SOIS Statement on Diversity
The UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies (SOIS) acknowledges the educational and social benefits that flow from having a diverse faculty, staff, and student body committed to inclusion and equity. The concept of diversity includes but is not limited to race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, disability, religious belief, and political belief. We welcome the opportunity to enrich our individual and collective experiences.
Diversity Resources
WLA Diversity Scholarship
WLA Foundation awards a scholarship to a student of African-American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American/Alaskan Native descent who has been admitted to a master’s degree program in library and information science at a Wisconsin school for the coming academic year. Recipients are selected by UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee in alternate years.
ALA Scholarships for Underrepresented Groups
ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program
Through the Spectrum Scholarship Program, the American Library Association affirms its commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians to position ALA to provide leadership in the transformation of libraries and library services. Note: UWM SOIS offers matching Spectrum Funding
UWM Campus Diversity Resources
- UWM Office of Equity/Diversity Services
- UWM multicultural student offices and center
- UWM Accessibility Resource Center
- UWM Inclusive Excellence Center
- UWM Women’s Resource Center
- UWM LGBT Resource Center
- Gender pronouns: a how-to guide. The UWM Uniform Syllabus Policy includes a recommendation: “Use of non-binary nouns and pronouns for students (e.g. “they,” “them,” “their”) throughout the syllabus.”
- UWM student organizations
- UWM Military and Veterans Resource Center
- UWM’s Mosaic Network
- UWM Study Abroad Diversity Scholarship