On Saturday, April 20, the Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, also known as PEOPLE, hosted their inaugural Badger Day to welcome the incoming freshman class arriving in the fall.
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Three DDEEA Scholars Recipients of 2024 Ginsberg Family Awards
This year’s Ginsberg Family Awards winners include three scholars from the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA).
Kicking off fall 2023 at the DDEEA
A photo story of #WiWelcome events at the DDEEA
Shanee McCoy named director of PEOPLE program
Shanee McCoy, a champion for students with a long record of increasing college access and success, will serve as the next director of UW–Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE). She will begin …
From scholar to advisor, alum Anisa Yudawanti shares impact of Morgridge and PEOPLE program
Anisa Yudawanti, who graduated in 2019, started working as an advisor with the UW–Madison PEOPLE program this fall. Her roots as an advisor stretch back to her time at the Morgridge Center.
PEOPLE precollege scholars get hands-on experience at School of Veterinary Medicine
Over three days, the PEOPLE high schoolers from Madison and Milwaukee learned about the path to becoming veterinarians and other careers in veterinary medicine, from research to teaching to clinical work with animals.
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.
Meet some of the exceptional UW–Madison graduates of winter 2021
This year’s winter graduates are an accomplished bunch — they’ve created new student organizations, toured the world on music stages, undertaken important research, and won major awards. Here’s a look at just a few of …
PEOPLE senior Lydia Nyachieo receives prestigious Marshall Scholarship
UW senior Lydia Nyachieo is one of 41 Marshall Scholarship winners across the U.S. this year. She intends to earn a master’s degree in international development through the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester.
Call for Proposals: Seeking presentations for student development conference for PEOPLE scholars
Level Up is an academic and leadership development conference designed for second-, third- and fourth-year PEOPLE scholars.
Three DDEEA scholars among Troxell-Glicksman awardees
Three graduating seniors from DDEEA programs were among eight recipients of the 2021 Troxell-Glicksman Scholarship Awards, which recognize outstanding women at UW–Madison.
PEOPLE, Pictionary and Pizza welcome
Come one, come all! Please join us for virtual Pictionary and pizza welcome hosted by the PEOPLE program. Even if you are not a PEOPLE student we would like to see you there! This is …
PEOPLE Scholars setting record admission and achievement numbers
Now in its twenty-second year, the UW-Madison Precollege Educational Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) celebrated the completion of precollege training for rising high school seniors from Madison and Milwaukee, along with a continuing streak …
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.
UW-Madison PEOPLE Summer University Goes Viral
The trailing conversations, laughter and breathless sighs of young scholars training for the trek up Bascom Hill as they enter campus classrooms have shifted to the characteristic bleeps of signing in online for summer class. …
‘Songs of Hope 2019’ will honor UW-Madison alumna’s father and Jacqueline DeWalt
Gail Ford chosen to be new PEOPLE director
Gail Ford, pictured far right above, has been named Director of the Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) to launch the next chapter of the program’s 20-year history. Ford is a longtime PEOPLE …
UW–Madison twins to appear on ‘American Ninja Warrior’
Identical twins Marquez and Nathan Green don’t make it easy on new acquaintances — same height, same weight, same college, same major. They live together, study together, exercise together. “People get us mixed up all the time,” …
UW-Madison PEOPLE Program Opens Milwaukee Office
By L. Malik Anderson – Madison 365 Eighth graders throughout Milwaukee joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) alongside alumni for a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of the Milwaukee Office …
Grand Opening Rescheduled to February 27 for UW–Madison’s PEOPLE Program Milwaukee office
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, known as PEOPLE, is moving staff and opening space at Rufus King Middle School in Milwaukee. The grand opening, which is rescheduled due to weather …