Tag: Service

Morgridge Center for Public Service Fall 2017 Warm Reflections

The Morgridge Center for Public Service Student Interns and Professional Staff share warm reflections on what the center means to them.

Alumni Park and the Wisconsin Alumni Association Celebrate Service

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 …

Campus Outreach is Here to Shed Light on Public Service

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 …

Community-Based Learning Courses Bring Students Beyond Textbooks and Classrooms

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 …

Wisconsin Idea Fellowship Grant Support Students and Communities

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 …

Walk the Walk with Community Organizations

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 …

Peer Advisors Help Students Connect with the Community

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 …

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 Sea in 2015, Castillo teamed up with two other students, Nicol Chinchilla and Sasha Drumm, to participate in the Resolution …

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 to connect to community organizations. The Public Service Fair helps students explore and find volunteer opportunities, internships, and jobs, with …

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 hard work of Badger Volunteers outside the School of Education’s North Plaza. About 150 University of Wisconsin–Madison students donated their …