The 2016 UW-Madison Black History Month celebration will kick off on Sunday, Jan. 31, with a theatrical performance titled “We the 350: Stories of Poverty, Racism, and Incarceration in Wisconsin” in the Play Circle Theater …
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New website helps educators teach about American Indian nations
Twelve American Indian nations call Wisconsin home. Each has its own customs, its own identity, its own story. A new website, WisconsinAct31.org, is helping educators throughout the state tell those stories to students from …
Emerging Leader Retreat
If you enjoy building your strengths and spending time in the outdoors of the snowy Northern Woods, then this is the trip for you! This conference is a FREE weekend retreat sponsored by the Willis …
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 …
Final event & celebration of Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence Juan de Marcos
The last event of the fall 2015 Juan de Marcos González residency will take place on Dec. 8 at the Frederic March Play Circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union. This culminating event will …
Lifting from the center: Lac du Flambeau partnership rethinks preventative health
(As originally posted by University Communications, written by Sandra Knisely) Throwing snow-snakes is kind of like bumper bowling. Except instead of a wooden lane, there’s a narrow path of ice. And instead of a bowling ball, there’s …
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clarence Page headlines Diversity Forum
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has presented annual Diversity Forums since 1998. Now in its 17th year, this centerpiece event for the university’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA) continues to address issues stretching beyond the …
OMAI’s work saluted by Madison Magazine’s M List
Congratulations to the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), a unit in the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement operating under the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for …
Meet the Badger designer behind the first-ever Limited Edition of The Red Shirt™ – Virgil Abloh ’03
RED Talks October 15 at 7pm- 8:30pm Register Gordon Dining and Event Center 770 W. Dayton Street Get inspired by fellow Badgers at this year’s RED Talks, featuring Gabriel Stulman ’03, a restaurateur and the owner …
“Just Bust” is on October 2
The next “Just Bust” will be Friday, Oct. 2 at 9 p.m., in the Red Gym. Join First Wave for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic! Sign up is at 8:30. This month’s feature artist …
UW-Madison Latin@/Chican@ Heritage Month to Celebrate Identities
In conjunction with the nation’s Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the various racial and cultural identities encompassed by “Hispanic” Sept. 19-Nov. 1, UW-Madison will celebrate Latin@/Chican@ Heritage Month with more than a dozen events …
UW System honors UW-Madison LGBT Center Director for Outstanding Achievement
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System has announced the 2015 recipients of the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ People. Gabe Javier, Assistant Dean of Students and Director …
Helen C. White Library House Party
It’s Party Time! The 7th Annual Helen C. House Party is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, from 8 to 11 p.m. Stop by for an evening of free food, fun, and entertainment! Look for balloon art, …
First Wave Scholar speaks to “Be the Change” theme at UW-Madison Chancellor’s Convocation
About 7,000 students were invited to the Sept. 1 Chancellor’s Convocation welcoming ceremony at the Kohl’s Center on the UW-Madison campus. The students got a lot of pitches along the way: shouts from sorority girls (“Interested …
Everett Mitchell receives award for community impact
As director of community relations for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Everett Mitchell often draws upon multiple aspects of his identity — attorney, pastor, community leader — to bridge divides through engagement with people he serves. …
UW Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Ends with Closing Banquet of Remembrance
The UW-Madison Closing Reception for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month will be on Wednesday, May 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Main Dining Room of the Pyle Center. The reception, In Remembrance and In Honor …
April 13-19 is Disability Awareness Week
It is easy to forget that health care and disability are two closely related topics, and it is one that many do not consider when defining “diversity,” according to Mel Freitag, Ph.D., Director of Diversity …
Update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison Diversity Framework
The campus and community are invited to attend upcoming information update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison’s Diversity Framework at various locations across campus and the Greater Madison area from April 13 through 21. Translation …
MCOR 2015 Call to Performers
There is still time to submit your audition for MCOR 2015. Share your talents at the largest multicultural welcome week event at UW-Madison! We are calling for performer auditions – Deadline for submissions is April …
Black Male Privilege: A Breakfast Conversation and Discussion
Please join R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at City College of New York for a special breakfast conversation and discussion on Black Male Privilege Thursday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 10:30am in …