Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
Highlights from this year include: the return of in-person and virtual Badger Volunteers, preparing students for community-engaged work and results of UW–Madison’s student voter turnout in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Thirteen faculty and campus members at UW–Madison have been named Morgridge Fellows. The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship.
The 2022-23 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships have been awarded to seven outstanding undergraduate projects at home and across the globe. A total of 13 UW–Madison undergraduate students are part of this year’s projects.
Logan says her experience with Badger Volunteers as both a volunteer and a committee chair have been extremely rewarding, helping her make connections and discover new opportunities and career pursuits working with nonprofits in the future.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is proud to announce Angela Maloney as its 2022 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow.
During his time at the Morgridge Center, Samuel Park worked on numerous community-engaged collaborations including Walk the Walk, All-Campus Day of Service, UW MLK Day and Be the Change Bash.
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is now accepting applications for its Community-based Research and Community-based Learning Course Development Grant. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and grants may provide up to $5,000.
Interested in learning more about the Madison community and working with community members and organizations? Consider signing up for a Community-based Learning (CBL) course when you enroll for spring classes.
The Evjue Foundation has allocated a $15,000 grant in support of Badger Volunteers. The grant will cover a portion of the roundtrip costs of transportation options for students using a combination of ZipCar, Fleet, Green and Union Cab and Lyft.
Not only is Daniel the first in his family to attend college, but he also is one of the few people from his high school attending a four-year university.