University of Wisconsin - Superior student Oreoluwa “Ore” Sofolahan has been named a ‘Bridging the Divide’ campus leader for the 2024 fall semester by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. She will receive a full-tuition scholarship from the program’s funder, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
As a ‘Bridging the Divide’ campus leader, Sofolahan, an international student from Lagos, Nigeria, will lead eight student-to-student discussion groups this year to support her peers in civil discourse.
“I am beyond excited to be partnering with the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership in ‘Bridging the Divide’, and I am grateful for the platform UW-Superior has provided me with,” said Sofolahan, who is pursuing a biology major with a pre-med and health concentration and a chemistry minor at UW-Superior. “To me, this recognition represents being part of an initiative that will inspire a generation to engage in impactful and enlightening conversations, driving meaningful change. I firmly believe that effective communication can be properly employed to bridge divides caused by political beliefs, race, sex, religion, ethnicity and several other mediums in which society is polarized. In all these facets, UW-Superior is blessed, and I look forward to all that we can accomplish as one diverse, but unified voice.”
For Sofolahan, finding her way from Nigeria to Superior was a smooth transition.
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