Alvarez names Jackson to Wisconsin senior staff MADISON, Wis. — Michael Jackson, whose 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development includes the past three years as chief marketing and development officer at Northwestern …
Blank’s Slate: Renewing Our Commitments
Welcome to 2020. The beginning of a new year offers an opportunity to create new resolutions and renew commitments we’ve made in the past. Last fall, a teachable moment around the student-produced Homecoming video reminded …
Electa Quinney: Wisconsin’s first public school teacher
Wisconsin’s first public schoolteacher was Electa Quinney, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans. Quinney had come to Wisconsin in the massive Indian removal from New York in 1827. She wanted to teach the …
Astronaut Mae Jemison to speak at UW–Madison for Martin Luther King Jr. event
Trailblazing astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color in space, will present the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Jan. 21 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Mae C. Jemison A physician …
McNair Scholars Program Applications due by Feb. 3, 2020
The UW–Madison Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) is accepting applications for Spring 2020! Please kindly pass this announcement and the attachments to undergraduate students and affiliates. Applications will remain open on …
At 2019 winter commencement, grads step into the ‘beautiful chaos’ that awaits
Nearly 100 Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA) program scholars graduated this December (see the full list below). Regardless of whether they needed a ninth semester to complete a challenging degree or other …
Remembering UW’s First Black Football Coach
Lewis Henry “Les” Ritcherson, Sr., 1926-2019 Assistant Football Coach, 1966-1969 Les Ritcherson, an award-winning college football player and Texas high school coaching legend, was the first African-American to join a University of Wisconsin coaching staff. …
Campus mourns Teju Olaniyan, renowned scholar of the African Diaspora
Tejumola (Teju) Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor of English & Wole Soyinka Professor of the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died suddenly at his home in Madison on Saturday, Nov. 30. He was 60. …
Opera singer’s concert will honor father, raise money for scholarships
Prenicia Clifton’s father loved telling people about his daughter’s accomplishments as an opera singer. He attended every performance he could, always sitting in the front row. When cancer brought him to the end of his …
Centro Hispano’s Becas Luncheon an Inspiring Celebration of Higher Education
One of the greatest obstacles that young Latino scholars face when it comes to pursuing higher education is the cost. For many young DREAMers, this barrier is exacerbated due to the fact that they are …
Native American Experiences and the Wisconsin Idea
Gabe Javier to lead identity, inclusion efforts in Student Affairs
Gabe Javier has been named associate vice chancellor for student affairs in the area of identity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His appointment took effect Dec. 1 and follows an internal search. Javier …
Weston Roundtable Session to Focus on Tribally-Directed Collaborative Rice Research
An Omnigap® Approach: The One-Sheet Business Alignment Plan for Leaders at Every Level
December 3, 2019 | 4 P.M. Followed by an informal reception, co-presented by Discovery to Product (D2P) Can your leadership plan be distilled to just one page? Thomas K.R. Stovall, an entrepreneur with over 20 years …
Q&A: Gail Ford, newest PEOPLE director, pays it forward by mentoring precollege students
Gail Ford’s path to college started when not she, but her younger sister, was accepted into a precollege program in eighth grade through Ferris State University in Michigan. Ford, who grew up in Detroit, attended …
Friday Colloquium: The ‘Tiny Horrors’ of Cultural Genocide
Ada Deer awarded inaugural 4W UNESCO Chair Prize on Gender, Wellbeing and a Culture of Peace
Last year, history was made with the election of the first Native American women to Congress. Decades before, Ada Deer was busy paving the way for others to succeed. In 1957, she became the first …
’83 years was a lot of time to cover’: Ada Deer discusses memoir, lifetime of work at UW
Historian and professor Theda Perdue thought she had read everything written by or about Ada Deer. Then, Deer’s late assistant passed away and, as her lawyer moved her property to Deer’s garage, Perdue discovered about …
Diversity Forum 2019: Additional Resources
Thank you for attending the 2019 UW–Madison Diversity Forum! Below you will find links to presentations, handouts and other resources shared by the presenters at the Diversity Forum. Please contact events@cdo.wisc.edu with any questions about …
Celebration will recognize work of Ada Deer
Join this celebration of Ada Deer ’57, former assistant secretary of Indian affairs for the U.S. Department of the Interior and head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, as she is recognized for her accomplishments, …