Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited disorder that affects the function of red blood cells in about 100,000 Americans. The disease, which disproportionately affects African-Americans, has no widely reliable cure. While healthy red blood cells are circular, Sickle Cell Disease distorts cells into a sickle shape. These abnormally-shaped cells are not flexible and can stick …
You could be the difference between a local high schooler dropping out or graduating. Madison-area students are twice as likely to complete high school on time if they pass algebra by 10th grade. And that’s where you come in: Volunteer tutor-mentors are needed to help make sure more students pass algebra by the end of …
So you want to volunteer? Great! Volunteering is a solid way to get involved with your community and lend your time to a worthy cause. But you don’t know where to start… That’s what the Morgridge Center for Public Service is here for. And luckily, we have two great students whose job it is to …
This is your chance to do something great for Wisconsin. And earn $3,000. The Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowship (WOECF) is an innovative way to give back to Wisconsin this summer while also earning money. The deadline to submit your proposal is March 18. WOECF challenges undergrad students at UW–Madison to work with a community partner in …
The Spring 2016 Public Service Fair is Wednesday, Jan. 27 from 3-6p.m. at Varsity Hall in Union South. All UW–Madison students and alumni are invited to come explore jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities and more. Over 75 local and national nonprofit and government organizations will be there. We’ve brought them all together in one place at one time. …
The time to shape our future is now. The Morgridge Center for Public Service is celebrating 20 years at UW–Madison in 2016. The celebration will last the entire calendar year, kicking off with the Campus & Community Summit on Feb. 5. The Summit will bring together faculty, staff, students, community leaders and national experts to share past …
Joel Skornicka knows public service. In addition to a career in public higher education, Skornicka served as Madison’s 52nd mayor from 1979-1983. He also knows the power of public service as part of a college education, which is why he established the Skornicka Public Service Award to help fund passionate civic-minded UW–Madison students. At the …
The UW–Madison campus came out in full support Tuesday to join the fight against Sickle Cell Disease. The annual fall campus Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive collected 46 pints of usable blood— the highest number in the five years of the drive. Those 46 pints of blood will help save up to 138 lives in …
Jeanette Arthur has been volunteering for as long as she can remember. She approaches each day as an opportunity to give back to others in the community and is now sharing her positive attitude and kind-hearted approach with students at UW–Madison. Arthur is the Home Chore Volunteer Coordinator with South Madison Coalition of the Elderly— one …
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry on Fish Hatchery Road in Madison will be extra busy. The pantry will be bustling with families picking out items for their Thanksgiving meals. Ernie Stetenfeld, Associate Executive Director of St. Vincent De Paul of Madison, expects it to be the busiest day …