The Morgridge Center for Public Service Engaged Alumni Award is designed to recognize a UW–Madison alumnus who used their experience with the Morgridge Center for Public Service as a springboard for lifelong civic engagement.
This award honors alumni who continually strive to make their communities happier and healthier places to live.
A $250 award will be given to a nonprofit organization of the recipient’s choosing. The Engaged Alumni Award winner will be honored during the spring semester.
2024: No Recipient Selected
2023: Gillian McBride (’17)
2022: No Recipient Selected
2021: Megan Miller (’09)
2020: Anisa Yudawanti (’19)
2019: Megan Diaz (’17)
2018: Claire Steven (’17)
2017: Ismail Umer (’15)
2016: Craig Kohn (’08)
> ENGAGED ALUMNI AWARD
> EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
> FRED RISSER EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
> GINSBERG FAMILY AWARD
> LOUIS KORENMAN BADGER VOLUNTEERS AWARD
> NEWMAN CIVIC FELLOWSHIP
> STUDENT ACTIVISM AWARD
Any questions or concerns? Email: jramirez27@wisc.edu.
2025 Recipient Dr. Ejura Salihu
Dr. Salihu took part in our Morgridge Fellows program in 2023-24, where she honed Community-Engaged Scholarship skills, built new collaborations while sustaining existing ones, mentored students, and contributed to projects addressing critical public health issues.
Since graduation, she has continued to live out the Wisconsin Idea by continuing work focused on hard-to-reach populations to improve their access and health outcomes.
Dr. Salihu is centering community voices in intervention design and implementation efforts.