"We are currently figuring out how to implement a 5% cut to our budget for faculty, staff and graduate student assistants without damaging the inspiring teaching and groundbreaking research that makes you proud to be an SJMC Badger."
The flamingos return this “Flocktober” for UW–Madison’s pinkest homecoming tradition – Fill the Hill. For 24 hours, every gift to the SJMC will add a flamingo to Bascom Hill and support our passionate students, faculty and staff.
At a moment when politics often feels polarized and overwhelming, PhD candidate Elohim Monard is creating space for thoughtful dialogue. His new podcast, Conversando de Política, explores how politics, communication and geopolitics intersect across the Americas.
This fall, the SJMC welcomed Tomás Dodds as an assistant professor. Hired as part of RISE-AI, the AI focus area of UW–Madison's Wisconsin RISE Initiative, Dodds' research examines how new technologies shape newsroom practices, journalistic authority and the ways reporters understand their profession.
This fall, one alum and six graduate students will make their mark from the front of the classroom. These adjunct instructors and lecturers will provide new perspectives to undergraduate students through their real-world experiences across diverse fields.
We are excited to welcome Matthew Traub (BA’92) to our Board of Visitors this fall. Traub is the COO and president of DKC, a full-service public relations, marketing and government affairs firm based in New York City, and is a key player in the firm’s technology, media business and crisis management areas.
Enjoyiana Nururdin is a local government reporter for The Cap Times in Madison, Wisconsin. After graduating from SJMC in 2021, Nururdin earned an MA in Politics from Columbia University. With plans to pursue a PhD in the future, her academic and professional interests center on political theory, Black American history, race and human interest storytelling.
Call for Alumni Spotlights
We are so proud of what our alumni go on to accomplish once they leave Vilas, and we want to brag about it to current students and visitors. Please submit this form to be highlighted on one of the screens in our 5th-floor lobby.
