On Friday, Sept. 12, the Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer will partner with the Memorial Union kick off its annual World Music Festival with the Diversity Leaders World Music Festival Reception …
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JVN Day August 30, 2014: Hope Alive
What is John Vietnam Nguyen (JVN) Day? JVN Day is a celebration of using Hip-Hop as a tool for community uplift. This year’s theme is Hope Alive. With all of the devastation and disparity currently experienced …
Can 19-Year-Old Keven Stonewall Cure Colon Cancer?
If you never heard of 19-year-old Keven Stonewall, you will. Originally from Chicago, Stonewall is a rising sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he serves as a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) ambassador …
UW Law School alumna appointed to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
University of Wisconsin Law School Alumna Geraldine Hines became the first black woman to sit on the seven-member Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in July. The 66-year-old Hines fills the spot left vacant when Associate Justice Ralph …
2014 Forum
Each year our staff puts on an amazing symposium for campus faculty and staff members, as well as students. This forum provides an engaging day of speakers, presentations and roundtables at which campus diversity efforts are …
Diversity Framework Does Not Relate to Grading
The following is a July 21 statement of Professor Patrick Sims, Chief Diversity Officer and interim vice provost for Diversity and Climate: The idea that UW-Madison will begin to base student grading or the make-up …
Diversity Framework does not relate to grading
The following is a July 21 statement of Professor Patrick Sims, Chief Diversity Officer and interim vice provost for Diversity and Climate: The idea that UW-Madison will begin to base student grading or the make-up …
Hip-Hop in the Heartland: Annual Summer Training Institute provides innovative tools for reaching diverse youth
The 9th Annual Hip-Hop in the Heartland Educator and Community Leader Training Institute will be held July 7-11 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on the UW-Madison campus. Hosted by the UW-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts …
PEOPLE summer workshops prepare students to attend UW-Madison
This may be their first year of workshops, or their tenth and final year of preparation. But regardless of time invested, summer is the season of new experiences and anticipation for the students and families …
(WisCEL) wins Teaching and Learning Innovation Award
Two teams have been selected to receive the inaugural UW-Madison Teaching and Learning Innovation Awards for their work to promote educational innovation on campus.
International Urban Dance Festival Breaks Down Borders
Breakin’ The Law 11-Year Anniversary Breakin’ The Law is Wisconsin’s first and only international break-dancing competition. Since its first edition in 2004 the competition has grown into a five-day international festival featuring dance competitions with …
Call for Nominations: UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards 2014
NOMINATIONS DUE DATE – Friday, 2 May 2014 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 the Greater Madison community, …
Berquam, Sims: Our view on ‘UWNotFair’
The following message was sent to students on April 9 by Patrick Sims, Interim Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer and Lori Berquam, Vice Provost for Student Life and Dean of Students.
Join Us for the Inclusive Excellence End-of-the-Year Reception
As we near the end of the 2013-2014 Academic Year, I would like to sincerely thank each and every person who has contributed to another season of successfully advancing diversity, equity and inclusion at UW-Madison.
8th Annual Line Breaks Festival Returns to the Overture Center
Now in its eighth year, the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) presents the annual Line Breaks Festival, the largest hip hop festival in the Midwest, Wednesday, April 16 through Friday, April 25. This will …
2nd Annual National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium
Please join us for the 2nd Annual National Diversity Council’s Women in Leadership Symposium, “Women Leading with Courage and Conviction,” on Wednesday, April 9, at Grainger Hall from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., hosted by Office of the …
Feedback requested on draft of diversity framework
As the spring semester reaches its midterm, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee has completed an initial draft of a new campus framework for diversity. Based on over a year of reflection …
Diversity events banish winter blues, even in Wisconsin
The year 2014 is off to an amazing start with a whirlwind of hot events that helped keep the symptoms of Wisconsin Winter hibernation at bay.
Observation of 1964 Civil Rights Act to showcase Wisconsin civil rights history
The Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer will host a daylong seminar focusing on the past, present and future of civil rights for its premiere spring event this semester. “A Nation Still …
PEOPLE Program wins a Regents’ Diversity Award
The Office of the Chancellor, Provost, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer along with the Division of Diversity Equity and Educational Achievement are all proud to announce the PEOPLE (Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) staff was recently awarded …