2009 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 4, 2009 on the UW-Madison campus.  For nomination information for the 2009 event please click the link below.

2009 Women of Color in Education Award nominations
Nominations due by December 15, 2008

Listed below are the 2008 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award recipients who received 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)

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