Each fall, UW–Madison welcomes and celebrates new and recently promoted faculty of color at a reception hosted by the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Secretary …
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UW InterdisciplinaryArtist-in-Residence: Ladies of Hip-Hop Director Michele Bryd-McPhee
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Michele Byrd-McPhee as the Fall 2020 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director. Growing up during the emergence of Hip-Hop culture, she embraced …
UW–Madison awarded grant to develop educational pathways for Native youth
UW–Madison, in partnership with Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College and the College of Menominee Nation, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support Native American students by fostering a path …
UW-Madison 2020 Virtual Diversity Forum to Showcase Authors on Racism & Dignity
The UW-Madison 2020 Diversity Forum will be held virtually this year on October 27-28 from 8:30a.m. to 4:45p.m. This year’s forum, The Pandemic Effect: Exposing Racism and Inequities, will explore a convergence of contemporary issues …
Chickasaw Nation Annual Meeting and Festival goes virtual this week
We invite you and your staff, students and families to join us for the Chickasaw Nation Annual Meeting and Festival! This year, our celebration will take place virtually, broadcasting around the globe. The rich heritage …
Join Our New Campus-Wide Diversity Book Club
Love to read and engage in discussion about what you’ve read? Then join the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement for the Diversity Book Club with its two inaugural book club reads, “I’m Still …
UW–Madison’s Jackson shares thoughts on Kenosha protests with Diverse Issues
Diverse Issues in Higher Education utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson in an article examining the causes of the recent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the shooting of a Black man, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, by a …
Interim Appointees Step in to Fill DDEEA Leadership Roles
With the departure of Patrick Sims, Gloria Hawkins and Sherri Charleston this past academic year, Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Inclusion Cheryl B. Gittens has announced several DDEEA staff and former staff members …
Annual Faculty of Color Virtual Reception is Sept. 22
Please plan to join the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement and the Deans of UW-Madison’s schools and colleges as we honor recent faculty promotions and welcome new faculty members. The event will be …
Claudia Guzmán named director of Multicultural Student Center
As an undergraduate at Wellesley College years ago, Claudia Guzmán says she felt like “a bit of an anomaly” — a first-generation college student from Wisconsin, educated in public schools, attending an elite East Coast private institution. She struggled to find her place until joining a student organization for Latina students. …
Angela Yee to Headline Welcome Event for DDEEA Scholars
Students enrolled in scholarship and service programs within the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) are invited to a virtual welcome event on Monday, Sept. 14, from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
Amplifying BIPOC Voices in Sustainability Series
Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have long led movements to protect our communities and the planet. However, BIPOC voices are often excluded and silenced in mainstream environmentalism. The Green Allies Coalition, which is …
UW-Madison Diversity Inventory launches a new website
The Diversity Inventory, a centralized online database of diversity programs, events, and services on campus, launched a new website to track our campus’s progress toward creating a more inclusive community.
Javier Named Among Wisconsin’s 48 Most Influential Asian American Leaders by Madison365
In March, we published our first-ever list of the most influential Native Americans in Wisconsin, and today, we’re proud to present our first-ever list of the most influential Asian American leaders in our state. This …
A Place Where You Belong The Multicultural Student Center offers a safe haven for students of color
Shiloah Coley ’20 has a hard time imagining what her time at the university would have been like without the Multicultural Student Center (MSC). “For Black students and other students of color, it can be really isolating on …
Racial justice, gender, feminism, immigration on Wisconsin Book Festival menu
The lineup for this year’s Wisconsin Book Festival was released Thursday and it came as a big relief for festival director Conor Moran to let his secrets out. It’s the day the festival “stops living …
American Indian Studies Fall Colloquium series to be online
Join us through the WebEx Virtual Event platform for our first speaker, Dr. Patrick J. Jung. Please share with those who may be interested; this event is free and does not require advanced registration. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER …
Using brand to promote social justice movement a first step for Wisconsin Athletics
In developing a strategy on inclusion and engagement for the University of Wisconsin athletic department during a period of discussion about social justice, associate athletic director Michael Jackson often has returned to a saying. UW …
Campus leaders react to Jacob Blake shooting
Regents Diversity Awards 2021 Call for Nominations
We are pleased to request nominations of UW-Madison faculty, staff, departments or units for the UW System’s 2021 Regents Diversity Awards.