Twenty first-generation students at UW–Madison are on the brink of a transformative experience. These undergraduate scholars from the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) will attend the National Conference on Undergraduate Research from …
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Support UW–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts during Day of the Badger
Learn how you can support UW–Madison’s efforts to foster greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for all members of the UW community during the Day of the Badger.
STEM scholars get hands-on lab experience during alternative spring break
STEM scholars from UW’s Center for Educational Opportunity got some firsthand lab experience and met representatives from NASA last week during spring break.
Julie Janiak named director of Center for Educational Opportunity program
An experienced higher education administrator who specializes in the recruiting, retention, and success of underrepresented students, Dr. Julie Janiak will serve as interim director of the Center for Educational Opportunity at UW–Madison.
Angela Yee to Headline Welcome Event for DDEEA Scholars
Students enrolled in scholarship and service programs within the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) are invited to a virtual welcome event on Monday, Sept. 14, from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
Center for Educational Opportunity celebrates 25 years of championing academic excellence
Students, families, alumni, staff and supporters of the Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO) gathered in the Memorial Union on Friday, Dec. 7, to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus and the accomplishments …
Student launches site to chronicle ‘Black Voice’ at UW-Madison
More than 40 years after African-Americans at UW-Madison started printing their own campus newspaper to cover politics and activism on campus, a current student has started a blog she hopes will be a place where …
CeO Scholars win prestigious Gilman International Studies Scholarships
Several UW-Madison Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO) students have been selected to be prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars. Linda Sancen, Ger Thao, Bee Yang, Gao Lou Yang, and Pa Zau Yang, all students at …
UW-Madison’s CEO Builds a Campus Family for Life
Graduation – family and friends from near and far come for the glorious occasion. But of the various flavors of graduations across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the tone of every commencement event for the …
Shawn Peters: Using “The Wire” to Teach Justice and Equality
“It ain’t about right. It’s about money.” So argues D’Angelo Barksdale (brilliantly portrayed by the actor Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.) in the first season of The Wire, the award-winning HBO drama. This semester, undergraduates in the …