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’83 years was a lot of time to cover’: Ada Deer discusses memoir, lifetime of work at UW

Posted on November 20, 2019

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 …

Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged Ada Deer, UW Diversity

Edward J. Brown, Jr., hired as new Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer

Posted on May 17, 2018
Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged Creating Community, Edward J. Brown, Patrick J. Sims, UW Diversity, UW Madison diversity

New report shows Odyssey Project’s profound impact on families

Posted on May 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Diverse UW alumni, Odyssey Project, UW Diversity, UW Madison diversity

Enhancing Diversity in the Nursing Workforce Half-Day Conference

Posted on January 31, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged nursing, UW Diversity

UW-Madison Latino graduate historian authors “Mexicans in Wisconsin”

Posted on January 26, 2018

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged "Mexicans in Wisconsin", Creating Community, Latino Historian, UW Diversity

Wisconsin Black Student Union To Lead Fight Against Sickle Cell Disease

Posted on January 23, 2018

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 …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Blood Drive, BSU, Creating Community, Diversity, Red Cross, Sickle Cell, UW Diversity

Success Through Recruitment/Retention, Engagement, and Mentorship (STREAM) for Native American Nursing Students

Posted on December 13, 2017

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 …

Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged Native American nursing, UW Diversity, UW Madison diversity

LGBT Campus CENTER CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR

Posted on November 18, 2017

  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 …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Diversity, LGBT Campus Center, UW Diversity

New Faculty Focus: Sami Schalk

Posted on November 15, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creating Community, Diversity, faculty and staff, gender, UW Diversity

At 2017 Diversity Forum, a wealth of student voices infuse discussions on campus climate

Posted on November 9, 2017

  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, …

Posted in Diversity Forum, Top StoriesTagged 2017 Diversity Forum, Forums, UW Diversity

UW-Madison Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Posted on October 31, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Native November, Native November 2017, UW Diversity

Chancellor to new students: Despite differences, ‘you now share a common identity as Badgers’

Posted on September 8, 2017

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 …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged Creating Community, Patrick Sims, student life, UW Diversity, UW-Madison Chancellor

Behind the Lens: Marquise Mays transformed through filming

Posted on August 18, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creating Community, DDEEA, Di, PEOPLE, UW Diversity

UW Diversity Office Welcomes New Staff

Posted on July 20, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creating Community, DDEEA, Diversity, Gittens, Pierce, UW Diversity, Williams-Maclin

UW-Madison Psychologist helps black women cope with depression

Posted on July 6, 2017

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 …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged UW Diversity, UW-Madison Nursing School, Ward

Health initiative uses hairstylists to promote breast cancer awareness in Latino community

Posted on July 6, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Creating Community, Diversity, UW Diversity

Exit Interview: University Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman

Posted on June 21, 2017

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 …

Posted in Top StoriesTagged campus administration, Creating Community, health, health care, Sarah Van Orman, University Health Services, UW Diversity

Gloria Ladson-Billings Will Receive AERA Presidential Citation This Weekend in San Antonio

Posted on April 27, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Diversity, Ladson Billings, UW Diversity, UW Madison diversity

11th Line Breaks Festival is April 11-16

Posted on April 5, 2017

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Dance, Diversity, film, First Wave, Hip Hop, Just Bust!, Line Breaks 2017, multicultural events, OMAI, spoken word, UW Diversity

Cultural Responsive Evaluation in Education Expert to speak April 6-7

Posted on April 5, 2017

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 …

Posted in News & AnnouncementsTagged Creating Community, Diversity, social justice, Stafford Hood, UW Diversity
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