Local community leaders unite to spark change and conversation in the Metro Milwaukee area MILWAUKEE, WI — After four years of bringing community members together for a positive cause in Milwaukee, Community Connections prepares for its …
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Awards honor range, quality and diversity of creative arts at UW-Madison
The community dance outreach program Performing Ourselves involves more than 100 low-income girls at seven community centers throughout Madison. When members of the program took the stage at the Fredric March Play Circle on May …
UW-Madison hosts 2015 Institute on High Impact Practices & Student Success
More than 250 practitioners in 35 teams from college campuses across the country have converged on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this week to participate in the 2015 Institute on High Impact Practices (HIP) and Student …
Hip-Hop in the Heartland Educators & Community Leaders Training Institute
The annual Hip Hop in the Heartland Educators and Community Leaders Training Institute will be July 6-10 in the UW-Extension Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on the UW-Madison campus. Each summer, Urban Word NYC teams …
Diversity Division hosts 2nd Annual Graduate Recognition & Reception
Nearly 150 of our graduating college seniors will be recognized for completing their undergraduate careers and other successes at UW-Madison by the Office of the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer on Friday, May 15 …
Patrick Sims named UW-Madison chief diversity officer
Patrick J. Sims, interim vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2013, has been named to the role on a permanent basis. “Patrick has demonstrated outstanding leadership in a critical …
UW Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Ends with Closing Banquet of Remembrance
The UW-Madison Closing Reception for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month will be on Wednesday, May 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Pyle Center. The reception, In Remembrance and In Honor …
Learn More: Cultivating Inclusive Practice through Dialogue
The UW Voices Campaign and UW-Madison Learning Communities for Institutional Change & Excellence (LCICE) is sponsoring an open house for members of the university community to learn about an important professional development opportunity on Wednesday, …
Update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison Diversity Framework
The campus and community are invited to attend upcoming information update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison’s Diversity Framework at various locations across campus and the Greater Madison area from April 13 through 21. Translation …
45th On Wisconsin Spring Powwow is April 11-12 at UW-Madison Field House
UW-Madison, Wunk Sheek, and Native American tribal partners from across the state will host the 45th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow (OWASP) April 11-12 at UW-Madison Field House. This cultural and educational event will be …
UW-Madison to host 3rd Annual National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium
Please join us for a special event; the 3rd Annual Women in Leadership Symposium, “Celebrating Leadership: The Power of Women in the Workplace,” on Wednesday, April 8, at Grainger Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 …
Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inducts 2015 Cohort
The Edward Alexander Bouchet Society UW-Madison Chapter Annual Induction Ceremony will be Wednesday, March 25, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at The University Club, 803 State Street. The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding graduate students and post-doctoral scholars …
Sovereign partners: UW, Native Nations build collaborative relationships
Call it a turning point. One hundred years ago, more than 50 prominent Native Americans from across the country and Wisconsin gathered at UW-Madison for a weeklong conference. The fourth annual meeting of the Society …
Looking back on Black History Month 2015: An American tradition that benefits everyone
Reflections by UW-Madison Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings I am sometimes asked, “Why do we have Black History Month?” Well, yesterday (Feb. 26) marked the 3rd anniversary of the murder of Trayvon Martin, next month will mark the …
First Wave scholars and alumni to bring spoken word, dance and live music to Overture Center
Performance arts scholars from the First Wave Hip-Hop Theater and Urban Arts Community will be joined by program alumni for this year’s expanded 9th Annual Line Breaks Festival. The free performance festival March 6 with a gallery …
Black History Month keynote Marc Lamont Hill speaks tonight at Gordon Commons
This year’s keynote event is the Distinguished Lecture Series presentation by professor, author and cultural critic Marc Lamont Hill. He will deliver “Building Community in an Hour of Chaos: Progress in the Age of Obama” …
Reception to Recognize & Welcome Faculty of Color
The tradition of welcoming new faculty of color and honoring faculty of color will continue on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon …
Airing in February on Wisconsin Public Television — Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams
On Monday, February 16 at 8 p.m., the story of one remarkable woman and the struggles she undertook to build a better community will debut in a new documentary from Wisconsin Public Television. The documentary will …
Innovative teaching practices encourage minority students in STEM
Like many seniors majoring in biology, Christian Hernandez is pursuing the pre-med track. However, he nearly didn’t make it past his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison As a Latino first-generation college student, Hernandez …
South Madison Partnership opens for business
The whiteboards aren’t up yet and the signs that identify the narrow storefront as a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison still need to be hung. To Everett Mitchell and Julissa Ventura, the presence is …