The Power to Change Lives: Two Decades of the UW Odyssey Project
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overcoming adversity and achieving dreams through higher education
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On Wednesday, October 11, Black composers Bill Banfield and Patrice Rushen, along with Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra CEO Joe Loehnis and other staff members, visited our Odyssey class and engaged in conversation with the Class of 2024. Then, on that Friday, current and past Odyssey students had pre-show pizza at Ian’s, attended pre-show and post-show talks …
Thanks to American Players Theatre (APT), American Family Insurance, and other donors for sponsoring a trip for Odyssey students and their families to see “Romeo & Juliet” on Saturday, September 30th, at 2 PM. Students traveled by coach bus, had a picnic lunch, met with APT company actor Gavin Lawrence, and enjoyed the show. Read …
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 any questions about these positions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Em Azad, our Program Manager, at emily.azad@wisc.edu. …
Despite battling COVID, deaths of loved ones, homelessness, domestic abuse, parenting stress, lost wages, and physical and mental health challenges, the UW–Madison Odyssey Class of 2021 beat the odds. Thirty-five students graduated in a virtual ceremony on May 5, sharing complex works of literature, philosophy, history, and works of art. As the first graduating class …
“We linked the George Floyd killing to centuries of racial injustice,” explained Auerbach. The program studied Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes and others. “We link today to what we’re reading from the past and many of our students found a voice in poetry in editorials and essays and on the frontlines …
Inside Higher Ed, May 18 2021
With the Story Exchange, we wanted to create a virtual space where folks could share short stories about their relationship with writing, in the hope that these stories would inspire others to recognize their labor as writers and to push forward on their writing journeys. One particularly impactful cluster of contributions to the Story Exchange …
The heartache and the hardship for this class has been overwhelming, but so has the perseverance and the courage, -UW Odyssey Project Director Emily Auerbach tells Madison365. The University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project, now in its 18th year, will celebrate 35 graduates at the Odyssey Class of 2021 Online Graduation Ceremony tonight at 6 p.m. …