Multicultural Family Center Director Jacqueline Hunter Copyrighted
November 19, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 5.
ITEM TITLE: Multicultural FamilyCenterDirectorJacqueline Hunter
SUMMARY: City Manager providing information on Multicultural Family
Center Director Jacqueline Hunter receiving the 2018
Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award from the
University of Wisconsin Platteville.
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THE CITY OF Dubuque
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Multicultural Family Center Director Jacqueline Hunter
DATE: November 15, 2018
The recently hired Multicultural Family Center Director, Jacqueline Hunter, has received
the 2018 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award from the University of
Wisconsin Platteville.
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Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
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MADISON,Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System has announced the 15 recipients of the 2018 Outstanding
Women of Cobr in Educetion Award,an annual honor given to faculty,staff,students,or community members to
recognize their achievements in advancing equily and inclusion for people of color within the UW System as well as
oommunities across the state.
This year is the 23`tl anniversary of the award through which 375 women of color have been reoognized for their
transPormational work.
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"The UW System has a longstanding commitment to promoting diversity, equity and indusion at our institutions. This
award honors women of color whose advocacy, activism and scholarship has resulted in the positive transformation of
our UW System campuses and surrounding communities,"said UW System President Ray Cross. "Through the efforts of
this year's award recipients, our campuses and communities have become more welcoming and equitable places to
leam, work and live."
Recipients will be formally recognized on November 8, 2018, in Madison at an awards ceremony and reception which will
be held in conjunction with UW System's presentation of the Dr. P.B. Poorman Awards for Outstanding Achievement on
Behalf of LGBTQ+ People.
The 2018 Outstanding Women of Color in Education honorees are:
■ Jan Larson, Professor and Department Chair, Communication and Joumalism, UW-Eau Claire
■ Maria Yolanda Pena, FoodWlse Program Coordinator, Walworth County, UW-Extension
■ Alana Dallas, First Nations Studies and Social Work majors, UW-Green Bay
■ Graciela Engen, Institutional Researoh Analyst, Provost Office, UW-La Crosse
■ Christy Clark-Pujara,Assoaate Professor,Afro-American Studies, UW-Madison
■ Brenda C3rdenas,Associate Professor, English, UW-Milwaukee
■ Kayoung Kim,Assistant Professor, Psychology, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Fond du Lac campus
■ Mai Khou Xiong,Assistant Director of Multicultural Retention Programs,Academic Support of Inclusive
Excellence, UW-Oshkosh
■ Laura Khoury, Professor and Chair, Soaology Department, UW-Parkside
■ Jacqueline Hunter, Pre-College Coordinator, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, UW-Platteville
■ Manu Sharma,Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, UW-River Falls
■ Brigitte Benitez-Vargas, Soaal Justice Intem, Diversity and College Access, UW-Stevens Point
■ Otaasia Bartield, Criminal Justice major, UW-Stout
■ Lorena Rios Mendoza,Assoaate Professor, Chemistry, UW-Superior
■ Ozalle Toms, Associate Professor, Speaal Education, UW-Whitewater
UW institutions submit nominations for the award, which highlight each recipienYs contributions to improving the status
and dimate for women and people of color and to advanang the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
For more information about the award and past reapients, see wisconsin.edu/grants-awards/women-of-color/
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The University of Wisconsin System serves more than 170,000 students. Awarding 36,000 degrees annually, the UW
System is Wisconsin's ta/ent pipeline,putting graduates in position to increase their eaming power, contribute to their
communities, and make Wisconsin a better p/ace to live. More than 80 peroent of UW System graduates stay in
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�sconsin five years aftereaming a degree. The UW System provides a 23:1 retum on state investment. UW System
institutions a/so contribute to the richness of�sconsin's cuBure and economy with groundbreaking research, new
companies and patents, and bound/ess creative intellectua/energy.
MEDIA CONTACT
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UW System
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