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Chancellor’s message to campus regarding the marriage amendment
Before the Nov. 7 election, there was considerable unease on campus about the implications of the state marriage amendment. Questions concerned not only issues of fairness and tolerance, but potential impact on benefits currently afforded to domestic partners.
Statement of Committee on Women regarding the marriage amendment
University of Wisconsin–Madison Committee on Women in the University November 8, 2006 The Committee on Women in the University is…
Statement from WISELI regarding the marriage amendment
Dear WISELI affiliates, We are writing today because we feel compelled to acknowledge the profound disappointment and pain felt by many members…
UW-Madison forum examines racial dynamics in higher education
States and their colleges and universities have enacted numerous policies to help undergraduate minority students succeed. The forms and outcomes of these efforts, however, have differed dramatically. The effects of these initiatives will be the subject of "How States and Institutions Shape Racial Dynamics in Higher Education," a campus forum to be held on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
International students share experiences with area schools
Each year, more than 3,000 international students from more than 100 countries study on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Sharing that worldly experience with the community is the inspiration behind the program International Reach.
Police officer stresses listening skills
Spend five minutes with Officer Heidi Golbach, standing on the west steps of Memorial Library outside her office, and she'll point out a half dozen of the characters she knows from her daily patrols of lower campus.
Panel to highlight schooling around the world
A group of doctoral students in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies will offer global perspectives on education in "Schooling around the World: Sights, Sounds, Stories and Travels," on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in a special program to mark International Education Week.
Osher Reentry Scholarships help adults return to college
This fall for the first time, the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison awarded scholarships to 11 adult students who have returned to school to complete their first bachelor's degrees.
PAVE trains students in sexual assault awareness
When Jenny Hansen's friend told her the story of an unwanted sexual experience, she didn't call it rape, saying, "I shouldn't have drank so much." Hansen repeatedly tried to explain to her friend that the incident wasn't her fault. But no matter what Hansen said, her friend just kept blaming herself. At that moment, Hansen decided join the fight against sexual assault. She went through Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment (PAVE) training and became a PAVE facilitator.
Cinefest to feature civil rights, spoken word
Cinefest, a four-day extravaganza of documentary and politically charged filmmaking, will be held Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 16–19, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Web’s ‘youth appeal’ lost on campaigns
While millions of young people use the Internet to build expansive social networks, most political campaigns never manage to take the training wheels off the technology, using it mainly for tightly controlled, one-way communication. Communication professor Michael Xenos is studying the disconnect between new media and old politics.
Professor receives YWCA award
Michael Thornton, faculty director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service and professor of Afro-American and Asian American Studies, received the individual Racial Justice Award from the Madison YWCA at its fifth annual Racial Justice Conference on Oct. 19.
Door to college readiness opens with technology academy
The UW–Madison Information Technology Academy has been one of the university's more novel — and successful — approaches to improving undergraduate diversity and providing greater opportunity to students who are underserved throughout higher education, and especially in the sciences.
University Committee statement on marriage amendment
The proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the legal status of people in relationships other than traditional marriages will harm the intellectual capacity of both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the state of Wisconsin.
L&S diversity group connects graduate students to university life
A group of about 60 new graduate students in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's College of Letters and Science are part of a group called Community of Graduate Research Scholars, which creates a community network for beginning graduate students from underrepresented groups through a combination of social, civic and professional events.
Madison kids ‘trick or treat’ with campus Greeks
For the 13th year in a row, University of Wisconsin–Madison fraternities and sororities will welcome area children to Langdon Street for their annual "Trick or Treat with the Greeks" celebration.
Local events mark National Chemistry Week on Oct. 22-28
The Wisconsin local section of the American Chemical Society, together with the chemistry department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Institute for Chemical Education, will celebrate National Chemistry Week, Oct. 22-28, with several interactive events highlighting the theme "Your Home: It's All Built on Chemistry."
Wisconsin Careers workbook helps youth prepare for future
"Prepare For Your Future," new full-color workbook published by Wisconsin Careers, aims to help teachers and school counselors effectively guide youth in grades 6-9 through the career-planning and decision-making process.
Author, social justice advocate Wise to speak
Author and social justice advocate Tim Wise will appear at UW–Madison on Thursday, Oct. 19.