Staff

Associate Dean and Founding Executive Director of SuccessWorks Rebekah Paré shares about the importance of internships and how SuccessWorks continued financial support helps L&S undergraduates achieve their dreams.

Associate Dean for DEI, DeVon Wilson and Hannah Bailey director of the Undergraduate Research Scholars program and assistant dean in L&S reflect on 2020 and share how L&S initiatives like The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) are making a positive impact on undergraduates.

Sara Guyer, former Director of the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities (CfH) and Dorothy Draheim Professor of English and Jewish Studies, will depart UW-Madison to become dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California-Berkeley.

Dr. Torsheika Maddox has advanced to become the inaugural Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Staff to the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Climate and Chief Diversity Officer in the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA).

A national search to fill a new position in the College of Letters & Science (L&S), the largest college at UW-Madison, has concluded with an offer to a highly-respected internal candidate, whose work advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education has earned him accolades on UW’s campus and beyond.

The Dean of the College of Letters & Science discusses a wide range of topics, including the difference between astronomy and astrophysics.

DeVon Wilson, Director of the L&S Center for Academic Excellence, is the subject of an excellent profile in Beloit College’s magazine. Wilson is a ’90 graduate of Beloit College, and the article lauds his work helping underrepresented, first-generation, low-income UW-Madison students navigate their time here, including the many challenges posed by COVID-19.

Recognizing the UW-Madison’s leadership role in research computing, the National Science Foundation announced that the Madison campus will be home to a five-year, $22.5 million initiative to advance high-throughput computing.

The College of Letters & Science is pleased to announce that Tina Nielsen will serve as the Associate Dean for Operations and Staff effective September 1, 2020.