Honor the Past. Empower the Future.
Badgers open doors. The Raimey-Noland Campaign, named for the UW’s first known female and male Black graduates, Mabel Watson Raimey 1918 and Wiliam Smith Noland 1875, inspired a new era of philanthropic giving to honor the past.
This campaign, launched in 2020 and now completed, gathered support for work that aims to create a community of many perspectives where people feel they belong — work going on at the broad campus level and within individual schools, colleges, and departments, as well as in athletics programs.
Campaign namesakes Raimey and Noland opened doors for Badgers of all backgrounds, who in turn were pioneers in their fields:
- George Poage 1903, MAx1904 the first African American to win an Olympic medal
- S. I. Hayakawa PhD’35, one of the first Japanese Americans elected to the U.S. Senate
- Vel Phillips LLB’51, the first Black woman to serve as a judge in Wisconsin
- Lorraine Hansberry x’52, the first Black woman to have a play on Broadway
- Ada Deer ’57, the first woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs
You Belong Here
UW-Madison leaders believe that diversity is a source of strength. It encourages all Badgers to be their genuine selves, helping the UW get the best out of those who come to campus. We are grateful to everyone who joined us in creating a campus community that is welcoming to all talented minds.