Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
By Mike Klein Two voter registration/absentee voting efforts on campus next week, in advance of the Feb. 20 primary election, kick off an election year in which UW–Madison is committed to promoting civic engagement among students. UW–Madison is competing in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, a nonpartisan effort that aims to mobilize registration and turnout …
In the United States, well over 100,000 girls as young as nine years old are lured into violent sex slavery; across the globe, attempting to pay for medical bills or schooling, families are tricked into labor trafficking through a small loan with a quickly increasing interest rate. Modern-day slavery can mean many different things: incessant …
Contact: Jason A. Smith, associate director, Wisconsin Academy MADISON–The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters today announced the fourteen recipients of the 2018 Academy Fellows Award. The winners will be given their awards at an April 6, 2018, celebration hosted by the Wisconsin Academy at the Pyle Center at UW–Madison. The award celebration is open …
Engagement matters. This message is exactly what the #OurTomorrow 2018 campaign aims to foster and promote. Since its initial launch in January 2017, more than 15 universities around the nation have come together inviting students, faculty, staff and community members to share how they are having a positive impact in their communities for their shared …
A new semester means new opportunities for students in Badger Volunteers (BV) to make positive contributions to the Madison community. Registration officially opened for all students January 26. Badger Volunteers supports reciprocal relationships between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and community partner organizations that engage students in semester-long volunteer opportunities. It is the Morgridge Center for …
UW–Madison will be hosting its annual Spring Public Service Fair on Jan. 24 from 3 to 6 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South. Students from across campus are encouraged to attend and learn how to connect to community organizations. The Public Service Fair helps students explore and find volunteer opportunities, internships, and jobs, with …
The Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (WIF) gives UW–Madison students opportunities to engage with and serve Madison communities beyond campus borders. Eva the Engineer: Young Girls at the intersection of Engineering and Sustainability, a current 2017-2018 WIF project, is doing just that by exposing middle school-aged girls to all of the possibilities that lie within the field …
Working in the nonprofit sector was never a place where Mallory Swenson could see herself after college. For Swenson, she wanted to focus on nutritional science and learn more about the scientific research behind public health. However, during her freshman and sophomore year, she found herself taking classes and attending campus-wide events that would result …
UW–Madison students, faculty and staff are invited to the 2018 UW–Madison MLK Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. in Memorial Union. The event will recognize, celebrate, and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the many ways UW–Madison students, faculty and staff embody Dr. King’s …
As the fall semester and 2017 come to a close, the Morgridge Center for Public Service will be saying goodbye to one of our own beloved staff members. Kathy Cramer will be stepping down as the faculty director and returning to a full-time position as a professor in the Political Science department at UW–Madison. In …