Stories indexed under: Diversity

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  • Chancellor’s Scholars program seeks new director May 14, 2013 A committee of 12 faculty and staff members will assist in finding a new leader for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chancellor’s Scholars and Powers-Knapp Scholars Program.
  • UW-Madison makes it easier to report incidents of hate, bias May 14, 2013 MADISON — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is taking steps to make it easier to report incidents of hate and bias, to further its commitment to a living, working and learning environment that is safe, inclusive and respectful.
  • Update: UW-Madison welcomes largest group of new Wis. freshmen since 2005 May 9, 2013 With official enrollment numbers in, UW-Madison’s entering class of new students is a talented group, with the largest new freshman class ever (6,279 students) and the largest number of new freshmen from Wisconsin since 2005 (3,515 students).
  • CLS interpreters break down language barriers May 7, 2013 On an early spring morning, about 10 Spanish-speaking UW–Madison employees are having a lively discussion around a table in the Gordon Dining and Event Center. In the center of the group are Carmen Romero González, training officer supervisor, and Blanca García, training officer with the Office of Human Resource Development’s Cultural Linguistic Services (CLS) unit.
  • International urban movement conference celebrates 10th anniversary April 30, 2013 A decade of urban dance movement evolution will be marked as competitors from around the world converge on UW-Madison May 1-5 for 10th Annual International Festival of Urban Movement.
  • IT Career Academy diversifies the IT workforce April 30, 2013 Latoria Isom, a recently hired IS Technical Support Technician at UW-Madison's Administrative Information Management Systems (AIMS), loves her job of installing and repairing computers for faculty and staff throughout campus. “There’s always something new to learn,” she says. “I don’t like to be bored and it’s never the same thing.”
  • Berquam: Support available for those impacted by Boston bombing April 19, 2013
  • Line Breaks festival features New York City guest artist DawN Crandell March 13, 2013 Performance arts scholars of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s First Wave Hip-Hop Theater Ensemble will present their solo, duo and ensemble works as part of the 7th Annual Line Breaks Festival from Wednesday, March 13 through Wednesday, March 20.
  • Multicultural Student Center presents symposium on ‘race & place’ March 5, 2013 The Multicultural Student Center (MSC) and Institute for Justice Education and Transformation (IJET) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold their annual spring symposium "Race &..." to encourage dialogue and action around racial identity and other social justice issues.
  • RISE holds 2nd Annual Leadership Summit & Career Fair Feb. 27, 2013 In an effort to connect UW students of color with campus employers, the Recruitment Initiative for Student Employees (RISE) and the Office of Human Resources are hosting the 2nd Annual Leadership Summit & Campus Job Fair Tuesday, March 5, from 5-8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall.
  • Art in the public eye highlights community expression Feb. 27, 2013 A public humanities project that began as an effort to help Latino youth express themselves through art has produced a gigantic mural, a moving documentary, and a new Madison youth collective, thanks to a partnership between University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students and community partner Centro Hispano.
  • Donte Hilliard: Joining students on their journeys Feb. 14, 2013 As director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC), Donte Hilliard brings both theoretical and practical experience to his work. Since Hilliard arrived on campus in 2009, he has led the MSC’s transformation, moving from a focus on cultural diversity to one of social justice.
  • Campuswide diversity forum scheduled for Friday Feb. 12, 2013 UW–Madison’s first Inclusive Excellence Winter Symposium will take place Friday, Feb. 15. from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • Artist in residence explores black cultural identity Feb. 6, 2013 Faisal Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed British artist whose iconographic images of power, race, masculinity, violence, and faith challenge the values and ideologies society attaches to those images, is the The Arts Institute and the Department of Art History’s Spring 2013 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence.
  • Members of the 2013 Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee (AHDPC) Feb. 5, 2013 Members of the 2013 Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee (AHDPC)
  • Ad hoc committee to lead the way for campus diversity plan Feb. 5, 2013 As UW-Madison looks toward the next decade, a new committee will help the campus community envision a comprehensive plan to address issues of diversity.
  • UW to recognize and welcome faculty of color Jan. 15, 2013 The tradition of welcoming new UW–Madison faculty of color and honoring all faculty of color will continue with a campus reception on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
  • Campus-youth partnership to share artistic skills in recording studio Dec. 14, 2012 A partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison-area youth will help young people explore and develop their creative talents in a cutting-edge sound recording studio.
  • Five graduate students of color to be inducted into Bouchet Society Dec. 10, 2012 Five University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students of color - Patrick Brown, Sharee Light, Gregory Mosby, Chidi Obasi and Myeshia Price - will be inducted into the UW-Madison chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference March 1, 2013. They will also be inducted into the national Bouchet Society at its conference, hosted by Yale University, April 19-20, 2013.
  • Documentary celebrates Odyssey Project’s 10-year journey Dec. 3, 2012 On its 10th anniversary, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Odyssey Project has much to celebrate. Journeys from homelessness to graduate school, or incarceration to meaningful employment, are two of more than 250 success stories.