Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
In 2013, over 1.2 million children in the United States were identified as homeless. In Wisconsin, the figure was 18,000. Research shows that homeless youth face barriers to education and are more likely to experience heath issues. The financial crisis of 2007 only worsened child poverty in the United States. While many income groups in …
Transportation has always been a significant barrier to UW–Madison student volunteer work and involvement in the Madison community. But a generous grant from the Evjue Foundation last week just made volunteering much more accessible for UW–Madison students. The incredible $11,000 gift will help students in the Badger Volunteers program access volunteer sites throughout the city via bicycle, car share …
Students in Nutritional Sciences 421 (Lead, algae and trash, oh my!) spent their first week of summer break traveling around Madison, Milwaukee and Wisconsin learning about local environmental hazards. The trip served as a field experience for the Global Health certificate and was a collaboration between the Global Health Institute and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. …
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 …