Lori Reesor, the vice provost for student affairs and dean of students, is leaving IU to take a new position at University of Wisconsin–Madison, which begins July 1.
In a Saturday afternoon mercifully free from rain, 6,520 University of Wisconsin students graduated in a commencement ceremony held at Camp Randall Stadium.
David Muir, a journalist for ABC Broadcast Television Network, delivered the keynote address of the ceremony.
UW-Madison introduced its class of 2018 Saturday during the spring commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium.More than 6,500 received their degree during the spring commencement, crossing over from life as a student to begin the next phase of their journey.
UW-Madison students are all Badgers, class of 2018 president Ariela Rivkin told fellow graduates at Saturday’s commencement, but Badgers also bring their own individual identities to celebrate.
ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir will be giving the Commencement address to UW-Madison graduates Saturday.He spoke only with 27 News ahead of the ceremony.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students are working to add more diversity in post-undergraduate education.Black students are underrepresented in graduate school, according to a release from UW-Madison, and Anthony Wright and Brian Allen are trying to change that.
Nearly 42,000 people — which includes over 6,500 college graduates, were in attendance at Camp Randall Stadium for UW-Madison’s graduation ceremony Saturday morning.Chancellor Rebecca Blank and David Muir gave their speeches for the 165th spring commencement before the crowd on campus.
When Angeline Mboutngam first attended Madison Area Technical College in fall 2012, she was enrolled in a math class that covered basic concepts such as 1 + 1 = 2. She went on to conquer calculus.On Thursday afternoon, Mboutngam settled into a desk on the third floor of UW-Madison’s College Library to study for the last exam of her undergraduate career — organic chemistry.At 45, Mboutngam, who received no formal education growing up in the Central African nation of Cameroon, will walk across the stage Saturday at Camp Randall to receive her bachelor’s degree from one of the top-ranked public universities in the United States.
As always, this semester was a busy one at UW-Madison. The Daily Cardinal’s news team recaps 10 newsworthy moments that could have an effect on the future of the university, the city and the state.
The Ku Klux Klan’s roots in Wisconsin color the debate over UW-Madison spaces named after well-known student leaders who were members of a student society formed in 1919 that, for a time, was named the Ku Klux Klan.
Admission to the park-like facility is free, and around two dozen classes and walks are offered each month, starting at the visitor center.
Thousands of family and friends converging on UW-Madison for graduation Saturday will have to contend with that other springtime tradition — road construction, including on a very popular conduit leading right up to Camp Randall.
David Muir, anchor of “ABC World News Tonight,” is set to deliver the keynote address to the more than 6,500 graduates expected to participate. Starting at noon, the ceremony is scheduled to last 75 minutes and will go on rain or shine. A ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Friday will recognize about 900 doctoral, master of fine arts and medical professional degree candidates who plan to participate at a Kohl Center ceremony.
A new temporary, terrace-themed pop-up shop is now open at the Memorial Union until May 19.
A pair of UW-Madison alumni are hoping this year’s graduates take part in a social media movement that highlights the work it takes to get a diploma.
Lori Reesor, a university administrator in Indiana, has been selected to fill the UW-Madison vice chancellor for student affairs position.
The daughter of one of the alums says she’s shocked by the whole thing because the innuendo her father was racist is false and it sullies his reputation.
This is peak investigative journalism.
“This is no longer about just social media,” Allen told UW-Madison news. “We think this has the potential to change the ideology and thought patterns around black students and education.”
The Wisconsin Union Council has announced that the names of Porter Butts and Frederic March, both members of Ku Klux Klan-affiliated groups in the 1920s, will be covered up for the fall semester at least through December of 2018.
A student’s video shows a gang of people kicking and punching a single victim on the ground outside a UW-Madison dormitory.
For example, the University of Wisconsin Madison forged an agreement with a nearby Walgreens that enabled students to purchase naloxone from the pharmacy, and the university has also hired two new substance abuse counselors in recent years. However, opioid misuse at the flagship university is exceptionally rare, said Angela Janis, director of psychiatry and co-director of mental health services at Madison
The governing body for UW-Madison’s Memorial Union announced it will cover the signs for two spaces named after alumni with affiliations to the Ku Klux Klan, but a final decision won’t be made until December.
The Madison Area Sports Commission (MASC) in collaboration with UW-Madison will be unveiling Bucky on Parade at 11 a.m. on Monday.
After the Wisconsin Memorial Union said it will temporarily take down the name of longtime Union director Porter Butts, his daughter is saying he is being misrepresented.
Porter Butts Gallery, Frederic March Play Circle, named after Ku Klux Klan affiliated indivduals, will be covered up.
In a panel Thursday, university leaders said they will continue to work to improve the healthcare and experiences of LGBTQ+ on campus — including “looking into” developing gender-inclusive bathrooms in current and future university buildings.
The announcement came a week after students filed a hate and bias report against the organization for not making changes sooner.
Following a report outlining the Ku Kux Klan’s connection to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, officials with the Wisconsin Union announced Thursday they will be covering up the names of two known members.
Students at the UW-Madison School of Business will have some cozier seats for studying and more outlets to plug in their electronic gear in a decor livened with splashes of Badger red, thanks to a nearly $10 million renovation at the school’s Grainger Hall.
Since its founding, the program has provided resources to hundreds of adults. Auerbach said many pursue higher educational goals following graduation.
Panelists emphasize importance of giving voice to population stereotype of regional whiteness oppresses.
A UW-Madison professor emeritus of anthropology who is considered an expert in prehistoric European agriculture has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course program has hired a familiar face to serve as its new director. Jennifer Blazek replaces Jessie Potterton, who resigned from the position last fall to take advantage of a professional opportunity outside of the university.
Together, ASM Chair Billy Welsh, former ASM Vice Chair, and newly-elected ASM Vice Chair Yogev Ben-Yitschak, former ASM Outreach Director, will lead the 25th session.
Display organizer said combating racism, white supremacy begins with understanding what microaggressions are
Henry Mackaman passed away in 2013 from bacterial meningitis.
The TAA asserted UW-Madison has not been communicative enough with graduate workers about the change in the segregated fee policy, among other policies.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin in Madison has selected Egan’s book as the Go Big Read selection for 2018-’19. Copies will be given to first-year students at the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, and the book will be incorporated into some classes. (Past Go Big Read selections include Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted.”)
It was a brisk day in January as a group of 15 people patiently waited at Madison Area Technical College’s East campus.
Since January, Savannah Guthrie and her husband, Scott, have been eating dinner on the floor of their one-bedroom apartment on West Gilman Street.
A customized adhesive patch for use with insulin devices and a new way to make industrial metal parts using 3-D printing won big prizes in a college entrepreneurship contest in Minnesota for two teams with Madison-area ties.
Hundreds of scholars of Chinese language and culture will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, long a center for Chinese studies, on May 5 and May 6 for a pair of prestigious international conferences.
Marsha Mailick had been on temporary leave since January, according to the university. Norman Drinkwater will continue his role as interim vice chancellor until a permanent replacement for Mailick is found.
For two days each spring, several hundred graduating UW-Madison students wait in long lines for the opportunity to have their photo taken atop the iconic statue of Abraham Lincoln on Bascom Hill.
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch visited the University of Wisconsin College Republicans Tuesday to gain support for her upcoming campaign.
Conservative radio host Dennis Prager emphasized importance of people taking care of themselves.
Human nature is not basically good, conservative commentator and radio host Dennis Prager told a packed hall of friendly supporters on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday.
Nine out of 10 out-of-state UW-Madison graduates leave the state after graduation, according to data compiled by the Wisconsin State Economic Development Association.
Prager spoke to an audience of about 100 for an hour without any issue.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a program to help adults ages 25 and older who have some college credits earn a degree, even if their previous college grades were less than stellar.
A new report out from University of Wisconsin-Madison dives deep into the history of the Ku Klux Klan on campus. Until recently, the violently racist organization’s presence on campus wasn’t well known.
MADISON, Wis. – A University of Wisconsin-Madison program is focusing on giving adults a second chance at higher education, according to a news release from the school.
An important chapter of America’s reckoning with its racist history is playing out on college campuses. Whether it is pressure from student protests or findings by internal research committees, university officials are having to decide how to acknowledge or distance themselves from racist pasts.
The majority of first-year students living in residence halls in the upcoming semester are selecting high-tiered options in the new meal plan program unveiled by University Dining, according to documents obtained by The Daily Cardinal.
In response to a report released last week regarding Ku Klux Klan involvement at the University of Wisconsin, students have decided to file a hate and bias report regarding the university’s decision to keep the names of members involved in the KKK in the union.
Crazylegs Classic — comprised of an 8-kilometer run and 2-mile walk — was named in honor of iconic Wisconsin football player and athletic director Elroy Hirsch, and is used as a fundraiser for UW’s athletic department. The Crazylegs Classic begins at Capitol Square and ends inside Camp Randall Stadium.
The Madison Reunion will be held June 14-16 with events at the UW Cinematheque, Wisconsin Union’s Memorial Union, Wisconsin State Historical Society, MMoCA, Overture Center, Monona Terrace, Downtown Madison Public Library and the Dane County Regional Airport.
With no steering wheel, no pedals, one double-door entrance and little to distinguish its front end from its rear, the driverless vehicle tooling around UW-Madison on Tuesday morning was less a traditional car or truck than a computer-controlled pod on wheels.
