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Class of 2004

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Class of 2007

The Odyssey Project in the Media

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NOTE: Most articles and newsletters below are PDF files. (Why can't my computer read PDFs?)

Print Media

2007 articles

"Emily Auerbach: Opening the doors...," brava, June 2007

"UW Odyssey Project graduation: 28 earn six UW credits…," The Madison Times, May 2007

"Odyssey: [Od-uh-see] a Long and Eventful Journey," Voices, May 2007

"Cheers at the end of an Odyssey," Isthmus, May 2007

2005-2006 articles

"Odyssey ends third year with zest for the future," The Madison Times, June 2006

"UW puts the poor on the road to college," Wisconsin State Journal, May 2006

"Reilly: Students should be 'damn proud'," Badger Herald, April 2006

"Odyssey student keynote," UMOJA, June 2005

"Odyssey families cheer for graduates," UMOJA, June 2005

"Fighting Poverty with Poetry: The Odyssey Project takes humanities to the underprivileged," On Wisconsin, Spring 2005

" A life-transforming jouney taking place at Harambee", UMOJA, March 2005

"A Tradition of Giving: Free doesn't mean easy," Campaign On Campus, Spring 2005

"Literature for life," Winter 2005

"My Odyssey," Illumination, Spring 2005

Earlier articles

"Networking with Emily Auerbach," Wisconsin Woman Magazine, August 2004

"The Family Man," Wisconsin State Journal, July 31, 2004

"La Maravillosa odisea de seguir estudiando," La Communidad lider del periodismo Latino en Wisconsin News, June 24,2004

"2004: A Great Odyssey," Southern Exposure, April-June 2004

"Odyssey project starts folk in higher education," Madison Times, May 28-June 3, 2004

"Learning what it is you know," Wisconsin State Journal, May 26, 2004

"Low income adults complete first stage of post-high school odyssey," Wisconsin Week, May 20, 2004

"Voyage into land of learning, people sidetracked from higher education get a crack at it," Wisconsin State Journal, May 17, 2004

"Humanities excite adults," Capital Times, May 15-16, 2004

"New Group Launched on Wave of Enthusiasm," University League Letter, May 2004

"Odyssey Project launches journey of discovery," 2003 Annual Report on Stewardship, University of Wisconsin Foundation, page 12

"It's About Opportunity," Letters & Science Today, Fall 2003

" Odyssey project educator's mother grew up in Appalachia," Wisconsin State Journal, June 30, 2003

"The Odyssey Project," Bay Creek Bulletin, June/July 2003

Video Clips [MOV]

How do I watch these videos?

The first Odyssey video has recently been posted on the Web on the Madison schools information system site. It's about 20 minutes long.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007, WMTV Channel 15: See article and video on Odyssey graduation

Sunday, May 23, 2004, 10 PM show, Channel 15 Learning Experience with Mike McKinney (or view streamed version )

  • "Well, we always hear about the importance of reading among young people. We encourage our kids to pick up a book because it opens up a whole new world for them. But we forget about the parents and other adults. Tonight's Sunday conversation looks at a UW project that has become an Odyssey for its participants."

"Knowledge is the Key," UW-Madison Odyssey Class of 2005-06 graduation video

View segments featuring interviews with class participants:

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What graduation means…
(2.85 MB, 1:52 min.)
Odyssey changed me…
(2.82 MB, 2:00 min.)
What I learned
(6.64 MB, 4:43 min.)
Classroom scenes
(6.80 MB, 4:50 min.)
Credits
(1.17 MB, 0:52 min.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contact: Questions about the program, contact Emily Auerbach, 608-262-3733; eauerbach@dcs.wisc.edu
Accessibility: Problems or questions about accessing materials on the site, contact: ddennis@dcs.wisc.edu
Updated: November 16, 2007