The Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work Board of Visitors unanimously selected Ada Deer, BSW ’57, as this year’s recipient of the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award at their meeting over homecoming last week in Madison. …
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Ada Deer, Kenneth Cole Named Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Honorees
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced today that Ada Deer and Kenneth R. Cole are this year’s recipients of the combined City-County Humanitarian Award honoring Reverend Dr. Martin …
’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 …
New Elders-in-Residence Program will bring Native community leaders to campus for mentoring, support
A new initiative at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will seek to improve the experience of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits and educational exchanges. The inaugural …