Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
Morgridge Center for Public Service program assistant and UW–Madison junior Gilly McBride was one of 35 students invited to travel the state in the 2015 Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip. This is her experience. I originally decided not to apply for the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip, and I’m so glad I changed my mind.I became one …
We’re thrilled to say that the first-ever Be the Change Banquet on May 5 was a huge success! It was incredible to bring together over 200 UW–Madison students, faculty and staff as well as our community partners to celebrate a fantastic year of service and community. Tripp Commons in Memorial Union was packed with energy …
In spring 2014, UW–Madison business student Silun Li was awarded a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship from the Morgridge Center for Public Service to help support job preparation services at the Lussier Community Education Center on Madison’s west side. Silun has volunteered with the Lussier Center since her sophomore year, supporting the BEATS program. In April 2015, with support from the …
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is proud to announce the recipients of four annual awards honoring UW–Madison students and community members in civic engagement, partnership and service. Each recipient will be honored at the Be the Change Banquet on Tuesday, May 5 from 5-7 p.m. at Memorial Union. This new event will honor and celebrate all …
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is proud to announce its selection for the 2015 Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for Leadership, Service and Scholarship. Senior Neil Damron has been named one of 26 campus-wide recipients of the prestigious award. The awards, made possible through the generous support of Harvey “Bud” Meyerhoff, recognize University of Wisconsin–Madison students …
The Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowship (WOECF) has announced funding for four UW–Madison student projects this summer, spanning each corner of the state. The WOECF, in its inaugural year, challenged undergraduate students at UW–Madison to create projects that could solve an issue identified in their Wisconsin hometown. Additionally, the projects had to be designed around …
The power of the Wisconsin Idea lies not in the solitary action of a single person, but in the collective action of many. Kayla Sippl knows this well. When the University of Wisconsin–Madison senior interned at a hospital in Kianjokoma, Kenya, in spring 2013 on study abroad, she found it odd that there was no …
For the first time ever, the Morgridge Center for Public Service is bringing together our campus and community partners for one celebration. The Be the Change Banquet will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from 5-7 p.m. at Tripp Commons in Memorial Union. The event will bring together Badger Volunteers, service-learning students, community-engaged faculty …
Six UW–Madison projects spanning four continents have been honored for their engagement with local and global communities beyond university boundaries, by the campus alliance Wisconsin Without Borders. The projects, which earned awards in four different categories, will by honored in a campus ceremony Friday, April 24 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Wisconsin Idea Room at …
Kathy Cramer, a professor in the Department of Political Science and longtime active proponent of civic engagement and outreach at UW–Madison, has been named the permanent director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service. Cramer had held the position of interim director at the Morgridge Center since June 2014, after former director Nancy Mathews accepted …