Get to know some of the notable graduates at the 2022 winter commencement, including PEOPLE scholar Olivia Johnson, who will be the flag bearer for the School of Human Ecology.
PhD candidate helps strengthen diversity and amplify international student voices
World-class education, cultural exposure and new experiences are all reasons students choose the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For PhD candidate Omar Dumdum, his reasoning wasn’t as simple as that. Rather than stay in a country facing …
Registration opens for Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference 2023
Abbey Thompson named assistant dean for diversity, inclusion and funding in the Graduate School
Abbey K. Thompson has been appointed Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Funding in the Graduate School beginning December 15. She has been serving as assistant dean in an interim capacity since May 2022. In …
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.
Posse program alum Jasmia Hamilton launches consulting firm, focuses on inclusion
“For me, DEI isn’t the target—it’s the pathway to justice.”
Information for students seeking answers about plans for the Indigenous Student Center & Mecha house
Levy Hall construction will not involve demolishing either the Mecha house or Indigenous Student Center.
Annual ‘I Have a Dream’ Scholarship Ball supports area scholars in honor of MLK
Women in Focus will host the 37th annual “I Have a Dream” Scholarship Ball and Silent Auction on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Monona Terrace. The annual gala is an elegant evening of dinner and …
Enrollment open for The Discussion Project virtual spring course
Enrollment is open for the Discussion Project Virtual’s spring course, which begins Jan. 27. The course offers instructors resources and strategies to help them foster meaningful class discussion in an online setting. All university instructors …
UW’s Baron Kelly wins award for excellence in undergraduate training in acting
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly has been selected to receive an Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training from the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA).
37th annual ‘I Have a Dream’ Ball and Silent Auction
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial event will be held Jan. 14 at the Monona Terrace. The event supports Women in Focus, whose college scholarship supports students of color in Dane County.
Graphic recordings reveal layers of meaning at Diversity Forum
Among the most popular features of the 2022 Diversity Forum were the live graphic recordings on massive sheets of white paper tucked in the corner of Varsity Hall. The colorful graphic visualizations, hand-drawn by Wisconsin …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.