Madison – Governor Scott Walker addressed attendees today in Madison at the inaugural United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Wisconsin Governor’s Luncheon. Hosted by UNCF, the luncheon conveys the importance of academic assistance programs to corporate sponsors and Wisconsin business leaders. “To develop the future leaders of Wisconsin, we need to provide them with a quality […]
Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement to Honor Spring Graduates
Nearly 280 UW-Madison graduates recognized for completing degrees along with honoring Outstanding Alumni of Color Ray Allen (’73) and Carlton Highsmith (’73) at 3rd annual celebration Nearly 280 graduating college seniors celebrated the successful completion of their undergraduate careers at UW-Madison on Friday, May 13 at 5 p.m. in Union South’s Varsity Hall. This year, […]
University of Wisconsin Odyssey Project graduates 27
13th annual ceremony May 4 launches new batch of talent into college community by Pamela Gates Tamara Thompson Moore was at a crossroads in her life when she was pressured, she says, to apply for the Odyssey Project. Like many of this year’s grads, she knew people who had gone through the program and was […]
Black Edutainers Bring History to Life
by K. Barrett Bilali Urban News Service Philadelphia resident Antoine Randolph Watts likes to dress up. But most of his outfits are out of date. Like 200 years out of date. And he often changes his voice, accent and beard length with each outfit. “No, I don’t have a personality disorder,” says Watts. “I’m what’s […]
100 Black Men Create Program to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism
Project SOAR Will Mentor 300 Students in the Madison Metropolitan School District The 100 Black Men of Madison announced its new initiative, Project SOAR, which stands for Student Opportunities, Access and Readiness. Project SOAR is a comprehensive program to lower truancy rates and raise high school graduation rates. The program involves one-on-one mentoring, career exploration […]
UW-Madison Honors Faculty of Color at Reception
A Word From Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims by Aarushi Agni Last Thursday, University of Wisconsin-Madison held its annual Reception to Recognize Faculty of Color. Hosted by Chief Diversity Officer Patrick J. Sims and a member of the University committee Ruth Lithovsky, the event recognized the promotion of 16 faculty of color and the 18 […]
Urban Prep Academy Turns Boys into Scholars in Chicago’s Roughest Neighborhoods
by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service CHICAGO — In some of Chicago’s lowest income neighborhoods, African-American teenage boys are overcoming their challenging surroundings. They are the young men of Urban Prep Academy, an all-male charter high school with a 100 percent graduation rate. All of those students earn college scholarships. And it all starts each […]
Madison College’s Construction and Remodeling Program Sees Increasing Student Diversity
by Brianna Rae The Madison College Construction and Remodeling (MCC&R) program has been around for over 20 years and has gained the respect of local employers as having excellent curriculum that produces excellent employees. Recently, the program is seeing more and more students of color and women in its classrooms. According to the United States […]
Gaps in Teacher Effectiveness Hurt Young, Minority Students
by Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire Senior Correspondent Minority and low-income students are less likely to have consistent access to effective teachers between preschool and the third grade than students from high-income households, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C-based think tank. Rachel Herzfeldt-Kamprath, a researcher at […]
MMSD First Quarterly Review Spotlights Progress for African American Students
The Madison Metropolitan School District is providing targeted support to improve early literacy, strengthening its family engagement efforts, taking race and bias head on and more in the first quarter of the school year, according to the district’s first Quarterly Review of Progress for the 2015-16 school year. The review provides an update on the […]