Historian and professor Theda Perdue thought she had read everything written by or about Ada Deer. Then, Deer’s late assistant passed away and, as her lawyer moved her property to Deer’s garage, Perdue discovered about …
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Edward J. Brown, Jr., hired as new Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer
New report shows Odyssey Project’s profound impact on families
In 2008 Sherri Bester graduated from the Odyssey Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s two-semester humanities course for adults facing obstacles to a college education. That achievement inspired her daughter Keziah, who participated in a related program for …
Enhancing Diversity in the Nursing Workforce Half-Day Conference
The UW-Madison School of Nursing is hosting a free half-day conference on Wednesday, February 7, designed to transfer best practices and spark new ideas about the value of diversity and inclusion in the delivery of …
UW-Madison Latino graduate historian authors “Mexicans in Wisconsin”
Historian Sergio Gonzalez says of Latinos in Wisconsin that “as we continue to organize, our resilience comes from the fact that we’ve been here before.” PHOTO BY MICHELLE STOCKER Sergio Gonzalez, an author and doctoral …
Wisconsin Black Student Union To Lead Fight Against Sickle Cell Disease
BY MIAH GATZKE Led by members of the UW-Madison Black Student Union, students and community members are coming together in the fight against sickle cell disease. Sickle Cell Blood Drives have existed in Madison for …
Success Through Recruitment/Retention, Engagement, and Mentorship (STREAM) for Native American Nursing Students
A new program in the UW-Madison School of Nursing, Success Through Recruitment/Retention, Engagement, and Mentorship (STREAM) for Native American Nursing Students, is launching on campus and soliciting applicants. What is STREAM? STREAM is a program …
LGBT Campus CENTER CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR
This past month, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Campus Center (LGBT CC) celebrated its 25th year anniversary at UW-Madison, which also included celebrating National LGBTQ History Month. For over two decades the LGBT Campus Center has …
New Faculty Focus: Sami Schalk
Title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Hometown: Southgate, Kentucky Educational background: B.A. in Women’s Studies and Creative Writing from Miami University, 2008; M.F.A. in Poetry from University of Notre Dame, 2010; Ph.D. in Gender Studies from …
At 2017 Diversity Forum, a wealth of student voices infuse discussions on campus climate
The two-day Diversity Forum on Nov. 7 and 8 proved popular, with about 650 people taking in all or part of the first day, and for the first time, a second day of workshops, …
UW-Madison Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
November is National American Indian Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum …
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 …
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 …
UW Diversity Office Welcomes New Staff
UW-Madison and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement is pleased to announce the hiring of Cheryl Bailey Gittens and Tracy Williams-Maclin. Gittens is an experienced academic and student affairs administrator who has successfully …
UW-Madison Psychologist helps black women cope with depression
When Earlise Ward came to UW-Madison, the Brooklyn, New York, native figured she would return home once she had her Ph.D to work as a psychologist. But then Ward thought about where she could do …
Health initiative uses hairstylists to promote breast cancer awareness in Latino community
Lorena Villalobos, owner of Lorena’s Beauty Salon, 2917 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg, is one of five Latino hair stylists trained through a new initiative to bring breast cancer awareness to her clients. People naturally open up …
Exit Interview: University Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman
For nearly a decade, Sarah Van Orman has helped UW–Madison navigate some of the toughest issues around: high-risk drinking, sexual assault, student mental health and meningitis, not to mention the occasional outbreak of norovirus. The …
Gloria Ladson-Billings Will Receive AERA Presidential Citation This Weekend in San Antonio
When I call Gloria Ladson-Billings up to talk about her receiving a Presidential Citation at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this weekend, she tells me that she doesn’t …
11th Line Breaks Festival is April 11-16
Presented by the UW-Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity & Achievement and produced by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), Line Breaks Festival brings the top new aesthetics in contemporary performance art to the UW-Madison campus …
Cultural Responsive Evaluation in Education Expert to speak April 6-7
Dr. Stafford Hood is lecturing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison April 6-7, 2017. Come join us and hear about culturally responsive assessment and evaluation from one of the nation’s leading subject matter experts. A lecture …