When we meet in his office in Bascom Hall, Dr. Damon Williams, the new vice provost for diversity and climate at UW-
Madison, comes across as a personable and yet serious business administrator. While he started his position nearly two weeks
before, nothing hangs on the walls of his office. Heâ??s been busy.
Williams has already been meeting with dozens of people on and off campus and has been busy planning retreats and
roundtables with many different constituency groups on campus in preparation for his debut, in a way, at the Plan 2008 Diversity Forum on September 23. Thatâ??s when he will give a 25 minute presentation and roll out his strategic transition document that will outline his agenda for the next year.