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I first heard the term White privilege in 1975, when I was part of a student group at the University of Minnesota engaged in a weekend retreat sponsored by the University YMCA. One of the ‘games’ we played that weekend involved negotiating with others over chips of different colors. I ended up the winner, with …
Dear Badger community, These past three weeks have been heavy with pain and struggle for our community, especially those who identify as Black or BIPOC. As I mentioned in late May, our students, faculty and staff have a storied history of confronting injustices and leading the drive for necessary change. As a university we will …
Division Team, Recently shared with campus was correspondence from the Chancellor regarding phase I return directed towards the research enterprise. https://research.wisc.edu/reboot-phase1/ Your Unit Leaders and I are sincerely sensitive to the challenges of the extended length of time for which we have been telecommuting as well as related challenges it likely presents for you depending …
Finance & Administration colleagues, I hope this note finds you all safe and well. I know that it finds all of us in a challenging time where we’re being pushed to redefine what “safe and well” even mean. Like you, as I survey the chaotic world around us, I see reasons to feel rage and …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that employees may not be able to use all of their personal hours or vacation carryover balances by the deadlines. Therefore, there has been an updated deadline policy change for the expiration of unused vacation time and unused personal holiday. The deadlines to use personal holiday hours or vacation …