CANCELED: Badger Cafe
press release: Dear alumni, donors, and friends,
Our highest priority is the health and well-being of our constituents, staff, and campus community. We, alongside campus leadership, have been monitoring rapidly changing conditions and new information about the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We’ve announced some new steps that we believe are in the best interest of those we serve.
Following recent recommendations from public health officials and guidelines announced by UW–Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank, we have decided to suspend or cancel all alumni events through April 30, 2020. Officials have recommended drastically limiting nonessential travel and suspending or canceling events. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause but are taking this proactive measure out of consideration for your health and well-being.
Consistent with recommendations from campus, our staff will also not be traveling out of Dane County for business purposes until after April 10. We value our relationship with all of our alumni and friends and certainly will continue to reach out by phone and email. Please know that we will remain available to discuss university-related opportunities and/or address any questions you may have.
We are also aware that we have alumni and friends traveling with WAA Travel. You can find more information about that here.
Finally, we have pulled together content that illustrates what UW researchers are doing to fight the virus today and to provide guidance and perspective on how we can all be best prepared. We hope you find this useful as you navigate the evolving media coverage of the virus. We will continue to update this page in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your concern and assistance, and we hope you will be well.
The UW’s pioneering First Wave hip-hop scholarship program, recently featured in On Wisconsin magazine, has been on campus for more than a decade. In that time, it has positively affected the student cohorts it recruits each year. You’ll hear from a number of the alumni from the inaugural cohort as they reflect on how the program influenced their UW experience and their lives since then. You’ll also learn about what’s in store for the hip-hop program.
This event will be moderated by inaugural cohort member Sofía Snow ’11, director of the First Wave program and the UW’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI). The program will be offered in conjunction with OMAI’s 14th annual Line Breaks Festival, featuring performances, lectures, and discussions by First Wave students and guest artists.
Snow, a member of First Wave’s inaugural cohort, returned to the UW in fall 2019 to be the director of its First Wave program and Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives. She previously served as the executive director of Urban Word NYC, a youth literary arts organization in New York, and took part in the Bars Workshop hosted by The Public Theater in NYC, a theater and verse program cofounded by former First Wave creative director Rafael Casal x’10 and original Hamilton cast member Daveed Diggs.
This event will also feature the following members of First Wave’s inaugural cohort:
· Jair Alvarez ’11, JD’14
· Krystal Gartley ’11, MSW’19
· Adam Levin ’12
· Kimanh Truong-Muñoz ’11
Free and open to the public, registration is strongly encouraged.