The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced six winners for its 2016-2017 Outstanding Women of Color awards, presented to women who are heavily involved in the campus as well as the Madison community through their work toward research and civic enrichment.
The annual campus and community reception is hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer to honor the Outstanding Women of Color will be held in March 2017. UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Selection Committee will honor the following women:
• Sagashus Levingston: Tutor/mentor with the Odyssey Project, Co-teacher in the Odyssey Junior Program, and Founder of the “Infamous Mothers” Project.
• Fabu Phillis Carter: Poet, scholar, teaching artist, and outreach specialist for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of the School of Medicine & Public Health.
• Joan Fujimura: professor, Department of Sociology and Holtz Center for Research on Science and Technology.
• Binnu Palta Hill: director of diversity and inclusion for the Wisconsin School of Business.
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• Julissa Ventura, a Ph.D. candidate with the Department of Educational Policy Studies and a Fellow of the Morgridge Center for Public Service Community-University Exchange-South Madison.
• Denise Thomas: coordinator of Title VII American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Madison Metropolitan School District.
