The Trip: May 16-20 WEBT (Wisconsin Experience Bus Trips) brings UW-Madison student leaders together to expand on the Wisconsin Idea while traveling and serving throughout the state. This annual, weeklong trip for emerging UW-Madison student …
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Wunk Sheek and partners host 47th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow
The powwow provides an opportunity to participate in a contemporary native event, sharing and learning the culture of people indigenous to this area.
Badgers, we need your help
We have written several messages about this topic in the past. Today, we will be as simple and direct as we can be. On Wednesday, there was another incident of bias on our campus. During …
Get ready with an Internship Workshop
Secure an Internship! Monday, March 7 at 6 pm, MSC Classroom Jumpstart your internship search with a workshop and Q&A with the College of Letters and Science Career Services, the International Internship Program, and Multicultural …
Deeper Diversity: The Path of the Bridge-Builder in Racial Justice
Deeper Diversity: The Path of the Bridge-Builder in Racial Justice will be Thursday, March 3 at 7 pm, MSC Lounge. Author and educator Shakil Choudhury will discuss the role of bridge-building in racial justice in the …
Interrupting Racism: Organizing for Racial Justice
The workshop Interrupting Racism: Organizing for Racial Justice, will be held Thursday, March 10 at 6 pm, MSC Classroom. Hear from panelists about current issues and organized interruptions to structural racism, and learn more about UW …
Internship Announcement: Work for GLIFWC as a Digitization Project Intern
POSITION: Digitization Project Internship CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Internship position will be 40 hours/week for 8 – 10 weeks during the summer of 2016. The intern will report to the GLIFWC Records Management Specialist and the …
Challenges of Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education
Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: 198 Education Building Address: 1000 Bascom Mall Join us for a discussion with Jacob Gross, University of Louisville, examining the challenges of former foster youth in postsecondary …
Artists to “Perform the Word” at 10th Annual Line Breaks Festival March 11-13
This year marks a decade for the Line Breaks Festival, the largest Hip Hop theater festival in the Midwest, which will be presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) …
Computer science program aims to make technology open to all
Wisconsin Emerging Scholars-Computer Sciences (WES-CS) provides a challenging, collaborative environment that helps recruit a broader cross section of UW students to the field of computer science.
Moving Forward: Conversations on Race and Ethnic Diversity
Join students, faculty members, and staff members in a campus-wide conversation about racial and ethnic diversity at UW-Madison on Wednesday, February 24 from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. in Gordon Commons. This event aims to provide …
Unpacking Beyoncé’s Formation: Nurse as Social Justice Educator
Did you watch the Super Bowl? See Beyoncé’s Formation music video? Please join the School of Nursing in a critical conversation on the issues and concepts addressed in Beyoncé’s Formation. We will look at the …
Annual Faculty of Color Reception is Feb. 25
The tradition of welcoming and honoring faculty of color at UW–Madison will continue on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Annual Faculty of Color Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the …
‘Moving Forward’ turns talk toward action on race, climate
Diversity is a top institutional priority for the University of Wisconsin—Madison for many reasons: giving the university a competitive advantage to attract the best faculty and students, providing a richer education, developing students’ ability to …
Sellery Hall incident prompts response to anti-Semitism
Campus leaders condemned the act and said it goes against the values of the university community.
‘Moving Forward’ turns talk toward action on race, climate
Students, faculty and staff took part in “Moving Forward: Conversations on Racial and Ethnic Diversity,” a campus-wide forum on Feb. 24.
UW Law School accepting applications to new Pre-Law Scholars Program
The University of Wisconsin Law School is now accepting applications for its inaugural James E. Jones Jr. Pre-Law Scholars Program, a summer immersion experience for students who have completed their freshman or sophomore year of college. …
Social Historian Earl Lewis to give Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities
On Tuesday, February 23, the Center for the Humanities and Institute for Research in the Humanities are teaming up to bring a speaker to UW-Madison that may be of interest to the Division of Diversity, …
Graduate/Professional Student Mixers offer connection opportunity
The office of Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, & Funding is hosting a series of mixers this semester aimed at connecting graduate students from diverse backgrounds with faculty from the same backgrounds. The events are in partnership …
Remembering a trailblazing chef: Carson Gulley
Carson Gulley (June 9, 1897 – November 2, 1962) was Madison’s most famous chef. One of ten children born on an Arkansas farm, he completed high school in two years despite a heavy load of …