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New Roles & Faces in the MSC and Division of Student Life

Posted on July 9, 2025

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 …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, campus climate, Diversity, MSC

Artists to “Perform the Word” at 10th Annual Line Breaks Festival March 11-13

Posted on July 9, 2025

  This year marks a decade for the Line Breaks Festival, the largest Hip Hop theater festival in the Midwest, which will be presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, arts, Dasha Kelly, DDEEA, Diversity, First Wave, Linebreaks, OMAI, poetry, spoken word

Interrupting Racism: Organizing for Racial Justice

Posted on July 9, 2025

The workshop Interrupting Racism: Organizing for Racial Justice, will be held Thursday, March 10 at 6 pm, MSC Classroom. Hear from panelists about current issues and organized interruptions to structural racism, and learn more about UW …

Posted in News & Announcements, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Diversity

Deeper Diversity: The Path of the Bridge-Builder in Racial Justice

Posted on July 9, 2025

Deeper Diversity: The Path of the Bridge-Builder in Racial Justice will be Thursday, March 3 at 7 pm, MSC Lounge. Author and educator Shakil Choudhury will discuss the role of bridge-building in racial justice in the …

Posted in News & Announcements, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Diversity

‘Moving Forward’ turns talk toward action on race, climate

Posted on July 9, 2025

Diversity is a top institutional priority for the University of Wisconsin—Madison for many reasons: giving the university a competitive advantage to attract the best faculty and students, providing a richer education, developing students’ ability to …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, student life

Activist, public theologian, writer & speaker Rahiel Tesfamariam to keynote Black History Month

Posted on July 9, 2025

This year’s keynote speaker will be activist, public theologian, writer and speaker Rahiel Tesfamariam. The founder and publisher of Urban Cusp and a former Washington Post columnist will speak on “The Role of the Black …

Posted in News & Announcements, Top StoriesTagged #uwvoices, Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, DDEEA, Diversity, OVPCDO, Pathways

UW-Madison events celebrate Black History Month

Posted on July 9, 2025

The 2016 UW-Madison Black History Month celebration will kick off on Sunday, Jan. 31, with a theatrical performance titled “We the 350: Stories of Poverty, Racism, and Incarceration in Wisconsin” in the Play Circle Theater …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Black History Month 2016, Diversity, Pathways

Student launches site to chronicle ‘Black Voice’ at UW-Madison

Posted on July 9, 2025

More than 40 years after African-Americans at UW-Madison started printing their own campus newspaper to cover politics and activism on campus, a current student has started a blog she hopes will be a place where …

Posted in News & Announcements, Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Black History Month, Center for Educational Opportunity, Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, First Wave, Pathways

UW-Madison Latin@/Chican@ Heritage Month to Celebrate Identities

Posted on July 9, 2025

In conjunction with the nation’s Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the various racial and cultural identities encompassed by “Hispanic” Sept. 19-Nov. 1, UW-Madison will celebrate Latin@/Chican@ Heritage Month with more than a dozen events …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, arts, Diversity, Latino/Chicano Heritage Month

UW System honors UW-Madison LGBT Center Director for Outstanding Achievement

Posted on July 9, 2025

MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System has announced the 2015 recipients of the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ People. Gabe Javier, Assistant Dean of Students and Director …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Diversity, LGBT Campus Center

Tribal Elder to teach Ho-Chunk language class

Posted on July 9, 2025

This semester the American Indian Studies Department will offer a Ho-Chunk language class, thanks to the commitment of Cecil Garvin, a Ho-Chunk elder who has been teaching the language here at UW-Madison for several years. Unfortunately …

Posted in News & Announcements, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, American Indian Studies, diverity, Ho-Chunk

Helen C. White Library House Party

Posted on July 9, 2025

It’s Party Time! The 7th Annual Helen C. House Party is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, from 8 to 11 p.m. Stop by for an evening of free food, fun, and entertainment! Look for balloon art, …

Posted in News & Announcements, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Diversity, Helen C. White

April 13-19 is Disability Awareness Week

Posted on July 9, 2025

It is easy to forget that health care and disability are two closely related topics, and it is one that many do not consider when defining “diversity,” according to Mel Freitag, Ph.D., Director of Diversity …

Posted in News & Announcements, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, disability, Diversity

Update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison Diversity Framework

Posted on July 9, 2025

The campus and community are invited to attend upcoming information update sessions on the implementation of the UW-Madison’s Diversity Framework at various locations across campus and the Greater Madison area from April 13 through 21. Translation …

Posted in News & Announcements, Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, Chief Diversity Officer, Diversity, Diversity Framework

Looking back on Black History Month 2015: An American tradition that benefits everyone

Posted on July 9, 2025

Reflections by UW-Madison Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings I am sometimes asked, “Why do we have Black History Month?” Well, yesterday (Feb. 26)  marked the 3rd anniversary of the murder of Trayvon Martin, next month will mark the …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged #uwvoices, BHM2015, Diversity, UW Madison diversity
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