Odyssey is looking to expand its team as we continue to grow, and we’d love your help in spreading the word! Below are the current open positions along with some additional details. If you have …
Year: 2022
A seat at the table for Michael Lozano
UW–Madison may be only an hour’s drive from the Huber Correctional facility, but for Michael Lozano, caught in a cycle of incarceration, it might as well have been on the moon. By the time he …
Odyssey Project welcomes new instructors
The Odyssey Project is excited to announce the addition of two new staff members/literacy instructors, Erin Celello and Ben Shannon. Both Erin and Ben trace their passion for Odyssey’s mission in part to a parent …
20th Odyssey class selected
July marks the official start of the 20th year of the UW Odyssey Project. Thirty new students have been selected to form the Class of 2023. Beginning in September, they will receive two semesters of …
Recognizing our amazing monthly donors
Joy discovered Odyssey while working as a custodian at UW and found the program life-changing, a place where she felt unconditional love from staff determined to remove obstacles that got in her way. Five years …
Recognizing our award-winning team
As she stepped to the podium to accept her YWCA-Madison Woman of Distinction award last month, Odyssey teacher and Friends of Odyssey board member Professor Christy Clark-Pujara said, “I would like to thank Emily Auerbach …
OBB Alum Shares Personal Journey Via Storytelling
Inside Stories, May 3 2022
A Turning Point for Prison Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 4 2022
UW-Odyssey Project Celebrates 19th Graduating Class
Corey Saffold, an Odyssey graduate in 2006, is celebrating receiving his bachelor’s degree this year. Saffold and Co-Director and Founder Emily Auerbach sat down with NBC15 Friday afternoon to talk about the impact of the …
Highlights from last year’s graduation ceremony! (May 2022)
2022 UW Odyssey Project graduation ceremony Odyssey Class of 2022 student video 2022 graduation photo gallery 2022 graduation Oracle