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 …
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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 …
UW Campus Celebrates Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
The UW-Madison Campus will celebrate Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States April 1 through May 5. In June 1977, California …
Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inducts 2016-17 Scholars
Five University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students and one postdoctoral scholar — Albert Burgess-Hull, Natalie Guerrero, Evelyn Hammond, Nadia Khan, and Alexandra MacMillan Uribe and post-doctoral scholar Rastafa Geddes — were inducted into the UW–Madison chapter …
Student led Hmong American studies certificate gaining momentum at UW
By XIANI ZHONG, The Badger Herald An online petition for University of Wisconsin to create a Hmong American studies certificate has gained traction on social media lately, receiving more than one thousand signatures within a few …
48th Annual On Wisconsin Spring Powwow is April 1-2 at Alliant Center Arena
UW-Madison’s American Indian Student Organization Wunk Sheek will host the 48th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow (OWASP) April 1-2 at the Alliant Energy Center Arena. This event will be free and open to the public. …
12 on Tuesday: Leslie Orrantia, UW-Madison Community Relations Director
Leslie Orrantia is the director of community relations at the University of Wisconsin, a post she’s held since August. She has been on campus for four years, serving since 2012 in the School of Education’s …
Six Women To Be Honored as Outstanding Women of Color
Walking in our shoes as Women of Color: A photo tradition launched by the 2014 Outstanding Women of Color. (Photo @ Andy Manis) The six winners of the 2016 University of Wisconsin-Madison Outstanding Women of …
STATEMENT TO OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY
We believe that everyone deserves a safe place to live, work, and learn, free of bias, hate, and discrimination. Our transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender non-binary students, faculty, and staff add to the rich diversity …
Become an ‘Our Wisconsin’ Facilitator
Interested in being a facilitator for Our Wisconsin? Learn about becoming a Badger Way Facilitator! Go to the online application.
Register today for Pieces of the Puzzle: Intersectionality 101
Hosted by UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center, the first part of Pieces of the Puzzle: Intersectionality 101 will be held Monday, Feb. 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The second part will be held Thursday, …
Paula Bonner stepping down as Wisconsin Alumni Association’s leader
Paula Bonner likes to dust off an old quote from former UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala when she talks about the power and influence of alumni at colleges and universities. “Donna used to say, ‘When the …
UW-Madison expanding diversity training program
Nearly all new UW-Madison students will be encouraged to participate in a diversity training program next year after about 1,000 students participated in the program this past fall. The program, known as Our Wisconsin, is …
Immigration attorney, “Undisclosed” podcaster Rabia Chaudry to keynote UW-Madison Diversity Forum
The 2016 Annual UW-Madison Diversity Forum, hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer and Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Union South’s Varsity …
‘Evicted’: Go Big Read Author Matthew Desmond to speak at UW-Madison on November 1
Matthew Desmond, a UW–Madison alumnus and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Memorial Union Theater. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in …
Mystical Arts of Tibet to launch World Music Festival
From Tibet to Zanzibar, Sudan to Mexico, Hungary and beyond, the 13th Annual Madison World Music Festival offers many styles to explore and enjoy, each bringing something unique to the table. Enjoy dancing, meditative music …
JVN Project Continues to Honor the Memory of John ‘Vietnam’ Nguyen with Hip Hop, Love & Learning
Inspired by the life and love of John Vietnam Nguyễn, The JVN Project presents the 4th annual JVN Day Hip Hop Festival: This is Alchemy! This festival provides participants opportunities to engage in the tenets …
UW: No changes needed to affirmative action policy after Supreme Court decision
UW-Madison will not have to change its affirmative action policies after the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the use of race in college admissions, officials said. The Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v. …
New Roles & Faces in the MSC and Division of Student Life
The MSC is excited, but sad, to announce that Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson will be moving to the Division of Student Life to serve as the Special Assistant to the Vice Provost of Student Life …