overcoming adversity and achieving dreams through higher education
Odyssey Now completing its 19th year, Odyssey offers a free, transformational two-semester UW course for 30 students each year to explore literature, philosophy, history, art, music, and writing. “My mother and sister both graduated from the Odyssey Project, and I am next in line. I hope one day my daughter will join the Odyssey Project …
We celebrate Thanksgiving this year at a time of hardship and heartbreak. Our UW Odyssey Project team wants to take a deep breath and share what makes us feel grateful and hopeful. We remain thankful for: 1. The resillience of our students As we gather online each week with our Odyssey, Onward Odyssey, Odyssey Junior, and Odyssey …
“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 education assistant who overcame a difficult childhood in Milwaukee, Burnett hopes to become a teacher and to inspire his five-year-old …