Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
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 …
The Morgridge Center for Public Service Student Interns and Professional Staff share warm reflections on what the center means to them.
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 …
If your student group, class or organization is looking to learn more about public service or the different ways you can get involved in the community, the Campus Outreach Intern at the Morgridge Center for Public Service is here to lend a helping hand. Our Campus Outreach Intern Anna Walther specializes in presentations for student …
Every university resides in a community. Whether a small town or large city, universities are surrounded by homes, businesses, schools, community centers, entertainment venues — people’s lives. Collaborating with citizens in these spaces to help improve them has historically been one of the primary purposes of higher education in the United States, and yet is …
As one of the longest and richest traditions surrounding the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Idea, conveys a general principle: that education should influence the lives of people beyond classroom and campus boundaries. The Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (WIF) allows undergraduate students to do just that. Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are grant funding opportunities awarded annually through …
The Morgridge Center for Public Service hired three new professional staff this fall and within one month each of them have already began making an impact. As students returned to campus for another academic year, the Morgridge Center welcomed new staff members Amy Wilson, Reuben Sanon and Xai Xiong. Each one of these individuals received …
On Friday, Oct. 13, the Morgridge Center for Public Service will host its annual Walk the Walk event in partnership with Community Shares of Wisconsin and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Walk the Walk is an annual tour of social, health and environmental justice organizations in the UW–Madison neighborhood. This year, students can …
Whether a student knows just the type of volunteer opportunity they are interested in or they have no idea where to start, the Morgridge Center for Public Service student peer advisors are here to help. Our peer advisors Anisa Yudawanti and Sneha Patri meet one on one with students to help them discover how to …
For recent UW–Madison graduate Maria Castillo, finding the intersection between gender inequality and environmental sustainability was the key to helping solve a complicated community problem across the world. During a study abroad with Semester at Sea in 2015, Castillo teamed up with two other students, Nicol Chinchilla and Sasha Drumm, to participate in the Resolution …