PhD dissertator Astou Gueye will be participating in the Dissertation Writing Camp on May 24-28. The camp assists students with the development of weekly and daily structure as well as helps them set goals and …
Grad Students
Kevin Wamalwa’s Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship Field Report
A Year of Building Connections and Employing the Humanities in the Community Outgoing Fellow Field Report 2020-2021 Kevin Wamalwa PhD candidate, Departments of Anthropology and African Cultural Studies Ripple Project Fellow, Dane County Library Services …
Mwita Muniko Earns Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award
PhD student Mwita Muniko has been awarded a Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award. The Teaching Fellow Award is granted to TAs from the College of Letters and Science who have achieved outstanding success as …
Mwita Muniko and Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite Earn Ebrahim Hussein Fellowships
The Department of African Cultural Studies has announced the winners of the Ebrahim Hussein fellowship. Mwita Muniko is a PhD student in ACS and Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite is a PhD student in the History of …
Jibril Gabid Awarded Language Institute Grant
PhD student Jibril Gabid has earned a Language Institute Grant to attend Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development, an online institute to be held June 21-25.
Sami Lamine Earns TA Award
Dissertator Sami Lamine has earned the Letters and Science Continuity of Instruction Award which recognizes his work as a Teaching Assistant. The Continuity of Instruction Award was created to identify and acknowledge those graduate students …
Ebrahim Hussein Fellowship Accepting Applications
Applications due March 8 by 5pm The Ebrahim Hussein Endowment for research in African expressive cultures was established in the College of Letters and Science in 2003 thanks to the generosity of Robert M. Philipson, …
FLAS Funds Your Study of an African Language
The Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship provides financial support for students interested in learning an African language. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource …
Kevin Wamalwa Supports Racial Equity Training for DCLS
Kevin Wamalwa, a PhD candidate in the Departments of Anthropology and African Cultural Studies, is serving as a Ripple Project Fellow at Dane County Library Services (DCLS). Wamalwa is supporting racial equity training for DCLS …
Angeline Peterson Recognized for Transfer Acts of Kindness
PhD student Angeline Peterson was recognized as a Transfer Champion during National Transfer Student Week. The student who nominated Angeline wrote: “Whether Angeline has known about my being a transfer student or not, I wanted …