[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN TRIBUTE TO DR. JOAN M. PRINCE

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 1, 2021

  Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. 
Joan M. Prince, the Vice Chancellor of Global Inclusion and Engagement 
at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). After more than two 
decades of working with distinction and serving her alma mater, she is 
retiring on March 1, 2021.
  Dr. Prince's education career with UWM began as a promising freshman 
when she was 16 years old. She was the first African American recipient 
of a bachelor's in medical technology and a master's in clinical 
laboratory science. She joined St. Joseph's Hospital as a hematologist 
and, in 1988, she became the supervisor in hematology for the Medical 
Science Labs. Around the same time, she began working for the 
University of Wisconsin's Medical school where she implemented the 
Health Professional Partnership Initiative's collaborative project as 
lead strategist.
  Equipped with a strong educational background and a breadth of 
experience, she began her 20-year career with UWM when she was 
appointed Vice Chancellor in 2000. She went on to earn a Ph.D. from UWM 
in Urban Education, with a focus on STEM education. At UWM she is also 
the Chief Administrator for the Divisions of Global Inclusion and 
Engagement, and Partnerships and Innovation, with responsibilities as 
the University's Chief Inclusion Officer. She led campus-wide project 
areas such as the STEM Inspire Pipeline, the Inclusive 
Internationalization Projects, Global Partnerships in STEM, Center for 
International Health, Carnegie Engagement Classification team, Center 
for Community Solutions, and Equity and Diversity Services. Dr. Prince 
has led many important campus-wide initiatives that include the 
establishment of the first anti-bias training curriculum, as well as 
the formation of a program dedicated to advancing historically 
underrepresented students and first-generation students in the STEM 
field.
  Outside of work, Dr. Prince's commitment to community service 
extended to working to meet the needs of students in underserved 
communities, including minorities, women, children, entrepreneurs and 
small businesses. She served in a variety of leadership positions, 
civic organizations and was board member and governance chair of The 
Council on Foundations, the International Foundation Membership 
Association and the Urban Libraries Council. She is also a corporate 
board director of Managed Health Services, a subsidiary of the Centene 
Corporation, a director emeritus of C. G. Schmidt Construction Company 
and a corporate director of Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation.
  Dr. Prince has received recognition and numerous awards for her 
commitment to community service from civic and professional 
organizations such as The Business Journal's Woman of Influence award, 
The Community Leadership award (Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund) and 
the Friends of the Hispanic Community award. She was named one of the 
ten most powerful women in Milwaukee in the February 2006 issue of 
Milwaukee Magazine and is featured as an honoree in the national 2008 
Black Women in Sisterhood Distinguished Black Women calendar. She is 
also spotlighted as a nominee in the national African American oral 
history archival project, The History Makers.
  On September 12, 2012, Dr. Prince was nominated by President Barack 
Obama to the key administrative post of alternate representative to the 
67th General Assembly of the United Nations with the honorary rank of 
ambassador. This diplomatic position also maintained an appointment 
position as Senior Advisor to the State Department and Public Delegate.
  Dr. Prince leaves behind a legacy of a long list of accomplishments. 
She is someone that cares deeply about her former students, the 
individuals she mentored, her colleagues and the greater community. For 
the more than 25 years that I have had the pleasure of knowing and 
working with her, she has been a tremendous force in the City of 
Milwaukee, the State of Wisconsin and the United States. Madam Speaker, 
I am so proud to honor Dr. Joan M. Prince and to call her a friend. I 
wish her much success as she transitions into this new phase of her 
life.

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