2008 Women of Color Event

University of Wisconsin System recognizes sixteen women from around the state for their extensive contributions to their campus and communities.  The event is organized and supported by the UW System Women’s Studies Consortium and Office of Academic Diversity and Development. 

The Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award Ceremony was initiated in 1994 to acknowledge the ties and shared concerns among administrators, faculty, staff, and students within women’s studies and ethnic studies, and to uphold a continuing commitment to Plan 2008: Educational Quality through Racial and Ethnic Diversity.  The awards ceremony and luncheon will be held Saturday, April 5, 2008 on the UW-Green Bay campus.  To make your reservations to attend this wonderful event, see below.

Each of the 2008 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award recipients are receiving well-earned acknowledgement by both the UW System and their home campus community.  The selection process for the award is campus based.  Chancellors consult with their campus community to identify a faculty, student, staff, or community member who has worked in one or more of the following areas of diversity or women’ studies scholarship and activism, and served to improve the status and climate for women, particularly women of color.  The charge is to identify women of color who have consistently demonstrated their ability to rally diverse forces together to advance the agenda of women; who have created positive changes at their institutional level, i.e., curriculum development and infusion, receiving grants, mentoring women; and who have demonstrated an understanding of the interplay of family and community and culture in the lives of women of color.

2008 Award Recipients

(Photos and Bios of the Award Recipients)

This year's Outstanding Women of Color In Education Awards Speaker will be Joan Prince, a nationally known educational policy strategist. She is the Vice Chancellor for Partnerships and Innovations at UW-Milwaukee, a position unique in the UW System. Charged with managing external relations for the UWM, she works to build bridges between academics and the broader private and public sectors of the community, while working to create collaborative relationships with international organizations, higher education associations, and other social and civic sectors. Dr. Prince serves as a trustee of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation board of directors, and a member of the board of directors for the Council on Foundations (COF), Washington, D.C.. 

Join Us for the Ceremony and Luncheon
Saturday, April 5, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
on the UW-Green Bay campus

If you would like to attend the Awards Luncheon, but do not plan to attend the conference, please send a check for $10.00 per person and the names of the attendees to: WOCE Awards, WSC UW System, 1660 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
Please include a return address for confirmation and directions to the event.

The awards luncheon is part of registration fees for conference attendees.
For conference registration, including the Awards Luncheon, go here.

For information on previous years' honorees, please go here:
Past Award Recipients