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 …
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Chancellor to new students: Despite differences, ‘you now share a common identity as Badgers’
UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank welcomed thousands of freshmen and transfer students to campus Tuesday by encouraging them to get to know each other and themselves better. Mix with people who see the world differently, Blank …
Vice Provost & CDO Patrick Sims Gives Diversity Update to Faculty Senate
A year after passing a resolution to support cultural competency as part of faculty’s ongoing professional development, the Faculty Senate heard Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims provide an update May 1 on …
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 …
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 …
Diversity events banish winter blues, even in Wisconsin
The year 2014 is off to an amazing start with a whirlwind of hot events that helped keep the symptoms of Wisconsin Winter hibernation at bay.