The Advising and Career Services Book and Film Club is pleased to share the eighth in a series of emails to help the advising and career services communities further understand the experience of Indigenous students, settler-colonialism, and Indigenization efforts in higher education.
In this episode, we shift our focus to UW Madison and explore the programs serving Indigenous students and communities. We encourage you to explore these resources and ask yourself what you can learn from them. What’s your role in connecting Indigenous students to campus resources, and how can you start or continue to transform your own advising services to be more inclusive?
Our heartfelt thanks to the creators of these materials and their willingness to share them with us, the wider UW Community, and beyond.
Episode 8: UW programs serving Indigenous students
Click images to explore each program below!
1: Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP)
2: Information Technology Academy (ITA)
3: Teacher Education Center – ACT 31 and Indigenous Education Resources
4: Native Nations Student Organizations at UW
Profiles of students in NACHP (Native American Center for Health Professionals)
Aaron Bird Bear: Tribal Relations Director
Created in 2019, the Tribal Relations Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Government and Corporate Affairs in Office of University Relations along with campus counterparts for Federal Relations, State Relations, and Community Relations. The Tribal Relations Director holds appointments in University Relations and the Division of Extension, which includes the Extension Native American Task Force, to advance tribal partnerships and raise awareness of tribal governance and culture.
Click photo to learn more about Aaron Bird Bear
Schedule a UW-Madison First National Cultural Landscape Tour
- What thoughts and feelings came up for you when engaging this material?
- How does what you learned relate to your role in advising and/or career services?
- What ideas or next steps might you discuss with colleagues within your unit to put your learning in action?
American Indian Studies Department
Native Nations – UW-Native Nations Partnerships – Native Nations in Wisconsin
Native American Task Force – Native American Task Force – Cooperative Extension (wisc.edu)
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