For many people the American Dream is a goal. A goal that means a better life, freedom, or safety. It means a chance to rebuild and remake. Doua Kha is a Hmong American woman and …
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#Serve2Unite: Son of Sikh Murdered in Oak Creek Teams Up With Former White Supremacist to Preach Forgiveness
Pardeep Kaleka was irritated when his daughter forgot her notebook. On their way to the Sikh temple on a beautiful Sunday morning, the former police officer was upset that he had to waste time and …
DDEEA Students Honored for Undergraduate Excellence and Giving Back to Society
Three of the 25 students selected to receive Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence & Ginsberg Family Awards, which recognize outstanding students for their leadership, service and scholarship, are members of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational family. …
Three years in, UW South Madison Partnership shows strong growth
Inside a neighborhood mall on Madison’s South Side, the shuffling beat of “Back to Life” by Soul II Soul reverberates as 21 women stretch, sway and sweat. The free exercise class — called Get Movin’ …
Training Clinic Wins National Honor for Delivering Culturally Relevant Counseling Services to UW-Madison Students
Like many units across the UW-Madison campus, Stephanie Graham and her colleagues with the Department of Counseling Psychology are often thinking about ways to more effectively integrate multiculturalism and diversity into various aspects of their …
Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society 2018 Members Selected
The Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society commemorates the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university (Physics, Yale University, 1876). The Bouchet Society seeks to develop a network of scholars …
Artist, Author, Director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies at Michigan State Dylan Miner Coming to Campus
Coming March 16 at 6 p.m., join us for a Meet & Greet Potluck with the P.M.Terra Incognita Art Series featuring Dylan Miner. He is an artist, author, director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies and …
History in Their Own Words: UW-Madison’s First African American Assistant Coach Lewis Ritcherson
In the years following World War II, African American athletes joined UW teams in larger numbers, and for decades, they were the most visible minority students on campus. But they often faced obstacles and discrimination. …
Sagashus Levingston: Teaching About The Infamous Mothers of Black History
Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Harriet Tubman. Every year during Black History Month, millions of students and adults alike learn about the respectable, well-known black leaders from America’s past. …
Wisconsin Black Student Union To Lead Fight Against Sickle Cell Disease
BY MIAH GATZKE Led by members of the UW-Madison Black Student Union, students and community members are coming together in the fight against sickle cell disease. Sickle Cell Blood Drives have existed in Madison for …
UW-Madison to Host Martin Luther King Day Celebration on January 22
UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are invited to the 2018 UW-Madison MLK Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. in Memorial Union. The event will recognize, celebrate, and honor the life …
KATHY CRAMER LEAVES BEHIND LEGACY AT THE MORGRIDGE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Kathy Cramer, director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and professor of political science, is pictured sitting on a bench on State Street Mall near Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July …
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Jackie Dewalt
Jacqueline A. DeWalt, long-time community and education advocate and former executive director of the UW-Madison Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) passed away on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, following a fearless fight with cancer. …
LGBT Campus CENTER CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR
This past month, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Campus Center (LGBT CC) celebrated its 25th year anniversary at UW-Madison, which also included celebrating National LGBTQ History Month. For over two decades the LGBT Campus Center has …
At 2017 Diversity Forum, a wealth of student voices infuse discussions on campus climate
The two-day Diversity Forum on Nov. 7 and 8 proved popular, with about 650 people taking in all or part of the first day, and for the first time, a second day of workshops, …
Danae Davis ’80 to receive Distinguished Alumni Award
The award is Wisconsin Alumni Association’s highest honor Danae Davis, the executive director of Milwaukee Succeeds, is one of four UW alumni in 2017 to receive Wisconsin Alumni Association’s (WAA) highest distinction: the Distinguished Alumni …
WeiLAB to Co-Host 6th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME)
The Wei LAB and the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at The Ohio State University are delighted to announce that the 6th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME) will be held in …
UPDATE FROM DEAN LORI BERQUAM: THREE DOWN, THREE TO GO
Lori Berquam, vice provost for student life and dean of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, removes a cap to reveal her balding head on June 27, 2017. Berquam recently pasted the midpoint in her …
Chancellor to new students: Despite differences, ‘you now share a common identity as Badgers’
UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank welcomed thousands of freshmen and transfer students to campus Tuesday by encouraging them to get to know each other and themselves better. Mix with people who see the world differently, Blank …
Time to Speak Out
After working for more than seven years on social justice issues in Madison, it’s time for Native Americans to become a larger part of the community dialogue on racial inequality. Just as alarming is the fact that even in a city of well-educated residents, I have …