Category: Media Mentions

News and media mentions of the UW–Madison Posse Program

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. Ana Alba Hometown: Inglewood, CA, USA Year: Senior Major/Program: Electrical Engineering Throughout my leadership experiences, I have learned how to …

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 Posse graduate combines her identity as a Pakistani Muslim American woman and her passion for health promotion to combat health …

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 discuss her work. In a dialogue moderated by The Black Voice’s Chelsea Hylton, Wilkerson discussed the influence of caste in …

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 during difficult times. She’s been able to thrive at UW–Madison despite 2020’s adversity. She was named the 2020 Newman Civic …

Three Posse scholars featured as notable graduates for winter 2020

Winter 2020 Posse UW grads Christiana Fowlkes, Vershawn Hansen, and Rebekah Armstrong were included as "notable graduates" in a feature story for the UW–Madison winter 2020 commencement.

New Health Promotion and Health Equity program sparks passion in Charania

UW-Madison Student Named Newman Civic Fellow ’20

Three UW-Madison students named 2020 Rhodes finalists

Commencement spotlight: UW grad uses brother’s injury as inspiration for research

Commencement 2019: A look at some of this spring’s notable graduates