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Women’s & Gender Studies Consortium announces 2023 conference keynotes & plenaries
The 2023 consortium — Sustaining Hope: Feminisms, Freedom, and the Future — will be held April 13-15 as a virtual conference.
From scholar to advisor, alum Anisa Yudawanti shares impact of Morgridge and PEOPLE program
Anisa Yudawanti, who graduated in 2019, started working as an advisor with the UW–Madison PEOPLE program this fall. Her roots as an advisor stretch back to her time at the Morgridge Center.
UW doctoral candidate Quanda Johnson explores Black beingness in new art exhibit
“Trauerspiel: Subject into Nonbeing” is Johnson’s new art exhibit at the School of Education Art Gallery, which interrogates three means of Black trauma: the white gaze, mob or vigilante violence, and violence within some “safe” Black spaces, such as the home.
GSCC to host name and gender change webinar
The UW–Madison Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) will host a webinar on Dec. 8 featuring a staff attorney from Legal Action of Wisconsin to go over the process for changing a person’s legal name and gender markers in Wisconsin.
How Community TIES program builds support networks for people with disabilities
Community TIES (Training, Intervention, and Evaluation Services) opened in 1986 as a branch of the Waisman Center with the mission to address the behavioral, psychological, and emotional needs of individuals with disabilities using therapeutic approaches that assure continued participation in supported society.
What’s in a Name? Charles Van Hise and the history of eugenics at UW–Madison
The University Committee on Disability Access and Inclusion (CDAI) held a discussion with Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Public History Project, to reckon with the history of eugenics support at UW–madison on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Union South.
Aaron Bird Bear, set to retire, changed the way we understand campus
Shortly after arriving at UW–Madison as a new staff member in 2000, Aaron Bird Bear identified a problem — one, he says, that shocked him. “Aside from the American Indian Studies Program, there was hardly …
Task force submits ideas for improving campus climate based on student survey results
In its report, the Campus Climate Survey Task Force offers dozens of varied recommendations that fall into six broad categories.
Staff survey shows employee satisfaction, with opportunities for improvement
Seventy-seven percent of University of Wisconsin–Madison staff feel “very often” or “extremely often” welcomed in their workplace, according to a staff climate survey.
Transgender Day of Remembrance honors lives lost
Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed annually on Nov. 20. It is a day to mourn, honor, and remember the transgender people who were murdered because of their gender identity or expression.
HASA student group to host campus Hmong New Year celebration
Come and join HASA and celebrate together the festivities of Hmong culture and history as the new year arrives.
Partnership benefits Native children and families and provides a memorable learning experience for students
Q&A: UW–Madison’s Emmett Lockwood is breaking barriers in the pool
Emmett Lockwood, 19, is the first openly transgender athlete on the University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s water polo team and proud of it. But it hasn’t been an easy journey.
UW–Madison initiative fills gaps in learning about Indigenous cultures
The class is part of the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology’s “EcoWell” initiative. The initiative provides grants and awards for research projects, conference fees to support Indigenous students and staff, and opportunities to collaborate with other departments.
New Pan Asian Veterinary Medicine Scholarship aims to increase and support diversity in veterinary medicine
The $1,000 scholarhip recognizes one recipient annually who represents “strong interest and commitment to veterinary medicine,” he says. Preference is given to applicants who are members of the Association of Asian Veterinary Medical Professionals (AAVMP) of UW–Madison and demonstrate commitment to or interest in one or more Pan-Asian countries and cultures.
Meet Carolee Dodge Francis, the first Native woman to chair a department at UW–Madison
For the last 30 years, Carolee Dodge Francis has held influential roles in public health and health education in Native American communities and higher education. Now she is adding another first to her career as the first Native woman to chair a department on the UW–Madison campus.
Anjalé Welton named Rupple-Bascom Professor
Welton focuses much of her work on how educational leaders talk about and address race and racism in their school communities. She is also committed to providing professional development for educational leaders on issues of race and equity.
Navigating College without a Map: First-Generation Students’ Hurdles to Success
Being a first-generation student is an identity that can have many interpretations. The formal definition of a first-generation college student is a student whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree. According to 2020 …
Campus to welcome Elder-in-Residence Janice Rice Nov. 14-18
A member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, Janice Rice will participate in community events, visit classes, and engage with students directly during her residency.