Jasmia Hamilton, a Posse alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), is the founder of Innovative DEI, a boutique consulting firm that offers diversity, equity, and inclusion training and organization development. When Jasmia transitioned from high …
Media Mentions
News and media mentions of the UW–Madison Posse Program
UW Posse scholar turns TikTok trend into research opportunity
Gráinne McDonagh, a sophomore Posse scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently presented academic work at the Promoting Research in Social Media and Health Symposium (PRISM) at the University of California, San Francisco. Her topic: …
Meet Posse scholar Albert Elston, one of UW’s exceptional graduates of winter 2021
Albert Elston, a personal finance major, has a goal: keep more venture capital in the Midwest instead of sending it to wealthy coastal economies. To that end, he co-founded ImpactVC, UW–Madison’s Venture Capital Club. The …
2021 Posse grad Ronni Brent built connections through scholar communities
Ronni Brent, who grew up on Chicago’s West Side, will be graduating a semester early in December 2021. In this Q&A, Brent talks about her passion for STEM, her involvement in campus scholar communities, plus …
2021 Posse Star: Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Congratulations to Chancellor Becky Blank for receiving the 2021 Posse Star Award at the Annual Posse Gala! Each year, The Posse Foundation identifies honorees who exhibit leadership, who make a significant contribution in the field …
Remembering Posse graduate Darrell Foster
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus Darrell Foster is being remembered throughout the Madison and Washington D.C. areas as a scholar, a friend and an influential force on and off campus. Foster, 22, passed away on July …
UW-Madison Posse Leadership Certificate Recipients
Congratulations to two of our Posse Scholars, Ana Alba and Shehrose Charaina who recived a Leadership Certificate! These students are committed to developing their own leadership capacity and excelling both inside and outside the classroom. …
Posse Scholar named as a notable UW–Madison graduate of spring 2021
Here’s a look at just a few of the students who will be graduating from UW–Madison May 8. Consider them a small subset of the excellence of the Class of 2021. Including Shehrose Charania, a Chicago …
In a dialogue moderated by The Black Voice’s Chelsea Hylton, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson discusses new book at UW MLK Symposium
Isabel Wilkerson, author of bestselling book The Warmth of Other Suns is now promoting her new book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the annual MLK Symposium to …
UW Posse Scholar Shehrose Charania on Resilience Through 2020
UW–Madison senior and Posse scholar Shehrose Charania of Chicago went through a particularly difficult year, with members of her family suffering from the disease and even losing health insurance. Charania carries positivity with her even …