On Friday 13 April, ACS students and faculty gather to eat popcorn and watch eleven short films made by students in our language courses (Arabic, Swahili, Wolof, and Yoruba. The films were judged by a …
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Olusegun Soetan Earns African Studies Summer Fieldwork Award
Ph.D. student Olusegun Soetan has earned an African Studies Summer Fieldwork award in the amount of $3000 to offset the cost of international travel. These awards support UW-Madison graduate students working on a master’s thesis …
ACS Grad student meeting
ACS dept meeting
Kathryn Mara Named Future Faculty Partner of UW’s Teaching Academy
Ph.D student Kathryn Mara has been selected as a 2018 Future Faculty Partner as part of UW-Madison’s Teaching Academy program. Future Faculty Partners are graduate students who have been formally recognized by the Teaching Academy as having …
Jessica Miller Wins Louise Troxell Award
Jessica Miller, a graduating senior with majors in African Languages and Literature and Biology, has earned the Louise Troxell award. Miller was specifically commended for her record of academic excellence and contributions to campus and …
Vlad Dima Lecture
Black Arts + Data Futures
The Black Arts + Data Futures workshop (UW-Madison) presents Hyphen-Labs.com on campus for two days. • April 4 – 4pm – Ashley Baccus-Clark, Director of Research at Hyphen-Labs will give a public talk at the MSC Lounge …
Olusegun Soetan Awarded Mellon Wisconsin Summer Fellowship
Dissertator Olusegun Soetan will receive a three-month summer fellowship (June 1- August 31st) which provides a stipend, tuition and segregated fees coverage. Congratulations, Segun!
Language Instructor Workshop: Powtoon/ H5P
Powtoon is a tool that can be used to create animated videos. During this workshop, we will learn how to create custom animated videos for the language classroom and add interactions through H5P.