Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
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 …
On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Morgridge Center for Public Service’s Badger Volunteers (BV) program will celebrate the efforts of all its UW–Madison student volunteers who gave their time, energy, and support to the program. The celebration will take place at the School of Education from 4:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. “The impact of the work we get …
On Tuesday, Dec. 5, students and community members will come together in the fight against sickle cell disease with a new leader at the front. Sickle Cell Blood Drives have existed in Madison for over five years, but the effort was recently reignited when the Wisconsin Black Student Union (WBSU) committed to being the campus …
This coming weekend, our neighbors at Alumni Park and the Wisconsin Alumni Association are hosting a celebration for alumni and students who have chosen a path of service. As one of the five pillars of the Wisconsin Idea, service and alumni that have contributed greatly to it are celebrated each and every day in the …