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Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention (OURR)

The Office of Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention (OURR) in the School of Education (SOE) is a focal point for the personal and professional development of underrepresented students of color in the School. The mission of the Office of Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention is to connect students to information, faculty, staff, and each other, so that they may graduate from the School of Education and fulfill vital roles in their communities.  OURR works towards this mission by building and supporting a network of students and graduates that strengthen, transform, and lead their communities through education, service, and other contributions.

 

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Spring 2012

Events of Interest:

  • Mondays, 7pm, 1101 Grainger Hall: Getting Real II: Hip-Hop Pedagogy, Performance and Culture in the Classroom & Beyond seminar, entitled Getting Real II: Setting the Stage, with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, and featured guests. Also, check out www.omai.wisc.edu for updates.

  • "Creating an Oasis: Descriptions of counter-spaces by African-American female college alumni." Come learn how women from 1960-2010 created spaces for support that helped them graduate from college.   Wednesday, January 25th, 10am, 159 Education Bldg. Prof. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Univ of Nebraska.

  • "Race is not neutral: Understanding & addressing disproportionality in school discipline."  Tuesday , January 31st in 259 Educational Sciences, Prof. Russell Skiba, Director of the Equity Project at Univ of Indiana.  http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/news/events/Skiba_race.pdf

  • Sponsor a Scholar College visit, Friday, February 17, 2012, Lathrop Hall.

  • "The Quest for Educational Opportunity: The History of Madison's Response to the Academic Achievement Gap (1960-2011)," by Kaleem Caire, President & CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison, Thursday February 16, 2012, 6:00- 8:00 PM, CUNA Mutal Conference Center, 5810 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 

  • February 22, 7pm, 1100 Grainger. “Preferential Admissions at UW: Equal Opportunity or Unfair Discrimination?” Prof. Daniel M. Hausman, Philosophy. The Center for Equal Opportunity asserts African Americans and Hispanics are more than 1000 times more likely to be accepted at UW-Madison than White or Asian students -- "the most severe undergraduate admissions discrimination that the CEO has ever found." How could such apparently extreme discrimination possibly be permissible? Hausman will argue that we should judge affirmative action policies by whether they help to bring about genuine equality of opportunity and to put an end to hatred and oppression of African Americans, Hispanics, and members of other disadvantaged groups.

  • MSC presents: R3 Symposium on Race, Religion and Representation (March 15-16, 2012). Schedule with presenters and workshop topics is now available on the symposium website (http://msc.wisc.edu/r3). Contact Donte Hilliard with any questions.

Get involved:

  • C&I 375, Seminar: Current Issues in Education, 1cr., Wed. 4:00-5:15pm, 245 Education. A professional development seminar focusing on underrepresentation and leadership in educational environments.  Join principals, faculty, and teachers as they discuss approaches to their professions as they strive to be agents of change.

  • C&I: 370 Pedagogy, Culture & Performance.  Professsor Gloria Ladson-Billings, Mondays 3:30-6:00, Performance times: Mondays, 7:00. An innovative course that melds hip-hop culture and pedagogy as a way to create new strategies and curricula to reach students who have been historically under-served by traditional schooling. This course will pull on educational theories such as socio-cultural theory, culturally relevant pedagogy, critical media theory, post-colonial theory and critical race theory to help students connect hip hop as both an art form and a pedagogical tool to improve the academic success of students who remain marginalized in our schools.

  • School of Education Common Read 2011-2012, “ABC: American Born Chinese.  Negotiating Assimilation, Stereotypes, and Identities.” Website: http://commonread.education.wisc.edu/Home.aspx

Previous Events:

Eyeball It:  UW-Madison Artists of Color Art Night, October 7, 2010, UW Art Lofts

 

Curriculum & Instruction offerings of interest:

Two new C&I 375 Sections offered this semester with a focus on developing educators of color:

1cr. Curriculum & Instruction 375, “Current Issues in Education: Underrepresentation & Leadership” Spring 2012, Wednesdays 4:00-5:15pm

10-week seminar for current Teacher Ed students in professional sequences.  4:00-5:15 pm Wednesdays,January 25-March 28.  This professional development seminar will feature teacher education alumni of color, faculty guests, and administrators of color as we discuss what tools we need to develop to become effective change agents in the schools.  Faculty of record: Prof. Mary Louise Gomez.

3cr. C&I 375: "Introduction to Education."  Spring 2012, Tuesday Lecture and Thursday Discussion Group

Open to all UW-Madison Students who have Freshman or Sophomore status. Course Goals: Explore current issues and trends in education. Develop your talents through readings, guest speakers, and community-based/service-learning experiences. Course Professor: Professor Mary Louise Gomez. Instructor email: mlgomez@wisc.edu

Thinking about a future career as a classroom teacher?  Applying for Teach For America (TFA) after graduation? Considering a career in educational services?  Planning for an advanced degree in educational research or leadership?  Are you a freshman or a sophomore?  The 3cr. C&I 375 (Tu/Th) provides a valuable introductory foundation that will develop and refine your interests.

 

Who we are:

Ruttanatip (Dang) Chonwerawong, Ph.D., Asst. Dean & Director

105 Education Bldg., 608/890-2580

rchonwer@education.wisc.edu

Aaron Bird Bear, MS, Recruitment & Retention Specialist

104 Education Bldg., 608/262-8427

abirdbear@wisc.edu

Ryan Comfort, Recruitment & Retention Specialist; American Indian Curriculum Consultant

101 Education Bldg., 608/890-2476

rncomfort@education.wisc.edu

Jerry Jordan, MA, Recruitment & Retention Specialist

103 Education Bldg., 608/890-3403

jjordan@education.wisc.edu

Mai Xiong, Student Assistant
102 Education Bldg., 608/890-2580