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 …
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PEOPLE High School Students Celebrate Completing Pre-College Program
July 17, 2018 (Madison, Wis.) — One of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) continues to increase …
Behind the Lens: Marquise Mays transformed through filming
By Marquise Mays, UW-Madison PEOPLE College Scholar, reposted with the permission of Madison Magazine Filming my third short documentary, “Voices,” was a transformative experience. “Voices” is a 10-minute documentary chronicling the inception of the first …
PEOPLE Students Celebrate Their High School to College Transition
On Friday, July 21, more than 500 parents, mentors and educators gathered to recognize two groups of PEOPLE students; the incoming 2017 freshman cohort of PEOPLE College Scholars and the 2017 Cohort of rising high …
Gail Ford: College Prep Queen & Soul Worker
“I know the power of pre-college programs and the ripple effect on families because I experienced it,” says Gail Ford, the newly appointed assistant director at UW-Madison’s Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, or …
Annual Community Event Celebrates Final Year
Local community leaders unite to spark change and conversation in the Metro Milwaukee area MILWAUKEE, WI — After four years of bringing community members together for a positive cause in Milwaukee, Community Connections prepares for its …
Cultural Support Helps Native American Students Stay in College
Upstairs from a dining hall on a snowy evening, four American Indian students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison drum and sing together at a feast for veterans. Drum rituals are an important part …
PEOPLE summer workshops prepare students to attend UW-Madison
This may be their first year of workshops, or their tenth and final year of preparation. But regardless of time invested, summer is the season of new experiences and anticipation for the students and families …
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.
PEOPLE Program wins a Regents’ Diversity Award
The Office of the Chancellor, Provost, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer along with the Division of Diversity Equity and Educational Achievement are all proud to announce the PEOPLE (Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) staff was recently awarded …
PEOPLE Alumni: Doctoral Student Receives GSA Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), an organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging, has awarded doctoral student Maichou Lor, MS’12, RN, the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology …