Campus Life

UW-Madison Libraries

The School of Social Work Virginia Franks Memorial Library has over 28,000 volumes, 300 videos, and subscribes to over 90 journals.

Since our classes routinely include contenet on topics such as diversity, race/ethnicity, cultural competence, discrimination, and ethnic-sensitive practice, our library has an extensive collection of books, journals and videos on these subjects.

One of the largest libraries on campus includes a large ethnic studies collection and an ethnic studies reading room.

Multicultural Student Organizations

The Multicultural Student Center (MSC) provides opportunities to celebrate our differences. The MSC focuses its resources on the needs of five designated student of color groups (African-American, American-Indian, Asian-American, Chicano/a and Puerto Rican).

The following Multicultural Student Organizations are housed in the MSC Student Organization Office:

• Asian American Student Union
• Black Graduate and Professional Student Organization
• Hmong American Student Association
• La Colectiva Cultural de Atzlan
• Multicultural Student Coalition
• Union Puertorriquena
• Wisconisn Black Student Union
• Wunk Sheek

In addition, there are many other organizations across campus working with multicultural populations:

• Office of Diversity Resources
• University Housing Diversity Programs
• Partners for Success

International Student Organizations

• International Student Services
• Madison Friends of International Students

LGBT Student Organizations

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Campus Center
• Q-Grads for LGBTIQ graduate students at UW-Madison
• The Wisconsin Alumni Association LGBT Alumni Council

Disability Student Organizations

• McBurney Disability Resource Center

Other Student Organizations

• The Mordridge Center for Public Service offers volunteering, service-learning, and public service opportunities