Find Contacts
- I am experiencing discrimination, sexual harassment, or hostile and intimidating behavior: contact the HR representative for your department (see “Find Your HR Contact” below).
- I am a student and I have a general concern about my department’s climate: contact the HR representative for your department (see “Find Your HR Contact” below).
- I am a faculty or staff member and I have a general concern about my department’s climate: contact the HR representative for your department (see “Find Your HR Contact” below).
Use the filter “Contacts by Department” to find your HR representatives.
This list will be updated after 2026-27 personnel is confirmed.
| Department | Diversity Representative | Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Members | Inclusive Excellence Committee Members |
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| Biological Systems Engineering | |||
| Community and Environmental Sociology | |||
| Entomology | |||
| Food and Nutritional Sciences | |||
| Forest and Wildlife Ecology | |||
| Genetics | |||
| Life Sciences Communication | |||
| Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences | |||
| Plant Pathology | |||
| Soil and Environmental Sciences |
Find Resources
Campus-Wide Resources
- Office of Childcare and Family Resources
- International Student Services (ISS)
- Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
- Multicultural Student Center (MSC)
- McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO)
- Center for Academic Excellence (CAE)
- Chancellor’s & Powers-Knapp Program
- First Wave & Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI)
- Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity for Learning Excellence Program (PEOPLE)
- Posse Program
Student Organizations
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Related Sciences (MANRRS)
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- AHANA-Maps Pre-Health Society (African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American)
- Science/Medicine Graduate Research Scholars Program (SciMed GRS)
- CALS Equity and Diversity Committee
Scholarships
To apply for scholarships, go to MyUW and click on the Financial Tab on the top of the page. Proceed to Scholarships@UW-Madison.
- Office of Student Financial Aid
- Chancellor’s/Powers-Knapp Scholarship
- Community and Environmental Scholars Program
- Lawton Undergraduate Retention Grant
- Wisconsin Alumni Association Chapter Scholarships
- Affordable Colleges: Financial Aid Opportunities for Underrepresented Students
- Gates Millennium Scholarship
- Federal Aid Programs
- Scholarships from other Organizations
Research and Mentorship
- Community Environmental Scholars Program
- WISCIENCE & BioCommons
- Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP)
- McNair Scholars Program
- Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS)
- CALS Honors in Research Program
Physical and Mental Health
- University Health Services (UHS)
- Let’s Talk Program
- SilverCloud: online mental health services for UW students, faculty, and staff
- Life Matters: confidential counseling and personal resources for UW faculty and staff
- UHS Mental Health Crisis Line: for UW students
Living On Campus
Decolonizing Higher Education
- Report: Higher Education Equity Initiatives for Native Americans
- 100 Ways: Indigenizing & Decolonizing Academic Programs
- In Our Own Best Interest: Tribal Colleges in America
- Tribal Colleges Map
Decolonizing Thanksgiving
- The Invention of Thanksgiving: Massacre, myths, and the making of a great November holiday
- The Myth of Thanksgiving: Native American Perspectives on the Pilgrims
- How to Decolonize Your Thanksgiving Dinner
- ThanksTaking or Thanksgiving? (podcast)
- 10 Children’s Books by Native Writers
- Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combating Racism in Schools
Learn about Treaties
- Treaty Day
- Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center
- National Congress of American Indians
- American Indian Treaties at National Archives
- Why Treaties Matter (Video)
- Heritage Sites on Campus
- A Treacherous Choice and a Treaty Right (31-Minute Listen)
- More About Treaties
Our Shared Future
In September 2020, the Advising and Career Services Book and Film Club began an email series to help advising and career service communities better understand the experience of Indigenous students, settler-colonialism, and Indigenization efforts in higher education. This series is in response to UW-Madison’s campus-wide commitment to learn and teach about the Our Shared Future heritage marker. Below are some of the resources shared through this series.
- Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center
- National Congress of American Indians
- American Indian Treaties at National Archives
- Why Treaties Matter (Video)
- Heritage Sites on Campus
- A Treacherous Choice and a Treaty Right (31-Minute Listen)
- More About Treaties