A Madison community program that works to jump-start the college careers of low-income adults through a free six-credit humanities course is yielding more than just academic benefits for many students, according to the first external …
WCER Evaluators Find Literacy Program for Low-Income Kids Creates ‘Safe Place’ for Learning
Known as Odyssey Junior, the program works because its welcoming atmosphere allows children to build self-confidence and become more self-reliant. Those are empowering characteristics that create hope for the future as readily as the love of …
Chance at education inspires love and generous gift
Believing in the power of education to break a cycle of generational poverty, Bob chose at the time of Wanda’s death to use her retirement account to start an endowment to benefit Odyssey students. Now …
The Radical
Read about Odyssey’s Assistant Director of Development and Community Partnerships, Jenny Pressman, and her decades of social justice work.
Odyssey Project, Badger Ready Help Local Dad Resume Dream of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree
Albert Watson had a great deal on his plate, including working and raising a family, when he applied to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project. At the time, it was hard to see past the obstacles …
Colleen Johnson: Helping People Achieve The College Dream
“Often people don’t find a community of other working parents who face similar obstacles and are succeeding,” says Johnson. “We have drop-in tutoring two nights a week, celebrations, picnics, a Facebook group, a clinical social …
Socrates meets Susan B. Anthony at Odyssey Project’s Night of the Living Humanities
You can find Frankenstein’s monster at many Halloween parties, but only at Night of the Living Humanities will he mingle with the likes of Socrates, Sojourner Truth, and Susan B. Anthony. On Oct. 25, the …
Why Vote? Voices from the UW Odyssey Project
The UW Odyssey Project, an award-winning jump-start program in the humanities for adults overcoming adversity, sponsored a contest for the best short essay convincing non-voters to vote. This article contains excerpts from 15 participants, both …
Night of the Living Humanities celebrates the Odyssey Project’s life-changing power
“Derrick was someone who didn’t even know his own gifts, but who found his voice and recognized his own power in the course,” Auerbach says. “When people explore works of art, they see themselves and …
Odyssey Program helps people get back on their feet
The Odyssey Project helps create an opportunity for people who had given up on or been forced to avoid pursuing higher education.