Over 150 Badgers, along with their families and supporters, celebrated being the first in their families to graduate college during “Trailblazers of Tomorrow: A First-Gen Graduation Event.” The event featured remarks from Dean of Students …
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APIDA Heritage Month builds community through food and fellowship
April at the University of Wisconsin–Madison marks the annual celebration of APIDA Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Ingredients, Identities, and Intersectionality,” recognized the close connection between food and identity, particularly within the APIDA community. Much …
Laughs and Lessons: Kings of Camp
On April 15 Jacob Kaplan and Marcus Lustig took an audience of about 50 on a hilarious journey through their experiences touring their two-man comedy show, “Kings of Camp,” across various Jewish summer camps. After …
Robbed by COVID-19, UW seniors finally get the prom they missed in high school
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic stopped everything in its tracks, including my hopes of attending my high school prom. I wasn’t able to get together with friends and have a fun night. Instead, all I …
Sexual Assault Response and Prevention | Innovative Prevention Strategy Progresses
The Student Affairs core team addressing sexual assault response and prevention has made significant progress in the implementation of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Community Equity (SPACE) toolkit, an innovative approach to violence prevention. The …
Togetherall brings 24/7 peer support to UW-Madison students
UW-Madison’s University Health Services (UHS) and Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well) haved partnered with Togetherall to provide an online, anonymous peer-support tool available for free to students. Togetherall is a clinically moderated, online peer-to-peer mental health community that reaches and empowers …
Talent development and engagement | Building a shared culture and belonging
by Henri Miller, Chief Business Officer, Office of Student Affairs; and Warren Scherer, Director, Gender and Sexuality Campus Center When Student Affairs was established at UW–Madison in 2018, it came together as several distinct areas, …
Relief for Refugees: Fostering Commitment to the Community
By, Mia McCauley, Student Intern, Student Affair Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Heritage Month is in full swing here at UW. This March, the MENA Heritage Month Planning Collective wanted to dedicate an event to supporting …
10 years of student-led Black History Month celebrations at UW–Madison
Black History Month has been celebrated each February in the U.S. for many decades — the first official designation is credited to students and educators at Kent State University in 1970. At the University of …
MLK speaker: Hear the things you don’t agree with
What are you willing to fight for?” Writer and actress Anna Deavere Smith encouraged audience members to continue the fight against racism and injustice in her keynote speech at the MLK Symposium Wednesday evening at …