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. …
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Wisconsin Idea Fellowships: Female Empowerment Through Environmental Sustainability
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 …
UW-Madison’s Cramer Receives Award for Best Book using Qualitative Research
UW-Madison’s Katherine Cramer received the Giovanni Sartori award for best book published in 2016 about or using qualitative research. The award is from the Qualitative and Multi Methods Research section of the American Political Science Association. Cramer wrote “The …
Achievement Connections Seeks Volunteer Math Tutors
A high school student in Dane County who passes Algebra 1 by the 10th grade is more likely to receive their high school diploma on time than a student who fails. Passing Algebra 1 has …
UW–Madison Joins in Big Ten Voting Challenge
UW-Madison is joining the other Big Ten institutions in a new competition to promote civic engagement: the Big Ten Voting Challenge. Chancellor Rebecca M. Blank, along with her fellow Big Ten chancellors and presidents, announced …
Fall 2017 Public Service Fair
UW-Madison will be hosting its annual Fall Public Service Fair on Sept. 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South. Students from across campus are encouraged to attend and learn how …
2017 Summer Badger Volunteers Comes to an End
Involvement, new perspectives, and enriching are just three of many words that our Badger Volunteers use to describe their summer experiences with community partners. On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Morgridge Center Public Service celebrated the …
The Cow Project
Community partnerships are a lot like community gardens. Both require thoughtful care, communication and sustainability. For UW-Madison seniors, Helena Record and Jacquelyn Laitsch, they are one in the same; a combination that also requires cows. …