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This year, we celebrated our fifth annual Be the Change Bash in Memorial Union’s Tripp Commons. Our thanks goes out to all who joined in celebrating the incredible work that has been done throughout the year.
What's it like being a Badger Volunteer? Check out some photos of our Badger Volunteers at Wheels for Winners, Habitat ReStore, the Holy Wisdom Monastery and more.
“The biggest thing is that you're nobody’s savior,” Baldridge says. “It was really getting them to burn their superhero capes and recognize that those desires are rooted in whiteness and white supremacy.”
The 2019-20 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships have been awarded to nine outstanding undergraduate projects at home and across the globe. A total of 15 UW-Madison undergraduate students are part of this year’s projects.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, Campus Compact for Wisconsin (CCWI) partnered with Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), a national, nonpartisan organization, to increase student voter engagement.
In-person absentee voting for the April 2 spring election is March 25-28 at three sites on campus. Offices on the ballot include Madison mayor, Madison city council and school board seats, and a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is proud to announce Emiliana Almanza Lopez as its 2019 Newman Civic Fellow. Lopez was nominated by UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for her commitment to environmental justice.
Dr. Lina Dostilio will tell the story of the University of Pittsburgh’s place-based community engagement initiative, “Pitt Neighborhood Commitments,” which led to the development of several neighborhood-based community engagement centers.
In-person absentee voting for the Feb. 19 spring primary election starts next week at three sites on campus: Union South, Memorial Union, UW–Madison Student Activity Center.
Over one in 10 households in the U.S. face food insecurity, according to the USDA. In Wisconsin, that totals to over a quarter million families who do not have access to sufficient and healthy food. For then-freshman Caroline Hanson, learning more about the drivers and solutions for food insecurity in a First-Year Interest Group (FIG) …