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First Wave Hip-Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship Program

First Wave is a full-tuition, four-year scholarship program for students that are seniors in high school or freshmen in college that are applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Hometowns of First Wave Students

Posted on June 1, 2015

The First Wave Learning Community attracts aspiring artists from around the United States. The group began with a cohort of fifteen Midwestern students. Currently in the 7th year of the program, the member total has …

Posted in First Wave Hip-Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship Program

FIRST WAVE: SPOKEN WORD AND HIP HOP IN HARLEM

Posted on April 25, 2013

Five remarkably talented young people make up the touring group of First Wave – a university sponsored Spoken Word / Hip Hop group. They are the representatives of the first major college program that promotes …

Posted in Andrew Thomas, Announcements, Cydney Edwards, Janel Lee, Rich Robbins
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