Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton She is a proud sibling in what is known in England as “The First Family of Education.” A September 2011 edition of “Higher Education Digest” describes her as a “serial world record breaker.” She is Young, Gifted, & Black and her name is Anne-Marie Imafidon. She [...]

By Michael R. Lovell Chancellor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College is often thought of as only for young men and women straight out of high school. The reality at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is quite different. UWM enrolls more students age 35 or older – more than 3,000 total – than any other four-year university in [...]

American Cancer Society responds with the Choose You 100,000 Acts of Play Challenge for Women A new survey from the American Cancer Society finds women are 10 percent less likely than men to make time for physical activities they enjoy and that 40 percent of women said they would be more physically active in their [...]

UWM welcomed its fourth cohort of Diversity Fellows during a site visit early in March. The Diversity Fellows program, which started in 2009, provides an avenue for UWM to strengthen its academic programs while pursuing the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, says Cheryl Ajirotutu, interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. The Diversity Fellows [...]

By Macy L. Freeman and Lauren McEwen Special to the NNPA from the Afro- American Newspaper New findings show that several factors have widened the achievement gap for students of color in the United States. “Our work is all geared toward ensuring that the achievement gap closes, but without more information about where it exists, [...]

Students, educators highlight accomplishments of programs to promote high school success At an event at Bradley Tech High School in Milwaukee last week, AT&T presented a $90,000 grant to the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) to support programs to improve student achievement. This was the fourth installment in a $360,000 “High School Success” grant awarded in [...]

AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers, Rep. Young team up in effort to help improve childhood literacy, reading scores The AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers and State Representative Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) last week presented donated dictionaries to nearly 100 third graders at Golda Meir Elementary School in Milwaukee as part of a statewide effort to help improve childhood literacy and [...]

The School Choice Demonstration Project invites you to a presentation Monday, Feb. 27 in Milwaukee during which the final reports on the Milwaukee School Choice Evaluation Project will be released. The event at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St. in Milwaukee, begins at 8:00 a.m. and includes two panels with time for questions [...]

Michael Eric Dyson, American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, will be the keynote speaker on Friday, March 2, at the 20th Annual Soul Food Celebration, sponsored by Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Black Student Union and Office of Student Life. Part of MATC’s Black History Month celebration, Dyson will present “Embrace the [...]

Safety, efficiency and profitability – these are the major reasons for the success of an invention. As well, an even greater qualification is when the invention revolutionizes an industry and an overwhelming effect on society. Norbert Rillieux can certainly be seen to have achieved all of these goals. Norbert Rillieux was born on March 17, [...]