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Month: September 2020

Odyssey Beyond Bars goes online

Posted on September 30, 2020

Last fall we were so excited to offer the first credit-bearing course in a Wisconsin prison in over 100 years. (This Isthmus article from February 2020 describes the fall program and its moving December graduation ceremony at Oakhill …

Posted in Odyssey Beyond Bars, Odyssey UpdatesTagged Odyssey Beyond Bars

Odyssey Project students and local leaders to celebrate voting at online event

Posted on September 18, 2020

For Hedi Rudd, the decision to vote is both personal and powerful. In her award-winning essay for the 2020 “Why Vote?” project contest, she writes of the significance of her vote: “My vote will tell …

Posted in In the news

Student’s remarkable journey to starting his undergraduate degree at age 28, living his dream

Posted on September 17, 2020

After 20 years, nearly 6,000 miles and a host of trials and tribulations, Walada started at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a first-year student majoring in biochemistry this fall, with plans to eventually go to …

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Seeing the big picture: District security coordinator Saffold named to UW Regents

Posted on September 16, 2020

In June, Saffold was named a University of Wisconsin System Regent, joining 17 other Regents as the non-traditional student representative. The Board of Regents governs over the state-wide University of Wisconsin System and addresses the …

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Voices for voting: REGISTER NOW

Posted on September 15, 2020

“Odyssey gave me a voice, and for that, I am thankful beyond words,” remarked René Robinson, an Odyssey alumna and member of the Friends of Odyssey Board of Directors. René and several other Odyssey graduates …

Posted in Odyssey UpdatesTagged Voices for Voting, Voting

New Odyssey families need your help

Posted on September 1, 2020

“I believe in the philosophy that everyone deserves a chance, and Odyssey is the chance I need to expand my horizons and learn,” Burnett Reed wrote when he applied for the Odyssey Project. A special …

Posted in Odyssey UpdatesTagged Odyssey Junior

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