Addressing racial inequities via education, parenting, and outreach along with elevating all voices in communities are focuses of new UW–Madison Division of Extension projects recently awarded funding for 2021 and beyond. The projects are part of an annual Innovation Funding series to advance projects designed by Extension staff and faculty to further community outreach. The […]

In celebration of Juneteenth, the Division of Extension’s African American Employee Resource Group is holding a special webinar conversation with Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings – wife of the late Elijah Cummings and a consultant, politician, speaker, and former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party – will give a talk on “Building Toward […]

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension recently named Paul DeLong as Extension’s Associate Dean for Policy, Operations, and Engagement, overseeing the administrative and outreach aspects of Extension’s organization. DeLong has been a member of the Extension Board of Visitors since 2018, and is most recently the Senior Vice President of Conservation at the American […]

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension recently named JulieAnn Stawicki as Extension’s Associate Dean of Youth, Families, & Health, overseeing the Institutes of Health & Well-Being, Human Development & Relationships, and Positive Youth Development. These institutes conduct research and deliver programming for hundreds of thousands of participants across the state including food nutrition and […]