by Yvette L. Craig | November 14, 2019 | UMOJA Shorts
The Department of Afro-American Studies at UW-Madison Welcomes 2 New Faculty Members Mosi Adesina Ifatunji and Brittney Michelle Edmonds are newest members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ifatunji is an assistant professor in the Department of Afro American...
by Major (Ret) Darrell L. Williams | November 14, 2019 | Community Profile & Events
It is that time again. Across the nation, people are getting ready to celebrate Veterans Day. While many look forward to honoring those who served and paid the ultimate sacrifice, it is unfortunate that veterans only receive such attention at this time. Over the past...
by Payton Renee Wade, Senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison | November 14, 2019 | Community Profile & Events
Homecoming is a time to have fun with friends and take pride in your college. That is not my experience here at the University of Wisconsin Madison. I am invisible here. Not literally, but as an African American woman student on this campus, that is how I feel. On...
by Yvette L. Craig | November 14, 2019 | Community Profile & Events
Lottie Smith grew up in a home where education was as sacred as the Holy Bible. Raised in the Hillside Terrace Housing Project just north of downtown Milwaukee, her mother didn’t except excuses for schoolwork not getting done. It paid off for Smith who graduated top...
by Valeria A. Davis | November 14, 2019 | Community Profile & Events
The University of Wisconsin-Madison annual fall Faculty of Color Reception this year welcomed more than 60 newly-hired faculty of color to the campus and recognized more than two dozen others who were promoted at assistant and full professor over the past year....