — same height, same weight, same college, same major. They live together, study together, exercise together. “People get us mixed up all the time,” …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Ninja Warriors, PEOPLE, UW-Madison student twins

Photos: Meet the DDEEA graduating class of 2019

Posted on May 13, 2019

The Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement held its annual Graduation Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Memorial Union. The event was a chance for family, friends and university staff to …

Posted in Top Stories

Meet 2019 Forward under 40 Award Recipient Lavar Charleston MS’07, PHD’10

Posted on April 29, 2019

In the international movement to create college opportunity for all, LaVar Charleston is making waves of change. Colleges and universities at home and abroad look to him for his voice and award-winning scholarship exploring how …

Posted in Top Stories

UW-Madison student to use prestigious Truman Scholarship to further research on arts education access

Posted on April 15, 2019

By Doug Erickson Shiloah Coley attributes her strong work ethic to her Afro-Caribbean family. Her Grandma Wanna, she says, stressed that any task, from homework to making the bed, was worth doing well or not at …

Posted in Top Stories

Truman Lowe, acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist and professor emeritus, dies at 75

Posted on April 8, 2019

UW–Madison alumnus and Professor Emeritus Truman Lowe (Wakajah), an internationally acclaimed artist whose works are deeply rooted in his Ho-Chunk heritage, died at his home on March 30. He was 75. “Truman was a quiet …

Posted in Top Stories

13th Annual Line Breaks Multidisciplinary Arts Festival is April 3-April 7 in Play Circle

Posted on April 2, 2019

The 13th annual Line Breaks Festival will take place Wednesday, April 3rd through Sunday, April 7th at the Play Circle Theater in Memorial Union, with a variety of performances,lectures and discussions by the Office of …

Posted in Top Stories

UW-Madison 2019 Bouchet Society Induction Ceremony is April 2

Posted on March 21, 2019

The Graduate School has selected five scholars for the 2019 cohort of the UW-Madison Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.  The Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society commemorates the first African American to earn a doctorate …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Bouchet Society

Student to student: Recognizing women in leadership at UW

Posted on March 7, 2019

 By Kayla Huynh With International Women’s Day coming March 8, now’s the time to celebrate the women who have made an impact on our lives, as well as on our campus community. This month also happens …

Posted in Top Stories

Program empowers communities to overpower diabetes

Posted on February 22, 2019

February 18, 2019 By Katie Gerhards Professor Eva Vivian, in the School of Pharmacy’s Pharmacy Practice Division, and fourth-year PharmD student Beatriz Jimenez Cadilla at a training for Peers Empowering Peers coaches at Cavalry Baptist Church in …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged diabetes, Diversity, Eva Vivian

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe on journalism, free time, and the day she won’t forget

Posted on February 6, 2019

Q & A: NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe on journalism, free time, and the day she won’t forget February 5, 2019 By Veronica Rueckert Ayesha Rascoe reports on the White House for NPR. She’ll be on campus at the …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Diversity

UW-Madison alum Stanford Taylor takes over as state superintendent

Posted on January 10, 2019

Carolyn Stanford Taylor ​was appointed the new state superintendent of public instruction on Monday after Tony Evers was sworn in as the new governor of Wisconsin. Stanford Taylor, like Evers, is an alum of UW-Madison’s …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Diversity, UW-Madison diverse alumni

First Wave scholar Jamie Dawson urges graduates to ‘recognize our limitless possibilities’

Posted on December 17, 2018

When the UW–Madison graduating senior class selected Jamie Dawson to deliver the student address at the 2018 Winter Commencement Ceremony, she promised to be very intentional with her platform. “This will not be a squandered …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged 2018 Winter Commencement, First Wave, Jamie Dawson, UW Graduation

New Cohort of Outstanding Women of Color Announced, Reception is March 5

Posted on December 16, 2018

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Award Reception honors women of color who are deeply rooted in both the campus and the Madison community through their work toward social justice, service, research and …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Outstanding Women of Color, OWOC
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