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2024-25 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships Awarded to Five Projects

The 2024-25 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships have been awarded to five outstanding undergraduate projects at home and across the globe.

Morgridge Center for Public Service Celebrates Professional Staff Transition

With much gratitude and sadness, the Morgridge Center for Public Service announces the departure of Assistant Director of Community-Engaged Scholarship Haley Madden.

Rooted: Space, Land, and History

Welcome to Rooted, our final episode of GridgeFridge season 4. Continue listening to learn about the history of the UW–Madison campus, value of space, and the many factors determining the physical layout of UW–Madison.

Community Organizer and Voting Rights Advocate: UW-Madison Student Named Newman Civic Fellow ‘24

Amanjot Kaur has been a community organizer and voting rights advocate dating back to high school. During the 2020 election, she helped mobilize students and canvassed thousands of voters in Waukesha county amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

2023-24 Community University Partnership Award Recipients

The Community University Partnership Awards is an important reminder that our university should be recognizing and prioritizing community-centered wellbeing in the state.

Celebrating One Year of the Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Bakke, Sadat Khan joins the latest episode of GridgeFridge and gives listeners some behind the scenes insight into the design process of the facility. 

That’s a Wrap: The Second Wisconsin Idea Conference

Building off the success of last year’s conference, this year’s conference focused on the importance of bringing together community and campus expertise, knowledge, and people power to create stronger communities, resilient systems and a more just and equitable world.

Celebrating Campus and Community Collaboration at the Wisconsin Idea Week

Wisconsin Idea Week, organized by the Morgridge Center for Public Service and in collaboration with various community and campus partners, is a week-long celebration of civic and community-engaged efforts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from April 8 to 16.

“And leave with a smile on their face:” Public Service Through Free Dental Care

On Wednesday, the Pre-Dental Education and Community Service (PEACS) organization might be working on personal statements for dental school, but come Thursday, the organization transforms into a team of volunteer dental assistants.

Wisconsin Idea Week 2024: Uniting Communities and Universities for a Stronger Tomorrow

Expanding beyond a conference, this year will feature a week-long celebration, Wisconsin Idea Week, April 8-16, which will showcase a diversity of community-university partnerships already at play in Wisconsin and create new opportunities for connection and collaboration.